

Blue chips have rallied following a strong performance in Asia this morning, renewed demand for the miners and some good trading updates. Brewer SABM...


Plant hire group Ashtead has ended its bid interest in Lavendon after a firm rebuttal from the board of the powered access platform group. Lavendon u...


Powered aerial work platforms renter Lavendon has unanimously rejected an "opportunistic" offer from joint bidders Ashtead Group and Belgium's Thermot...


Equipment hire firm Ashtead Group has teamed up with Belgium's Thermote & Vanhalst in an attempt to buy powered aerial work platforms renter Lavendon....


Footsie closed in the red after a sluggish day's trading, with the calm only briefly interrupted by jitters following weak US jobs data in the afterno...


Jobs growth slowed sharply in the US in November and unemployment unexpectedly rose, which was not the result the market had been hoping for. The data...


The strong gains of the past couple of days have given way to sluggishness as traders pause for breath and await US jobs data later in the afternoon. ...


Footsie has drifted lower with the freezing temperatures and transport chaos keeping many City folk away from work. All eyes will be on the US non-fa...