The International Monetary Fund still sees growth slowing this year, however, even as it lifted its 2025 projection to 3.0% – up from 2.8% in April – in its World Economic Outlook update. In 2024, ...

The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were Croda International, down 301.00p at 2,598.00p, Rentokil Initial, down 12.90p at 348.10p, Glencore, down 10.80p at 305.90p, Unite Group, down 21.50p at 764.50p ...

The FTSE 100 index opened up 11.70 points, 0.1%, at 9,093.14. The FTSE 250 was down marginally by 0.82 points at 21,950.74, and the AIM All-Share was down 2.61 points, 0.3%, at 770.41.

(Alliance News) - Filtronic PLC on Tuesday said it benefited from higher value contracts as it reported a surge in full-year sales and profit. Pretax profit ballooned to GBP13.4 million in the 12 ...

The London-based firm, which operates food and beverage outlets in travel locations, said sales rose 6% in the quarter ended June 30 from a year ago, on a constant currency basis, with like-for-like ...

"The floor agreements announced today with EDF, the UK's largest battery optimiser, mark the completion of another key milestone," said Gresham House Energy Storage Fund Chair John Leggate.

(Alliance News) - The UK Competition and Markets Authority on Tuesday launched an investigation into a proposed merger between DHL Group AG's UK parcel division and courier company Evri Ltd. Back in ...

However, Paragon revised its Mortgage Lending advances guidance down to around GBP1.6 billion for the full-year, from between GBP1.6 billion to GBP1.8 billion guided previously. All other guidance ...

(Alliance News) - CRH PLC on Tuesday said it will acquire Eco Materials Technologies Inc, a South Jordan, Utah-based supplier of supplementary cementitious materials, SCM, in North America. CRH, a ...

The company noted "strong trading momentum" as it enters the second half of 2025, adding that declining interest rates positively impact its finance costs, with them acting as a tailwind to its EPS ...

Diluted earnings per share decreased 41% on-year to 37.9p from 64.6p. On an adjusted basis, Unite said that EPS rose 3% to 29.4p from 28.6p in 2024. It reiterated full-year guidance for adjusted EPS ...

The first half was impacted by "challenging market footfall, more weather disruption than in 2024, and phasing of cost headwinds," the firm stated. Greggs explained that heavy snow and strong winds in ...