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TOP NEWS: Barratt in GBP200 million share buyback after record profit
(Alliance News) - Barratt Developments PLC on Wednesday unveiled a GBP200 million share buyback programme after reporting a record profit figure with the UK housing market supported by an "imbalance" in...
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UPDATE: Liz Truss set for first PM's questions after Cabinet reshuffle
(Alliance News) - New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss will work to finalise a multi-billion package to freeze energy bills after conducting a brutal Cabinet cull of Rishi Sunak supporters...
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TOP NEWS: UK house prices hit another record high, but growth slows
(Alliance News) - House prices crept higher in the UK in August from July, but the annual rate of growth - while still steep - has slowed, data from Halifax...
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LONDON BRIEFING: UK house price growth slows; Barratt profit drops
(Alliance News) - A dour session in Asia looks set to carry over into the open in Europe on Wednesday, following disappointing Chinese trade data....
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LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Lower call after weak handover from Asia, NY
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were set for a lower open on Wednesday after losses in Asia and New York overnight and some weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data....
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Truss, Biden agree need to protect Northern Irish peace in first call
(Alliance News) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and US President Joe Biden "agreed on the importance of protecting" peace in Northern Ireland, in a phone call Tuesday hours after...
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New UK PM Truss speaks to Ukraine's Zelensky, expresses "full backing"
(Alliance News) - Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday pledged her full backing to Ukraine in a call to President Volodymyr Zelensky, shortly after taking office....
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IN BRIEF: abrdn CFO Stephanie Bruce buys GBP99,000 worth of shares
abrdn PLC - Edinburgh-based investment company - Chief Financial Officer Stephanie Bruce, and close associate, buy 66,709 shares at 147.99 pence average price, for an approximate total of GBP98,723, on...
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PRESS: New UK chancellor Kwarteng eyes crisis talks with bank chiefs
(Alliance News) - The UK's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng is set to hold crisis talks with the heads of major high street banks on Wednesday, Sky News...
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UPDATE: New UK PM Truss rewards allies, ousts Sunak backers
(Alliance News) - New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss rewarded close allies Therese Coffey and Kwasi Kwarteng with top Cabinet jobs as she culled a number of prominent Rishi Sunak...
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