

Miners are leading London's top stocks higher in early dealings, while investors also ponder a mixed bag of retail-related updates. Xstrata, Randgold...


Furniture and clothing retailer Laura Ashley said customer confidence is returning but is tempered with a degree of caution as it posted a 3% rise in ...


Lillian Tan, chief executive of Laura Ashley, has added 150,000 shares to her shareholding taking it to 500,000 shares - equivalent to 0.07%. Tan sp...


Laura Ashley said it expects full year trading to be broadly in line with company expectations. In the first 19 weeks of the second half to 12 Dece...


Footsie made an assault on the 5,000 level over the lunchtime session but fell short, as investors took note of expectations of a flat start on Wall S...


After a hesitant start leading shares have turned higher, helped by the August Nationwide Consumer Confidence index which indicated British consumers ...


Womenswear and furniture retailer Laura Ashley posted a sharp drop in half year pre-tax profit, halved its dividend and said the outlook for retail re...


A rally in the afternoon session was not enough to lift the Footsie out of negative territory, though second-liners were moderately firmer on balance....