In early corporate news, WPP reports a decline in first-quarter revenue and Mobico announces its disposal of its North America School Bus business. Here is what you need to know at the London market ...

(Alliance News) - UK retail sales slowed in March but exceeded consensus as good weather drove footfall, a report from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday. UK retail sales volumes rose ...

Vehicle production was down 6.3% on-year in the first quarter, despite a 17% jump in March, which was due to March 2024 production being "weak" due to an early Easter that year, the SMMT said. Total ...

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday, ahead of the UK chancellor's meeting in Washington to negotiate a possible US-UK trade deal. IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 ...

(Alliance News) - Talks on strengthening UK-EU relations have made "good progress", Downing Street has said following a meeting between Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der ...

[Alliance News] - The head of Alphabet Inc's Google's UK and European operations has issued a "call to arms" over a worrying gap in the UK's adoption of artificial intelligence [AI] that could leave ...

(Alliance News) - Rachel Reeves will meet her US counterpart on Friday as she attempts to make progress on a trade deal during her visit to Washington.

(Alliance News) - Severfield PLC on Thursday said it expects pretax profit in line with internal guidance for the full year, and noted its "solid" order book. Shares in Severfield closed 23% higher at ...

(Alliance News) - Talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday could "pave the way" for a defence and security pact, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said as the pair met in London.

(Alliance News) - XP Power Ltd on Thursday said it is encouraged by an improvement in its order intake in the first quarter, as demand from the semiconductor manufacturing equipment sector increased.

The London-based consumer products firm, which owns brands such as Persil detergent, Dove soap and Hellmann's mayonnaise, said organic sales grew 3.0% in the first quarter of 2025. This beat the ...

Tracsis PLC - Leeds, England-based transport technology provider - pretax loss widens to GBP0.7 million in the six months ended January 31 from GBP0.3 million a year prior. Revenue edges 0.8% lower to ...