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Utilico Insights: Election cycles in South America as a potential catalyst for local stock markets
Election cycles in South America as a potential catalyst for local stock markets. Read focusIR's Articles - London South East ...
ActiveOp gets North America boost as financial 2025 profit rises 35%
ActiveOps said the SaaS revenue gain was owed to both new and existing customers. It also noted "exceptionally high" revenue growth in North America, up 22% to GBP7.7 million from GBP6.4 million, ...
LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: London stocks recover as Starmer calms nerves
(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 ...
Currys resumes dividend as increased revenue drives profit growth
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 ...
Quartix sees rise in profit, recurring revenue and customer numbers
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 ...
SMALL-CAP WINNERS & LOSERS: Kenmare Resources down as price target cut
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 ...
Labour sees biggest first-year poll drop of any government since 1990s
(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 ...
Ireland business activity growth slows on softer services in June
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 ...
London close: Markets turn weaker in afternoon trading
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 ...
London midday: Stocks maintain gains as miners rally; ADP eyed
(Sharecast News) - London stocks were still firmer by midday on Wednesday, with miners pacing the gains as investors eyed the US ADP report and continued to monitor progress on trade deals ahead of ...
UK minister declines to rule out tax rises; welfare climbdown warning
(Alliance News) - There will be "financial consequences" to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's last-minute climbdown on welfare reform, a Cabinet minister has said, as he declined to rule out tax rises.
M&S CEO Machin says worst of cyber attack impact to be over by August
(Alliance News) - The chief executive officer of Marks & Spencer Group PLC has said he hopes to have the majority of the impact from its damaging cyber attack "behind us" by August. Stuart Machin, CEO ...