LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE 100 up, gold keeps climbing
6th Oct 2025 07:00
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Monday, ahead of UK construction data and comments from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Monday, ahead of UK construction data and comments from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey. Read More
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GetBusy PLC - Cambridge, England-based document management and productivity software provider - Chief Executive Daniel Rabie buys 407,191 shares at average 81.85 pence each, worth total GBP333,000. Last week he bought 266,659 shares at average 71.25 pence, worth GBP189,995, and he picked up 150,000 shares the week before that. Rabie now has a beneficial interest over 3.2 million shares, 6.4% of GetBusy's share capital. Additionally, he has 3.0 million fully vested but unexercised options over shares, representing a further 6.0% of the current voting rights of the company. Read More
(Alliance News) - Audioboom Group PLC on Friday confirmed it was undertaking a strategic review, which included considering the possible sale of the firm. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Blue chips in London enjoyed another strong day on Friday, hitting a fresh peak, with a pick up in new listings adding to the more optimistic mood. Read More
Tate & Lyle PLC - London-based supplier of food and beverage products - Chief Executive Nick Hampton purchases 25,000 shares, at GBP3.69, worth GBP92,200 on Friday. Notes Hampton now holds a total of 951,815 shares in the company. Read More
Banco Santander SA - Madrid-based lender - Notes rating agency Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its long-term deposit and senior debt ratings to A1 from A2. Says it also upgrades the rating of the three covered bond programmes to Aaa from Aa1. Says this follows the upgrade of Spain's government bond rating to A3/Stable from Baa1, as well as the macro profile for the country to Strong+ from Strong. It notes this lifted the constraining factor for Santander rating. Adds that Moody's reaffirms its baa1 baseline credit assessment. Says this reflects "its assessment of the bank's operating environment and broad diversification, combined with a strong track record of low earnings volatility and improved capital levels, as well as its diversified funding structure and ample liquidity buffers." Read More
(Alliance News) - Imaging Biometrics Ltd on Friday said it has entered a research and commercial partnership with personalised cancer medicine firm Vivan Therapeutics to explore potential anti-cancer uses of gallium maltolate. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued last Thursday and Friday, and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Clarifying that news about Adelicious was on September 2, not October 2.) Read More
(Alliance News) - Audioboom Group PLC is working with advisers to explore terms of a potential takeover of the company, Sky News reported Friday. Read More
Defence Holdings PLC - London-based defence technology platform - Chooses Google Cloud as its hyperscale provider for Project Ixian. "This initiative marks the company's inaugural sovereign artificial intelligence product, developed under its Defence Technologies division, and is focused on enhancing information integrity and resilience against information warfare," Defence says. It adds: "Project Ixian will be built natively on Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped, a platform specifically designed for the most stringent data residency, security controls, and operates fully disconnected from the internet." Read More
Bisichi PLC - London-based mining company with operations in South Africa - Swings to a pretax loss of GBP2.1 million in the six months to the end of June from a profit of GBP5.0 million a year ago. Revenue rises 5.8% to GBP24.9 million from GBP23.5 million, but operating costs increase 45% to GBP26.6 million from GBP18.4 million. The firm says earnings were impacted by lower production and higher mining costs at Black Wattle, its South African mining operation. It says the lower overall commodity prices achieved by Sisonke coal processing, the firm's coal processing operation, were offset by improved coal qualities and processing yields. Bisichi declares an unchanged interim dividend of 3p per share. "Looking forward into the second half of 2025 and 2026, we remain optimistic about the continued benefits from Black Wattle's improved coal qualities and the mining areas that we plan to move into. However, we are mindful of the current coal market volatility with lower seaborne coal prices, reflecting a temporary buildup in global coal supply and a slowdown in demand, that have impacted coal revenue in 2025 to date," says Executive Chair Andrew Heller. Read More
FirstGroup PLC - Aberdeen, Scotland-based bus and rail transport provider - Says it has repurchased 22.4 million shares at an average price of 222.81 pence each for approximately GBP50.0 million in total. Adds that this completes the buyback programme started on June 10. Read More