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 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 ...

"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 ...

(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 ...

James Halstead said it expects sales and profit to come in below the prior financial year's "record levels", though still remaining within the range of market expectations. It expects to report its ...

The firm lowered its interim dividend to 0.8p per share from 1.25p the previous year. Essentra left its full-year guidance for adjusted operating profit unchanged, saying that the first half had ...

The weaker earnings amid the stronger top line can be attributed to increased costs, with administrative expenses rising 17% to GBP53.7 million from GBP45.8 million. Finance costs also edged higher, ...

In European equities on Tuesday, the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.6%, while the DAX 40 in Frankfurt was up 1.4%. They had ended down 0.4% and 1.0% on Monday.

NAV total return was 6.3% in the first half of 2025, underperforming against the Deutsche Numis Smaller Cos Index which generated a total return of 7.0%. Aberforth Smaller announced an interim ...

(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 ...