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Provexis interim revenues flat but losses widen
Provexis, the developer of a food additive to improve heart health, reported a larger loss for the first half of its financial year.
Metal Tiger elaborates on Thai plans for Kingsgate
London-listed Metal Tiger said it has begun talks with the Thai government and potential new backers as it continued its dispute with Australian gold miner Kingsgate Consolidated ahead of a shareholder meeting in Sydney on 9 January.
UK M&A market remain stable in 2017 as domestic deals mushroom
UK mergers and acquisitions shrank slightly in 2017, though the number of domestic deals rose to a nine-year high with a total value that almost doubled year-on-year to £51bn as companies prepared for the post-Brexit unknown.
Balfour Beatty cuts debt by selling another stake in M25 operator
Balfour Beatty said it will pay down debt and its full year results will be higher than recently guided after it sold off another chunk of its stake in Connect Plus, the company which operates the M25 orbital motorway.
UK high streets enjoy bumper Christmas week as crucial updates eyed
Shopping in the week before Christmas was better for high street retailers than in the same period last year, according to data released on Friday.
Glencore sells 51% of petroleum storage, logistics business
Glencore has completed the sale of a 51% stake of its petroleum products storage and logistics business for $579m cash, rising to $775m later in the new year once certain assets have been transferred into the new operating company.
Europe open: Stocks on track for best year since 2013
European stocks were flattish after almost an hour on the last day of trading in 2017 as the bloc heads for its best stock market performance in four years.
Friday newspaper round-up: UK wages, lack of staff, RBS, Thomas Cook
Britain is set to have the worst wage growth of any wealthy nation next year, ranking behind Italy, Greece and Hungary, according to analysis by the TUC. The UK is forecast to come bottom from 32 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development wealthy nations for wage performance in 2018, according to the study of OECD figures by the unions’ umbrella group. - Guardian.
Balfour sells Connect stake, Wizz Air buys more Airbus jets
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to add around four points on a curtailed Friday session, with trading finishing at 1230 GMT a day after closing at a new record closing high of 7,622. 88.