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: JD Sports Fashion PLC - Manchester, ...

November's figure was below the 3.4% forecast in the recent BoE Monetary Policy Report. Similarly, core CPI inflation, which excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, slowed to 3.2% from 3.4% ...

(Alliance News) - Synectics PLC on Wednesday said it delivered a "solid" performance with full-year earnings expected to be higher than the year before, as a significant, non-recurring gaming contract ...

Operating margin is forecast of around 7.6%, down from 8.3% in 2024. The decline in operating margin is expected to have moderated in the second half of 2025 from the first six months, Bunzl said.

IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 to open up 21.4 points, 0.2%, at 9,706.19 on Wednesday. The index of London large-caps closed down 0.7% at 9,684.79 on Tuesday. UK inflation data due at 0700 GMT ...

(Alliance News) - Diageo PLC on Wednesday said it has agreed to sell Diageo Kenya Ltd to Japan's Asahi Group Holdings Ltd for USD2.3 billion. The London-based owner of Guinness and Johnnie Walker ...

(Alliance News) - BAE Systems PLC on Wednesday confirmed the completion of the placing of shares it owned in Air Astana JSC, selling a bigger part of its stake than planned.

(Alliance News) - Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she does not believe the assertion that 1,000 jobs are being lost in the North Sea every month as a result of UK government policy.

On Friday, however, Poland-based developer DL Invest released an open letter calling for the wind-down's immediate suspension, and urging abrdn European's board to halt further asset disposals and ...

The London-based pharmaceuticals firm explained the approval for Exdensur is as an add-on maintenance treatment of severe asthma "characterised by an eosinophilic phenotype" in both adult and ...

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

"We have made a credible and lawful offer to redeem the outstanding debt in full," said Mercantile Managing Director Pav Bakhshi. "Karanja is a strategic infrastructure asset that rightfully belongs ...