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% ...

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.

(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 ...

(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) - 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.

(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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Alliance News) - Victoria PLC on Wednesday reported a narrowed loss as impairment charges and distributional and administrative expenses fell, despite rising refinancing and reorganisation costs.

The Athens-based aluminium producer and electricity generator said it has been selected by EDF power solutions UK for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the 400 megawatt ...