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    • If the weather holds, it might be a good day to take off unless you are a shareholder of commercial property firm Helical Bar, as there is not much else on the corporate agenda, and precious little economic ...

    •  Imperial Tobacco Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares Purchase of own securities Imperial Tobacco has today, 24 May 2012, purchased 100,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 2369.85 pen ce per ...

    • - JPMorgan suggest ECB rate cut, LTRO restart - EU leaders make little progress - UK contracts more than expected in Q1

    • Commodities prices improved on Thursday, buoying the share prices of some blue-chip miners and oil stocks, including Randgold, Vedanta, Amec, BP and BG Group.

    •  Swallowfield plc Director Dealing Swallowfield plc ('the Company') announces that Stephen Boyd, non-executive Chairman of the Company, notified it on 23 May 2012 that he acquired 5,000 Ordinary Shares ...

    • May 24 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on severalEuropean companies, including Tele2, Sonova and Tullow Oil, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Tele2 : Jefferies raises to ...

    • Daily Mail & General Trust saw profits fall by more than a third to £46m in the first half of the year, as it counted the cost of close to 600 job cuts and a decline in advertising revenues.

    • - EU leaders clash over Eurobonds - Chinese manufacturing continues to contract - Financials wanted after recent sell-off

    • EUROPE RESEARCH ROUND-UP: Tele2, Sonova Reuters - UK Focus - 16 hours ago

      May 24 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on severalEuropean companies, including Tele2, Sonova and Tullow Oil, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Tele2 : Jefferies raises to ...

    •  24 May 2012 Quintain Estates and Development PLC ("Quintain" / "Company" / Group") Results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2012 FURTHER YEAR OF PROGRESS FOR QUINTAIN Quintain ...

    • - Stocks surge after yesterday's heavy falls despite Eurozone travails - China, Eurozone manufacturing PMIs disappoint - UK contracts more than expected in Q1

    • Thursday preview: United Utlities, ASOS, UK GDP Sharecast - Wed, May 23, 2012 18:24 BST

      Tin hats will need to be at the ready on Thursday morning as a barrage of company results is expected.

    • Burberry Group PLC - Remuneration Committee Changes AFX CNF - Wed, May 23, 2012 17:56 BST

       Burberry Group plc - Remuneration Committee Changes Burberry Group plc (the "Company") announces that David Tyler is stepping down as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee with effect from ...

    • FTSE drops to 2012 closing low on Greece fears Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, May 23, 2012 17:42 BST

      * FTSE 100 sheds 2.5 pct; biggest one-day loss this year * Miners go into reverse on demand fears * BSkyB up, cleared in UK pay-TV movie probe * Burberry trims post-results losses LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) ...

    • Britain's FTSE stumbles on EU summit doubts Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, May 23, 2012 13:01 BST

      * FTSE 100 index falls 1.8 percent * Miners, banks, oils among top declines * Charts signal more weakness before rebound LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares fell sharplyon Wednesday as expectations ...

    • London open: Stocks drop ahead of EU summit Sharecast - Wed, May 23, 2012 10:12 BST

      - Risk aversion ahead of EU summit - Papademos warns of 'catastrophic' effects - Burberry sinks after full-year results

    • Britain's FTSE drops back, reversing strong rally Reuters - UK Focus - Wed, May 23, 2012 09:10 BST

      * FTSE 100 index sheds 1.2 percent * Miners, energy, banking stocks reverse gains * BSkyB up after benign Competition Commission comment LONDON May 23 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index droppedback ...

    • - Risk-on as miners and financials advance - Eurobonds in focus ahead of EU summit - OECD cuts Eurozone GDP forecast

    • McBride PLC - Transaction in Own Shares AFX CNF - Tue, May 22, 2012 17:06 BST

       RNS Announcement McBride plc Share Transactions 22 May 2012 Transfer of shares out of Treasury McBride plc ("the Company") announces that on 22 May 2012 it transferred 106 ,837 ordinary shares ...

    • Wednesday preview: BoE minutes, FirstGroup, Telecom Plus Sharecast - Tue, May 22, 2012 16:52 BST

      The minutes from the May meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee are scheduled for release on Wednesday at 09:30, and will get the usual rigorous going-over from the rune readers.

    • Headlam Group PLC - Holding(s) in Company AFX CNF - Tue, May 22, 2012 16:46 BST

       TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Headlam Group plc 2 Reason for the notification ...

    • Market overview: Defensives out of fashion Sharecast - Tue, May 22, 2012 15:25 BST

      1405: Risers outnumber fallers among Footsie constituents by six to one. Among the laggards are defensive stand-bys such as tobacco companies BATs and IMPs, and supermarkets Morrisons and Tesco. Property ...

    • Tuesday broker round-up - UPDATE Sharecast - Tue, May 22, 2012 11:08 BST

      Chamberlin, easyJet, HomeServe, Inmarsat, Intermediate Capital, Kingfisher, M&S, Ryanair, SABMiller, Smiths Group, Thomas Cook, Ubisense, Vodafone, Walker Greenbank, WPP

    • FTSE 100: Carnival sails ahead as blue-chips extend gains Telegraph - Tue, May 22, 2012 10:31 BST

      Cruise operator, Carnival, was amongst the best-performing stocks on Tuesday morning as London's benchmark index continued its rally thanks to traders going bargain-hunting.

    • Tangent Comms PLC - Final Results AFX CNF - Tue, May 22, 2012 08:01 BST

       Tangent Communications PLC ("Tangent" or the "Company") Results for the year ended 29 February 2012 Tangent is an AIM listed company, a leading integrator of technology and marketing ...

    • Market overview: Footsie trading sideways Sharecast - Tue, May 22, 2012 01:07 BST

      1145: FTSE 100 is up 42 at 5,346, having been tading in a narrow channel spanning from 5,330 to 5,355 since about 10:00. The majority of Footsie stocks remain in positive territory, but pharmaceuticals ...

    • Grupo Clarin S.A. - Q112 Earnings Release AFX CNF - Mon, May 21, 2012 14:00 BST

       Grupo Clarín announces its Results for the First Quarter for 2012 (1Q12) Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 21 st , 2012 - Grupo Clarín S.A. ("Grupo Clarín" or the "Company" - LSE: GCLA; ...

    • Ex-divs to take 0.5 points off FTSE 100 on Weds May 23 Reuters - UK Focus - Mon, May 21, 2012 10:48 BST

      LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will goex-dividend on Wednesday, after which investors will no longer qualify for thelatest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations ...

    • UK Select Trust Ld - Interim Management Statement AFX CNF - Fri, May 18, 2012 19:07 BST

       UK Select Trust Limited (the "Fund") Interim Management Statement This interim management statement ("IMS") covers the period from 1 January 2012 up to the date of publication of ...

    • London close: Footsie battered again Sharecast - Fri, May 18, 2012 17:26 BST

      Footsie finished not far off its low for the day after a lunch-time rally fizzled out.

    • Walker Greenbank - LTIP Award and Total Voting Rights AFX CNF - Fri, May 18, 2012 12:53 BST

       For immediate release 18 May 2012 WALKER GREENBANK PLC ("Walker Greenbank" or "the Company") Director Shareholdings, Re-issue of Treasury Shares and Total Voting Rights Walker Greenbank ...

    • Great Investors: The Jim Slater Approach Fool.co.uk - Fri, May 18, 2012 11:16 BST

      All this week, I've been introducing you to some of the world's great investors, looking at their individual approaches, and running stock screens to unearth examples of the type of companies their different ...

    • The Week Ahead: Vodafone and M&S Fool.co.uk - Fri, May 18, 2012 10:26 BST

      We've had weeks of AGMs and we have more to come, but we also have a pretty meaty set of results coming our way next week.One company I've been keeping my eye on is Mitie Group , and I'm keenly awaiting ...

    • Headlam Group PLC - Interim Management Statement AFX CNF - Fri, May 18, 2012 07:57 BST

       18 May 2012 Interim Management Statement Headlam Group plc ("Headlam"), Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, announces its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 January ...

    • Kentz Corporation - Interim Management Statement AFX CNF - Fri, May 18, 2012 07:54 BST

      Kentz Corporation Limited (the "Company") AGM and Interim Management Statement London, 18 May 2012: Kentz Corporation Limited ("Kentz" the "Company"), the holding company ...

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