Avon Rubber Plc anticipates making further progress in FY 2012 despite an uncertain outlook for global defence spending, as the timing of filter deliveries is likely to result a greater second half year weighting.
A new report from the ratings agency Moody's reveals that the London 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games are unlikely to provide a long term boost to corporates and the UK economy.
Carillion Plc reported 2011 profits at the top of expectations and won a 10-year property management deal worth £700 million with Oxfordshire Council. Given the wider economic outlook, the group expects trading conditions to remain challenging in 2012.
On Monday 23 April 2012 a Guardian newspaper headline read: "Conservatives turn three-point opinion poll lead into eight-point deficit" in a story which illustrated the travails of being in government and not getting the PR quite right - on this occasion over Chancellor George Osborne's Budget. The poll covering Westminster voting intentions, was conducted for the newspaper by ICM and showed that the Conservatives had slumped to 33 per cent, a fall of six per cent which accounted for n...
New orders drop the most in three years as UK manufacturing sector slows further into the second quarter
1 WTC builders celebrate installing 100th floor on way to Twin Towers successor becoming highest building in US.
The Lloyd's of London insurance market, the world's oldest, has said it suffered no significant first quarter losses after a difficult 2011.
Lower production following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill pulls down profits despite the rise in oil prices over the last year
Hedge Fund Group's share price plunges further in London as takeover talk dismissed by CEO
Stock gets biggest boost since January after solid earnings and lower impairment charges
As Barclays' CEO Bob Diamond admits to "mistakes" linked to swap sales, a German law firm with a winning track record in mis-selling cases is courting UK clients
Guy Hands's Terra Firma private equity group has agreed to buy Four Seasons Health Care in an £825m deal.
British Petroleum Plc expects to divest assets of $38 billion by the end of 2013 as a part of group's decision to actively manage its business portfolios around the world, focusing on core activities and future growth.
Man Group Plc has made a strong start to 2012 with combined business power counterbalancing weaker performance at AHL, but Singer Capital downgrades its estimates ahead of the group's first quarter interim management update on Tuesday.
Andrew Moss, chief executive of Aviva, had turned down a pay rise after shareholders voiced their concerns on executive pay.
Retail sales in Germany were up by 0.8 percent in March according to the Federal Statistics Office.
Increasingly squeezed middle-class Britain turns to 'foodbanks' as unemployment rises, access to benefits tightens and debt slips out of control.
World's largest beermaker posts core profit boost on higher US beer sales and cites Brazil as future sales driver
Adidas ups outlook on stronger sales in Asia and "exceptional" growth overall, despite an India probe into "commercial irregularities"
World's biggest stock exchange posts big dip in profits, revenue as share trading slows
Recession confirmation, bank sector downgrades pile pressure on markets as Investors question ECB firepower
Aberdeen Asset Management's portfolio nears £185bn as group ups dividend by 4.4 percent
Battlefield 3 (BF3) has had its fair share of fanfare amid controversy and fan outrage overshadowing its launch. Finally, DICE responds to its critics in a recent interview justifying the changes it made to the multiplayer game update/patch.
Top three positions in the Sunday Times Rich List are held by foreign-born British businessmen.
PlayStation 3 (PS3) gamers are in for a pleasant surprise this weekend, as the multiplayer events including 'Operation Exorcist' are finally available for Sony's flagship console.
The downtrend in the unemployment rate of debt-stricken Spain is expected to continue in the coming months, as the deepening recession along with austerity measures likely to weigh on the labor market in the nation.
Romania faces political turmoil after no confidence vote ousts Mihai Razvan Ungureanu's cabinet
BioWare seems to be adding more teeth to its social network (BSN) with the launch of Multiplayer Manifest that aims to take 'Mass Effect 3' (ME3) to a whole new level.
Germany and France, the two biggest economies in the eurozone, have been hit by rapidly worsening retail sales in the single currency area.
Driven by the recovery in investor confidence and risk appetite, Aberdeen Asset Management reported net new inflows of £1.4 billion during the first two months of 2012. The group is scheduled to release its interim results for the six months ended March 31 on Monday, April 30.
