PRESS: UK payments watchdog could be abolished — Sky News
(Alliance News) - Ministers are considering to scrap the UK's Payment Systems Regulator and fold it into the Financial Conduct Authority, Sky News reported Saturday. If confirmed, it would be part of ...
ECR Minerals finalises AUD225,000 land sale in Victoria
(Alliance News) - ECR Minerals PLC on Friday said that its AUD225,000, around GBP113,000, sale of surplus land in Victoria, Australia, is now unconditional, following the buyer securing financing.
Sinn Fein leadership in Ireland rules out White House visit
(Alliance News) - Sinn Fein's leadership will not attend an event at the White House in "a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza". The party's ...
Litigation Capital Management fails to win Quintis class action
The court ruled that the former director of Quintis and its auditors, Ernst & Young Global Limited, engaged in "misleading and deceptive conduct" in financial statements. However, the court found that ...
City of London Investment Trust ups interim payout as beats benchmark
The FTSE 250-listed investment firm, which targets long-term growth through equities listed on the London Stock Exchange, said net asset value per share with debt at fair value ticked up 0.3% to 430.8 ...
Frasers opts against buying Norway's XXL amid shareholder opposition
(Alliance News) - Frasers Group PLC on Thursday said it has decided against taking full ownership of Norway's XXL. The Shirebrook, England-based owner of multiple retailers, including House of Fraser, ...
Ireland wholesale prices rise in January as electricity surges
(Alliance News) - Ireland's wholesale prices increased in January, with electricity costs rising sharply on both a monthly and annual basis, according to data from the Central Statistics Office on ...
Lloyds hails robust results but motor charge sends profit into reverse
Lloyds lifted its final dividend by 15% to 2.11 pence per share final dividend, giving a 3.17p per share total payout, up 15%. It also plans a GBP1.7 billion share buyback, down 15% from GBP2.0 ...
Hookipa Pharma rules out making offer for Poolbeg Pharma
Under the proposed terms announced in January, shareholders in Poolbeg, the London-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical firm, would have received 0.03 Hookipa shares for each Poolbeg share. Shares ...
Irish Residential intends share buyback programme as loss narrows
Irish Residential proposed a final dividend per share of 2.20 euro cents, up 10% from 2.00c a year prior. This brings the total payout for 2024 to 4.08 euro cents, down 8.3% from 4.45c in 2023. The ...
Anglo American swings to 2024 loss on huge write-downs, but shares up
Anglo American reported revenue of USD27.29 billion in 2024, down 11% from USD30.65 billion. As a result, underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation fell 15% to USD8.46 ...
Ithaca Energy shares up as oil output in 2024 beats market guidance
Ithaca shares jumped 9.5% to 143.63 pence each on Thursday morning in London, making it the best performed on the FTSE 250. Ithaca will publish 2024 results on March 26. Comments and questions to ...