OFT investigates anaerobic digestion opportunity
21st Jan 2011 14:54
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the market for the treatment of organic waste in order to assess whether there are appropriate incentives for technologies such as anaerobic digestion. It is government policy to encourage the generation of energy from waste through anaerobic dige
Read moreLondon close: Two-year high for blue chips
4th Nov 2010 17:01
Footsie hit a two-year high as investors piled into blue chips after yesterday's larger-than-expected stimulus package unveiled by the US Federal Reserve. But the good sentiment was not universal, with some hefty fallers on the back of disappointing trading updates. Hopes that the Bank of England's
Read moreLondon afternoon: Morning's gains consolidated
4th Nov 2010 14:23
Since the Bank of England's noon announcement extinguished the small hopes of Britain joining the US in reviving its quantitative easing programme, leading shares have marked time. Miners are still doing particularly well on hopes that the Fed's stimulus measures will help sustain the global econo
Read moreShanks profit squeezed by Belgian landfill
4th Nov 2010 09:05
Waste management firm Shanks revealed a 2% increase in interim pre-tax profit despite difficult trading conditions. The group, which operates in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and Canada, said Belgian landfill volumes were significantly lower due to a January increase in landfill tax and bans on
Read moreThursday preview: BoE QE, Man Group, Unilever
3rd Nov 2010 15:58
By Thursday morning markets will know whether the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has resumed quantitative easing (QE) and, if so, by how much. Attention will then turn the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which has much the same decision to make as its US counterpart. Whi
Read moreShanks snaps up Utd Utilities' PFI waste business
5th Oct 2010 13:19
Waste management firm Shanks has bought the UK waste PFI interests of United Utilities, taking the blue chip firm's place on all of its existing bids. These include preferred bidder for a PPP municipal solid waste treatment contract for both Derbyshire County and Derby City Councils and short-list
Read moreLondon close: Stocks close lower as rally fizzles out
22nd Sep 2010 17:00
Footsie gave up a brief rally to close in the red on an uncertain day's trading in the wake of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's nervous comments on US economic prospects yesterday. Shares in the US moved lower despite having rallied earlier. Similar sentiments to those expressed by Bernank
Read moreLondon afternoon: Miners shore up Footsie
22nd Sep 2010 14:45
Leading shares made steady progress over the lunch time session returning the blue-chip index more or less back to where it finished overnight. Mining stocks are primarily responsible for the Footsie's level position, with industrial metal miners such as Antofagasta, Kazakhmys and Rio Tinto now do
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: JD Sports out of fashion
22nd Sep 2010 14:09
Trendy sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion has given up some of the gains that mostly came the day before yesterday's announcement of a sharp rise in profits. Elsewhere in world of clothes retail, department store Debenhams and Supergroup, the company behind the ultra-cool SuperDry label, are als
Read moreLondon midday: Gold stocks shine in dull market
22nd Sep 2010 12:11
The market has been absorbed in interpreting smoke signals from the US and UK central banks today. In the US, the Federal Reserve left interest rates at just above 0% and said yesterday it expects the recovery to continue, but added "the pace of economic recovery is likely to be modest in the near-t
Read moreLondon close: Footsie back above 5,300
22nd Jul 2010 16:39
London rose again to climb above 5,300 and close at its highest for over two months. A strong start on Wall Street got the afternoon session off to a good start, with buyers staying interested right to the end of the trading day. Rolls-Royce was best performer, on the back of the orders placed at t
Read moreLondon afternoon: Advance stalls
22nd Jul 2010 14:28
Shares moved sideways over the lunch-time session with investors keeping their powder dry ahead of day two of US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in the US Senate. Yesterday the Fed chairman's downbeat comments stopped a Wall Street rise in its tracks. Outsourcing giant Capita is s
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Intl Personal Finance Eyes Bond Issue
22nd Jul 2010 12:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps INTERNATIONAL PERSONAL FINANCE PLC (IPF.LN), a door-to-door lender, hopes to raise between EUR200 million and EUR300 million on the public bond market in
Read moreLondon midday: Morning ends on a high
22nd Jul 2010 12:11
Better than expected UK retail sales gave equities a mid-morning boost and the FTSE 100 index finished the morning session close to its highest point of the day so far. Britons building up supplies for last month's World Cup, the good weather and further discounting had retail sales up smartly in J
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP:Uniq Mulls Capital Increase To Fix Pension
22nd Jul 2010 09:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps UNIQ PLC (UNIQ.LN), a maker of chilled convenience food and sandwiches, Thursday said it will consider raising capital if it can't reach a deal to plug a
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