(Alliance News) - UK retail sales rise unexpectedly in December, Babcock promotes Nuclear division chief executive Harry Holt to be its next CEO, while STV expects revenue at the top end of previous guidance. Read More
Jubilee Metals Group PLC - London-based metal processing company - Non-Executive Director Nicholas Taylor resigns after five years, with immediate effect. Taylor joined the board in 2020. "On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Nick for his more than five years of service and wish him well with his future endeavours. He has provided valuable input on numerous matters as a member of various committees during his time with the company," Jubilee Chair Mathews Phosa says. Read More
Empresaria Group PLC - Crawley, England-based staffing provider - Chief Financial Officer Tim Anderson has stepped down with immediate effect, Empresaria announced on Thursday. Says Anderson, who was appointed to the role in early 2018, will remain available to assist the finance team with matters relating to its 2025 audited results. "I want to thank Tim for his contribution to Empresaria over the last eight years and to wish him well for the future," Chair Joost Kreulen comments. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK retail sales unexpectedly rose in December, but fell in the final quarter of the year, numbers on Friday showed. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower on Friday, ahead of the UK retail sales report and a swathe of flashing purchasing managers' index surveys. Read More
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(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
(Alliance News) - Watches of Switzerland Group PLC on Thursday said it has completed the acquisition of Deutsch & Deutsch, adding four luxury watch and jewellery showrooms in Texas to its US estate. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 made modest progress on Thursday after Donald Trump walked back on threats to impose tariffs, but underperformed European peers amid soft mining, energy and defence stocks. Read More
(Alliance News) - Seplat Energy PLC on Thursday announced changes to its board following the recent sale of a major shareholding. Read More
Genel Energy PLC - London-based oil and gas firm - Appoints Patrick Allman-Ward as chair from February 9. He has over 40 years of international upstream experience, serving as chief executive officer of Dana Gas from 2013 to 2024. Further, he worked at Shell PLC across several regions for 30 years. Allman-Ward is currently chair of Terra Mining. Interim Genel Energy Chair Canan Ediboglu says: "We are delighted to welcome Patrick to the company. He brings deep strategic insight, technical experience, sound judgement and a strong commitment to governance, integrity, [environmental, social, & governance] matters and long-term value creation. We look forward to benefiting from his wealth of industry experience, insights and skills as the company seeks to fulfil its strategic objectives and create shareholder value." Read More
(Alliance News) - AltynGold PLC reported increased fourth-quarter production and annual output above its guidance on Thursday, and said it has "positive" momentum going into the current year. Read More