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Marechale Capital full-year loss widens amid "challenging backdrop"

(Alliance News) - Marechale Capital PLC on Friday reported lower full-year revenue, with profit hurt by equity investment losses. Marechale Capital is a London-based adviser and financing provider for ...

Zenith Energy project in Piedmont reclassified with higher capacity

(Alliance News) - Zenith Energy Ltd on Friday said the agrivoltaic solar energy project it acquired in Piedmont, Italy, has been reclassified as a 10 megawatt peak project, upgraded from 7 MWp of ...

Blencowe confident as progresses feasibility for first graphite mine

According to Blencowe, "all major infrastructure workstreams" been executed for the site's definitive feasibility study. Drilling, which targeted a new deposit and aimed to make more graphite reserves ...

Revolution Beauty ends bid talks as co-founders return to lead revamp

Chair Iain McDonald commented: "Revolution Beauty is a great brand, but the business has lost its way. We are confident that with a return to the founder-led management team who originally scaled the ...

UK activity rise outperforms, helped by services but recruitment down

The S&P Global flash UK purchasing managers' composite output index rose to 53.0 points in August, a 12-month high, from 51.5 in July, easily beating the FXStreet-cited consensus of 51.6 in August.

LONDON BRIEFING: WH Smith cuts North America profit forecast

GBP: lower at USD1.3453 (USD1.3468 at previous London equities close) ...

London midday: Stocks pop higher; inflation reading tempers rate cut expectations

(Sharecast News) - London stocks had popped into the black by midday on Wednesday as a higher-than-expected UK inflation reading tempered market expectations of another rate cut this year. The FTSE ...

Temple Bar ups dividend as outperforms comparator index in first half

Dividends per share in the first half of 2025 were 6.75p, up 35% from 5.00p a year prior. Temple Bar said its performance was helped "large rises" in banks Johnson Matthey PLC, Barclays PLC, NatWest ...

LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Stocks down, no surprises on China rates

In Asia on Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo was down 1.5%. In China, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.4%, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was down 0.5%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney closed ...

Lion Finance posts share buyback extension as net interest income up

Lion Finance declared a total interim dividend of GEL5.10 per share, as it said it decided to move to a quarterly distribution schedule. Further, it announced a GEL98.0 million extension to its share ...

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 at new peak despite fading rate cut hope

Despite the fading rate cut hopes, the pound eased to USD1.3468 late on Wednesday afternoon in London, compared to USD1.3503 at the equities close on Tuesday. The euro edged down to USD1.1661, lower ...

Gore Street Energy focused on strategy as holders reject board changes

Gore Street said it plans to maintain an open and constructive dialogue with holders during this process, with it expecting to engage in formal shareholder discussions in around six months time to ...