(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 was higher at midday on Thursday, as new data showed an acceleration in the UK private sector in June, and the German chancellor urges the EU to reach a trade deal ...

Customer acquisition also strengthened, with 3,962 new clients added in the half, up 13% from the same period in 2024. New subscriptions climbed 7% to 40,698. Quartix's total customer base stood at 31 ...

Yellow Cake PLC, down 1.6% at 514.67p, 12-month range 359.00p-622.79p. Berenberg cuts the price target for the Jersey, Channel Islands-based uranium mining company to 682 pence from 708p, and ...

Going forward, it said it expects to set its interim dividend at one-third of the prior full year dividend. Between the final dividend for financial 2025 and the expected interim dividend for ...

In early corporate news, Currys resumes dividend payouts as profit multiples more than fourfold, and Ryanair cancels 170 flights ahead of a strike by French air traffic controllers. Here is what you ...

UK business confidence remains fragile after firms swallowed the jump in tax and labour costs in April, according to new research. A survey by the British Chambers of Commerce found that most firms ...

(Alliance News) - The UK Labour party has seen a double-digit drop in support in opinion polls since the general election a year ago – the first fall of its kind since John Major's Conservative ...

The AIB Ireland composite purchasing managers' index fell to 52.8 in June, down from a six-month high of 54.9 in May. A reading above the 50.0 neutral mark indicates an overall increase in business ...

(Alliance News) - The latest national four-day working week pilot, involving 17 companies and nearly 1,000 workers, has ended with a 100% success rate, it was announced on Thursday. All 17 companies ...

London stocks ended lower on Wednesday, giving up earlier gains as investor sentiment turned cautious following fresh US jobs data and lingering uncertainty over international trade negotiations ahead ...

(Alliance News) - Equipmake Holdings PLC on Wednesday announced the appointment of Tim Metcalfe as non-executive chair, following the resignation of Clive Scrivener, who is stepping down to focus on ...

(Alliance News) - Rachel Reeves is "going nowhere" and will remain as UK chancellor, Downing Street said, despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer declining to give her a public show of support.