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Primary Health Properties shareholders approve Assura takeover
Primary Health Properties PLC said on Tuesday its shareholders have supported its plan to acquire peer Assura PLC. The requisite majority of shareholders voted for the Assura takeover at a general ...
Christie brokers sale of Vienna Marriott hotel on behalf of CPI Europe
(Alliance News) - Christie Group PLC on Tuesday said its advisory division Christie & Co had exclusively brokered the sale of the Vienna Marriott hotel on behalf of CPI Europe AG.
UPDATE: UK PM defends record as biggest revolt of premiership looms
(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer has defended his government's record over its first year in office, all while he faces the largest revolt of his premiership.
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 ...
Mpac to scale back US operations as order slowdown hurts sales
Mpac Group PLC on Tuesday warned full-year revenue will fall significantly below previous expectations due to slower market conditions in the US. The Tadcaster, North Yorkshire-based high-speed ...
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 ...
Drax hires Shell executive Frank Lemmink as chief financial officer
(Alliance News) - Drax Group PLC on Tuesday said it has appointed Frank Lemmink as its new chief financial officer to replace Andy Skelton.
UPDATE: Final phase of "Not for EU" food labelling comes into force
(Alliance News) - The final phase of post-Brexit food labelling on products being shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland has been introduced. The "Not for EU" labels, an element of the Windsor ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...