(Alliance News) - International Personal Finance PLC on Friday reported that it had cleared all regulatory hurdles for its acquisition by BasePoint Capital LLC. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
(Alliance News) - UK services activity contracted at the sharpest pace in nearly three-and-a-half years in June, as weak demand, geopolitical uncertainty and rising cost pressures weighed on business conditions, purchasing managers' index survey results from S&P Global showed on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Caledonia Investments PLC on Friday said it had completed its investment in Guernsey-based garden centre operator Blue Diamond Ltd. Read More
(Alliance News) - Andy Burnham will face an online question session on Friday after hinting he would be prepared to hike taxes for out-of-town businesses if he becomes UK prime minister later this month. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened slightly higher on Friday, in the wake of Thursday's US jobs report, with financial markets shut in the US for the Independence Day holiday. Read More
European Smaller Cos Trust PLC - invests in small- to mid-cap European equities - Plans to pay 12.64 pence per share in dividends for the year ending June 30, 2027. This will be in the form of four quarterly payments of 3.16p each. The trusts policy is to pay a dividend amounting to 5% of net asset value per share as the end of the previous financial year. As at the year that ended on Tuesday, its NAV per share is 252.4p, up 12% from 224.45p 12 months earlier. NAV per share is up 6.0% from 238.18p at the end of December. Read More
(Alliance News) - Craneware PLC on Friday said it expects to report revenue and adjusted earnings below market expectations for the financial year that ended Tuesday, citing the deferral of some "significant" enterprise contracts. Read More
(Alliance News) - BP PLC on Tuesday disclosed that Deputy Chief Executive Carol Howle will be stepping down. Read More
Harbour Energy PLC - oil and gas operator with operations in the UK, Norway, Argentina, Germany, Egypt and the Gulf of Mexico - Washington DC-based buyout fund Potomac View Investments LP, managed by EIG Management Co LLC, sells 54.8 million Harbour shares, a 3.5% stake, in a placing with institutional investors by Barclays Bank PLC. The placing is priced at 205 pence per share in an accelerated bookbuild, raising GBP112 million for Potomac and leaving it with no remaining holding in Harbour Energy. The placing was first announced after the London market close on Thursday. The fund sold a 3.8% interest in Harbour Energy in March at 255p per share. Potomac was one of the founding backers of Harbour Energy, with EIG providing initial funding as early as 2014. Read More
(Alliance News) - Craneware expects to underperform market expectations, Caledonia Investments completes its investment in a garden centre operator while Strategic Minerals gets approval to expand its drilling programme in Cornwall. Read More
(Alliance News) - Moody's Investors Service warned on Friday it may downgrade South32 Ltd after the miner announced the sale of its aluminium value chain assets this week. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday, as investors continue to weigh Thursday's weaker-than-expected US jobs report ahead of a swathe of composite PMI readings. Read More
(Alliance News) - Ireland's private sector activity accelerated in June, with growth picking up across services, S&P Global reported Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More