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The flash UK purchasing managers' composite output index fell to 51.0 points in July from 52.0 in June, underperforming the FXStreet-cited market consensus of a milder slowdown to 51.9 in July.

Relx raised the interim dividend by 7.2% to 19.5p per share from 18.2p and said the remaining GBP475 million of its GBP1.5 billion share buyback will be completed by the end of 2025. Comments and ...

Basic earnings per share climbed 6.5% to 16.4 pence from 15.4p. Howden raised the interim dividend per share by 2.0% to 5.0p from 4.9p the previous year. Net cash at June 30 was GBP321.4 million, up ...

Lloyds said it continues to expect underlying net interest income of around GBP13.5 billion for 2025, against GBP12.8 billion in 2024, and expects operating costs of about GBP9.7 billion, compared to ...

The London-based kitchen and joinery supplier reported pretax profit of GBP117.2 million for the six months that ended June 14, rising 4.4% from GBP112.3 million in the six months to June 15, 2024.

Reckitt raised the half-year dividend by 5.0% to 84.4p per share from 80.4p a year ago and announced a new GBP1 billion share buyback.

Among businesses it is exiting, Anglo American said diamond production in the first half slumped 23% to 10.2 million carats from 13.3 million carats. Diamond output for the second quarter plunged 36% ...

In early corporate news, Lloyds Banking lifts its interim dividend payout by 15% and BT Group reports a 10% decline in first-half profit, plus the appointment of Virgin Media O2's current chief ...

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Thursday, as US President Donald Trump considers lower tariffs on European goods if the EU opens its doors further to US firms.

British car output fell 7.3% in the first six months of the year, while van and other commercial vehicle production plummeted by 45.4%, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & ...

(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer and India's Narendra Modi are set to sign off on a trade deal worth GBP6 billion in investment for the British economy. The UK prime minister and his Indian counterpart ...