AA boss hails ‘breakout year’ since takeover as profit hits £245m April 16, 2025 The AA has reported a more than quarter rise in full-year profit as the breakdown giant marked a fourth consecutive year of growth since being taken private in 2021. Operating profit increased 28 per cent to £245m, while revenue grew 12 per cent to £1.5bn. On an adjusted basis, earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and [...]
House prices flat but ‘only a matter of time’ before market acceleration April 16, 2025 House prices were unchanged in February, but market experts have said prices will rise later in the year as mortgage rates fall. The average UK house price remained at £268,000 in February, flat month on month but up 5.4 per cent year on year, according to the ONS. Growth was driven by higher prices in [...]
Gold price surges to $3,300 as trust in US bonds collapses April 16, 2025 Gold prices have passed $3,300 for the first time in history as investors flee US government bonds, which were previously viewed as a safe haven. “It seems that fewer countries are trusting the US — and therefore US Treasuries as a ‘safe haven’ asset class,” explained analysts from Invesco. “This has resulted in greater buying [...]
Oil engineer Hunting says Trump tariff impact will be ‘immaterial’ April 16, 2025 North Sea engineer Hunting said it expects the impact of US tariffs on the business to be “immaterial” as it reported quarterly trading in line with expectations. The London-listed firm cautioned its forecast was before taking into account “any indirect impact” of commodity pricing on the global economy. Hunting Titan, which builds perforating gun systems, [...]
Premier Miton: Sinking European fund drags down asset manager April 16, 2025 Premier Miton’s assets dropped sharply over the last quarter as its investors fled from one of its underperforming European equity funds. Assets under management at the fund house fell by £500m over the last three months, reaching just £10.2bn, it revealed in a trading update today. Investors pulled £221m from Premier Miton over the quarter, [...]
Mitie Group warns of £50m NIC knock as it unveils share buyback April 16, 2025 The scale of the knock British businesses are set to take from the government’s tax raid was laid bare today after facilities management firm Mitie Group warned of an eye-watering £50m hit from hikes to National Insurance Contributions (NICs). The London-listed group’s latest estimate for the cost of rising NICs was slightly less than a [...]
Brooks Macdonald suffers market hit amid ongoing acquisitions April 16, 2025 Brooks Macdonald suffered from a significant investment and market loss over the last quarter as the firm continued to integrate its various financial acquisitions. While funds under management and administration at the asset manager did swell seven per cent over the quarter, this was due to £1.6bn added through acquisitions of financial planning firm Lucas [...]
British Steel: Reynolds would view Chinese firms in ‘different way’ April 15, 2025 Jonathan Reynolds has said he would “look at a Chinese firm in a different way” from those of other nations on involvement in the UK steel industry. But the business secretary has insisted the UK government took control of British Steel because of “one specific company”, and did not rule out Chinese firms being involved [...]
Are private markets approaching a tipping point? April 15, 2025 As money continues to pour into private markets, concerns are mounting that the sector is expanding too fast in an unfriendly environment. In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in private markets, with fundraising doubling over the last decade, leading to $13.1 trillion (£9.9 trillion) in assets under management across the sector. [...]
Study: Trading updates key for future performance April 15, 2025 Trading updates by UK-listed companies are key to predicting future share price movement, a new study has found. An analysis of 2,699 trading statements published over the last two years by research platform Stockopedia revealed that a five per cent jump on the day of a trading update is a leading indicator of share price [...]
