UK retail sales volumes surged 4.2% year-on-year in June, picking up speed from 3.5% in May. The June figure topped the FXStreet-cited consensus, which had pencilled in a slowdown in annual retail ...

(Alliance News) - The UK "stands ready 24/7 to defend itself", the government has said, after Iran claimed Britain would "bear responsibility" for allowing the US to use British bases.

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open lower on Friday, with conflict worry and now tariff concerns hitting equity market enthusiasm. The Brent price remains above USD100 a barrel, stoking ...

Donald Trump will press ahead with a new 10% import tariff on UK goods after time-limited levies introduced by the president in response to a Supreme Court defeat expire on Friday, the US trade ...

(Alliance News) - Wesfarmers Ltd on Friday revealed it has agreed to sell Cm3, its contractor management software unit, to Achilles Group, a supply chain risk and performance management company owned ...

(Alliance News) - Allianz SE on Friday announced a new distribution agreement with HSBC Holdings PLC along with a deal to acquire HSBC Life Singapore.

Scancell, an Oxford-based pharmaceutical company focused on cancer immunotherapies, said it will buy Nasdaq-listed biotechnology firm Neuphoria Therapeutics Inc via an all-share transaction.

AI PLC, up 33% at 0.64 pence, 12-month range 0.481p-6.2p. Announces licence and option agreement with R42 Group LLC covering the latter's preventative health data platform Ageotype. capAI says the ...

Stock prices in London closed lower on Thursday, as the price of oil surged as the conflict in the Middle East widened and unnerved investors, after Yemen's Houthis attacked two Saudi tankers. The ...

(Alliance News) - easyJet PLC on Thursday said Chief Operating Officer David Morgan will retire from his role, while the company announced a sharp dive in headline pretax profit for the third quarter.

The UK Competition & Markets Authority has issued an invitation to comment on the agreed acquisition of ITV Media & Entertainment Holdings Ltd to Comcast Corp's Sky. The regulator is seeking "any ...

The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News: LPA Group PLC - Essex, England-based engineering company focused on ...