(Alliance News) - Metro Bank Holdings PLC is considering making an offer for rival challenger bank Aldermore in a deal that could value the lender at around GBP2 billion, Sky News reported on Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Wickes Group PLC on Tuesday said sales growth accelerated in the second quarter of 2026, with a return to growth in its Retail business offsetting a slowdown in Design & Installation. Read More
Quilter PLC - London-based wealth manager - Appoints Kal Atwal and Kan Kotecha as non-executive directors, with effect from September 1. Atwal is a non-executive director of FTSE 100-listed hospitality firm Whitbread PLC and of Kent-based mortgage lender OSB Group PLC. Kotecha is a chief technology officer at Capital Integration Systems. He has served on the board of Avantax Inc, a US-listed financial services company. Quilter also says Moira Kilcoyne will step down as a non-executive director on December 31 after a decade in post. After these board changes, including the departure of Kilcoyne, Quilter will have eight non-executive directors. Read More
Wise Group PLC - London-based money transfer services - Starts on Tuesday the share buyback programme it announced with its annual results in June. Wise commissions Goldman Sachs International to buy back up to GBP405 million, about USD540 million, in shares by the end of March next year, which is Wise's financial year-end. In announcing the buyback last month, Wise only said it would be worth more than USD500 million. About 40% of the shares repurchased will be used for employee share awards and the remainder held in treasury. Wise pays no cash dividend. Read More
Wizz Air Holdings PLC - Budapest-based budget airline - Managing Director Michael Delehant will leave Wizz on July 31 "to pursue opportunities outside the organisation". Following his departure, Chief Operations Officer Diarmuid O'Conghaile and Chief Commercial Officer Ian Malin will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Jozsef Varadi. Incoming Chief Technical Officer Jingyuan Sun also will report to the CEO upon joining. Varadi says that over the past five years Delehant "played an important role in helping build and strengthen both the organisation and the business" during a period of "multiple black swan events and extraordinary challenges". Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-cap and AIM stocks on Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The Kremlin said Tuesday it had "no hope" for better ties with the UK, a day after Britain's new prime minister Andy Burnham took office, with Moscow criticising his support for Ukraine. Read More
(Alliance News) - Mony Group PLC on Tuesday said it was confident of meeting full-year market expectations after a first half of "significant progress" which saw growth in Insurance, Home Services and Money businesses offset a decline in its Cashback arm. Read More
(Alliance News) - It was "not entirely by happenstance" that a Russian warship fired weapons off the Plymouth coast on the same day that Andy Burnham became UK prime minister, a former head of the British Army has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK competition watchdog on Tuesday invited comments on McCormick & Co Inc's proposed acquisition of Unilever PLC's foods business, marking the first step in its review of the USD44.8 billion deal. Read More
(Alliance News) - IQE PLC shares jumped on Tuesday after it raised its revenue guidance and said its performance in the first half exceed expectations. Read More
(Alliance News) - Smiths Group PLC on Tuesday said all 32,500 members of its main UK defined-benefit pension schemes are now fully insured, following a GBP760 million scheme buy-in concluded with M&G PLC. Read More
(Alliance News) - Frasers Group PLC on Tuesday said its ownership of Hugo Boss AG had passed the mandatory threshold under German takeover law. Read More
(Alliance News) - BP PLC on Monday said it has agreed to sell its mobility, convenience and electric vehicle charging businesses in Austria to volenergy AG, as the energy major continues to streamline its downstream portfolio. Read More
(Alliance News) - Kier Group PLC on Tuesday said it now expects revenue and profit for the 2026 financial year to be at the top end of market expectations. Read More