Deloitte fined £900,000 by watchdog over SIG audit failures
Financial sanctions relate to audit of building materials firm’s statements for years 2015 and 2016
November 2016
SIG blames profits dip on post-Brexit slowdown as CEO leaves
Stuart Mitchell steps down as building materials giant’s shares plunge 25% after warning of lower profits, stiffer competition and weaker trading
October 2015
Market Forces blog
Insulation specialist SIG slumps 22% after profit warning
Company points to poor market conditions in France and UK problems
August 2014
Market Forces blog
FTSE hits three week high with AstraZeneca boosted as US closes Brilinta probe
Leading shares move higher again as investors brush aside geopolitical worries
January 2012
Market Forces blog
Reed Elsevier facing calls for sell-off
Likely bidders for US legal business include Bloomberg as Reed board under pressure for bold action
June 2011
Market Forces blog
London Stock Exchange jumps 11% on bid hopes, while FTSE climbs for fifth day
A day after its proposed merger with Canada's TMX fell apart, the London Stock Exchange has jumped nearly 11% on suggestions it was now vulnerable to a predator
March 2011
Market Forces blog
FTSE 100 bounces nearly 2% after six days of decline as bargain hunters return
Market Forces blog
FTSE 100 attempts a recovery after six days of losses
March 2010
Market Forces blog
Glaxo shines on Advair news but FTSE edges lower
GlaxoSmithKline has been in demand all day as the prospect of imminent competition to its best selling drug Advair in the US appeared to recede
January 2010
Market Forces blog
Shell slides on profit fears as FTSE falls for the second day
Market Forces blog
Roofing group SIG positive despite snow and building downturn
December 2009
Market Forces blog
Rentokil rises as markets wait for Federal Reserve news
A week ago Rentokil Initial learnt it was being ejected from the FTSE 100, and ever since then its shares have been on the rise
March 2009
Market Forces blog
Banks boosted despite FTSE falling on profit taking
Market Forces blog
Rio Tinto slips again despite upbeat FTSE 100
January 2009
Market Forces blog
FTSE fall makes it five in a row
The FTSE 100 posted its fifth successive decline today, slipping another 27.04 points to close at 4399.15, around 240 points adrift of where it was the same time last week
November 2008
Business blog
900 jobs to go at insulation group SIG
In another sign of the recession gripping the building industry SIG - Europe's leading distributor of insulation and roofing materials- has just announced it is axing 900 jobs, the bulk of them in the UK and Ireland
September 2004
Silence is golden for SIG
Market forces: SIG, Britain's leading distributor of insulation products, may not be the most exciting company on the stock market but its shareholders are not complaining.
