(Alliance News) - Provident Financial PLC on Thursday said that its chief executive officer is to step down, while its fourth quarter trading remains in line with market expectations. Read More
(Alliance News) - Smart Metering Systems PLC on Thursday said its smart meter portfolio rose in 2022, as the growth in households installing smart meters accelerated during the ongoing energy crisis. Read More
(Alliance News) - Fevertree Drinks PLC on Thursday reported an uptick in total annual revenue, despite declining returns from the UK. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Thursday, ahead of US fourth-quarter gross domestic product figures and the latest weekly initial jobless claims. Read More
Idox PLC - Reading, England-based supplier of information management software for public and "'asset intensive' sectors - Posts a 6.4% rise in revenue for the financial year ended October 31 to GBP66.2 million, up from GBP62.2 million the year before. Pretax profit, however, drops by 9.6% to GBP6.6 million from GBP7.3 million, as finance costs rise to GBP2.2 million from GBP1.2 million the year before. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation margin improves to 34% compared to 31% in financial 2021Idox explains that margin improvement was "driven by operational improvements, acquisitions, and business mix." Read More
(Alliance News) - CVS Group PLC on Thursday said it is trading in line with full-year expectations, and is well-placed to deliver on growth opportunities. Read More
Clean Power Hydrogen PLC - Doncaster, England-based green hydrogen technology and manufacturing company - Appoints Paul Cassidy as chief technical officer & director. Expects Cassidy's employment to be effective from March 22. Read More
Learning Technologies Group PLC - London-based learning and talent solutions - Expects revenue for 2022 to be no less than GBP595 million, which it said is ahead of market consensus and is up from GBP258.2 million last year. Expects to report adjusted earnings before interest and tax to be at least GBP100 million, ahead of consensus market expectations of GBP97.5 million. In 2021, adjusted Ebit was GBP54.8 million. Says this growth is due to achieving targeted margin improvements. Read More
(Alliance News) - PPHE Hotel Group Ltd on Thursday said it has "outperformed" market expectations in 2022, thanks to a strong post-pandemic recovery. Read More
(Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC said on Thursday its newly launched liquefied natural gas, dual-fuelled ship had loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba Iron Ore Ltd operations in South Africa. Read More
(Alliance News) - Just Group PLC on Thursday said 2022 retirement income sales were up, particularly in defined benefit de-risking, while it was confident of achieving its full-year guide for underlying operating profit growth. Read More
(Alliance News) - Henderson Smaller Cos Investment Trust PLC reported that its net asset value fell in the first half of its financial year, noting tensions between the US and China, high inflation and interest rates, and Russia's war on Ukraine. Read More
(Alliance News ) - Jet2 PLC on Thursday said it expects to beat current market expectations for financial 2023 ending March 31, with pre-foreign exchange revaluation pretax profit between GBP370 million and GBP385 million. Read More
(Alliance News) - Intermediate Capital Group PLC on Thursday said assets under management have increased as the company continues to launch new funds. Read More
Prudential PLC - London-based, Asia-focused insurer - Plans to offer life and health insurance in Macau, after receiving approval to open a branch of its Hong Kong office there. Prudential says the approval is granted on Thursday by the Macau Special Administrative Region of China. Appoints Chris Ma to be general manager of Prudential Macau, starting immediately. Ma was chief executive officer of AIA Macau, part of Hong Kong-listed insurer AIA Group Ltd, before joining Prudential. Read More