(Alliance News) - Dealing with the legacy of Northern Ireland's troubled past, relations with the EU and Gaza are set to be discussed during a meeting between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Irish Premier Micheal Martin. Read More
Gemfields Group Ltd - London-based miner and marketer of coloured gemstones - Generates revenue of USD32.0 million at an emerald auction held between August 25 and September 11, 2025, nearly doubled from USD16.1 million in November 2024. But the latest auction is down 8.5% from USD35.0 million at auction held in May 2024. Average realised price of USD160.78 per carat in September, up from USD113.96 in November 2024. Emeralds were extracted from Zambian-based Kagem Mining Ltd, which is 75% owned by Gemfields. Read More
(Alliance News) - Kore Potash PLC said on Friday its immediate focus is to seal the finance package for its Kola potash project in the Republic of Congo. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK government is "absolutely committed" to its pledge to build 1.5 million new homes in England by 2029, the new Housing secretary has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK economy had a tepid July, as expected, keeping a lid on the pound in morning trade. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK economy registered no growth in July, as expected, numbers on Friday showed. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday, ahead of a UK gross domestic product reading and inflation data from Germany and other eurozone constituents. Read More
Bango PLC- Cambridge-based digital payments firm - Partners with Dish TV, and its streaming TV brand, Sling TV. Says they are utilising its Digital Vending Machine to launch and scale new subscription offerings and bundles to their customers. Adds that through connecting to its DVM, Dish and Sling obtain access to a growing network of global subscription partners, as well as a rapid deployment of "tailored bundles, offers, and discounts, without the need for costly and time-consuming in-house integrations." Read More
(Alliance News) - Welcome to the Alliance News UK service (ISSN 2515-9453), consisting of the Alliance News UK Professional and its family of financial newswires serving investors and their professional advisers. Read More
(Alliance News) - Some of the UK's biggest shops – including supermarkets and department stores – face a fresh wave of closures if the government forces them into its proposed higher business rates tax band, industry leaders have warned. Read More
Haydale Graphene Industries PLC - Carmarthenshire, Wales-based developer of materials using graphene and other nanomaterials - Announces a strategic collaboration with Interfloor Ltd, Europe's largest manufacturer of carpet underlay and flooring accessories, to integrate JustHeat heater inserts into Interfloor's flooring systems. Under the agreement, Haydale and Interfloor will collaborate to integrate JustHeat heater inserts with Interfloor's market-leading underlays and specified coverings, creating a new range of solutions for launch in the second half of financial 2026. Initial orders have now shipped to the channel partners announced in June, and further partners are being added to extend geographic and sectoral reach across the UK. The current pipeline remains strongest in residential and residential-adjacent sectors, while the company also sees opportunities in broader commercial and specialist applications, including modular housing and mobile homes. In addition, Haydale says it has achieved monthly run-rate costs reduction below GBP200,000 by the end of financial 2025, a 70% reduction from overhead run rates the year prior. The leaner cost base, combined with growing commercial traction, underpins confidence in delivering a capital-light growth model. Unaudited cash balance as at the end of August was GBP1.9 million. Read More
Strategic Minerals PLC - mineral producer in the UK, US and Australia - Provides an update from its wholly owned subsidiary, Cornwall Resources Ltd. CRL is exploring for resources of tungsten, tin, and copper in its Tamar Valley licence areas in east Cornwall, with a focus on its Redmoor Tungsten-Tin-copper project. Says the first set of drill holes at pad 1 from CRL's exploration drilling programme at Redmoor has been completed. All three holes intersected the full thickness of the Redmoor sheeted vein system and geological logging indicates the presence of visible wolframite and chalcopyrite, consistent with mineralisation previously identified and modelled at Redmoor. Final interpretation will be confirmed once laboratory assay results are received. Detailed drillhole descriptions and key sample intersections will be reported following receipt of analytical data. Read More
Cobra Resources PLC - London-based mining firm - Plans to further advance metallurgical studies at its 100%-owned Boland Ionic Rare Earth Project in South Australia in collaboration with the Australian Nuclear Scientific Technology Organisation. The studies are designed to further optimise the economics of in situ recovery of the rare earth elements contained in the Boland mineralisation. The results of these studies will contribute to economic evaluation of an ISR programme under the terms of a planned scoping study. "Cost efficiency is the principal enabler for market resilience, enabling strong margins during good times and market competitiveness in downturns. The ongoing positive results of our optimisation studies are supporting further reductions to the amount of sulphuric acid required to support scalable production," says Managing Director Rupert Verco. Read More
FIH Group PLC - operates businesses such as construction, ferries and art storage in the Falkland Islands and UK - Announces that the sale and leaseback of the 100,000 square foot warehousing facilities in Leyton used by Momart, its art handling and storage business, has now completed on the terms outlined in its announcement in August. The GBP22.7 million cash deal is with a subsidiary of global real estate manager Hines. "As part of the transaction, Momart will enter into a ten-year lease of the Leyton property at an initial rent of circa GBP1.3 million per annum, with a review after five years. The lease includes a tenant-only break option after five years as well as a tenant-only option to renew the lease for a further ten years, again with a tenant-only break option after five years," FIH adds. Read More
BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust PLC - Latam arm of the New York City-based investor - Net asset value per share rises to 539.02 US cents at June 30 from US 393.78 cents at December 31. NAV return is 40.4% compared to the MSCI EM Latin America benchmark of 29.9%. Ups June quarter dividend to US 6.74 cents from 6.13 cents a year prior. Says portfolio overweight in domestic Brazil contributes to the performance, with positive impact from real estate developers and Brazilian retailers. Mexico bounces back in the six-month period, supported by 200 basis points of interest rate cuts this year. Notes the appreciation of the Peso against the US Dollar. Read More