(Alliance News) - Business confidence in Scotland rose to higher than the UK national average in May, at 52%. Overall UK business confidence rose 11 points in May to 50% – the highest level in nine ...

(Alliance News) - Nuformix PLC on Thursday said its lead programme, NXP002, has been granted orphan drug designation by the European Medicines Agency for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ...

(Alliance News) - Old Mutual Ltd on Thursday said its Africa Regions markets experienced a "mixed macro performance" in the first quarter of the year, as it noted the impact of tariffs, donor funding, ...

The FTSE 100 index closed down 9.56 points, 0.1%, at 8,716.45. The FTSE 250 rose 51.39 points, 0.3%, to 20,997.58, and the AIM All-Share rose 3.26 points, 0.4%, at 744.84.

Regent, which owns companies in the gas and infrastructure sectors, back in April offered to buy Inspired, a Kirkham, England-based energy and sustainability advisor. The bid was for 68.50 pence per ...

The UK and Ireland-focused vertical market software investor said operating earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation for the financial year ended March 31 jumped 71% to GBP4.8 ...

(Alliance News) - Shell PLC on Thursday said it has increased its interest in Nigeria's Bonga field by purchasing TotalEnergies SE's 12.5% stake for USD510 million.

(Alliance News) - Sundae Bar PLC will start trading on the AIM market in London on Tuesday next week, changing its name from Kondor AI and moving trading venue after buying fellow Aquis Stock Exchange ...

(Alliance News) - Pizza Express, Lidl, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA's British Airways, and outsourcing firm Capita PLC are among the British businesses named by the UK government for ...

(Alliance News) - Capital Gearing Trust PLC on Thursday lifted its annual payout by more than 30%, thanks to the distribution of interest income, as its total return beat UK inflation.

The Surrey-based developer of real-time mass spectrometers said it has received 34 firm orders for the MicroTox LX so far in 2025, up from 27 units reported in March. It expects to ship the remaining ...

(Alliance News) - Home REIT PLC on Thursday gave an update on rent collection as its managed wind down progresses. The London-based investor in the UK's social housing sector said rent collection in ...