The board of Spectris PLC (LSE:SXS) has backed an improved £4.1 billion cash offer from KKR, which trumped a £3.8 billion deal agreed last week with another US private equity firm, Advent ...

AstraZeneca PLC (LSE:AZN) shares spiked higher on Tuesday afternoon on reports that the boss of the UK pharmaceutical giant wants to move the company to the US. CEO Pascal Soriot wants to the FTSE ...

About Oliver Haill Oliver has been writing about companies and markets since the early 2000s, cutting his teeth as a financial journalist at Growth Company Investor with a focusing on AIM companies ...

About Oliver Haill Oliver has been writing about companies and markets since the early 2000s, cutting his teeth as a financial journalist at Growth Company Investor with a focusing on AIM companies ...

FTSE called higher The FTSE 100 is expected to edge higher at the open, taking its cue from a firmer finish on Wall Street ...

Kodal Minerals PLC (AIM:KOD) CEO Bernard Aylward talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's progress at the Bougouni Lithium Project, including a formal offtake agreement with Hainan ...

FTSE 100 falls 12 points to 8,789 Burberry in demand after UBS 'buy' call WH Smith agrees to reduce price to sell High Street arm UK GDP was 0.7% in first quarter, second estimate confirms 12.52am: US ...

Deltic Energy PLC (AIM:DELT) shares rose more than a third in value on the news that it is to be acquired by Rockrose Energy in a cash deal. The 7.46p per share deal is pitched at a 36% premium to ...

About Ian Lyall Ian Lyall, a seasoned journalist and editor, brings over three decades of experience to his role as Managing Editor at Proactive. Overseeing Proactive's editorial and broadcast ...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has removed its vice president of manufacturing and operations, Omead Afshar, amid declining vehicle sales in major global markets and growing investor concerns over ...

About Jamie Ashcroft Jamie Ashcroft, the News Editor for Proactive UK, has developed an impressive career in financial journalism, focusing on the small-cap sector for over fourteen years. Before ...

Babcock International PLC (LSE:BAB), the engineering group best known for maintaining the Royal Navy’s submarines, looks set for a longer runway of growth following last week’s NATO summit. Citi has ...