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UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Evraz Leads FTSE 250; Ex-Dividends Weigh In

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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Kingfisher, up 2.1%. UBS has upgraded Kingfisher to Buy from Neutral and i

1PM Gets New Funding Facilities As 2014 Gets Off To Strong Start

LONDON (Alliance News) - 1PM PLC Wednesday said it has negotiated GBP2.5 million of additional block discounting facilities which it will use to write new business, as it reported strong trading in the first three months of 2014. In a statement, the provider of financing facilities to small

1pm Profits Rise By 84% As New Non-Executive Chairman Appointed

LONDON (Alliance News) - 1pm PLC Tuesday said pretax profit rose by 84% in its first-half after it wrote GBP5.0 million of new business in the first six months of the year, boosted by strong October trading. Separately, 1pm said it has appointed Ian Smith, the current finance chief of biote

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Shares Higher; Unilever, SABMiller As Expected

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Tuesday, as Unilever and SABMiller have released results and trading statements in line with expectations.

Peel Hunt has issued ratings on the property sector, cutting Great Portland Est

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small cap equity indexes trade flat

The FTSE Small Cap and junior-listed AIM All Share equity indexes are flat in early morning trading, slightly underperforming 0.1 percent gains on the blue-chip FTSE 100 index and on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index . Asset finance and equipment leasing company 1PM surges 15.8 percent after stati

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Afren: Goldman Sachs lowers target price from 280p to 270p, while leaving its strong buy recommendation unaltered. Canaccord Genuity takes target price from 190p to 205p and keeps a buy recommendation. Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities upgrades from neutral to add with a target price of 44

1PM Makes Timely First Loan Under Planned Expansion Into SME Loans Market

Directors at Thorntons top up as profits return

The Chairman of chocolatier Thorntons has boosted his stake in the company with the addition of 125,000 shares in a purchase made the same day the group revealed the restoration of its profits. Paul Wilkinson, who has held his current position since February of this year, bought the shares for 89p

1pm posts 24 per cent rise in half year revenue

1pm, the specialist provider of asset finance facilities to the SME sector, posted a 24 per cent increase in revenue for the half year ended November 30th, indicating profits will be significantly ahead of current expectations. This marked a rise to £1.42m from £1.15m in the same period the previ

1pm party time as new business levels grow

The specialist provider of asset finance facilities to the SME sector, 1pm, says trading has been good between June and August as new business has filtered through to revenues. Operating profits for the first quarter were £171k versus £109k in the prior year while the lease portfolio gained 9% to

Small cap round-up: Intandem Films, 1pm, Hardide, Asterand

International film group Intandem Films has become one of only 10 companies in the world to secure financing via the California Film Commission (CFC) Tax Credit Lottery. The lottery is the name given to the annual selection of films and TV shows eligible to receive a tranche of the $100m allotted

Spectris director trims stake

Roger Stephens, Head of Commercial and Company Secretary of Spectris, the FTSE 250 high-flying instrumentation and controls group, has sold a stack of shares in the firm less than a month after the firm unveiled better-than-expected profits before tax and hike in the dividend. Stephens, who joined

Thorntons Chairman buys 400,000 shares

John von Spreckelsen, Chairman of chocolate retailer Thorntons, has bought up 400,000 shares in the firm, one week after it reported that its pre-tax profit more than halved after heavy discounting. Spreckelsen, who last year announced his intention to quit the firm before the end of September, bu

Small caps round-up: Monitise, YouGov, 1pm ...

Monitise has announced a collaboration with Visa, in which Visa DPS will use Monitse's mobile services. The services allow financial institutions to offer their account holders the ability to monitor account history and balances, transfer funds between accounts, and receive near real time transactio

1pm confident porfolio will grow

1pm, a provider of lease asset finance to the SME sector, updated the market on its progress in a presentation at its annual general meeting. Managing director Maria Hampton, who gave the presentation, said: "It has been a pleasing start to the trading year. In the quarter to 31 August 2011 the bu