(Alliance News) - MJ Gleeson PLC on Friday said it expects to meet market expectations for the current financial year as it reported increased house sales in the first half. Read More
(Alliance News) - Impax Environmental Markets PLC on Friday set out a two-stage tender offer plan as it seeks to "protect" shareholders amid pressure from activist investor Saba Capital Management LP. Read More
(Alliance News) - Polar Capital Holdings PLC on Friday said it will start a new share buyback programme next week, as assets under management rose in the last three months of 2025 despite a "challenging backdrop for active equity managers". Read More
Irish Residential Properties REIT PLC - Dublin-based private rental accommodation provider - Chief Financial Officer Brian Fagan will retire this summer after nearly five years with the company. He will be succeeded by Mari Hurley, currently CFO of Ireland's state broadcaster RTE, who will join first as CFO-designate before formally taking over upon Fagan's departure. Hurley brings "extensive" experience from senior finance roles across listed, private and semi-state organisations, including the AA (Ireland), Premier Lotteries Ireland, Hostelworld Group PLC where she was CFO for 11 years, and Sherry FitzGerald Group. CEO Eddie Byrne thanks Fagan for his "immense contribution", citing his work on internalisation, finance transformation and long-term funding, and says Hurley's broad track record will be a "significant and complementary addition". Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Friday, tracking weakness across European equity markets. Read More
Bodycote PLC - Macclesfield, England-based thermal processing firm - Announces acquisition of Spectrum Thermal Processing, a Cranston, Rhode-Island based aerospace and defence focused heat treatment provider. The USD8 million acquisition increases Bodycote's exposure to the growing aerospace & defence market in North America, the company says. Bodycote adds: "In conjunction with the ongoing Optimise programme and the disposal of ten automotive and industrial focused sites in France, completed in November 2025, this acquisition demonstrates our ongoing focus on improving the quality of the group's portfolio and increasing exposure to structurally higher growth markets." Read More
(Alliance News) - RTW Biotech Opportunities Ltd on Thursday noted Boston Scientific Corp's USD14.5 billion acquisition of Penumbra Inc, a portfolio company that represented 1.0% of its net asset value at the end of 2025. Read More
(Alliance News) - Genus PLC on Friday lifted full-year expectations after a stronger-than-expected first half and confirmation that its Chinese porcine joint venture remains on track. Read More
(Alliance News) - Johnson Service Group PLC on Friday reported "resilient" trading in 2025, as both revenue and profit improved. Read More
Doric Nimrod Air Three Ltd - investment firm focused on leasing and resale of aircraft - Shares are cancelled from trading on Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange from the start of trading on Friday after the company completes its return of capital to shareholders. Doric Nimrod Air Three last week announced its plan to return GBP142.3 million to shareholders by means of a compulsory redemption of shares. Back in July, the company sold its last aircraft, an Airbus A380-861, to Dubai-based airline Emirates and announced its plan to return all proceeds and remaining cash to shareholders. The redemption of all 220.0 million shares was at 64.70 pence per share. Doric Nimrod Air Three says shareholders will receive payment on January 27. Read More
Next PLC - Leicester, England-based clothing and homeware retailer - Will redeem B shares on Friday in a GBP440.8 million return of capital to shareholders announced in December. The scheme, which sees a company issue B shares to ordinary shareholders and then buy them back, was approved at a general meeting held on Thursday. Next issued 122.4 million B shares on Thursday, one for each ordinary share, and will redeem them on Friday for 360 pence each. The B shares then will be cancelled. Payment to shareholders will be made on January 28, Next says. Read More
(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC has revealed plans to review its insurance business in Singapore in the latest move by Chief Executive Officer Georges Elhedery to overhaul the London-based bank. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shuka Minerals PLC said on Friday it has completed its acquisition of Leopard Exploration & Mining Ltd in Zambia. Read More
(Alliance News) - Next confirms the redemption of B shares as part of its GBP421 million capital return, Johnson Service reports resilient 2025 trading with rising earnings, and Irish Residential Properties REIT announces a CFO transition. Read More