(Alliance News) - DCC rejects a takeover approach, Unilever launches a EUR1.5 billion share buyback after a mixed quarter, and Weir Group announces a chief executive transition while reiterating guidance. Read More
(Alliance News) - South32 Ltd on Thursday outlined plans to hike capital investment in its US operations. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open virtually flat on Thursday, as investors tread cautiously ahead of the Bank of England interest rate decision. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK car and commercial vehicle production fell last month amid issues including weak exports, model changeovers and restructuring, new figures show. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed lower on Wednesday, held back by falls in drugs firms GSK and AstraZeneca, while oil surged amid reports that the US is eyeing a longer blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Read More
(Alliance News) - Physiomics PLC on Wednesday announced that shareholders at its general meeting agreed to replace the board. Read More
(Correcting the share buyback amount) Read More
(Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC at its annual general meeting on Wednesday described 2025 as "highly consequential", as it updated shareholders on its merger and disposal plans. Read More
(Alliance News) - Driving services provider RAC is aiming for an initial public offering towards the end of 2026, rather than as soon as the first half of the year, prolonging the drought of IPOs in London, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The Irish government is working on a "specific round of grants for targeted businesses" amid energy price pressures, Minister Darragh O'Brien has said. Read More
WPP PLC - London-based advertising and marketing services - Hires Peter Agnefjall to be a non-executive director, starting on May 11. Agnefjall was chief executive officer of Swedish furniture retailer Ikea from 2013 to 2017. Since then Agnefjall has served on boards, including as chair of the supervisory board of grocer Ahold Delhaize NV and as a non-executive director of budget airline Wizz Air Holdings PLC. Read More