LONDON BROKER RATINGS: RBC and Deutsche like SSE; Barclays likes Wizz
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
(Alliance News) - MJ Gleeson PLC on Friday said it expects its financial 2026 results to be in line with market expectations, but it cautioned on the potential impact from the upcoming UK government budget, which is expected to include tax increases. Read More
(Alliance News) - DFS Furniture PLC on Friday saw its shares rise in early trading as the furniture retailer guided "strong" interim profit growth following a positive start to financial 2026. Read More
(Alliance News) - Speculation the UK chancellor has scrapped plans to raise income tax sparked a sell-off in UK government bonds amid fears over unfunded spending pledges. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Friday, with the FTSE 100 slipping as investor sentiment weakened due to renewed UK fiscal concerns and amid a global sell-off. Read More
(Alliance News) - PPHE Hotel Group Ltd's biggest shareholders said on Friday the company is in an offer period, after they announced they are considering options such as a partial monetisation of their stakes or contributing growth capital. Read More
(Alliance News) - Land Securities Group PLC on Friday said it continued to see "clear positive momentum across every part of our business" as it announced a higher interim dividend, while its interim total return on equity was lower than a year ago. Read More
Goodwin PLC - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire-based mechanical and refractory engineering - The Goodwin family sell 122,368 shares in Goodwin, a 1.6% stake. The placing with institutional investors is conducted by Rothschild & Co Redburn, which doesn't provide the sale price. The sale is worth GBP26.4 million at the current market price for Goodwin shares. The Goodwin family have agreed to not sell more shares for another half year. Timothy Goodwin is executive chair of Goodwin, and Simon, Matthew and Bernard Goodwin are executive directors. Read More
(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Friday said geopolitical uncertainty is driving a step change in defence spending, leaving it well placed to deliver growth. Read More
(Alliance News) - Melrose reports strong earnings momentum, while Land Securities' interim pretax profit falls on disposal losses despite rental income growth. Read More
Supermarket Income REIT PLC - London-based real estate investment trust for property leased to grocery retailers - Acquires a portfolio of 20 Carrefour supermarkets in France for EUR123 million, with a weighted average lease term of 12 years. Says the deal is in line with its plan to deploy capital into "accretive pipeline opportunities". The Carrefour portfolio has been acquired through a direct sale and leaseback transaction. Supermarket Income now has 46 Carrefour stores. Read More
(Alliance News) - A ban on landlords in the UK evicting their tenants without reason will come into force in just over six months' time, ministers have announced. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Friday, as a global sell-off weighs on sentiment and attention turns to UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves's reportedly ditching plans to hike income tax upcoming budget. Read More
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BHP Group Ltd - Melbourne, Australia-based diversified miner - Rolls out Australia's first brand new purpose-built battery-electric locomotives in the Port Hedland. The two BELs, developed with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp, will be trialled on one of BHP's iron ore rail routes between its Pilbara mines and Port Hedland operations. Each locomotive houses a seven megawatt hour battery and uses regenerative braking to recapture energy on downhill runs. BHP says it supports the company's efforts to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions across its iron ore rail network. Commissioning is underway ahead of track trials to test performance in live operations. Read More