PFG.L Share News (PFG)

2 May 2012

Provident Financial, the FTSE 250 doorstep lender, has reported a good start to the year after its Home Credit business delivered a sound collections ...

1 May 2012

Fashion chain Next is going up against very strong comparative figures when it releases first quarter sales figures on Wednesday. "On a macro level, ...

28 Feb 2012

Persimmon raced into the top spot after the house-builder announced a cash return worth £1.9bn over the next nine and a half years, something that Pee...

28 Feb 2012

SABMiller: Nomura downgrades from buy to neutral, target increased from 2,600p to 2,700p. HSBC: Nomura cuts tagged from 725p to 650p, buy rating kept...

28 Feb 2012

Sub-prime lender Provident Financial reported a 12% increase in full year pre-tax profit, helped by lower bad debt charges. The firm, which posted p...

13 Jan 2012

The Telegraph's Questor column looks at yesterday's big news from Tesco that like-for-like sales in the UK dropped 2.3% in the final six weeks of last...

12 Jan 2012

There were plenty of company announcements on the FTSE 250 on Thursday, providing some big swings in the market. The biggest mover was Ocado after t...

12 Jan 2012

Provident Financial, the door step lending company, has seen its shares jump on news 'receivables' for 2011 - that is money it expects to get back fro...