Trustpilot shares jump on earnings beat and £20m buyback September 11, 2024 Shares in Trustpilot have jumped after the global review platform reported higher-than-expected earnings for the first half of 2024 and unveiled a new share buyback. The FTSE 250 firm gained as much as 9.3 per cent in early trading on Wednesday. Its stock price has surged 157 per cent over the last 12 months. Trustpilot [...]
Eleco: British software giant sees revenue soar as businesses look for AI solutions September 10, 2024 Software company Eleco has seen its revenue continue to soar as a growing number of businesses turn to tech to help improve efficiency. The listed company, which is headquartered in London and has offices across the UK and Europe, saw its revenue hit £16.2m in the six months ending June 30, 2024, up from £13.4m [...]
Shares in Apple supplier IQE plunge as guidance disappoints and debt pile grows September 10, 2024 Shares in semiconductor supplier IQE plummeted 14 per cent in early trading on Tuesday after it disappointed investors with weak guidance and as it racked up debt. The Cardiff-based manufacturer of compound wafers used to make semiconductors said its full-year guidance lies at the lower end of consensus forecasts of revenue between £130m and 154m. [...]
Equals: Payments fintech’s revenue jumps by a third amid record transaction values September 10, 2024 Payments fintech Equals Group has seen fees to financial advisers weigh on its earnings as it looks for a potential buyer, while revenue surged on the back of record transaction values.
Bloom & Wild hires first finance chief from Purplebricks as it targets return to profit September 10, 2024 Online flower delivery company Bloom & Wild has appointed a top boss at Purplebricks at its first-ever chief financial officer. Dominique Highfield has been hired by the London-based group from her position as chief operating officer at the online estate agency. Highfield has been at Purplebricks for almost two years, first joining in November 2022 [...]
Apple unveils Iphone 16 and plans AI tool launch in the coming weeks September 9, 2024 Apple has unveiled the Iphone 16 and revealed launch dates and features of its new artificial intelligence tool, Apple Intelligence.
Computacenter’s profit drops nearly a third as UK customers take ‘greater caution’ September 9, 2024 London-based tech firm Computacenter has reported that its profit slumped by nearly a third in the first half of 2024 amid weaker than expect demand in its home market.
Google accused of using its dominance to harm the competition September 6, 2024 Google has been accused of using “anti-competitive practices” which harm thousands of publishers and advertisers in the UK. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has provisionally found that the US giant could be negatively impacting rivals over open-display advert technology. According to its findings, the watchdog said that when placing digital adverts on [...]
Alfa Financial raises guidance as shift to subscription model delivers September 5, 2024 Asset finance software company Alfa Financial Software has said it expects full-year revenue to be £1m ahead of previous expectations, as the shift to a subscription model has started to pay off. In the first half of 2024, the company posted record total contract value (TCV) of £193m, a 40 per cent year on year jump, driven by [...]
CMA clears Microsoft and Inflection AI partnership after merger ruling September 4, 2024 Britain’s competition regulator has today cleared Microsoft’s arrangements with Inflection AI, which included a licensing deal and the hiring of former Inflection employees. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced in April it was looking at three separate deals that potentially fall under UK merger law and, if so, whether they could have a harmful [...]