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

(Alliance News) - Balfour Beatty PLC on Wednesday said that Chief Executive Officer Leo Quinn will step down later this year after more than a decade in the role. Shares in Balfour Beatty were down ...

(Alliance News) - Ibstock PLC on Wednesday cut its payout and reported weaker 2024 earnings, as the building products supplier grappled with "subdued market conditions", though it has seen improved ...

Last week UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that spending on defence will rise from its current 2.3% share of the economy to 2.5% in 2027. But to fund it, development assistance aid will be ...

(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Wednesday.

There is a "moral case" for cutting the welfare bill, a Cabinet minister said as Rachel Reeves seeks to slash public spending by billions of pounds in her spring statement. The UK chancellor will ...

(Alliance News) - The UK service sector recorded only marginal growth in February, as rising output masked the steepest decline in new work since November 2022 and the fastest pace of job shedding in ...

Reflecting its US optimism, Breedon announced the USD238 million acquisition of Lionmark Construction Companies LLC. Lionmark is a Missouri-headquartered construction materials and surfacing solutions ...

Industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders said 84,054 new cars were registered in the UK in February. That compares with 84,886 during the same month last year.

Exane BNP raises Barclays to 'outperform' (neutral) - price target 370 (335) pence Deutsche Bank Research cuts Spirent Communications price target to 201.5 (250) pence - 'buy' ...

Severn Trent expects most of its outperformance to materialise in the later years of AMP8, with at least GBP25 million in ODI rewards forecast for financial 2026.

The FTSE 100 index opened up 54.66 points, 0.6%, at 8,813.66. The FTSE 250 was up 334.82 points, 1.7%, at 20,285.32, and the AIM All-Share was up 7.79 points, 1.1%, at 694.66.