The country's on-year gross domestic product growth sped up to 13.3% in the first quarter, from 9.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024. In the first quarter of 2024, GDP had declined by 4.5%.

Chief Executive Luc van Ravenstein said it was a "solid performance with growth in profitability and margins in what has been a challenging demand environment." He thinks Elementis is "well positioned ...

(Alliance News) - Howden Joinery Group PLC on Tuesday said it is "on track" after making a good start to the new financial year. The London-based kitchen and joinery supplier said revenue was 1.2% ...

The company cited "record" performances of ALSA in 2024, which operates long distance, regional and urban bus and coach services across Spain, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland, France and Saudi Arabia.

UK grocery sales picked up over the Easter as consumers remained undeterred by inflationary pressures and battles between retailers were fuelled by promotional activities, numbers from Kantar showed ...

Christie Group shares closed up 25% to 106.30 pence in London on Tuesday morning. The company reported a pretax profit of GBP1.0 million from continuing operations in 2024, swung from a GBP2.9 million ...

Meanwhile, UK shop price deflation decelerated to 0.1% on-year in April, from 0.4% in March. Non-food deflation slowed to 1.4% in April from 1.9% in March, while food price inflation accelerated to ...

At the time of the London close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 0.1% lower, the S&P 500 fell 0.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 1.1%.

AOTI is an Oceanside, California-based wound healing-focused medical technology company. The company had a pretax loss of USD945,000 in 2024, narrowed from USD7.7 million in 2023. Revenue rose 33% to ...

(Alliance News) - US President Donald Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a "step in the right direction", a UK minister has said.

In UK equity markets, Ladbrokes owner Entain was the top gainer on the FTSE 100 ahead of its first-quarter trading update on Tuesday. Deliveroo surged after it announced late on Friday that it had ...

UBS raises Berkeley Group Holdings to 'buy' (neutral) - price target 4,965 (5,385) pence Peel Hunt raises Antofagasta to 'add' (hold) - price target 1,860 (1,825) pence Citigroup cuts HSBC price ...