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Great Portland Estates inks lease with fashion brand Represent
15th Apr 2024 07:08
(Sharecast News) - Great Portland Estates announced on Monday that British luxury brand Represent had agreed to open its new London flagship store at the company's 135/141 Wardour Street property in Soho.
Read moreKingfisher chair to step down in June
15th Apr 2024 07:07
(Sharecast News) - B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher has announced that chair Andrew Cosslett will step down after seven years at the helm of the board.
Read moreLondon pre-open: Stocks to fall as markets watch Middle East tensions
15th Apr 2024 07:07
(Sharecast News) - UK stocks are expected to fall in early trading on Monday with investors likely to keep close eyes on the evolving situation between Israel and Iran, after Tehran launched drones and missiles overnight.
Read moreMonday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Middle East, fuel prices, oil exploration, tax havens
15th Apr 2024 07:06
(Sharecast News) - A 20-year-old children's charity that shut down after an error by Barclays led to its account being closed was offered only £250 in compensation by the bank. JusB, which worked with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, initially was offered the sum along with an apology for a mistake that resulted in the charity being cut off from its finances for nearly a month last year. This offer was increased later to £525, which Sir Robert Neill, the charity's constituency MP, called "trivial" and said "bears no relation to the harm done". - The Times
Read morePageGroup Q1 profits fall as employers stay cautious on hirings
15th Apr 2024 07:04
(Sharecast News) - PageGroup shares slumped on Monday after the recruitment firm reported lower first-quarter gross profit and cut 100 jobs itself as employers in its key markets slowed hiring rates.
Read moreSunday share tips: PPHE, Keystone Law
14th Apr 2024 14:47
(Sharecast News) - The Financial Mail on Sunday's Midas column labelled shares of PPHE an "attractive long-term buy" citing their valuation.
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Middle East, Aston Martin, Defence
14th Apr 2024 13:31
(Sharecast News) - Britons must accept that their country was now involved in the Middle East conflict, Tobias Ellwood said. The former defence minister warned that "nobody was in full control" of the growing conflict as more and more countries were sucked in. Ellwood also said that Tehran's strike had taken the conflict into a "new dangerous territory". - Sunday Telegraph
Read moreSector movers: Investors seek out safe havens across all asset classes
13th Apr 2024 16:52
(Sharecast News) - Commodity plays were again sought out at the end of the week after The Wall Street Journal said that an Iranian attack against Israel was thought to be imminent.
Read moreUS close: Geopolitics, earnings and Fed uncertainty sink stocks
12th Apr 2024 23:23
(Sharecast News) - Underwhelming quarterly results from the banking sector and escalating tensions in the Middle East sunk US stocks on Friday, with the Dow falling for the fifth straight day.
Read moreEurope close: Stocks down for a second week on geopolitics, volatility gauge rockets
12th Apr 2024 17:22
(Sharecast News) - Stocks on the Continent ended the session on a mixed note and with investors nursing a second consecutive week of losses.
Read moreDirector dealings: Redx Pharma CEO ups stake
12th Apr 2024 15:35
(Sharecast News) - Redx Pharma revealed on Friday that chief executive Lisa Anson had acquired 399,000 ordinary shares in the AIM-listed clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm.
Read moreOxford Nanopore tech used in 'groundbreaking' telomere study
12th Apr 2024 15:06
(Sharecast News) - Oxford Nanopore took the wraps off a "groundbreaking" study using its technology on Friday, shedding light on the measurement of human telomeres - the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes crucial for genome integrity.
Read moreFrontier IP appoints new finance chief
12th Apr 2024 14:56
(Sharecast News) - Intellectual property commercialisation specialist Frontier IP announced the appointment of Jo Stent as its new chief financial officer on Friday, effective from 22 April.
Read moreDirecta Plus asphalt technology laid at Imola Circuit
12th Apr 2024 14:46
(Sharecast News) - Graphene nanoplatelet specialist Directa Plus announced on Friday that 'GiPave', an asphalt solution incorporating graphene and recycled plastics, was being installed at the Imola Circuit ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in May.
Read moreLondon close: Stocks mixed as data shows UK GDP growth
12th Apr 2024 14:45
(Sharecast News) - London's markets closed with a mixed performance on Friday, as investors digested the latest GDP data suggesting an end to the recession in the UK.
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