Company News
Totally acquiring urgent care provider Vocare in £11m deal
Out-of-hospital services provider Totally announced on Friday that it has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of urgent care services provider Vocare for a consideration of up to £11m on a cash-free and debt-free basis, with a normalised level of working capital.
Zegona Communications extends tender offer deadline
Zegona Communications updated the market on its tender offer on Friday, having initially announced its return of up to £140m to shareholders on 30 August.
CRH target Ash Grove receives rival takeover offer
CRH's proposed $3. 5bn acquisition of US-based Ash Grove has been derailed after the Kansas company received a potentially larger rival offer.
EasyJet sees FY profit at upper end of range after record summer
Budget airline easyJet said on Friday that headline pre-tax profit for the year is expected to be at the upper end of the previously guided range as it reported a record number of passengers over the summer.
Finsbury Food confirms closure of loss-making Grain D'Or factory
Finsbury Food confirmed on Friday that it will close its loss-making Grain D'Or factory by 2 December.
Motif Bio presents positive iclaprim data
Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Motif Bio announced on Friday that new preclinical data with its investigational drug candidate ‘iclaprim’ were presented during the IDWeek 2017 conference, currently being held in San Diego.
UK high street sales solid in September but October starts badly
UK retail sales were solid in September but growth remained weak amid rising prices, a consumer crunch and declining high street footfall.
Base Resources issues almost 5m incentive shares
Base Resources announced on Friday that, following performance testing of the 2014 cycle of rights issued pursuant to the its Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) as at 30 September, a total of 4,961,983 new fully paid ordinary shares had been issued for the benefit of LTIP participants.
Unilever sets deadline for spread bids
Unilever has called a deadline for bids for its £6bn spreads business of 19 October, according to reports overnight.
Vast Resources presented with funding options for Romania development
Romania and Zimbabwe-focussed mining company Vast Resources advised shareholders on Friday that, as a result of the “consistently positive” results delivered from the drilling and development programme at the Carlibaba Deposit located next to its producing Manaila Polymetallic Mine in Romania, coupled with the 2018 off-take bidding process for the concentrate production, it has been presented with a number of potential non-dilutionary financing options to advance its Romanian interests.