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Angling Direct Shares Edge Up After Resilient UK Sales Update

Angling Direct (LON: ANG), the AIM-listed fishing tackle retailer, said UK like-for-like sales grew 2.9% in its first half despite a UK drought and cost-of-living pressures hitting footfall, in a trading update issued before markets opened today.

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Time Finance Agrees £55m Cash Takeover by Ultimate Finance Owner Bentley Park

Time Finance plc (LON: TIME), the AIM-listed asset and invoice finance lender to UK small businesses, has agreed to be bought for £55.13m in cash by Bentley Park (UK) Limited, the parent of rival lender Ultimate Finance. The board has unanimously

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Nostrum Oil & Gas Sells Kazakh Assets, Shares Near Lows

Nostrum Oil & Gas (LON: NOG), a London-listed energy company that operates gas processing infrastructure in north-west Kazakhstan, has agreed to sell its entire Kazakh operating business for $304.6m. The deal, announced on Monday, is designed to r

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Scancell Shares Rise as MHRA Clears Phase 3 Melanoma Trial

Scancell Holdings (LON: SCLP), the clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, said this morning that the MHRA has granted Clinical Trial Authorisation for a Phase 3 registrational trial of its lead melanoma immunotherapy, iSCIB1+. The shares rose o

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Wednesday Morning Markets: FTSE Edges Up as UK Inflation Rises on Iran-Driven Energy Costs

London's blue-chip index nudged higher in early trading on Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.1% and the

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Oxford Nanopore Posts Narrower Losses as Margins Climb, Reaffirms Path to Breakeven

Oxford Nanopore Technologies (LSE: ONT) reported a marked improvement in profitability in its interim results for the six months to 30 June 2026, as the DNA-sequencing group pushed ahead with its turnaround plan under new chi

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CMA Launches Investigation into Trainline Over Booking Fee Transparency

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a formal investigation into Trainline over concerns that mandatory fees for train and coach tickets were not fully included in the upfront prices shown to customers, the

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Hugo Boss Shares Have Limited Upside, mwb Research says

Hugo Boss (ETR: BOSSn) shares offer little upside from here now that Frasers Group's (LON: FRAS) takeover offer has lapsed, according to mwb Research, which maintained a Hold rating and 38 euro price target on the stock in a

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Why Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (AMLX) Stock Soared on Tuesday

Shares of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLX) skyrocketed on Tuesday, closing at $35.11 — up roughly 64% from Monday's close of $21.43 — as trading volume surged to nearly 23.8 million shares, almost 20 times its recent dai

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Diageo Cuts Nearly 2,000 Jobs Amid Restructuring, Reuters Reports

Diageo, the world's largest spirits maker, has shed nearly 2,000 jobs as new chief executive Dave Lewis pushes ahead with a sweeping cost-cutting overhaul, according to a Reuters report.

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Shell, BP Shares Climb as Oil Prices Extend Rally on Fading Ceasefire Hopes

London-listed energy majors Shell and BP were among the standout gainers on the FTSE 100 on Tuesday, as crude oil prices pushed higher for a third consecutive session, driven by receding hopes for a diplomatic resolution to t

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Why Marvell Technology Stock Has Plunged Today

Shares of Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) have so far tumbled 9.1% on Tuesday to $212.90 after opening at $220.52 and sliding as low as $212.18, as investors yanked money out of high-flying semiconductor and artificial-inte

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Made Tech Shares Jump 12.7% on Record £40m Government Contract

Made Tech Group (LON: MTEC), an AIM-listed provider of digital, data and technology services to the UK public sector, saw its shares jump sharply on Tuesday after announcing its largest-ever contract award and raising financial guidance for the se

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Metlen Buys Greek Software Firm Joule to Boost Renewables Business

Metlen Energy & Metals (LSE: MTLN), the UK-listed Greek industrial group spanning power generation, renewables, energy retail and metals, said in an RNS statement today that it has acquired Joule, a Greek energy-software company. Shares slipped in

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Mobico Agrees Sale Of West Midlands Bus Business For £24m

Mobico Group (LON: MCG), the transport operator that runs bus, coach and rail services across the UK, Germany, Spain and North America, said earlier today it has reached an agreement in principle to sell its West Midlands bus business to the West

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BHP Shares Rise as Copper Overtakes Iron Ore in FY26 Results

BHP Group (LON: BHP), the diversified miner, posted FY2026 results before the London open today, with underlying attributable profit up 30% to $13.2bn on record Underlying EBITDA, a core profitability measure, of $32.9bn. The shares rose in early

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Tuesday Morning Markets: FTSE 100 Edges Higher as UK Unemployment Steady; Kainos Soars

The FTSE 100 nudged up 0.1% in early Tuesday trading, holding firmer than its European peers, while the domestically-focused

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Synectics Shares Slide Over 13% As H1 Revenue Falls 37%

Synectics (LON: SNX), the Sheffield-based provider of video surveillance and security systems, saw its shares fall over 13% today after it reported that first-half revenue had fallen by more than a third and adjusted profit had dropped sharply aga

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Frasers Group Shares Rise as Hugo Boss Takeover Clears Near-Majority Stake

Shares in Frasers Group plc (LON: FRAS) climbed on Tuesday after the retail group confirmed it now controls close to half of Hugo Boss AG, following the conclusion of its voluntary takeover offer for the German fashion house.

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Kainos Shares Jump as FY27 Guidance Upgraded

Shares in Kainos Group (LON: KNOS) surged more than 15% on Tuesday after the Belfast-based IT services group told investors that revenue and profit for the year to March 2027 will come in “comfortably ahead” of current market

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