(Alliance News) - WH Smith PLC on Friday said it has agreed to sell its UK High Street business to private equity firm Modella Capital Ltd for a cash-and-debt-free enterprise value of GBP76 million, ...

UK retail sales outperformed the market consensus for February, with volumes rising by 1.0% in February from January, well ahead of an FXStreet-cited consensus for a 0.3% fall. In January, retail ...

(Alliance News) - SSE PLC on Friday named company insider Martin Pibworth as chief executive, starting in July. The electricity generator said Pibworth will succeed Alistair Phillips-Davies who ...

On an annual basis, retail sales volumes in February rose 2.2%, accelerating from a 1.0% rise in the year to January. Growth of 0.5% was expected for February, so the latest reading topped consensus.

In early corporate news, SSE names Chief Commercial Officer Martin Pibworth as its new chief executive designate, while WH Smith agrees the sale of its UK High Street business. Here is what you need ...

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday after softening on Thursday in the wake of new US tariffs on the car industry, as gold reaches a new record high but the pound ...

Millions of households will see a jump in their annual council tax bills from April 1 with most local authorities in England increasing a typical band D bill by 5% – an increase of GBP109 to GBP2,280 ...

(Alliance News) - Banks may have to pay out tens of billions of pounds if the British Supreme Court upholds a judgment ruling controversial car loans are unlawful, in a case beginning in April. These ...

(Alliance News) - UK media company Sky Group Ltd has said around 2,000 jobs are at risk as part of an overhaul of its call centres. The company, which owned by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based media ...

(Alliance News) - Allergy Therapeutics PLC on Thursday said its peanut allergy vaccine trial has entered the final treatment phase. The Sussex, England-based biotechnology company said healthy ...

Scunthorpe steelworks employs thousands of workers directly and through supply chains throughout the UK. The company said that since it took over British Steel in 2020 it has invested more than GBP1.2 ...

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