The FTSE 100 index closed up just 0.62 of a point at 9,136.94. The FTSE 250 closed 16.49 points lower, 0.1%, at 21,776.58, and the AIM All-Share closed down 3.03 points, 0.4%, at 762.72.

(Alliance News) - International Personal Finance PLC on Tuesday said it would be minded to accept a takeover bid from a suitor of around GBP500 million, should an offer come. The provider of credit ...

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Wednesday.

Smurfit WestRock nowadays represents the merger of Dublin-based Smurfit Kappa Group and Atlanta-based WestRock Co. The deal was completed in June of last year. The firm announced a second quarterly ...

Of this, sales of Sage Business Cloud grew 13% to GBP1.54 billion from GBP1.36 billion a year ago, or by 12% on an organic basis. Here, sales were driven by balanced growth from both new and existing ...

HSBC maintained its interim dividend at USD0.10 per share, but announced plans to initiate and complete a USD3 billion share buyback before its third quarter results are released. The bank's common ...

The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Goodwin PLC - Stoke-on-Trent-based engineering ...

Revenue in the second quarter of 2025 rose 1.3% to GBP7.99 billion from GBP7.88 billion, helping to push pretax profit up 26% to GBP1.89 billion from GBP1.50 billion. Core operating profit rose 12% at ...

IPF confirmed talks with asset-based financing provider BasePoint Capital. A price per share of 223.8 pence has been mooted, a sum IPF would recommend to shareholders should an official bid ...

The London-based owner of Guinness, Baileys and Johnnie Walker whisky said Mahlan will serve as interim CFO from August 18. She was Diageo CFO from 2010 to 2015 and most recently served as interim ...

On-year, retail sales growth jumped to 3.0% in June from 1.5% in May, the latter revised down from 1.6%. The best annual growth was in furniture & lighting with 12%, while the biggest fall was in food ...

(Alliance News) - Taylor Wimpey said it completed more house completions in the first half of 2025, but it cut its interim dividend and lowered operating profit guidance for the full year amid softer ...