(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC on Tuesday pointed to its "diverse income portfolio" for higher profit in 2025, as it outlined a new GBP1.0 billion buyback scheme. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Tuesday, as a heavy slate of company results weighed on sentiment, with weakness in heavyweight stocks offsetting pockets of strength elsewhere in the market. Read More
(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Tuesday declared a higher total dividend, as it posted increased revenue and profit for 2025 and hailed its "harmonised listing structure" following its recent debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Read More
(Alliance News) - A record amount of solar power in the UK is among more than 200 new renewables projects which have been awarded contracts to generate electricity. Read More
(Alliance News) - BP PLC on Tuesday said it is suspending its share buyback programme, saying excess cash will be used instead to reduce debt to create a "strong platform" from which to invest in its "distinctive deep hopper of oil and gas opportunities". Read More
(Alliance News) - BP suspends its share buyback programme as the oil major seeks to strengthen its balance sheet, while Barclays posts higher annual profit and earnings per share, and AstraZeneca lifts revenue and profit for 2025 while guiding for further growth in 2026. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attempt to move on from speculation about his future in No 10 after surviving renewed calls for his resignation from members of his party. Read More
(Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC is likely to sell De Beers to a public-private consortium, including the governments of African countries where it mines its diamonds, the chief executive of Anglo told the Financial Times. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Tuesday, as political pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer persists while investors turn their attention to the start of a heavy UK earnings slate led by major blue-chip results. Read More
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(Alliance News) - Ireland's construction sector activity continued to contract in January, although survey respondents expressed growing optimism for the coming twelve months, S&P Global reported Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK premier Keir Starmer insisted he would not "walk away" on Monday after a prominent ally demanded the prime minister quit for embroiling the British government in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
Marks & Spencer Group PLC - London-based clothing, food and homeware retailer - Invites holders of its outstanding GBP250.0 million 3.250% notes due July 10, 2027, to tender any and all notes for cash. Company also intends to redeem its outstanding sterling-denominated 3.750% notes due May 19, of which GBP109.4 million remains outstanding. Additionally, M&S says it intends to issue a new series of sterling-denominated fixed-rate notes under its GBP3.00 billion euro medium-term note programme. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of share dealings by London-listed company directors and managers announced on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More