FTSE 250 defence specialist Ultra Electronics said that group performance for the first half of the year has been broadly in line with market expectations, but warned about continued cost overruns at its US-based Herley subsidiary.
FTSE 100 hospitality company Whitbread posted some positive headline sales growth figures for the first quarter of the current financial year, with Costa Coffee up by 5.2% and Premier Inn UK rising by 2.5%, but like-for-like figures showed drops at both chains.
Shares in low-cost African airline Fastjet (LON:FJET) plunged by 71.94% to 4.30p at 1345 BST after the company announced that it was seeking additional funding due to its current cash position.
Fund manager Tim Price explains why US investors could be anticipating an imminent turn in the business cycle.
Private investors are often overlooked by companies when it comes to investor relations. James Faulkner explains why that’s a big mistake.
Specialist building materials producer SIG has agreed to sell its VJ Technology subsidiary to UK private equity outfit Primary Capital for an expected consideration of £29.7 million.
Shares in contracts-for-difference specialist Plus500 were up by 1.55% at 1,641p (at 11:10 BST) after the company formally announced that it had moved from AIM to the main London market.
FTSE 100 resources outfit BHP Billiton has reached an agreement to settle a BRL20 billion civil claim and delays payments related to a separate BRL 155 billion case related to the dam failure that killed 19 people at the company’s Samarco mine in Brazil.
Nick Sudbury looks at the performance of the UK funds and trusts sector since the Brexit vote.
Stephen Lewis, Partner at Freeths, explains why the North West is a hot spot for property investors and developers alike.
