Already the UK Export Finance agency has a lending capacity of GBP8 billion specifically for government clients of defence contractors, bringing the new total to GBP10 billion.

(Alliance News) - Vladimir Putin has said he agrees in principle to a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine as Downing Street warned that if the war continued sanctions would "cripple" the Russian economy.

(Alliance News) - Thames Water must wait to discover whether the approval of a plan to restructure the struggling utility will be overturned at the Court of Appeal.

(Alliance News) - Eric Trump, son of the US president, met with Scotland's First Minister John Sweeney Thursday, with talks focused on Donald Trump's golf ventures in the country.

(Alliance News) - Staff who work on patrol boats in the English Channel have voted for strike action in a dispute over allowances. The Public & Commercial Services union, PCS, said more than 100 of ...

The FTSE 100 index closed up just 1.59 points at 8,542.56. The FTSE 250 dropped 197.94 points, 1.0%, at 19,688.57, and the AIM All-Share fell 1.46 points, 0.2%, at 679.46. The Cboe UK 100 rose 0.1% at ...

(Alliance News) - Two vessels involved in a North Sea collision that triggered a huge explosion "appear to be relatively stable" and the environmental impact "mercifully small", a transport minister ...

(Alliance News) - Oxford BioDynamics PLC on Thursday announced an expanded strategic agreement with UK health insurance provider Bupa. The stock closed 9.7% higher at 0.52 pence per share on Thursday ...

(Alliance News) - The UK's greenhouse gas emissions fell to the lowest level since 1872 last year, climate and energy website Carbon Brief said. Its analysis, based on preliminarily government energy ...

(Alliance News) - It is important that Northern Ireland does not become "collateral damage" in any trade war between the US and EU, the deputy First Minister said. Emma Little-Pengelly said the region ...

The UK prime minister said without a lasting peace agreement, the Russian president would continue to cause economic and political instability. Talks between the US and Russia are expected in Moscow ...

(Alliance News) - Irish premier Micheal Martin has called for the EU to adopt a "strategic approach" around US tariffs, as he predicted difficulties for the Irish spirits industry. Martin was reacting ...