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UK specialist building products supplier SIG saw its shares tumble after saying its 2016 profits were overstated by up to £3.7m (€4.2m).

The Irish division of UK specialist building products supplier SIG saw like-for-like revenues increase 8% in 2017.

Organisers of Career Zoo are expecting to set a new attendence record at this year's event.

Mike Ashley’s sportswear empire is expanding on two fronts in Europe after snapping up controlling stakes in a pair of retailers on the continent.

Kingspan cut its combined executive pay levels by nearly 30% last year, according to its newly published annual report.

Teaching at almost one-in-seven secondary schools is weak, inspectors have found in evaluations over the past three years.

More than 3,500 jobs are up for grabs at a major recruitment fair in Dublin today.

Some of Ireland’s leading employers will gather in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Saturday to offer graduates up to 3,500 positions.

BRITISH building materials group SIG has reported an 8% year-on-year increase in group sales for the first four months of the year.

The FTSE 100 Index ended a buoyant week with its fourth winning session in a row today as mining stocks continued their recent push higher.

BRITISH building materials group SIG has reported a pre-tax loss of £55.3 million (€61.8m) for 2009, with its Irish operations again playing a negative role in overall performance.

The London market narrowly held on to Wednesday's 21-month high today despite falls for banks and miners as investors looked to take profits.

Energy and banking firms were out of favour with investors today as the London market slid lower.

FURTHER job losses are expected in the Irish operations of building materials group SIG due to the economic downturn.

Kingspan peer SIG has today reported first-half underlying profits for 2009 down 58% to £35m (€40.6m).

BRITISH building insulation products company SIG, has said that sales in its Irish-based operations fell by around 44% — on a year-on-year basis — in the first half of this year, due to the fall in the property market here and in the overall economy.

Retailers including Next and Marks & Spencer rallied today on hopes the sector could see positive sales growth in the second half of the year.

SALES at the Irish operations of roofing and building insulation company SIG fell by 22.3%, on a local currency basis in 2008.

The FTSE 100 Index lost ground today as more economic gloom dominated sentiment.

Barclays shares surged 64% today after management moved to reassure shareholders in the wake of a nine-day losing streak for the bank.

The FTSE 100 Index closed in the red for the fifth session in a row today as economic fears and banking losses weighed on the London market.

BUILDING materials group SIG has said that trading in the second half of the year has become more challenging, with like-for-like sales in its British and Irish core operations down by about 5.3% in sterling terms, on a year-on-year basis, and down by 6.3% on a constant currency basis.

Banking and mining stocks remained volatile today as London’s FTSE 100 Index gave up all of yesterday’s surprise end-of-session rally.

KINGSPAN, the leading player in wooden constructions in Europe, is expected to report its first fall in earnings since the first half of 2002.

Europe’s biggest supplier of roofing and insulation shrugged off “challenging” markets today after it benefitted from surging demand for its products.

THE Irish exchange closed 58 points lower at 6,625 while the ECB and The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged.

Strong Christmas trading at Sainsbury’s buoyed its shares today but the wider London market wobbled after the Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates.

The FTSE 100 Index stuck close to its opening mark today as anxiety over interest rates overshadowed a strong trading update from Sainsbury’s.

THE ISEQ fell back into negative territory yesterday. The Irish exchange closed down 83.21 points to 7566.69.

The UK firm whose chips appear in more than half of all Bluetooth headsets and devices delighted investors today by admitting it had under-estimated demand for the wireless technology.

London’s top shares moved back into the black today despite a negative impact from shares going ex-dividend.