Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) founder and chief executive Gordon Sanghera is set to step down from the company at the end of 2026 after two decades at the helm.

Danish technology company Windar Photonics (WPHO: 54.5p) has announced a major contract win that materially de-risks full-year earnings expectations, and prompted brokerage Zeus Capital to raise its ...

The US-China trade truce is due to expire tomorrow – markets are susceptible to risk as the base case is for this to be extended. Stock markets were muted early Monday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.25 per ...

Back in 2009, Centrica took a 20 per cent stake in British Energy which owned the UK’s nuclear power stations. This has provided a rocky ride for Centrica and its shareholders since then, but it has ...

The outlook for the rest of the year is also subdued, with the Office for Budget Responsibility estimating that growth for 2025 as a whole will come in at just 1 per cent, roughly in line with last ...

Harbour Energy (HBR) was one of the leading risers in the FTSE 250 after it updated the market on surging cash flows and production at the half-year mark, along with a 225 per cent increase in ...

One point worth bearing in mind, however, is that although Next’s chief executive Simon Wolfson has consistently displayed uncanny strategic foresight in an industry which, by its very nature, is ...

For now the London spot price is the most reliable gauge of price. Jobless claims ticked up to the highest since 2021. Labour market is still tight, not much hiring or firing...goes to the point that ...

The FTSE 100 slid about 0.3 per cent early doors due chiefly to a raft of blue chips moving ex-dividend. Hikma, which reported today, led the actual fallers, slipping about 8 per cent after profits ...

Zegona Communications (ZEG) is unlike most companies. The group hunts for unloved European telecoms assets, aiming to turn them around before selling them on at a profit. It rewards its executives ...

A year ago, Ferrexpo was optimistically talking about reopening a third pelletiser line depending on Black Sea port access, but the cash crunch it now finds itself in means it has had to halt one of ...

Clearly investors cannot take it for granted that companies are safe from episodes of poor judgment, whether of their own making or the parties they deal with, despite the oversight of regulators and ...