(Alliance News) - Metlen Energy & Metals PLC on Wednesday said it has been chosen by a subsidiary of Electricite de France SA to lead construction of the Longfield solar farm in the UK. Read More
(Alliance News) - Diploma PLC on Wednesday said it has formally appointed Wilson Ng, currently acting chief financial officer, to the CFO role. Read More
(Alliance News) - Jubilee Metals Group PLC on Wednesday reported a swing to annual loss as it focused on copper operations and pressed on with plans to dispose of platinum group metal and chrome businesses. Read More
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC - Windsor, England-based hotel company - Confirms that it has notified the London Stock Exchange that the planned change in its trading currency to US dollars will take effect from the market open on January 2. IHG first announced its intention to change the currency in which its shares are traded in London, from British pounds to USD, in its third-quarter trading update in late October. Says the change does not impact the shares' nominal currency, which will still be GBP; it does not impact the firm's London listing in any other way; and has no impact on its ADR listing in New York. Read More
(Alliance News) - Greencore Group PLC said its GBP1.2 billion acquisition of peer Bakkavor Group PLC will be completed in January, after competition clearance was granted on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Serco Group PLC on Wednesday upgraded its guidance for underlying operating profit for this year, citing growth in the defence sector, as it announced a new chief financial officer starting in March. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK inflation slows more than expected in November and Bunzl reaffirms its 2025 outlook, while Greencore's takeover of Bakkavor clears a key regulatory hurdle. Read More
Serica Energy PLC - London-based oil and gas producer in UK North Sea - Chief Executive Officer Christopher Cox buys 64,007 shares at average GBP1.70, worth GBP108,747, on Tuesday. Serica earlier Tuesday said it agreed to buy some southern North Sea assets from Spirit Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Centrica PLC. Centrica owns 69% of Spirit Energy. Serica will pay GBP57 million for the assets, which include Spirit Energy's 15% interest in the Cygnus gas field, and all other producing assets in the Greater Markham area and southern North Sea. Read More
(Alliance News) - GSK PLC on Wednesday said its Exdensur treatment, depemokimab, for severe asthma has been approved by the US Food & Drug Administration. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK will rejoin the EU's Erasmus student exchange scheme, the government has confirmed. Read More
(Alliance News) - Diageo PLC on Wednesday said it has agreed to sell Diageo Kenya Ltd to Japan's Asahi Group Holdings Ltd for USD2.3 billion. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and on Tuesday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Bunzl PLC on Wednesday backed guidance for 2025, despite challenging markets, but cautioned operating margin is expected to be slightly down in the coming year. Read More