LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday, as the market looks ahead positively to the US non-farm payrolls report later in the day.
After its results on Thursday, AstraZeneca has been named a Conviction Buy by Liberum. Meanwhile, JPMorgan has lif
LONDON (Alliance News) - Johnson Service Group PLC Friday said that non-executive Director Paul Moody will succeed John Talbot as Chairman when the latter steps down May 1. Talbot is executive chairman, while former Britvic PLC Chief Executive Moody will be non-executive chairman. "Du
Linen hire and workwear rental group Johnson Service has revealed that its Executive Chairman of five years, John Talbot, is to step down.
Talbot, who oversaw the firm's restructuring to focus on Textile Services, will leave the board at the end of April.
He will be replaced by Chris Sander, curre
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Average sizes of both
initial public offerings and acquisition prices dropped for
venture-backed companies last quarter as some companies battled
a tough environment in their sector and others faced outsized
comparisons from a year earlier.<
Price discovery is what the Vodafone deal is all about. In sterling terms, Vodafone is getting about 85bn pounds for the stake, whereas its market capitalisation at the end of last week was a smidgeon short of 100bn pounds. Even if you add on 25bn pounds of debt it is clear that the Voda rump was va
Textile rental and facilities management business Johnson Service revealed a sharp rise in adjusted pre-tax profit and underlined its confidence in future trading with an increased dividend payment.
Adjusted pre-tax profit jumped 52.8% to £5.5m for the six months to the end of June while revenues e
Johnson Service Group has agreed to sell its facilities management activities to Bell Rock Bidco, a new company formed to effect the acquisition.
Financing will be provided from funds managed by Lyceum Capital Partners.
The consideration is £32.2m on a debt free, cash free basis and subject to ad