(Alliance News) - Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin will be regulated in a similar way to other finance products under new UK laws coming into force in 2027. The Treasury announced legislation which ...

(Alliance News) - First-time buyers, self-employed people and older borrowers could find it easier to access mortgage finance under plans from the City regulator to modernise rules to reflect changes ...

(Alliance News) - Stock prices across Europe opened higher on Monday, as markets head into a busy week for central bank decisions. A packed week for economic announcements got under way with the FTSE ...

HSBC, the London-based Asia focused lender, said an independent board committee of the Hang Seng Bank concluded that the proposals were "fair and reasonable", and recommended shareholders back the ...

Mishlawi was appointed as CEO just over two years ago, in September 2023, replacing Darwazah, who was acting CEO at the time and reverted to executive chair. Mishlawi had been president of Hikma's ...

Nationwide expects housing activity to "strengthen a little further" in 2026 as affordability continues to improve. It forecasts annual price growth of 2% to 4% next year. It added that property tax ...

Richard Austin, head of manufacturing at BDO, said: "This year has been a volatile one for UK manufacturers. Whilst the last six months have shown tentative signs of growth in output and orders, the ...

(Sharecast News) - London stocks rose in early trade on Monday, underpinned by a strong showing from gold miners, at the start of a week that will see the release of UK jobs data, inflation figures ...

(Alliance News) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals announces the departure of its chief executive, while Elementis completes a GBP40 million buyback and Filtronic secures a major defence contract. Building ...

(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to gain at the open on Monday as investors eyed a week that includes the release of UK jobs data, inflation figures and a host of central bank policy ...

IG says futures indicate the FTSE 100 to open higher 33.4 points, or 0.4% at 9,683.33 on Monday. The index of London large-caps closed 0.6% lower at 9,649.03 points on Friday. Sterling was quoted at ...

(Alliance News) - The new head of Britain's armed forces will call for "national resilience" in the face of growing threats, particularly Russia's stated determination to destroy Nato, the defence ...