(Alliance News) - Rio Tinto PLC on Thursday announced ambitions to sharpen and simplify the business, focused on three "world class" operations, iron ore, copper and aluminium & lithium. Read More
(Alliance News) - SSE PLC and National Grid PLC on Thursday reported they will review the full details of a GBP28 billion funding package announced by the UK energy watchdog, though the duo for now said they "welcome" the framework. Read More
(Alliance News) - Rio Tinto says earnings could rise by up to 50% by 2030, SSE and National Grid welcome Ofgem's approval of GBP28 billion of energy investment and SSP swings to a loss. Read More
Greencoat Renewables PLC - Dublin-based renewable energy infrastructure investor - Chair Ronan Murphy intends to retire at the conclusion of the 2026 annual general meeting on May 7, 2026. Murphy has served a board member since the company's initial pulic offering in 2017. Appoints Bernard Byrne as chair designate, following a "comprehensive" selection process. Byrne has been a non-executive director since May 2025. He serves as chair of Cairn Homes PLC, an Irish housebuilder. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Thursday, ahead of a swathe of construction PMI readings and initial jobless claims data in the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK and Norway are to sign a defence pact that will see their navies operate a combined fleet of warships to hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. Read More
(Alliance News) - Vodacom Group Ltd on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire an additional 20% stake in Safaricom PLC for USD2.1 billion, or ZAR36.0 billion. Read More
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(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 edged lower on Wednesday, despite strong gains in mining stocks and some brighter economic data. Read More
Physiomics PLC - Oxfordshire, England-based mathematical modelling for the development of new therapeutics and personalised medicines - Chief Executive Peter Sargent intends to step down on May 29 this year "to pursue other opportunities". Physiomics says the search for a replacement CEO is underway. Notes that Non-Executive Chair Jim Millen will resume the position of executive chair when Sargent departs, for "as long as required to ensure business continuity in the event a suitable replacement has not been found by that date." Millen was previously the CEO of the company from 2016 to 2024. Read More
(Alliance News) - Beeks Financial Cloud Group PLC on Wednesday said it has inked two "notable contracts", with the company optimistic on business momentum. Read More
(Alliance News) - Deltic Energy PLC shares sank on Wednesday as it extended the long stop date by which its takeover by Rockrose Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of London-based Viaro Energy Ltd, must complete amid a delay from regulatory concerns. Read More
(Alliance News) - Solvonis Therapeutics PLC on Wednesday said its AI-discovered compound has been accepted on an addiction treatment discovery programme ran by the US federal government. Read More