(Alliance News) - Oxford Instruments PLC on Tuesday said it expects full-year results to be in line with market expectations following strong first-half order growth. Read More
Verici Dx PLC - Cardiff, Wales-based developer of suite of tests for kidney transplant response risk - Shares resume trading in London on Tuesday, after Verici Dx raises GBP8.8 million in total from a placing and retail offer of shares, double its previous market capitalisation. The company had made use to the AIM market's capital access window to suspend trading in its shares during the equity raise. Verici Dx raised GBP8.5 million from a placing of 4.25 billion shares and retail offer of 125.0 million shares, both at 0.20 pence each. The placing is run by Singer Capital Markets and Oberon Capital, and the retail offer is via the Winterflood retail access platform. Read More
(Alliance News) - Legal challenges to the GBP9.1 billion UK motor finance compensation scheme will be heard in court next February, the UK's financial regulator has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - Michael Page PLC on Tuesday backed its annual guidance but warned there remains a "significant degree of uncertainty," despite continued improvement in a number of its markets. Read More
Land Securities Group PLC - London-based property development and investment - Buys an additional 10% stake in the Bluewater mall for GBP95 million, raising its stake to 74%. Bluewater is located in a former quarry in Kent, on the eastern outskirts of London. It is one of the UK's top-10 retail destinations, Landsec says, noting that retail sales and footfall were up 7.4% and 3.0% on year, respectively, at Bluewater in the five months to August 31. The company doesn't on Tuesday say from whom it bought the additional 10% stake, nor who owns the remaining 26%. In 2024, Landsec bought a 17.5% stake in Bluewater from Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte Ltd, increasing its ownership at the time to just over 66%. It said the yield on its additional GBP95 million investment is 7.4%, based on net rental income. Earlier this month, Landsec spent GBP516 million to buy the Metrocentre shopping centre in Gateshead, north east England, funding by a GBP500 million equity issue. Read More
(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Tuesday said that US authorities had begun the process of winding up their investigation into one of the company's sites in California, after a major safety incident in May. Read More
(Alliance News) - Meantime Resources PLC on Tuesday started trading on London's AIM market. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-cap and AIM stocks on Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Failing to approve the controversial Rosebank and Jackdaw fields in the North Sea could cost the UK thousands of jobs a year, a new report has warned, along with a loss to the economy of almost GBP11 billion over the next decade. Read More
(Alliance News) - Whitbread PLC on Tuesday urged shareholders to vote against a board change proposed by one of its investors, as the company reported a 62% drop in first-half profit. Read More
(Alliance News) - Greencore Group PLC on Tuesday raised profit guidance for the second time in three months as it reported a strong end to its financial year. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Diageo PLC on Tuesday announced changes to its reporting structure to align its external reporting with its regional operating framework. Read More
(Alliance News) - Bellway PLC on Tuesday reported full-year results in line with guidance but cautioned customer demand remains constrained by economic uncertainty and higher mortgage rates. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and on Monday: Read More