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A London borough has received the most requests out of anywhere in the UK for help with getting rid of pest infestations, according to new research.

The most infested place in the UK is London, new research shows. The south London borough of Wandsworth comes top of a table of requests for help with pest infestations, with 86 residents in every 1,000 requesting assistance, more than anywhere else. It featured highly in call-outs for help with rats and mice

LONDON (ShareCast) – Investec (Frankfurt: A0J32R – news) has put its target price for Rentokil Initial (LSE: RTO.L – news) under review and maintained its hold rating on the stock after a mixed first-quarter trading update this morning.

LONDON (ShareCast) – - Miners drop on macro concerns, Australian growth – RBS (LSE: RBS.L – news) rises after Q1 update – Markets await US non-farm payrolls The Footsie was firmly lower by Friday lunchtime as a sell-off in the mining sector outweighed a strong performance by the banks after some well-received results from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

LONDON (ShareCast) – - RBA cut GDP forecasts for 2012 – Markets await US non-farm payrolls – RBS (LSE: RBS.L – news) rises after Q1 update, miners fall Miners dragged the Footsie (FTSE: ^FTSE – news) into the red on Friday morning after Australia cut its economic growth forecast. Markets were showing caution ahead of non-farm payroll data due out in the US later today and elections this weekend France, Greece, Italy and Germany

LONDON (ShareCast) – After Lloyds Banking (NYSE: LYG-PA – news) turned in a decent set of results earlier this week it is the turn of the other part-nationalised bank, Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS.L – news) (RBS), to bring a smile to the face of the tax man, if such a thing is possible. Credit Suisse (NYSEArca: CSMA – news) said: “Having seen a strong performance YTD [year-to-date] we were disappointed by the scale of the announcement of GBM [Global Banking and Markets] restructuring. Since then the debate has moved on to discussion surrounding government exit strategies, which will likely support the stock in the short term despite sub-sector return profile.” The Swiss bank is forecasting first quarter revenues of 1.85bn for RBS, down 22% year-on-year

* Q1 revenue up 3.6 pct; pretax profit 26.3 mln stg * City Link Q1 losses widen; expects H2 improvement * Sees yoy financial improvement at group in H2 (Adds details) LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – British cleaning to pest control firm Rentokil Initial (LSE: RTO.L – news) posted a small rise in first-quarter profit and said it expected the performance of its struggling City Link parcels business to improve in the second half. Rentokil, which offers services from hiring work uniforms to rat killing, catering and security, on Friday said adjusted pretax profit for the three months to the end of March rose 1.1 percent to 26.3 million pounds ($42.61 million).

LONDON (ShareCast) – - US payrolls data sinks global markets – Eurozone services PMI revised lower – Miners lead fallers in London, RBS (LSE: RBS.L – news) erases gains The early sell-off for the FTSE 100 (Euronext: VFTSE.NX – news) accelerated in afternoon trade after the increase in US payrolls came in well below expectations fuelling a sell-off in global stock markets. The London benchmark was registering a triple-digit decline by the end of the day which translated to 1.9 per cent fall for the week

* Q1 pretax profit 26.3 mln stg, disappoints analysts * City Link Q1 losses widen, expects H2 improvement * Shares down 4 pct (Recasts, adds details, CEO, analyst comment, shares) LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – British cleaning-to-pest control firm Rentokil Initial (LSE: RTO.L – news) is talking to Libya’s new leaders about resuming a contract to kill rats after a rise in rodents on the streets of the capital Tripoli. “I think the rats have certainly thrived in the environment since we have been away,” Rentokil Chief Executive Alan Brown told reporters.

By Neil Maidment LONDON | Fri May 4, 2012 11:53am BST LONDON (Reuters) – British cleaning-to-pest control firm Rentokil Initial (RTO.L) is talking to Libya’s new leaders about resuming a contract to kill rats after a rise in rodents on the streets of the capital Tripoli. “I think the rats have certainly thrived in the environment since we have been away,” Rentokil Chief Executive Alan Brown told reporters