The pound slipped to USD1.2419 on Friday morning, from USD1.2461 at the time of the London equities close on Thursday. The euro slipped to USD1.0389 from USD1.0423. Against the yen, the dollar bought ...

In response, shares in Smiths jumped 12% to 2,082.00 pence for a market value of GBP7.16 billion. They set a new 12-month high of 2,188.00p earlier Friday morning. Smiths said it plans to sell its ...

UK house prices rose 4.1% on-year this month, slowing from a 4.7% climb in December, according to Nationwide. The average price edged up 0.1% in January from December to sit at GBP268,213. In December ...