Coats Group pulls plug on US Yarns business after strategic review

Coats Group PLC on Thursday said it plans to fully exit from the Performance Materials division’s US Yarns business based in North Carolina.

The London-based...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 08:56

Primary Health Properties sweetens offer in new bid to acquire Assura

Primary Health Properties PLC on Thursday made a new offer to take over peer Assura PLC, in an attempt to outbid a US private equity...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 08:42

UK Trade minister due to face MPs after Trump tariffs unveiled

[Alliance News] - The UK prime minister is set to speak to business leaders while the Trade Secretary will look to calm markets on Thursday...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 06:41

UK’s David Lammy to urge allies to boost defence spending

David Lammy is set to call on the UK’s Nato allies to increase defence spending to make the alliance ‘stronger, fairer and more lethal’.

The Foreign...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 06:36

Gaming Realms delivers record results and £6 million buyback

Gaming Realms (GMR:AIM) 37.4p

Gain to date: 18.3%

We highlighted the appeal of AIM-quoted games distributor Gaming Realms (GMR:AIM) just under a year ago...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 00:00

The first-quarter market winners and losers

We have reached the end of a tumultuous first quarter for global markets, from which the key takeaway has been the extremely weak showing of previously...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 00:00

Buy 3i Infrastructure for its high quality portfolio trading at an enticing discount

3i Infrastructure (3IN) 320p

Market Cap: £2.94 billion

Discount to NAV: 15%

In our view 3i Infrastructure (3IN) is a unique vehicle in the...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 00:00

Why WH Smith was prepared to sell its High Street stores at bargain basement price

Iconic British retailer WH Smith (SMWH) is on the cusp of a radical transformation from newsagent and stationer into a pure-play global travel retailer, having...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 00:00

S&P 500 endures worst quarter since 2022 on stagflation fears

US stock markets were already on the ropes before the release of PCE (personal consumption expenditures) inflation data and the University of Michigan consumer confidence report...

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 00:00

This trust is delivering rising dividends and capital growth from the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI) 183p

Market cap: £246.6 million

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 00:00

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