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 ...

(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 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 ...

Johnson Service Group PLC on Thursday reported first-quarter growth and reaffirmed confidence in its long-term outlook, as the company progresses toward a potential move to London's Main Market.

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 ...