(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed mostly lower on Monday, as market sentiment remained cautious and analysts warned that the UK manufacturing sector's recovery remains uncertain. Read More
(Alliance News) - The chair of the UK Office for Budget Responsibility has resigned over the early publication of the watchdog's forecasts. Read More
(Alliance News) - BSF Enterprise PLC on Monday announced a capital raise of up to GBP15 million to accelerate the commercialisation of its lab-grown leather, cultivated meat and corneal repair technologies. Read More
(Alliance News) - Hardide PLC shares jumped on Monday as it said it has received GBP1.8 million of orders from an unnamed "major new North American customer in the energy sector". Read More
Ninety One PLC and Ltd - London and Cape Town-based money manager - Forty Two Point Two acquires 378,426 shares in Ninety One PLC at an average ZAR2.15 each, worth about GBP812,793, on Thursday and Friday last week. Last month, this investment vehicle bought GBP302,724 worth of Ninety One PLC shares. Forty Two Point Two is wholly owned by the Marathon Trust. Chief Executive Hendrik du Toit and Finance Director Kim McFarland are associated with the trust. Ninety One Assurance Ltd directors Johan Schreuder and Malcolm Gray, and Ninety One Guernsey Ltd Director Adam Fletcher are also associates of the trust. Read More
(Correcting the earlier wording to reflect that the company is confident the annual dividend will return to being fully covered, not that it is fully covered this year). Read More
(Alliance News) - Thungela Resources Ltd said on Monday it has reached an agreement to sell its South African mine Goedehoop North Mining for ZAR700 million. Read More
(Alliance News) - One Health Group PLC on Monday said it expects to deliver revenue and underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the current financial year in line with market expectations, as it posted a pretax profit surge. Read More
(Alliance News) - Zenith Energy Ltd on Monday reported a drop in profit, despite a rise in revenue, due to an increase in costs incurred from its arbitration against the Republic of Tunisia. Read More
(Alliance News) - Oil and gas firm Harbour Energy PLC is to cut around 100 offshore North Sea jobs, amid pressure from UK windfall taxes. Read More
Shuka Minerals PLC - Africa-focused mine operator and developer - Says it expects Gathoni Muchai Investments Ltd to pay the balance of its loan to Shuka this month, instead of November. The balance is about GBP450,000, Last month, Shuka received an initial tranche of USD300,000 from Gathoni Muchai under the increased loan facility. Early in July, Gathoni Muchai agreed to increase its loan to Shuka by GBP1.5 million to GBP2 million. The loan has been delayed several times due to administrative and regulatory matters in Kenya. Shuka says Gathoni Muchai has confirmed that the balance of the funds required to satisfy the USD1.35 million consideration due under the acquisition will be advanced before the end of this month. Read More
(Alliance News) - Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Monday said it has appointed Jurriaan Dekkers as the company’s chief financial officer. Read More