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Companies involved in retailing goods, manufacturing motor vehicles and parts, operating restaurants and pub chains, providing hotel and lodging services and offering entertainment content. UK‑listed companies in this sector include Tesco PLC, Sainsbury’s PLC, Pendragon PLC, Whitbread PLC, Mitchells & Butlers PLC and Cineworld Group PLC.

WH Smith

WHSmith cuts profit outlook after £30m overstatement in North America

WHSmith has reduced its expected full-year Headline profit before tax to around £110 million after identifying a £30 million overstatement of trading profit in its North America division, linked to accelerated supplier income recognition. The division’s profit forecast has been cut to £25 million from previous expectations of £55 million...
Debenhams Group

Debenhams Group secures £175m facility to support turnaround strategy

Debenhams Group has completed a new three-year funding facility of up to £175 million, extending maturity to August 2028. The agreement, led by TPG Angelo Gordon, replaces the Group’s previous £125 million facility and is expected to provide greater financial flexibility as the company delivers its multi-year turnaround strategy. Results for FY25 will be announced by the end of August 2025...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc buys former Rugeley Power Station for housing project

Vistry Group has purchased the 139-hectare former Rugeley Power Station site from ENGIE, with plans to build 2,300 homes alongside an all-through school, riverside park, commercial space, and mixed-tenure housing...
Frasers Group

Frasers urges independent probe into allegations against boohoo Executive

Frasers Group has released a letter from its legal advisers to the Chairman of boohoo, urging an urgent and independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by Executive Vice Chair Mahmud Kamani...
XP Factory

Escape Hunt and Boom Bounce Back: XP Factory Eyes Full-Year Targets

XP Factory rebounds from early-year challenges with strong site openings, improved LFL sales, and a surge in corporate bookings momentum...
Entain plc

Entain H1 2025 results beat expectations, FY guidance upgraded

Entain plc reported a 7% rise in total group net gaming revenue for H1 2025, including a 35% constant currency increase from BetMGM. Online performance exceeded forecasts, with UK & Ireland up 21% and Brazil up 21%...
Likewise

Likewise Group raises £1.4m to support growth strategy

Likewise Group has secured approximately £1.4 million through a subscription of 5.5 million new shares by Onward Opportunities. The funding will be used to accelerate future growth initiatives, with shares admitted to trading on AIM from 11 August 2025...
Domino's Pizza Group

Domino’s H1 profit falls 15%, continued market share gains

Domino’s Pizza Group reported a 14.8% drop in H1 underlying profit before tax to £43.7m amid weaker consumer sentiment and cautious franchisee expansion. Despite this, the group gained 560bps of UK pizza market share, reaching 53.7%, and increased its interim dividend by 2.9% to 3.6p...
Equipmake

Equipmake issues FY25 trading update, highlighting strategic progress

Equipmake reported FY25 revenue of £4.4 million, reflecting the impact of its strategic review and cost restructuring. A £5 million investment from Caterpillar Venture Capital and operational changes have strengthened the business, reducing costs by 35%...
Greggs plc

Greggs H1 2025 sales up 7% as operating profit falls 7.1%

Total sales for the 26 weeks to 28 June 2025 rose 7.0 per cent to £1,027.7 m, while operating profit decreased 7.1 per cent to £70.4 m and pre‑tax profit was down 14.3 per cent at £63.5 m; the interim dividend was held at 19.0 p per share...
WH Smith

WHSmith to divest funkypigeon.com to Card Factory for £26 million

WHSmith has agreed to sell its online personalised greeting cards business, funkypigeon.com, to Card Factory for an enterprise value of £26 million (equity value £24 million), delivering net cash proceeds of about £21 million after costs to reduce net debt...
Entain Plc

Entain’s BetMGM delivers 36% revenue growth and raises FY25 guidance

BetMGM LLC reported 2Q 2025 net revenue of $692 million, up 36% year‑on‑year, with EBITDA of $86 million (up $78 million) and 1H net revenue of $1.35 billion (up 35%) with EBITDA of $109 million (up $232 million)...
Surface Transforms, carbon ceramic brakes

Surface Transforms Delivers 72% Revenue Surge on Turnaround of Manufacturing Operations

Delivering sustainable improvements in output, yield and quality. Cautiously confident this level of performance will be maintained in the second half of the year..

Resilience unfolds across Britain’s factory landscape

As every corner of Britain’s factories hums back to life, a strategic turning point is emerging for investors assessing long-term industrial positioning...
Inchcape plc

Inchcape Plc to acquire Iceland’s Askja, adding Kia to its OEM roster

Inchcape plc will buy Askja, Iceland’s leading automotive distributor. Askja delivered £150m revenue in 2024, holds a 16% share of an approximately 12,000-vehicle market, and employs 260 people...
Compass Group plc

Compass Group to acquire Vermaat for c.€1.5bn, widening its premium offer in Europe

Compass Group will buy Vermaat Groep for an enterprise value of about €1.5bn. Vermaat is targeting c.€700m sales in 2025 with a double-digit operating margin...
Burberry Group

Burberry Group Q1 retail revenue falls 6% as comparable sales stabilise

For the 13 weeks to 28 June 2025, Burberry reported retail revenue of £433 million, down 6% reported and 2% at CER, with comparable store sales down 1 per cent...
Frasers Group

Frasers Group reports FY25 margin up, global growth plan

Frasers Group delivered adjusted PBT of £560.2m, up 2.8%, with Group gross margin +150bps and about £127m in cost and synergy gains. Ongoing international expansion, stronger global brand partnerships and growth in Frasers Plus support FY26 APBT guidance of £550m to £600m..

Directors double down on overlooked opportunity

Senior executives at the Likewise Group have increased their holdings, signalling a strong vote of confidence ahead of key operational milestones...
Barratt Redrow PLC

Barratt Redrow delivers solid FY25 performance and integration success

Barratt Redrow plc has achieved adjusted profits in line with expectations, driven by ahead-of-schedule cost synergies from the Redrow acquisition and a robust forward sales book of £2.92 billion...
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Consumer & Retail

WH Smith

WHSmith cuts profit outlook after £30m overstatement in North America

WHSmith has reduced its expected full-year Headline profit before tax to around £110 million after identifying a £30 million overstatement of trading profit in its North America division, linked to accelerated supplier income recognition. The division’s profit forecast has been cut to £25 million from previous expectations of £55 million...
Debenhams Group

Debenhams Group secures £175m facility to support turnaround strategy

Debenhams Group has completed a new three-year funding facility of up to £175 million, extending maturity to August 2028. The agreement, led by TPG Angelo Gordon, replaces the Group’s previous £125 million facility and is expected to provide greater financial flexibility as the company delivers its multi-year turnaround strategy. Results for FY25 will be announced by the end of August 2025...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc buys former Rugeley Power Station for housing project

Vistry Group has purchased the 139-hectare former Rugeley Power Station site from ENGIE, with plans to build 2,300 homes alongside an all-through school, riverside park, commercial space, and mixed-tenure housing...
Frasers Group

Frasers urges independent probe into allegations against boohoo Executive

Frasers Group has released a letter from its legal advisers to the Chairman of boohoo, urging an urgent and independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by Executive Vice Chair Mahmud Kamani...
XP Factory

Escape Hunt and Boom Bounce Back: XP Factory Eyes Full-Year Targets

XP Factory rebounds from early-year challenges with strong site openings, improved LFL sales, and a surge in corporate bookings momentum...
Entain plc

Entain H1 2025 results beat expectations, FY guidance upgraded

Entain plc reported a 7% rise in total group net gaming revenue for H1 2025, including a 35% constant currency increase from BetMGM. Online performance exceeded forecasts, with UK & Ireland up 21% and Brazil up 21%...
Likewise

Likewise Group raises £1.4m to support growth strategy

Likewise Group has secured approximately £1.4 million through a subscription of 5.5 million new shares by Onward Opportunities. The funding will be used to accelerate future growth initiatives, with shares admitted to trading on AIM from 11 August 2025...
Domino's Pizza Group

Domino’s H1 profit falls 15%, continued market share gains

Domino’s Pizza Group reported a 14.8% drop in H1 underlying profit before tax to £43.7m amid weaker consumer sentiment and cautious franchisee expansion. Despite this, the group gained 560bps of UK pizza market share, reaching 53.7%, and increased its interim dividend by 2.9% to 3.6p...
Equipmake

Equipmake issues FY25 trading update, highlighting strategic progress

Equipmake reported FY25 revenue of £4.4 million, reflecting the impact of its strategic review and cost restructuring. A £5 million investment from Caterpillar Venture Capital and operational changes have strengthened the business, reducing costs by 35%...
Greggs plc

Greggs H1 2025 sales up 7% as operating profit falls 7.1%

Total sales for the 26 weeks to 28 June 2025 rose 7.0 per cent to £1,027.7 m, while operating profit decreased 7.1 per cent to £70.4 m and pre‑tax profit was down 14.3 per cent at £63.5 m; the interim dividend was held at 19.0 p per share...
WH Smith

WHSmith to divest funkypigeon.com to Card Factory for £26 million

WHSmith has agreed to sell its online personalised greeting cards business, funkypigeon.com, to Card Factory for an enterprise value of £26 million (equity value £24 million), delivering net cash proceeds of about £21 million after costs to reduce net debt...
Entain Plc

Entain’s BetMGM delivers 36% revenue growth and raises FY25 guidance

BetMGM LLC reported 2Q 2025 net revenue of $692 million, up 36% year‑on‑year, with EBITDA of $86 million (up $78 million) and 1H net revenue of $1.35 billion (up 35%) with EBITDA of $109 million (up $232 million)...
Surface Transforms, carbon ceramic brakes

Surface Transforms Delivers 72% Revenue Surge on Turnaround of Manufacturing Operations

Delivering sustainable improvements in output, yield and quality. Cautiously confident this level of performance will be maintained in the second half of the year..

Resilience unfolds across Britain’s factory landscape

As every corner of Britain’s factories hums back to life, a strategic turning point is emerging for investors assessing long-term industrial positioning...
Inchcape plc

Inchcape Plc to acquire Iceland’s Askja, adding Kia to its OEM roster

Inchcape plc will buy Askja, Iceland’s leading automotive distributor. Askja delivered £150m revenue in 2024, holds a 16% share of an approximately 12,000-vehicle market, and employs 260 people...
Compass Group plc

Compass Group to acquire Vermaat for c.€1.5bn, widening its premium offer in Europe

Compass Group will buy Vermaat Groep for an enterprise value of about €1.5bn. Vermaat is targeting c.€700m sales in 2025 with a double-digit operating margin...
Burberry Group

Burberry Group Q1 retail revenue falls 6% as comparable sales stabilise

For the 13 weeks to 28 June 2025, Burberry reported retail revenue of £433 million, down 6% reported and 2% at CER, with comparable store sales down 1 per cent...
Frasers Group

Frasers Group reports FY25 margin up, global growth plan

Frasers Group delivered adjusted PBT of £560.2m, up 2.8%, with Group gross margin +150bps and about £127m in cost and synergy gains. Ongoing international expansion, stronger global brand partnerships and growth in Frasers Plus support FY26 APBT guidance of £550m to £600m..

Directors double down on overlooked opportunity

Senior executives at the Likewise Group have increased their holdings, signalling a strong vote of confidence ahead of key operational milestones...
Barratt Redrow PLC

Barratt Redrow delivers solid FY25 performance and integration success

Barratt Redrow plc has achieved adjusted profits in line with expectations, driven by ahead-of-schedule cost synergies from the Redrow acquisition and a robust forward sales book of £2.92 billion...
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