

Speedy Hire, a UK provider of tools and equipment for hire, has sold its accommodation hire business to Elliott Group, a subsidiary of Algeco Scotsman...


Plant hire specialist Speedy Hire said revenues, excluding fleet equipment sales, in the three months to 31 March rose by 4.8% from the year before wh...


Retailer Flying Brands blamed winter weather, a drop in profits at the garden business and bigger losses at the gifts unit for a plunge in profit duri...


The top share index finished flat after a sluggish day's trading. Takeover talk pushed the price of engineering stalwarts Weir Group and Invensys hi...


Mining stocks are buoyant after China's economy grew 9.8% in the final quarter of 2010, but demand for miners has not prevented the blue-chip index fr...


The top share index is slightly under pressure now though there is some excitement among oil-related stocks in the mid-cap index. Shares in John Wo...


Plant hire specialist Speedy Hire said sales were up by 8.8% in the three months to 31 December despite the bad weather towards the end of the period....


Morgan Crucible gets three fifths of its revenues from the manufacture of high-specification ceramics. These go into areas such as defence, aerospace...