LONDON BRIEFING: UK inflation rises to 3.3%; Reckitt sales fall
22nd Apr 2026 08:02
(Alliance News) - Headline UK inflation rises to 3.3%, Reckitt Benckiser reports lower first-quarter revenue, while Aberdeen hails a "robust" performance. Read More
(Alliance News) - Headline UK inflation rises to 3.3%, Reckitt Benckiser reports lower first-quarter revenue, while Aberdeen hails a "robust" performance. Read More
Tharisa PLC - Cyprus-headquartered platinum miner - Appoints Jacques Breytenbach as chief finance officer designate, with effect from May 1, and as CFO from August 1. Breytenbach will succeed Michael Jones, who will retire, with effect from July 31. Jones' retirement was flagged early in February. Breytenbach's appointment provides for a "comprehensive" handover period to ensure continuity and stability within the finance function. Breytenbach served as the CFO of Petra Diamonds Ltd. Prior to this, he was finance manager at Anglo American Platinum Ltd, now Valterra Platinum Ltd. He recently served as a non-executive director of Afrimat Ltd. Read More
(Alliance News) - Headline UK inflation rose to 3.3% in the year to March, as the war in Iran hit fuel costs, according to figures published on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Wednesday, ahead of the latest UK inflation report, after US President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran to allow negotiations to continue. Read More
(Alliance News) - BHP Group Ltd on Wednesday maintained its full‑year guidance and said it now expected copper to come in towards the upper end of its range despite softer quarterly output. Read More
(Alliance News) - Haleon PLC said it has dropped a supplier of "carbon-neutral" packaging after an AFP and The Gecko Project investigation Wednesday revealed links to the clearing of Indonesian rainforest that is home to critically endangered orangutans. Read More
(Alliance News) - Britain will host military planners from over 30 countries for two days of talks starting Wednesday on a multinational mission led by the UK and France to protect navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the defense ministry said. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued last Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Both chambers of Britain's parliament have approved a bill that would ban children aged 17 and under from buying cigarettes during their lifetime. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Saba Capital Management LP on Monday said it would submit itself for consideration as the next investment manager of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust PLC, should the trust's board be replaced at its annual meeting next week. Read More
(Alliance News) - Saba Capital Management LP on Tuesday called for the board of Impax Environmental Markets PLC to resign after 78% of IEM shares were tendered under the company's exit tender offer. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Jupiter Fund Management PLC on Tuesday said it achieved in increase assets under management in the first three months of 2026, aided by an acquisition and "another quarter of positive net inflows". Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed lower on Tuesday, after a bright start, amid caution ahead of the soon-to-expire ceasefire between the US and Iran. Read More