Standard Chartered's CET1 ratio was 13.8% at the end of March, down from 14.2% at year-end, mainly due to the USD1.5 billion share buyback announced in February. The bank said it remains ...

(Alliance News) - Nigel Farage's Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn & Helsby as Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as UK prime minister. The narrow victory ...

Digital revenue, however, increases 1.6%, "supported by growing audience numbers and increased trading activity". Company adds that it has started the year in line with its expectations, and remains ...

(Sharecast News) - London stocks edged higher on Thursday, extending the top-flight index's winning streak to a 14th consecutive session even as investors assessed weaker-than-expected US economic ...

(Alliance News) - Trakm8 Holdings PLC on Thursday announced it has agreed the terms of a takeover by Brillian UK Ltd. In response, shares in Trakm8 closed more than three times higher at 9.00 pence ...

AIB Group PLC on Thursday forecast a return on tangible equity surpassing its medium-term target, following the first quarter's "strong financial performance". "I am pleased to announce the group had ...

M&S first reported issues over the Easter weekend, when it stopped taking click-and-collect orders and saw contactless payments impacted by the "cyber incident". It has since restarted contactless ...

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.

(Alliance News) - Supermarket Income REIT PLC on Thursday said it has completed a GBP90 million refinancing through a new unsecured debt facility with Barclays PLC, which will be used to repay ...

(Alliance News) - SigmaRoc PLC on Thursday reported double-digit growth in revenue and earnings for the first quarter of 2025, with the European lime and minerals group reaffirming its full-year ...

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 ...