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UK CMA mulls investigation of Global Payments and Worldpay merger
(Alliance News) - The UK Competition & Markets Authority on Tuesday said it is considering the competition repercussions of payment technology firm Global Payments Inc's acquisition of Worldpay Holdco ...
ADVFN acquires trading platform operator Capital Markets Group
Stockhouse and HotCopper represent a sizeable proportion of retail investors in their respective markets, ADVFN said. As of June 2025, Capital Markets recorded 315,128 users and 66 million trading ...
EARNINGS: Wynnstay profit up; Supreme hails "strong performance"
Wynnstay Group PLC - Powys, Wales-based agricultural supplies and specialist merchanting firm - It hails a "significant improvement" in the first half of its financial year. Pretax profit in the six ...
Fast food delivery firms in UK to ramp up security checks
(Alliance News) - Food delivery firms in the UK will ramp up facial verification and fraud checks in the next 90 days to crack down on illegal working after talks with ministers. Deliveroo PLC, Uber ...
LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks mostly red after weak house price data
(Alliance News) - London's stocks were mostly a notch lower at midday on Tuesday, dragged down by housebuilders after a soft UK house price reading, and as industrial firms brace for the introduction ...
Mercia Asset Management sets share buyback as assets near GBP2 billion
(Alliance News) - Mercia Asset Management PLC on Tuesday launched a GBP3.0 million share buyback as a part of new annual buyback policy, while reporting a swing to annual profit and nearly GBP2 ...
Global Smaller Cos Trust underperforms benchmark in "difficult year"
Global Smaller declared a 2.30p per share final dividend, a rise of 8.0% from 2.13p. It means its total dividend for the year is 3.00p, up 6.8% from 2.81p. It is its 55th successive dividend hike, the ...
Kitwave says fragile confidence, higher labour costs to impact profit
Kitwave Group PLC on Tuesday warned lower sales and higher employment costs would mean lower than expected profit in the coming financial year. In response, shares in the North Shields, England-based ...
AIM WINNERS & LOSERS: Kitwave suffers double-digit interim profit fall
Kitwave Group PLC, down 22% at 249.22p, 12-month range 230.00p-355.00p. The North Shields, England-based food wholesaler reports pretax profit of GBP5.6 million for the six months that ended April 30, ...
UK energy sector set to discuss how National Grid can meet AI demand
Energy firms in Great Britain are set to discuss how the National Grid could be upgraded to cope with the future demands of AI at a meeting with ministers on Monday. The AI Energy Council are set to ...
UK industrial firms to face GBP685 million property tax hit — experts
Under the new plans, a new British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme from 2027 will cut costs by up to GBP40 per megawatt hour for over 7,000 manufacturing firms by exempting them from levies on bills ...
Sainsbury sales beat forecast as market share hits near decade high
By segment, Sainsbury’s sales growth was 4.9% year-on-year versus consensus of 3.7%, including Grocery sales growth of 5.0% on-year ahead of 3.8% consensus and General Merchandise & Clothing sales ...