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Fri 19 Apr 2024 07:24
(Sharecast News) - UK stocks are expected to drop sharply on Friday morning after a flare-up of tensions in the Middle East.
Thu 18 Apr 2024 22:36
(Sharecast News) - US stocks were mostly lower on Thursday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq falling for the fifth straight day as another rise in bond yields dampened risk appetite
Thu 18 Apr 2024 17:05
(Sharecast News) - European markets showed resilience on Thursday, bolstered by a surge in eurozone construction activity.
Thu 18 Apr 2024 16:36
(Sharecast News) - UK stocks finished firmly in positive territory on Thursday despite a brief dip in afternoon trade, as falling oil prices and a return in risk appetite helped equity markets higher following the recent sell-off.
Thu 18 Apr 2024 16:36
(Sharecast News) - UK stocks finished firmly in positive territory on Thursday despite a brief dip in afternoon trade, as falling oil prices and a return in risk appetite helped equity markets higher following the recent sell-off.
Thu 18 Apr 2024 15:41
(Sharecast News) - Everyman Media revealed on Thursday that Blue Coast had acquired 50,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed cinema group.
Sun 14 Apr 2024 14:47
(Sharecast News) - The Financial Mail on Sunday's Midas column labelled shares of PPHE an "attractive long-term buy" citing their valuation.
Sun 14 Apr 2024 13:31
(Sharecast News) - Britons must accept that their country was now involved in the Middle East conflict, Tobias Ellwood said. The former defence minister warned that "nobody was in full control" of the growing conflict as more and more countries were sucked in. Ellwood also said that Tehran's strike had taken the conflict into a "new dangerous territory". - Sunday Telegraph
Fri 12 Apr 2024 07:28
(Sharecast News) - Everton has paid about £30m in interest charges to an opaque lender associated with a tax exile, corporate records suggest. The charges appear to have reached about £438,000 a week, according to the troubled Premier League club's most recent set of accounts, a figure more than three times the reported wages of the Everton and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. - Guardian
Thu 11 Apr 2024 07:21
(Sharecast News) - New post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation, according to a report warning that UK-EU trade will be damaged as a result. With less than a month before the introduction of new checks on animal and plant products from 30 April, the insurer Allianz Trade said the controls agreed under Boris Johnson's Brexit deal could add 10% to import costs over the first year. - Guardian
Wed 10 Apr 2024 07:20
(Sharecast News) - The government is investing more than £55m in expanding facial recognition systems - including vans that will scan crowded high streets - as part of a renewed crackdown on shoplifting. The scheme was announced alongside plans for tougher punishments for serial or abusive shoplifters in England and Wales, including being forced to wear a tag to ensure they do not revisit the scene of their crime, under a new standalone criminal offence of assaulting a retail worker. - Guardian
Tue 09 Apr 2024 07:31
(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has said an incoming Labour government would launch a £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close a gap in its spending plans exposed by Jeremy Hunt scrapping the non-dom regime to finance tax cuts. Warning households and businesses that Labour was prepared to adopt tough measures to tackle tax fraud and non-compliance, Reeves said the funding would be used to pay for free school breakfast clubs and additional NHS appointments. - Guardian
Fri 19 Apr 2024 08:59
(Sharecast News) - UK-based green hydrogen technology company Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) reported solid progress towards the commercial rollout of its membrane-free electrolyser (MFE) technology in its final results on Friday, driven by a revamped engineering team.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 08:24
(Sharecast News) - Numis downgraded its stance on packaging group DS Smith on Friday to 'hold' from 'buy' as it said there was insufficient upside to retain a buy rating.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 08:02
(Sharecast News) - Shares in gambling group 888 Holdings rose on Friday after the company delivered first-quarter revenues ahead of guidance and reiterated its confidence in hitting full-year targets.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 07:47
(Sharecast News) - Old Mutual clinched approval from the Prudential Authority to set up a bank subject to specific licence conditions.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 07:42
(Sharecast News) - Investment management firm Man Group reported an improvement in assets under manager in the first quarter, according to a trading update released on Friday, but net outflows during the period caught investors by surprise, causing shares to drop sharply.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 07:32
(Sharecast News) - Woodside Energy reported a 7% quarter-on-quarter decline in output to 44.9 million barrels of oil equivalent per day over the three days ending in March.
Thu 11 Apr 2024 09:51
(Sharecast News) - Housing services business Mears Group stated both revenue and profits improved in 2023 and said it expects to deliver another "strong" in FY24.
Thu 11 Apr 2024 09:15
(Sharecast News) - Bar and gastro pub operator Revolution Bars has proposed a restructuring of the group, which would involve the shuttering of several sites, rent reductions, and an equity raise of up to £12.5m featuring new and existing investors.
Wed 10 Apr 2024 09:45
(Sharecast News) - Power control components manufacturer XP Power said on Wednesday that both order intake and revenue declined in the first quarter but said it remains confident of its market position.
Wed 10 Apr 2024 09:17
(Sharecast News) - Ingredients manufacturer Treatt said on Wednesday that it had delivered a "solid performance" in the first half of its current trading year, with sales accelerating in Q2 and year-on-year profit growth.
Tue 09 Apr 2024 09:49
(Sharecast News) - Motor finance business S+U said on Tuesday that pre-tax profits had contracted in the year ended 31 January, despite the group's improved revenue performance throughout the period.
Tue 09 Apr 2024 09:36
(Sharecast News) - Kitchenware brand Procook said on Tuesday that revenues had improved in the fourth and final quarter of its trading year, with underlying pre-tax profits now seen "marginally ahead" of market expectations for a reading of £400,000.
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Fri 19 Apr 2024 08:59
(Sharecast News) - UK-based green hydrogen technology company Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) reported solid progress towards the commercial rollout of its membrane-free electrolyser (MFE) technology in its final results on Friday, driven by a revamped engineering team.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 08:24
(Sharecast News) - Numis downgraded its stance on packaging group DS Smith on Friday to 'hold' from 'buy' as it said there was insufficient upside to retain a buy rating.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 08:02
(Sharecast News) - Shares in gambling group 888 Holdings rose on Friday after the company delivered first-quarter revenues ahead of guidance and reiterated its confidence in hitting full-year targets.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 07:47
(Sharecast News) - Old Mutual clinched approval from the Prudential Authority to set up a bank subject to specific licence conditions.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 07:42
(Sharecast News) - Investment management firm Man Group reported an improvement in assets under manager in the first quarter, according to a trading update released on Friday, but net outflows during the period caught investors by surprise, causing shares to drop sharply.
Fri 19 Apr 2024 07:32
(Sharecast News) - Woodside Energy reported a 7% quarter-on-quarter decline in output to 44.9 million barrels of oil equivalent per day over the three days ending in March.
Sun 14 Apr 2024 14:47
(Sharecast News) - The Financial Mail on Sunday's Midas column labelled shares of PPHE an "attractive long-term buy" citing their valuation.
Sun 14 Apr 2024 13:31
(Sharecast News) - Britons must accept that their country was now involved in the Middle East conflict, Tobias Ellwood said. The former defence minister warned that "nobody was in full control" of the growing conflict as more and more countries were sucked in. Ellwood also said that Tehran's strike had taken the conflict into a "new dangerous territory". - Sunday Telegraph
Fri 12 Apr 2024 07:28
(Sharecast News) - Everton has paid about £30m in interest charges to an opaque lender associated with a tax exile, corporate records suggest. The charges appear to have reached about £438,000 a week, according to the troubled Premier League club's most recent set of accounts, a figure more than three times the reported wages of the Everton and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. - Guardian
Thu 11 Apr 2024 07:21
(Sharecast News) - New post-Brexit UK border controls coming into force later this month will cost British businesses £2bn and fuel higher inflation, according to a report warning that UK-EU trade will be damaged as a result. With less than a month before the introduction of new checks on animal and plant products from 30 April, the insurer Allianz Trade said the controls agreed under Boris Johnson's Brexit deal could add 10% to import costs over the first year. - Guardian
Wed 10 Apr 2024 07:20
(Sharecast News) - The government is investing more than £55m in expanding facial recognition systems - including vans that will scan crowded high streets - as part of a renewed crackdown on shoplifting. The scheme was announced alongside plans for tougher punishments for serial or abusive shoplifters in England and Wales, including being forced to wear a tag to ensure they do not revisit the scene of their crime, under a new standalone criminal offence of assaulting a retail worker. - Guardian
Tue 09 Apr 2024 07:31
(Sharecast News) - Rachel Reeves has said an incoming Labour government would launch a £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close a gap in its spending plans exposed by Jeremy Hunt scrapping the non-dom regime to finance tax cuts. Warning households and businesses that Labour was prepared to adopt tough measures to tackle tax fraud and non-compliance, Reeves said the funding would be used to pay for free school breakfast clubs and additional NHS appointments. - Guardian
Wed 17 Apr 2024 15:33
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Canaccord Genuity raised their target price on electrical retailer AO World from 52.0p to 75.0p on Wednesday after the group's trading update last week led the broker to adjust its FY24-26 estimates.
Tue 16 Apr 2024 16:00
(Sharecast News) - Everyman Media is "well positioned for future success", according to Canaccord Genuity, which reiterated a 'buy' rating on the company following its 2023 results on Tuesday.
Mon 15 Apr 2024 15:49
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on Atome with a 'speculative buy' rating and 130.0p target price on Monday, stating the company's choice to focus on finished ammonia fertiliser manufacture was "advantaged".
Thu 11 Apr 2024 14:29
(Sharecast News) - HSBC upgraded B&Q and Castorama owner Kingfisher to 'buy' from 'hold' and lifted its price target on the stock to 305.0p from 235.0p.
Wed 10 Apr 2024 15:22
(Sharecast News) - Shore Capital upgraded AO World on Wednesday to 'buy' from 'hold' as it said the online electricals company was "emerging as a capital-light cash compounder" within an industry it believes will "accommodate for margin recovery over the short term" and was at a volume trough versus the past ten years.
Tue 09 Apr 2024 15:48
(Sharecast News) - Barclays upgraded Halma to 'overweight' from 'equalweight' on Tuesday and lifted its price target on the stock to 2,650.0p from 2,425.0p.
Wed 17 Apr 2024 15:36
(Sharecast News) - Angus Energy revealed on Wednesday that chief executive Richard Herbert had acquired 5.0m ordinary shares in the AIM-listed onshore oil and gas development firm.
Mon 15 Apr 2024 16:11
(Sharecast News) - Abrdn revealed on Monday that chief executive Stephen Bird had disposed of 29,942 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed global investment company.
Fri 12 Apr 2024 15:35
(Sharecast News) - Redx Pharma revealed on Friday that chief executive Lisa Anson had acquired 399,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm.
Thu 11 Apr 2024 14:29
(Sharecast News) - Personal Group revealed on Thursday that chief financial officer Sarah Mace had disposed of 3,410 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed workforce benefits and services provider.
Wed 10 Apr 2024 15:18
(Sharecast News) - Roadside Real Estate revealed on Wednesday that chairman Charles Dickson's wife, Helen, had acquired 879,678 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed real estate business.
Tue 09 Apr 2024 15:42
(Sharecast News) - Literacy Capital revealed on Tuesday that director Christopher Sellers had acquired 17,500 ordinary shares in the London-listed investment company.
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