Pets at Home (PETS) investors will be hoping the UK pet-care leader's first half results statement (28 November) doesn't set the cat among the pigeons. Any signs that the cost-of-living pressures impacting pet owners' disposable income are slowing its sales momentum or curtailing customer acquisition growth could be harshly punished.Share price weakness at the pet food-to-toys purveyor reflects op

A big profit warning on 14 June from Hays' (HAS) rival Robert Walters (RWA) has created nervousness ahead of the former's fourth quarter and full-year trading update on 13 July.The recruitment space is often a bellwether for the wider economy and, with economic clouds gathering, the portents are not too promising.This is despite April's solid third quarter update from Hays, with the company seeing

Rising commodities prices lifted shares in London on Friday at midday, with mining and oil companies leading the FTSE 100.The FTSE 100 index was up 10.54 points, 0.1%, at 7,757.83. The FTSE 250 was up 59.38 points, or 0.3%, at 19,633.49, and the AIM All-Share was up 1.78 points, or 0.2%, at 853.87.The Cboe UK 100 was up 0.1% at 776.04, the Cboe UK 250 was up 0.2% at 17,135.19, and the Cboe Small C

- Sharp drop in M&A activity last quarter- No sign of a recovery so far this year- More companies likely to experience a slowdownFinancial advisory firm DSW Capital (DSW:AIM) upset the applecart with an unexpected warning earnings would be below market expectations due to a freeze in corporate deal-making.The shares, which had traded in a narrow range between 100p and 130p since listing just over