Balfour Beatty wins £575m contract to rebuild major interstate highway in Texas November 5, 2024 Balfour Beatty has won a contract valued at more than half a billion to rebuild part of Interstate 35, the major Interstate Highway running through central US, in Texas The deal, valued at £575m and awarded by the Texas Department of Transportation, will see a four-kilometre section of the route on the south side of [...]
Nato supplier Chemring reveals £278m boost as geopolitical tensions fuel boom November 4, 2024 Shares in Chemring are up over 26 per cent in the last 12 months and rose nearly two per cent in early trading on Monday.
London Stock Exchange Group beats expectations in ‘particularly strong quarter’ October 24, 2024 The London Stock Exchange Group beat market expectations today as it reported a bump in growth across its divisions in a “particularly strong quarter”. In the three months to the end of September, the owner of London’s stock market recorded gross profits of £1.92bn, up 8.5 per cent on the same period last year and [...]
Morgan Sindall: Profit at construction firm set to surpass expectations October 22, 2024 Profits in the Fit Out division have continued to "strengthen significantly" due to exceptional volumes and will "materially exceed" expectations, it said.
Man Group outflows jump after large client pulls funds October 17, 2024 Man Group was hit by $5.5bn (£4.2bn) in outflows during the three months to September, driven by a single client redeeming its money.
Scrap FTSE 250 share tax to save small UK companies, says City October 17, 2024 Urgent measures like cutting stamp duty on FTSE 250 shares are needed to save smaller British companies, a group of City heavyweights have argued. In seven of the past 10 years, more listed small companies have left the UK stock market than joined it, and this trend will continue unless serious action is taken, a [...]
Aston Martin: Short sellers bet against FTSE 250 marque as shares struggle October 10, 2024 Aston Martin shares have endured a bumpy ride since the sportscar maker first went public in October 2018.
FTSE 100: London gains as Iran’s attack on Israel sends oil prices higher October 2, 2024 London markets made gains on Wednesday after an unprecedented missile attack on Israel by Iran that sent oil prices higher and shook global stocks.
Smaller firms eye chunk of Big Four’s audit work with uptick in clients September 30, 2024 Non-Big Four firms have experienced an uptick on audit work across FTSE 250 and all main market clients, as competition with the audit giants continues
Will Aston Martin ever make it out of the slow lane? September 30, 2024 Aston Martin on Monday issued a profit warning, downgrading guidance for the year ahead and slashing its car production target by around 1,000.