A lack of corporate news sees the FTSE 100 open broadly flat on Friday morning, falling 12.4 points to 6,855.04.Gains in the US on hints from the Federal Reserve at a potential interest rate rise later this year did not move the blue chip index. Another rise in the price of Brent crude to above $50 a barrel on further talk of a production freeze also failed to register an impact London in...

Latham (James) (LTHM:AIM) 577.5pSheet and hardwood supplier Latham has been consistently profitable for the past 10 years, more than doubling operating profit in the same period. The Hemel Hempstead-based company is expected to grow earnings per share 19% to 39.5p this year.Leaf Clean Energy (LEAF:AIM) 34pRenewable energy investor Leaf Clean is a closed-end fund in run-off. At a meeting in...