(Alliance News) - The price most households in Great Britain pay for energy will fall by 6.7% from April 1, driven by the UK government's promised GBP150 cut to the average bill, Ofgem said. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open higher on Wednesday, with markets adopting a more risk-on tone ahead of earnings from Nvidia after the closing bell in New York. Read More
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(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC on Wednesday reported a decline in annual profit, with performance weighed down by rising costs and an impairment charge as management manoeuvres to simplify the business. Read More
(Alliance News) - IG Group Holdings PLC and Tritax Big Box REIT PLC are set to replace easyJet PLC and Rightmove PLC in the FTSE 100, according to indicative index changes published by FTSE Russell late Tuesday. Read More
Harena Rare Earths PLC - rare earths company focused on the Ampasindava ionic clay rare earth project in Madagascar - Completes the GBP2.0 million investment announced on Wednesday last week, following the admission of 90.9 million new shares to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Harena raised the funds through a direct subscription at 2.20 pence per share. Read More
(Alliance News) - Smarter Web on Tuesday said it has established a USD30 million strategic credit facility with Coinbase Credit Inc. Read More
(Alliance News) - Blencowe Resources on Tuesday said it has completed the assays at its Iyam graphite deposit, and as such expects to release the maiden Joint Ore Resource Committee estimate "shortly". Read More
(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Tuesday said Ross McCluskey will be appointed as the company's chief financial officer on May 5. Read More
Acuity RM Group PLC - London-based risk management company - Wins contract worth GBP75,000 "to supply services to Sopra Steria who is ultimately serving the British government." Says it will deliver these services by the end of August, and that the contract is "an upsell for a highly sensitive cyber security programme". Acuity says the programme has already yielded over GBP250,000 in revenue over the last three years. Says Sopra Steria will develop a product built on Classic STREAM, STREAM being Acuity's governance, risk and compliance platform, which will be designed to help Sopra Steria's government and defence clients meet 'Secure by Design' cybersecurity requirements. "Given Sopra Steria's established client base in these sectors, the board believes a partnership has the potential to deliver material value for Acuity," the firm says. Read More
(Correcting prior year sales and consensus sales figures to billion from million). Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 held steady on Tuesday, closing pretty much as it started for the second day in a row, despite concerns surrounding AI disruption and tariffs. Read More
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC - London-based savings and retirement firm - Says it has completed it change of name to Standard Life PLC with effect from today. Its ticker will debut on the London Stock Exchange on March 2 as SDLF, replacing the current PHNX. The company's SEDOL and ISIN identifiers remain unchanged, as its legal entity identifier, and shares and certificates holders will be unaffected by the rebrand. Read More
(Alliance News) - Optibiotix Health PLC on Tuesday said it began a clinical trial to determine the effect of its Wellbiome fibre complex on cardiac surgery outcomes. Read More
(Alliance News) - Investment Co PLC on Tuesday highlighted the UK's "macroeconomic and policy uncertainty", which it said was reflected in its half-year results. Read More