(Alliance News) - Ceres Power Holdings PLC on Thursday said it will team with British Gas owner Centrica PLC to accelerate the development of solid oxide power solutions, as it released weaker 2025 results but hailed "strong operational momentum" at the start of 2026. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK is set to face significantly weaker economic growth this year and surging inflation, with a prolonged war in the Middle East risking global energy shortages and higher food prices, new forecasts shows. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK Competition & Markets Authority on Thursday said it has provisionally found that Associated British Foods PLC's acquisition of Hovis Group Ltd threatens competitive conditions in Northern Ireland, but not in the rest of the UK. Read More
Checkit PLC - Cambridge, England-based workflow management software provider - Launches formal sale process, citing a "disparity between the company's improving performance and its valuation on AIM". Hires Singer Capital Markets to help the board to find buyers for the company. Checkit says it has received six unsolicited expressions of interest from "a range of credible international parties" over the past nine months. These have included both "private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers", the company says, though it says it isn't and hasn't been in active discussions with any of the parties about a possible takeover offer. The formal sale process will allow Checkit to "widen the audience" of potential buyers and provide more flexibility with regards to the UK takeover code, it says, both aimed at maximising any sale price. Read More
(Alliance News) - Western nations are facing a "war on two fronts", UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned, as he meets allies at a major European defence summit. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shares in Currys PLC fell sharply on Thursday after it said Chief Executive Alex Baldock will step down after eight years at the helm. Read More
(Alliance News) - Intertek Group PLC on Thursday said Colm Deasy will step down from the board and as chief financial officer to move to an operational role in Asia Pacific, promoting internally to replace him. Read More
Rosslyn Data Technologies PLC - London-based data analytics - Raises GBP1.1 million, as planned, in a placing of 36.4 million new shares at 2.0 pence each, together with the sale of GBP175,000 in 10% convertible loan notes to Hargreave Hale AIM VCT PLC and Maven Renovar VCT PLC. Rosslyn hopes to raise a further GBP250,000 from a retail offer of 12.5 million shares at the same price. The placing and retail offer, first announced late Wednesday, are both being conducted by broker Cavendish. The five-year loan notes convert into shares at conditional price points no higher than 2.0p. Rosslyn calls a general meeting for April 13 to approve the fundraise. Read More
(Alliance News) - 3i Group PLC on Thursday outlined guidance for 2026 and said its investee Action plans to open its first store in the US by 2028. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and on Wednesday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Gemfields Group Ltd on Thursday reported another annual loss, though narrower, as operational disruptions in Mozambique and Zambia weighed on performance. Read More
(Alliance News) - Next PLC on Thursday hailed an "exceptional" financial year, with profit ahead of guidance, boosted by bumper international growth and a strong end-of-season sale. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Thursday, giving back some of the previous session's gains as investors weighed developments in the Middle East and rising oil prices. Read More
(Alliance News) - Guangdong, China-based firm Ming Yang has been blocked by the UK government from building what would have been the world's largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland. Read More
(Alliance News) - Next reports annual profit growth, Intertek reshuffles its leadership with a new chief financial officer, and Centrica and Ceres Power strike a strategic clean energy partnership. Read More