J Sainsbury led the FTSE 100, rising 1.2%. The supermarket firm repurchased 947,888 shares at average 266.37p on Thursday. Spirax led the laggers, down 2.1% after JPMorgan cut it to 'neutral' with a ...
Shares in FTSE 250-listed Direct Line were up 7.1% to 252.66p in London early Friday, giving it a market value of GBP3.31 billion. Aviva was 0.6% lower at 486.30p. It has a market capitalisation of ...
Amanda Bryden, head of mortgages at Halifax, said: "UK house prices rose for the fifth month in a row in November, up by 1.3% in the month – the biggest increase so far this year. This pushed the ...
FTSE 250-listed Direct Line Insurance has agreed to a takeover bid from Aviva in cash and shares. The proposal is worth 275 pence per Direct Line share, consisting of 129.7p cash and 0.2867 of an ...
(Alliance News) - Marks & Spencer Group PLC has been given the green light to demolish its flagship Oxford Street store, ending a fierce three-year planning battle over the art deco building. UK ...
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Friday, ahead of UK house price index data which is due out at 0700 GMT. Looking ahead to the US schedule, Swissquote's Ipek Ozkardeskaya ...
Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust PLC on Monday said it has adopted the new "sustainability impact" label for London-listed ...
Synectics PLC - Sheffield, England-based provider of advanced security and surveillance systems solutions - Wins contracts totalling USD2.7 million. The four pacts are with gaming sector partners.
(Alliance News) - The UK prime minister insisted he was sticking to his missions as he set out "ambitious" targets for Whitehall, despite claims he was "watering down" promises. In a speech at ...
The London-based packaging company labelled its performance as "solid", but pretax profit plunged 89% on-year to GBP29 million in the six months that ended October 31. Revenue fell 4.2% to GBP3.37 ...
The firm referred to full-year market expectations of GBP70.45 million for revenue, GBP10 million for adjusted operating profit and GBP8.4 million for adjusted profit before tax. These compare with ...
Bloomberg sources that London-based Aviva has made a fresh bid of about 261 pence per share as it seeks to secure the backing of Direct Line’s board. The new proposal is about 4% higher than Aviva’s ...