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  • Pfizer to acquire weight-loss start-up Metsera in $7.3bn deal

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Pfizer Inc has agreed to buy biotech Metsera in multi-billion dollar deal, the US drugs giant confirmed on Monday, giving it a foothold in the booming weight-loss sector and sending shares in the start-up soaring.

  • Apollo decides against bid for Costa Coffee - report

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - A small number of suitors have reportedly served up initial bids for Costa Coffee as owner Coca-Cola prepares to retain ownership of the brand's ready-to-drink portfolio, while Apollo Global Management was said to have changed its mind about submitting a bid.

  • Interim profits jump at Manx Financial

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Manx Financial Group posted a jump in first-half profits on Monday, despite a "challenging" economic backdrop.

  • Wilmington says new year on track, FRA business to be sold

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Annual results from Wilmington on Monday were in line with market forecasts following a detailed trading update in July, with the data, information, education and training services company pointing to a "good start" to the new financial year.

  • VodafoneThree taps Ericsson and Nokia for UK expansion

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - VodafoneThree has awarded a £2.0bn contract to Ericsson and Nokia to supply 5G communications equipment across the UK, marking a major step in the newly merged group's long-term network investment strategy.

  • Porsche shares slide as profit guidance cut on weak EV demand

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Shares in luxury German car maker Porsche fell sharply on Monday after the company delayed the launch of some electric models and cut its earnings outlook.

  • WH Ireland to sell wealth unit to Oberon, plans AIM delisting

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Financial services WH Ireland said on Monday that it has entered into a conditional asset purchase agreement with Oberon Investments for the disposal of its wealth management unit for £1m in cash.

  • Government gives green light for second runway at Gatwick

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has signed off a second runway at London Gatwick, which the airport hopes will facilitate another 100,000 flights a year.

  • Pubs drive hospitality sales higher in August, as eating-out revenues slide

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Pubgoers basking in the August heatwaves helped underlying sales across Britain's leading pub, restaurant and bar groups rise for the first time in four months, according to the CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker out on Monday.

  • Van Elle warns on profits as 'challenging' trading conditions continue

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - AIM-listed ground engineering contractor Van Elle warned on profits on Monday as it said the challenging trading conditions experienced throughout FY2025 continued into the new financial year.

  • BMW sets aside £207m for motor finance redress as FCA pressure mounts

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Car finance firm BMW Financial Services has set aside £206.9m to cover potential compensation linked to the UK motor finance mis-selling scandal, according to accounts filed at Companies House.

  • Renalytix launches £500k retail offer

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Clinical diagnostic solutions business Renalytix has launched a retail offer via the Winterflood Retail Access Platform to raise up to £500,000 through the issue of new ordinary shares at 9.5p apiece.

  • Beeks wins 'significant' cloud deal with TMX

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - AIM-listed Beeks Financial Cloud Group has announced a "significant" customer win with a new exchange cloud partnership with Canadian financial services group TMX.

  • Elixirr delivers confident outlook after record first half

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Business consultancy Elixirr International has reported record interim results and reiterated its full-year forecasts, with the outlook bolstered by last week's acquisition of US strategy consultancy TRC.

  • Elixirr delivers confident outlook after record first half

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Business consultancy Elixirr International has reported record interim results and reiterated its full-year forecasts, with the outlook bolstered by last week's acquisition of US strategy consultancy TRC.

  • EU approves AstraZeneca's Tezspire to treat nasal conditions

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca and Amgen on Monday said their Tezspire drug has been recommended for approval in the European Union for the treatment of adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

  • Technical issues weigh on production at PetroTal

    Monday 22 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - PetroTal Corp warned on Monday that production had been temporarily hit by fresh technical issues at its flagship asset.

  • Pulsar confirms sustained helium concentrations

    Friday 19 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Pulsar Helium confirmed sustained helium concentrations of up to 8% at its Jetstream 1 appraisal well in Minnesota on Friday, with similarly high grades and strong reservoir pressure recorded at Jetstream 2, reinforcing the potential of its flagship Topaz project.

  • Surface Transforms makes interim CFO permanent

    Friday 19 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Surface Transforms announced the appointment of Steve Harrison as its permanent chief financial officer and to its board with immediate effect on Friday, after he initially joined as interim CFO in March.

  • Concurrent Technologies secures $5.25m US defence-related contract

    Friday 19 Sep 2025

    (Sharecast News) - Concurrent Technologies announced on Friday that it has secured a $5.25m contract to provide design services to a major US defence prime contractor, marking its first such engagement and a strategic move into large-scale outsourced design work.

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