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Segro reports record rental income but property gains weigh on profit
(Alliance News) - Segro PLC on Friday reported a decline in pretax profit for 2025, despite increased revenue, as lower valuation gains offset record rental income....
Read moreChrysalis plans portfolio sale and cash exit, manager flags concerns
(Alliance News) - Chrysalis Investments Ltd on Friday proposed to sell its entire portfolio and return proceeds to shareholders over the next three years....
Read moreIN BRIEF: Coca-Cola Europacific execs sell USD1.3 million in shares
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC - soft drinks bottler in over 30 markets including Australia, Germany, Great Britain and Spain - Clare Wardle, general counsel and company secretary, sells 12,000 shares...
Read moreSmiths Group to sell Detection unit to CVC in GBP2.0 billion deal
(Alliance News) - Smiths Group PLC on Friday said it has signed a binding agreement to sell its Smiths Detection division to CVC Capital Partners PLC in a deal valuing...
Read moreUS regulator FDA greenlights AbbVie and AstraZeneca's cancer treatment
(Alliance News) - AbbVie Inc and AstraZeneca PLC on Friday hailed a regulatory win for their joint cancer treatment programme....
Read moreBlackrock Smaller, Blackrock Throgmorton agree Saba-supported merger
(Alliance News) - Blackrock Smaller Cos Trust PLC and Blackrock Throgmorton Trust PLC have agreed to a proposed merger, the companies announced Friday....
Read moreUK's Hinkley Point nuclear plant costs raised to GBP35 billion - EDF
(Alliance News) - Paris-based energy group EDF on Friday raised the budget for the long-delayed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Britain, saying construction costs were now estimated at GBP35...
Read moreUK services and manufacturing sectors beat expectations in February
(Alliance News) - Growth in both services and manufacturing sector activity in the UK was stronger than expected in February, which was however "another month of steep job losses", preliminary...
Read moreLONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks up after "encouraging" retail figures
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday, after the Office for National Statistics reported substantial retail sales growth and a record public sector surplus. ...
Read moreUK's Cooper to meet Rubio after Chagos deal thrown into fresh doubt
(Alliance News) - UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will meet her US counterpart Marco Rubio for talks in Washington after Britain's Chagos Islands deal was thrown into fresh doubt by...
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