– The FTSE 100 fell 29.55 points to 6,680.55. – The FTSE 250 dropped 30.02 points to 17,706.17. – The FTSE All Share declined 13.21 points to 3,647.63. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 1.05 points lower at 766.61. Annual UK wage growth in April was 2.7%, the highest rate since 2007. The figures…
By James Tuckett, Co-founder and CEO of investUP – the crowdfunding supermarket Back in 2010 the crowdfunding was a fledgling industry. As with much early stage growth, very little of note happened. Move forward five years and the contrast is startling. Namely the man on the street is starting to take notice and get involved. Of course the…
– The FTSE 100 fell 0.42 points to 6,710.10. – The FTSE 250 climbed 7.46 points to 17,736.19. – The FTSE All Share dropped 0.07 points to 3,660.84. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 3.15 points higher at 767.66. The UK returned to inflation in May after April’s brief dip into deflation territory. The…
Exciting if nerve-wracking times for backers of Falkland Oil and Gas Limited, which this weekend spudded the Humpback exploration well on its acreage to the south and east of the Falkland Islands. This is a big well for the AIM-quoted explorer, which has a 52.2 per cent stake in the wildcat – the only well…
Shares in Petro Matad edged higher last week after the Government of Mongolia formally approved the farm-out of a portion of Petro Matad’s Blocks IV and V in Central Mongolia to BG Group. This satisfies one of the key conditions of the BG Group farm-in, which was announced in April 2015. There is now just…
– The FTSE 100 fell 61.82 points to 6,7840.92. – The FTSE 250 slipped 140.36 points to 17,949.09. – The FTSE All Share dropped 32.65 points to 3,702.01. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 1.48 points higher at 774.89. UK construction output fell by 0.8% in April, a drastic turnaround from March’s 1.4% rise.…
– The FTSE 100 rose 16.47 points to 6,846.74. – The FTSE 250 climbed 59.32 points to 18,089.45. – The FTSE All Share increased by 9.36 points to 3,734.36. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 0.04 points higher at 773.77. The International Monetary Fund has withdrawn its negotiating team from Brussels, striking a blow…
Victoria Oil & gas has added three new thermal customers to its gas network in the industrialised Douala region of Cameroon, adding another 0.7 million cf per day of demand. The connections include the new Dangote cement clinker plant located on the southern shore of the Wouri River, Douala. The construction of the 1.5 million…
– The FTSE 100 rose 76.47 points to 6,830.27. – The FTSE 250 climbed 190.34 points to 18,030.13. – The FTSE All Share increased by 39.94 points to 3,725.00. – The FTSE AIM All Share finished 1.64 points higher at 773.73. Chancellor George Osborne plans to introduce legislation that would require future governments to run…
Despite finding gas, initial results from Sound Oil’s important second appraisal well at the Nervesa field in northern Italy have disappointed. While the AIM-quoted company has successfully perforated and completed seven intervals in the lower section of the reservoir where the most significant gas shows were identified, initial gas flows have shown that multiple perforated…
