(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer has defended taking "tough decisions" after Labour figures hit out at the party's record in UK government in the wake of its local election results.

(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC has warned over the shift in global trade relations as posing "serious potential risks" to growth, as the bank navigates a series of "unknowns" over the economic ...

(Alliance News) - Nuformix PLC on Friday said it has continued to "advance and exploit" assets in its portfolio, two days after noting a positive opinion from an EU committee for NXP002.

The FTSE 100 index was up 55.79 points, 0.7%, at 8,552.59. The FTSE 250 was up 0.94 points at 20,135.91, and the AIM All-Share was up 3.95 points, 0.6%, at 703.93.