(Alliance News) - UK consumer confidence increased in May as turbulence around April's US tariffs calmed, but comes amid warnings that inflation could mean relief is short-lived. GfK's long-running ...

(Alliance News) - Consumer confidence increased in May as turbulence around April's US tariffs calmed, but comes amid warnings that inflation could mean relief is short-lived. GfK's long-running ...

The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Block Energy PLC - Georgia-focused oil and gas ...

Poolbeg Pharma PLC - London-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company targeting diseases - BookBuild offer is significantly oversubscribed and therefore Poolbeg upsizes the offer to GBP150,000 ...

It agreed the sale of Catalyst Technologies to Charlotte, North Carolina-based Honeywell at an enterprise value of GBP1.80 billion on a cash and debt-free basis, representing a 13.3 times earnings ...

(Alliance News) - Anglo Asian Mining PLC on Thursday reported a "strong start" to 2025 trading as it posted weaker revenue in 2024, a year in which it faced "a number of challenges". The ...

In New York on Thursday, stocks were mixed, after falling heavily on Wednesday. At the time of the London close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%, the S&P 500 was flat and the Nasdaq ...

(Alliance News) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signed an agreement to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will cost GBP101 million per year. The deal involves ...

(Alliance News) - The Chagos Islands deal could still be signed on Thursday after an overnight injunction was granted temporarily preventing the plans, the High Court has been told.

BT raised its final dividend by 1.2% to 5.76 pence per share from 5.69p. Its total dividend was 2.0% higher at 8.16p per share from 8.00p.

In addition, Hiscox has planned a 20% hike in its final dividend for 2025, with a progressive dividend per share from then on. This follows a 15% increase in its dividend in 2024. For its interim ...

In early UK corporate news, BT reported growth in annual profit, miner Rio Tinto announced its boss will step down and Johnson Matthey pledged a capital return to shareholders after selling a unit to ...