(Alliance News) - Intertek Group PLC on Friday reported higher half-year pretax profit and revenue, but declared no interim dividend due to its impending takeover by private equity. Read More
(Alliance News) - Mayors in the UK are being given a fast-track route to building new tramways, roads and light rail, the Transport secretary has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - IMI PLC on Friday reported double-digit-percentage profit growth for the first six months of this year, and raised its interim dividend by 10%. Read More
(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Friday reported a sharp fall in statutory first-half profit after being hit by foreign exchange losses and costs related to an incident at its Garden Grove facility. Read More
(Alliance News) - Pearson PLC on Friday reiterated its 2026 and medium-term guidance, expecting to be "uniquely" placed to meet growing customer demand, as interim revenue rose. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-cap and AIM stocks on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Friday raised its guidance for 2026 and said it will consider a new share buyback at its annual results, six months earlier than planned, after profit and income beat expectations in the second quarter. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shell PLC on Friday said it was selling its subsidiary, BG Cyprus Ltd, to Budapest-based peer MOL Group for USD720 million. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - International Consolidated Airlines Group SA reported a sharp fall in second-quarter profit on Friday as higher fuel costs and disruption from the Middle East crisis offset resilient travel demand, although the British Airways owner maintained its full-year guidance. Read More
(Alliance News) - J Sainsbury PLC on Friday said it had agreed to sell its Argos business for GBP120 million, significantly less than it had paid for the company, in order "to fully focus on its core food business". Read More
(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Friday said the European Commission has approved Datroway for the first-line treatment of some patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Read More
(Alliance News) - It is "not possible at the moment" for English mayors to give their local residents tax rebates under the government's devolution plans, according to First Secretary of State Louise Haigh. Read More
(Alliance News) - Picton Property Income Ltd on Friday agreed to a recommended all-share takeover by a consortium comprising LondonMetric Property PLC and Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd, in a deal valuing the real estate investment trust at around GBP404 million. Read More
(Alliance News) - BP PLC on Friday announced that it is putting its North Sea business up for a "potential sale", after 60 years of production. Read More