(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 lagging behind its European peers as a sharp fall in AstraZeneca overshadowed gains elsewhere in the market. Read More
(Alliance News) - Centrica PLC on Thursday said the UK government has signed heads of terms for a 20-year regulated contract that will support the life extension of the Sizewell B nuclear power station from 2035 to 2055. Read More
(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Thursday said Wainua, a cardiovascular drug that it is developing in partnership with Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc, did not meet its primary endpoint in a phase III trial. Read More
(Alliance News) - Computacenter PLC on Thursday said it expects to report full-year results "comfortably ahead of market expectations", after strong trading in the second quarter. Read More
(Alliance News) - Centrica secures a 20-year regulated contract to extend the life of the Sizewell B nuclear power station, Severn Trent says trading remains in line with expectations, while Computacenter upgrades its annual profit outlook after strong first-half trading. Read More
Bytes Technology Group PLC - Surrey, England-based enterprise software - Says it "traded well" during the first four months that ended June 30, in line with its guidance. Delivers double-digit year-on-year growth in gross invoiced income and gross profit. Operating profit is broadly flat year-on-year, the company says ahead of its annual general meeting this afternoon. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Thursday, despite fresh military escalation in the Middle East, as investors also assess the latest Federal Reserve minutes. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK house prices faced continued downward pressure in June, although survey results suggest there are signs of stabilisation, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported Thursday. Read More
Gamma Communications PLC - Newbury, Berkshire-based provider of cloud communications and voice services - Says Epiris LLP now has until 1700 BST on August 5 to either announce a firm intention to make an offer, or announce that it does not intend to make an offer. Says its discussions with Epiris are ongoing. The put-up-or-shut-up deadline was previously extended to the same time on Wednesday, July 8. Gamma first announced on May 15 that it was in "preliminary" talks with Epiris. 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
DCC PLC - Dublin-based provider of sales, marketing and distribution services to the energy sector - Announces that the consortium of Energy Capital Partners LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP, which presented its latest takeover proposal on June 10, now has until 1700 BST on July 15 to either announce a firm intention to make an offer for DCC, or announce that it does not intend to make an offer. DCC says the consortium has materially completed its confirmatory due diligence, but has requested the extension to allow for the finalisation of definitive transaction documentation. Read More
(Alliance News) - GCP Infrastructure Investments Ltd on Wednesday said it has cleared its own revolving credit facility after one of its borrowers completed the sale of an anaerobic digestion project in Northern Ireland for proceeds of GBP3 million. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks plummeted on Wednesday as tensions flared in the Middle East with the US threatening further attacks on Iran. Read More
(Alliance News) - Victoria PLC shares jumped on Wednesday after it agreed a "comprehensive" refinancing which reduces debt and eliminates near-term equity dilution risk. Read More
(Alliance News) - System1 Group PLC on Wednesday reported a sharp decline in full-year profit, reflecting reductions in client spending across the advertising industry, and despite a marked improvement in the second half of the financial year. Read More