In response, shares in Smiths jumped 12% to 2,082.00 pence for a market value of GBP7.16 billion. They set a new 12-month high of 2,188.00p earlier Friday morning. Smiths said it plans to sell its ...

UK house prices rose 4.1% on-year this month, slowing from a 4.7% climb in December, according to Nationwide. The average price edged up 0.1% in January from December to sit at GBP268,213. In December ...

A barrel of Brent fell to USD76.26 early Friday from USD77.18 at the time of the London equities close on Thursday. An ounce of gold rose to USD2,794.27 from USD2,793.57. Gold rose as high as USD2,799 ...

In early UK corporate news, Smiths Group announced a break-up plan, with its Interconnect and Detection divisions set to be separated. Here is what you need to know at the London market open: ...

Axel Rudolph at IG observed: "The slowest US growth in three quarters has revived hopes that the Fed may move away from its hawkish hold. Eurozone GDP stalling and the German economy - in a mild ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also outlined plans to make endangering another life during a sea crossing to the UK a new offence carrying a five-year jail term under the Border Security, Asylum & ...

The investor in UK smaller companies looking to outperform the Deutsche Numis Smaller Cos Index said net asset value per share rose 8.5% to 1,666.95 pence each as of December 31, from 1,536.73p a year ...

The London-based luxury handbag maker, which late in 2024 managed to see off a takeover tilt from shareholder Frasers Group PLC, set out a new strategy dubbed "back to the Mulberry spirit".

Restructuring efforts are expected to save Next 15 around GBP40 million on an annualised basis. Of this, around GBP14 million will be realised by letting go employees in the Mach49 division, which ...

(Alliance News) - Fevertree Drinks PLC on Thursday said it intends to launch a share buyback programme for up to GBP71.0 million, on the back of a new partnership with Molson Coors Beverage Co for the ...

Despite the lower earnings, Shell said 2024 was "another year of strong financial performance" and announced a new USD3.5 billion share buyback programme, unchanged from the prior quarter, and in line ...

In response, shares in Airtel Africa rose 9.4% to 145.50 pence each in London on Thursday. Chief Executive Sunil Taldar said demand "remains significant" across its markets and business segments ...