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IWG slumps as CEO Dixon sells 35m shares
29th May 2024 09:12
(Sharecast News) - IWG slumped on Wednesday after chief executive Mark Dixon sold 35m shares in the flexible workspace provider.
Read moreFuller Smith & Turner sells 37 pubs to Admiral Taverns
29th May 2024 08:28
(Sharecast News) - Pubs and hotels group Fuller, Smith & Turner has announced the sale of 37 pubs to Admiral Taverns for £18.3m as it looks to bolster its balance sheet.
Read moreLondon open: Stocks fall but IDS jumps on takeover deal
29th May 2024 08:24
(Sharecast News) - London stocks fell in early trade on Wednesday, taking their cue from a downbeat session in Asia, but IDS bucked the trend after the Royal Mail owner accepted a takeover offer.
Read moreBloomsbury Publishing buys US publisher for £65m
29th May 2024 08:22
(Sharecast News) - Bloomsbury Publishing said on Wednesday that it has bought The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group's academic publishing business for $83m (£65m).
Read moreShares in Gem Diamonds shine on 'remarkable' recovery
29th May 2024 08:22
(Sharecast News) - Gem Diamonds has recovered a 212 carat precious stone, the miner confirmed on Wednesday, sending its shares higher.
Read moreEurope open: Shares in downbeat mood; IDS shares up on Kretinsky deal
29th May 2024 08:20
(Sharecast News) - European stock markets continued in gloomy mood on Wednesday, extending losses from the previous day's sell-off.
Read moreGerman consumer confidence at highest since April 2022
29th May 2024 07:46
(Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence in Germany rose to its highest reading in more than two years, according to the latest Consumer Climate Indicator from GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM).
Read moreAsia report: Shares lower as investors mull Australia CPI rise
29th May 2024 07:42
(Sharecast News) - Asian markets were lower on Wednesday as investors digested higher-than-expected April inflation data from Australia.
Read moreJLEN Environmental posts dip in net asset value
29th May 2024 07:39
(Sharecast News) - JLEN Environmental Assets Group reported a dip in net asset value on Wednesday, on the back of lower power prices and battery revenues.
Read moreLondon pre-open: Stocks seen lower on weak Asian cues
29th May 2024 07:31
(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to fall at the open on Wednesday following a downbeat session in Asia and mixed performance on Wall Street.
Read moreBHP urges Anglo American to extend offer deadline
29th May 2024 07:28
(Sharecast News) - Mining titan BHP has requested that Anglo American extend its 'put up or shut up' deadline so that the two can continue discussions around a potential £39bn takeover of the latter.
Read moreWednesday newspaper round-up: Ryan Salame, Ocado, Shell
29th May 2024 07:17
(Sharecast News) - The next government should force all tradespeople who install home heat pumps, solar panels and insulation to sign up to a mandatory accreditation scheme to counter mistrust in the industry, a leading consumer group is demanding. A report from Which? found that households face "significant anxiety" in choosing tradespeople to fit low-carbon heating systems, such as heat pumps, and insulation after "press stories about poor work and rogue traders". - Guardian
Read moreOfwat mulls cutting fines for struggling water firms - report
29th May 2024 07:13
(Sharecast News) - The regulator is considering reducing fines for financially stressed water companies, including crisis-hit Thames Water, it was reported on Wednesday.
Read moreBank of Georgia delivers solid Q1 as profit jump
29th May 2024 07:07
(Sharecast News) - First-quarter profits at Bank of Georgia were up by more than a fifth, helped by favourable macro conditions and the recent acquisition of Armenia's Ameriabank.
Read moreCzech's in the post as Kretinsky strikes £5.3bn deal for Royal Mail
29th May 2024 07:02
(Sharecast News) - Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services on Wednesday said it had reached agreement with Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky on a takeover worth up to £5.3bn for the 500-year-old company.
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