
French retailers Carrefour and Fnac Darty are close to agreeing an alliance to combine their purchasing power for electronics products.

Pantheon Resources, the AIM-quoted oil and gas exploration company in Texas, has announced that the VOBM#4 well has reached target depth of 12,050 feet, having encountered the Wilcox horizon as targeted.

Impact investing involves individual targeting of investment cash and often personal involvement in the businesses backed. You invest to make a difference.

Ultra Electronics’ Communication & Integrated Systems (CIS) business, based in London, has been awarded a UK contract valued at £16.6m to support the provision of advanced surveillance capability until 2019.

Patisserie Holdings’ preliminary results for the 12 months to end of September, show revenue up 9.7% to £114.2m and online sales up 26% to £4.8m (2016: £3.8m

UK fund managers pick out some of the potential winners from the Chancellor’s November Budget.

Cineworld, the global cinema chain, has benefitted from improved admission numbers in UK, Ireland and the Rest of the World compared to the same period (January to November) in the previous year.

Severn Trent results for the half year show group turnover up 3.7% to £850.4m, (up £30.4m) and group underlying profit before interest and tax (PBIT) up 4.4% at £287.8m. However, group reported PBIT was marginally down (0.2%) at £296.1m.

Majestic Wine, the UK national wine merchant, reports that its half-year adjusted pre-tax profit rose to £6.8m.

UK car production rose by an annual 3.5% in October as an increase in overseas demand outweighed a decline from domestic buyers, the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show.

The Budget was not overly kind to the UK’s biggest housebuilders as the Chancellor made clear he would look to reduce their level of influence.

Melrose Industries’ half-year trading statement reiterates the tough climate the company is currently operating in.

Serica Energy is to acquire BP's interests in the Bruce, Keith and Rhum (BKR) fields in the North Sea and associated infrastructure.

Britain’s accounting watchdog has launched a fresh investigation into Mitie’s financial statements for 2016.