(Alliance News) - UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will meet her US counterpart Marco Rubio for talks in Washington after Britain's Chagos Islands deal was thrown into fresh doubt by Donald Trump.

(Alliance News) - Paris-based energy group EDF on Friday raised the budget for the long-delayed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Britain, saying construction costs were now estimated at GBP35 billion.

The flash UK purchasing managers' composite output index rose to a 22-month high of 53.9 points in February from 53.7 in January, beating the FXStreet-cited market consensus of 53.4 points, ...

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday, after the Office for National Statistics reported substantial retail sales growth and a record public sector surplus.

Chicago, Illinois-based AbbVie said the US Food & Drug Administration had approved a supplemental new drug application for its Venclexta or venetoclax, combined with AstraZeneca's Calquence, also ...

UBS raises St James's Place to 'buy' - cuts price target 1,465 (1,565) pence Deutsche Bank Research cuts Autotrader price target to 850 (1040) pence - 'buy' Deutsche Bank Research cuts Rightmove price ...

Segro reported a record GBP99 million of new headline rent secured, up from GBP91 million in 2024. It added that a strong asset management performance led to 6.0% like-for-like net rental income ...

(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News: ...

The IFS expects UK government borrowing to be lower in the year ending April 5 than in fiscal 2025. This is amid the UK government taking "further steps" towards its target for a budget surplus by ...

Blackrock Smaller Cos Trust PLC and Blackrock Throgmorton Trust PLC have agreed to a proposed merger, the companies announced Friday. Blackrock Throgmorton said this will bring together two similar ...

(Alliance News) - Chemring Group PLC on Friday said its order book grew slightly as it noted it was well positioned to benefit from rising defence spending across Nato and allied nations. Romsey, ...

CIP claimed that the Chrysalis board does not share its insight into the companies which make up the Chrysalis portfolio. It was also concerned about Chrysalis losing representation at Starling Bank, ...