The FTSE 100 index closed up just 1.95 points at 8,496.80. The FTSE 250 advanced 250.38 points, 1.3%, at 20,134.97, and and the AIM All-Share gained 9.26 points, 1.3%, at 699.98.

The recently-formed packaging firm reported net income of USD382 million for the first-quarter of 2025, up markedly from the USD191 million achieved by Smurfit Kappa alone a year prior. Net sales ...

Science Group also criticised Ricardo for focusing more on attacking it, the shareholder, than on articulating a clear future strategy. The company is now calling for structural reform and has ...

Whitbread PLC on Thursday reported a drop in profit and revenue in its recent financial year, affected by its Food & Beverage service costs and revenue. Whitbread is a Bedfordshire, England-based ...

At the Fit Out division, Morgan Sindall is seeing "very strong trading momentum". The division is expected to exceed a revised medium-term annual operating profit target of GBP60 million to GBP85 ...

(Alliance News) - The UK manufacturing economy remained in downturn territory at the start of the second-quarter, numbers on Thursday showed, hurt by trade uncertainty and rising cost pressure.

(Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC on Thursday backed its full-year outlook as it reported a good start to 2025 despite the uncertainties associated with US trade tariffs.

(Alliance News) - The chief executive of retail firm Next PLC has warned that the UK government's crackdown on zero-hours contracts could prove to be a "wrecking ball for the part-time economy". Simon ...

Lloyds fell 3% after raising its bad debt provision in the first quarter £309m from £57m a year earlier, citing downside risks from the impact of US tariffs. Net income rose 4% to £4.4bn while pre-tax ...

Unite Group is a Bristol, England-based student accommodation provider. The joint venture is for the development of 2,300 beds at the university's Cambridge Halls to be delivered in 2029 and 2030.