Stocks were higher on Friday afternoon as investors await US unemployment numbers for August, meanwhile Angela Rayner quits as deputy prime minister of the UK and as deputy leader of the Labour Party. The FTSE 100 index was up 21.94 points, 0.2%, at 9,238.81. The FTSE 250 was up 58.36 points, 0.3%, at 21,533.04, and the AIM All-Share was up 5.31 points, 0.7%, at 767.31. The Cboe UK 100 was up...

Worse than expected performance from a key London asset Margins affected by changes in room rates Cost inflation bites in first half Shares in PPHE Hotel Group (PPH) fell more than 13% to £14.16 as the company downgraded earnings expectations in part thanks to a weaker than expected contribution from a key new hotel in London, art'otel London Hoxton. Earnings are now anticipated to be broadly...

Dividends are a key component of successful investing whether taken as an income to support retirement or reinvested to compound future total returns.With interest rates set to fall as inflation is gradually brought back under control dividend yields will become more competitive as a source of income compared with income from cash and bonds.In this article we scour the FTSE 350 for the...

Ireland's largest hotel operator Dalata Hotels (DAL:AIM) is due to report its results for the six months to the 30 June 2023 on 29 August and fellow hotelier PPHE Hotel Group (PPH) on 31 August.Dalata posted a strong second quarter update in June with like-for-like group RevPar (revenue per available room) ahead of 2022 levels.The group said it 'has continued to trade strongly an expects...

Another £200 million worth of development in the pipelineCroatia and other complexees in Hungary, Serbia popularTie-up with Radisson positive for PPHE Analysts at Berenberg are impressed by PPHE (PPH) hotel group's portfolio in Croatia.The company which develops, owns and operates hotels and resorts has completed its Grand Hotel Pula, a Radisson Collection Hotel and its first art'otel at the...

London's blue chip benchmark index seemingly took the imposition of a new England-wide lockdown in its stride, the FTSE 100 finishing 2 November with a 1.4% gain to 5,654 points, helped by a weaker pound.However, the more domestically focused FTSE 250 fell by 0.2% as investors fretted over the impact of Boris Johnson's latest lockdown on the non-essential retailers, pub companies and leisure...

The FTSE 100 ended Monday with a 1.4% gain at 5,654, helped by a weaker pound. The currency fell 0.4% to $1.2904 following slow progress on Brexit talks, the threat of the Bank of England setting negative interest rates on Thursday and the prospect of a contested outcome from the US election.The more UK domestically focused FTSE 250 fell by 0.2% as investors worried about the impact of a new...

After a slow opening following the announcement of a second national lockdown, UK stocks soared in mid-morning trading on Monday having been buoyed by a weaker pound and slightly improving sentiment.The exporter-heavy FTSE 100 gained 1.16% to 5,642 shortly after 12pm as the pound grappled with the lockdown impact and various other issues, including a lack of progress on Brexit talks, the...

The fragile recovery of the travel and leisure sector looks to have hit a bump in the road as companies across the industry struggle with little visibility on customer bookings.Jet2 owner Dart Group (DTG:AIM) says winter demand has so far failed to match up even to its revised capacity, with bookings 'displaying a shorter lead time than in previous years'.Budget airline EasyJet (EZJ) also...

The FTSE 100 dipped 0.4% to 6,368 points on Thursday, dragged down by oil shares after Brent Crude prices fell 13% to $36.4 per barrel on heightened worries over a large build-up in US distillate inventories.Going in the other direction were pharma and beverage shares with AstraZeneca (AZN) up 1.7% to £87.4 and Diageo (DGE) 0.85% higher at £29.2.Asian shares rose to two-month highs with the...

The FTSE 100 got off to a slow start on Wednesday after a warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the global economy could suffer its worst fall since the 1930s.In its half-yearly forecasts, the IMF said gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to fall globally by 4.2% in 2020, by 6.5% in advanced countries, and by 7% in the UK.The UK's benchmark index fell 0.63% to 5,754.73...

The latest trading update from Park Plaza hotels owner PPHE Hotel (PPH) showed it was feeling the benefit of several years of investment as it reported another steady uptick in revenue.Promoted to the FTSE 250 index in June following several quarters of strong performance, the firm has again delivered decent growth.However it appears the market may have been hoping for more. Despite opening...

The latest quarterly shuffling of the deck in the FTSE 100 list of blue-chip companies and the FTSE 250 index of mid-cap stocks sees a significant amount of change.To qualify for inclusion in the FTSE 100 index a stock needs to meet certain liquidity requirements and have a sufficiently large market capitalisation to rank in the top 100 companies.Stocks which fail to meet these criteria are...

PPHE Hotel (PPH) £17.74Gain to date: 25.8%Original entry point: Buy at £14.10, 28 June 2018PPHE Hotel (PPH) has continued to enjoy strong share price gains, driven by positive trading updates and bullish broker comment.It has reported 6.7% growth in like-for-like total room revenue for 2018, driven by improved trading across all its operating regions. The good performance also benefited from...

The benefits of the recent heatwave attracting visitors to London could soon be reflected in results from several quoted hotel operators with sites in the Capital.Revenue per available room (RevPAR) increased by a record 9% to £156.15 in July, according to data from industry specialist STR. That beat levels seen in the 2012 Olympics and was also helped by several popular events bringing...

PPHE Hotel(PPH) £14.58Gain to date: 3.4%Original entry point: Buy at £14.10, 28 June 2018Investors may still be undervaluing hotel developer PPHE Hotel (PPH) after Savills reported a £639m increase in the group's property value compared to book value.PPHE operates the Park Plaza hotel chain in Europe via an exclusive licence from hotel group Radisson. It also owns the art'otel brand and...

Investors could benefit from a valuation anomaly on offer at hotel developer PPHE Hotel (PPH).Despite an impressive long-term share price performance, the company trades materially below its estimated net asset value (NAV).PPHE benefits from an exclusive licence from one of the world's largest hotel groups, Radisson, to develop and operate the Park Plaza hotel chain in Europe, the Middle East...

The benefits of a weak pound are becoming clear in the leisure sector as tourists flock to the UK's Capital. The London hotel market at the start of 2017 saw its highest occupancy level for a January month since 2008, according to hotel data expert STR. Occupancy increased by 5.8% year-on-year to 70.5%.Average daily rate increased by a similar level to £127.84, which is the highest for a...

Though London's FTSE 100 is around 20 points lower at 6,800 early on, housebuilders are among the main risers, buoyed by indicators suggesting Brexit fears continue to be shrugged off by consumers.The Nationwide House Price Index rose by 0.6% in August, taking the annual growth rate in property prices to 5.6%, and the average house price to £206,145. Also providing a boost is the GfK Consumer...

I am a discretionary manager running £45 million of money alongside Peter Bate for Killik Special Situations and want to share my thoughts on three very interesting stocks.A technology play that could be heavily pregnant with news flowNanoco (NANO) is a designer and manufacturer of quantum dots. There are several potential share price catalysts in the immediate term. We hope to see...