Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury Publishing has bought Arden Shakespeare from Cengage Learning.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Leed Petroleum has started commercial production at its three Eugene Island wells in the Gulf of Mexico, but will defer its 2009 capital expenditure programme.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Ryanair has received only a handful of takers for its ?750m offer for rival Irish airline Aer Lingus.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Aim listed content management software provider Geong International said current trading has benefited from a series of contract wins in the financial and auto sectors worth £1.17m.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
EBTM, the online retailer of band t-shirts and other music-inspired fashion, is considering its options including the disposal of the whole business after Christmas sales fell by a third from last year.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Construction firm and housebuilder Galliford Try has, in partnership with Earth Tech, won three contracts with Yorkshire Water worth a total of £29m.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Engineer Metalrax is to close its Stackright and Makespace businesses and relocate its Samuel Groves and RTA businesses.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Events and conferencing group Tarsus said it expects full year 2008 adjusted pre-tax profits to be in line with company expectations.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Full year profits have tumbled at William Sinclair, but the garden products maker remains confident of rising out the recession.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Feed supplier and flour miller Carr's Milling first quarter of the current year to August was ahead of budget and last year, but trading is getting tougher.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Financial services and online spread betting firm London Capital said trading for the year ended 31 December 2008 is ahead of management expectations as it increases its final dividend for the year 2008.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Engineering and construction firm Balfour Beatty has bought the interests in a military housing privatisation project at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Another day, another deal for data search software group Autonomy, which has signed a multi-million dollar license agreement with oil giant Statoil.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Carbon, ceramic and magnetic materials supplier Morgan Crucible is to increase its stake in technical moulding and vehicle integration business NP Aerospace by 11% to 60% for £12.2m.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
A refusal to slash prices to boost sales helped out-of-town based homewares retailer Dunelm increase margins in the past 26 weeks, though sales felt the impact.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
Irish building materials giant CRH has maintained its forecast of a profit for 2008 of ?1.6bn despite a steadily deteriorating trading outlook in the second half.
Tue, 06 Jan, 2009
High street fashion chain Next saw a 1.9% drop in sales in the half year to Christmas Eve, with like-for-like sales coming in at the bottom end of expectations.
