FirstGroup launches rights issue to defend credit rating

Eastern Europe's credit shortage is easing, though conditions will remain tight as lenders in the continent's west pull back, according to Capital Economics Ltd. About 12 billion euros ($15.4 billion) of foreign funding has left the region since ...

FirstGroup Plc, the U.K. company stripped of the West Coast rail contract last year, fell as much as 20 percent after saying it will raise 615 million pounds ($934 million) in a rights offer while ending dividend payments. FirstGroup tumbled the ...

CLEVER cook Rojina McDonald credits the power of positive thinking with helping her win a scholarship to London's prestigious Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. The 23-year-old from McLaren Vale beat applicants from around the globe to be accepted into ...

Former BlackRock Inc. (BLK) Lyttleton was detained along with an unidentified woman in west London, said one of the people, both of whom declined to be identified because the matter isn't public. An FCA spokesman declined to comment on the ...

Power Stations Nearing Completion, But Construction Starts Slow on Uncertainty London UK /PRNewswire/ - More than 20 gigawatts (GW) of gas- and coal-fired power station capacity is presently under construction in West Europe, despite stagnant demand ...

JC MSFL DIVISION ONE NORTH WEST NEASDEN B 1 LONDON MACCABI LIONS B 5 JAMES GOLD was the hat-trick hero as Lions B climbed to the top of the table with a five-star win over Neasden A. A double from Jonny Cutter sealed the victory as Jamie ...

In a day of departures, Carlton Cole has thanked West Ham fans after being released by the London club before Michael Owen paid tribute to Tony Pulis after the Stoke boss looks on course to leave the Britannia Stadium.The ex-England striker has ...

Battersea Power Station More than 800 apartments in the Battersea Power Station development, known as Circus West in London, have been sold for GBP675 million (US$1 billion). The first phase of the development plans are complete, as the ...

Approaching its eighth year in 2013, Salon Prie takes place from the 4th to 6th of September at West London's Syon Park and is firmly established as the UK's most prestigious Luxury Super Car Show & Concours d'Elegance. The McLaren 12c at Salon ...