TOP NEWS: CMA probes UK business merger of Vodafone and Hutchison

The Competition & Markets Authority on Wednesday said it is considering whether the planned merger the UK businesses of Vodafone Group PLC and CK Hutchison...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 10:30


Strategic Minerals notes tungsten-focused memorandum by subsidiary

Strategic Minerals PLC on Wednesday highlighted the UK government’s critical minerals strategy as it noted that its subsidiary Cornwall Resources Ltd signed a memorandum of...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 10:24


Cambridge Cognition jumps on £1 million contract win

Cambridge Cognition Holdings PLC on Wednesday said it has secured a ‘significant’ contract with an unnamed customer.

Cambridge Cognition is a Cambridgeshire, England-based company which develops...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 10:23


Mitie halfway through buyback, raises operating profit guidance

Mitie Group PLC on Wednesday said revenue increased by around 11% in its latest half year, and that it completed the first £25 million tranche...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 10:18


Kosmos Energy hails oil discovery at Tiberius well in Gulf of Mexico

Kosmos Energy Ltd on Wednesday celebrated an oil discovery at the Tiberius exploration well in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Kosmos is a Texas-based oil and...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 10:13


IN BRIEF: Qinetiq to meet full-year expectations; order intake surges

Qinetiq Group PLC - Farnborough, Hampshire-based defence technology company - On track to deliver full-year expectations following a ‘strong second quarter’ for the year ending...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 10:10


Forterra lowers outlook as demand deteriorates in July and August

Forterra PLC on Wednesday said that signs of market improvement it saw in May and June did not continue into the following two months.

The Northampton,...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 09:59


SMALL-CAP WINNERS & LOSERS: Forterra shares drop on profit warning

The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Wednesday.

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SMALL-CAP - WINNERS

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Cellular Goods PLC, up 25% at 0.53 pence,...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 09:55


Marston’s hails rise in sales in financial year as weather improves

Pub chain Marston’s PLC on Wednesday said retail sales rose 11% in its recent financial year, after a wet mid-summer in the UK gave way...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 09:51


FTSE 100 holds firm, China mulling investment in construction, LVMH sell-off constrains European stocks, GSK in new Zantac legal settlement, Travis Perkins and Forterra issue warnings

“The FTSE 100 was flat on Wednesday morning, consolidating yesterday’s big gains amid continuing noises within the US Federal Reserve that the need to hike...

Wed, 11/10/2023 - 09:50


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