The board members of oil and gas company Petroceltic International has purchased a round of shares at 157p each following the placing announced last month, the second tranche of which was approved on Thursday at an extraordinary general meeting. The largest deals were carried out by Chief Executiv
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Porta Communications PLC Wednesday expressed confidence for 2014, after posting a narrowed pretax loss for 2013 as revenue increases offset costs from bolstering its business with start-ups and acquisitions. The company posted a pretax loss of GBP3.1 million for las
Read moreThe FTSE Small Cap Index rises 0.2 percent while the junior-listed FTSE AIM All Share Index adds 0.4 percent, outperforming a 0.1 percent drop on the blue-chip index and a 0.6 percent fall from the mid-caps. Newspaper publisher Connect Group - formerly known as Smiths News - rises 4.3 perc
Read moreAIM-listed Porta Communications has acquired a majority stake in financial PR firm Redleaf Polhill. Porta, which already owns financial flack firm Newgate Communications, bought 51% of the City of London-based Redleaf for £1.8m, with put and call options over the remaining share. The acquisition w
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Porta Communications PLC Wednesday said it has bought a 51% stake in London-based financial PR firm Redleaf Polhill Ltd for GBP1.8 million. The AIM-quoted marketing and communications group said it acquired the majority stake from Redleaf Polhill's shareholders Emma
Read moreAIM-listed Porta Communications has revealed its Newgate Communications public relations business has been appointed by the Australian government to handle the second phase of the privatisation of state-owned health insurer Medibank. It said fees for this phase due to Newgate have been agreed at A
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Pharmaceutical stocks are reigning over the first session following the long Easter bank holiday, with mergers and acquisitions leading investor interest.
GlaxoSmithKline has signed a three-part inter-conditional transaction with Swiss healt