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This category includes updates on company admissions and delistings, quarterly and annual results, mergers and acquisitions, board appointments and departures, regulatory news and policy changes.

Games Workshop reports record half-year results to November 2025

Games Workshop reported record results for the 26 weeks ended 30 November 2025, with revenue rising to £332.1m and operating profit increasing to £140.4m...

LondonMetric expands Premier Inn portfolio with £89m acquisition

LondonMetric Property Plc has acquired a portfolio of nine mature, purpose-built Premier Inn hotels from Whitbread PLC for £89.0 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.3%...

British Land Company announces CEO transition as Simon Carter departs

British Land has confirmed that CEO Simon Carter will step down from the Board and the business following a 12-month notice period...

Glencore confirms preliminary merger discussions with Rio Tinto

Glencore has confirmed it is in early-stage discussions with Rio Tinto regarding a potential combination of some or all of their businesses, which could include an all-share merger...

J Sainsbury delivers strong Christmas growth and market share gains

J Sainsbury plc reported strong third quarter performance for the 16 weeks to 3 January 2026, delivering its sixth consecutive Christmas period of grocery market share growth...

Next plc announces Board changes and director appointments

Next plc has announced a series of Board changes, including the planned retirement of Executive Director Jane Shields in May 2026 after 40 years with the Group, and the retirement of Senior Independent Director Jonathan Bewes following the 2026 AGM...

Experian announces Chair succession plans

Experian has confirmed that Chair Mike Rogers will retire at the conclusion of the company’s Annual General Meeting on 22 July 2026, after nine years on the Board...

Tesco Plc reports strong Christmas performance across Q3 and festive period

Over the 19 weeks to 3 January 2026, TESCO PLC achieved Group like-for-like sales growth of 2.9%, with particularly strong performance in the UK and ROI. Growth was driven by fresh food, own-brand innovation, online momentum and improved customer satisfaction...

GSK’s Shingrix Prefilled Syringe Approved in Europe

GSK has received European Commission approval for a prefilled syringe presentation of its Shingrix shingles vaccine...

GSK Plc receives China approval for Nucala in COPD treatment

GSK plc has announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults with inadequately controlled COPD characterised by raised blood eosinophils...

bp to sell 65% of Castrol to Stonepeak in $10bn deal

bp has agreed to sell a 65% shareholding in Castrol to Stonepeak at an enterprise value of around $10 billion...

LondonMetric sells £64.4m of retail assets and acquires £26.2m of warehousing

LondonMetric Property Plc has completed the disposal of £64.4 million of retail assets at a net initial yield of 4.98% and acquired £26.2 million of warehousing assets at a net initial yield of 6.90%...

GSK Plc reaches US agreement to reduce prescription medicine costs

GSK has entered into an agreement with the US Administration to lower the cost of prescription medicines for American patients, including treatments across its respiratory portfolio for asthma and COPD...

SSEN Transmission secures £1bn green loan for Scottish grid upgrades

SSEN Transmission has secured a £1 billion, 12-year bank facility backed by an £800 million guarantee from the UK Government’s National Wealth Fund to support four major grid upgrade projects in the north of Scotland...

Games Workshop appoints Nilufer Kheraj OBE as Non-Executive Director

Games Workshop has appointed Nilufer Kheraj OBE to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2026...

GSK secures FDA approval for Exdensur in severe eosinophilic asthma

GSK plc has received US FDA approval for Exdensur (depemokimab-ulaa) as an add-on maintenance treatment for severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype in patients aged 12 and over...

Diploma appoints Wilson Ng as Group Chief Financial Officer

Diploma PLC has appointed Wilson Ng as Group Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect, following a formal internal and external selection process...

Bunzl Plc reiterates 2025 guidance ahead of year end update

Bunzl plc has reaffirmed its 2025 adjusted operating profit guidance ahead of entering its closed period, with group revenue expected to grow by 2% to 3% at constant exchange rates...

Centrica Plc agrees sale of Spirit Energy assets to Serica

Centrica has announced the sale of Spirit Energy’s remaining interests in the Cygnus gas field and other producing assets in the Southern North Sea to Serica Energy...

AstraZeneca’s Enhertu plus pertuzumab approved in US for 1st-line HER2-positive breast cancer

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have received US FDA approval for Enhertu in combination with pertuzumab as a 1st-line treatment for adults with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer...
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Games Workshop reports record half-year results to November 2025

Games Workshop reported record results for the 26 weeks ended 30 November 2025, with revenue rising to £332.1m and operating profit increasing to £140.4m...

LondonMetric expands Premier Inn portfolio with £89m acquisition

LondonMetric Property Plc has acquired a portfolio of nine mature, purpose-built Premier Inn hotels from Whitbread PLC for £89.0 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.3%...

British Land Company announces CEO transition as Simon Carter departs

British Land has confirmed that CEO Simon Carter will step down from the Board and the business following a 12-month notice period...

Glencore confirms preliminary merger discussions with Rio Tinto

Glencore has confirmed it is in early-stage discussions with Rio Tinto regarding a potential combination of some or all of their businesses, which could include an all-share merger...

J Sainsbury delivers strong Christmas growth and market share gains

J Sainsbury plc reported strong third quarter performance for the 16 weeks to 3 January 2026, delivering its sixth consecutive Christmas period of grocery market share growth...

Next plc announces Board changes and director appointments

Next plc has announced a series of Board changes, including the planned retirement of Executive Director Jane Shields in May 2026 after 40 years with the Group, and the retirement of Senior Independent Director Jonathan Bewes following the 2026 AGM...

Experian announces Chair succession plans

Experian has confirmed that Chair Mike Rogers will retire at the conclusion of the company’s Annual General Meeting on 22 July 2026, after nine years on the Board...

Tesco Plc reports strong Christmas performance across Q3 and festive period

Over the 19 weeks to 3 January 2026, TESCO PLC achieved Group like-for-like sales growth of 2.9%, with particularly strong performance in the UK and ROI. Growth was driven by fresh food, own-brand innovation, online momentum and improved customer satisfaction...

GSK’s Shingrix Prefilled Syringe Approved in Europe

GSK has received European Commission approval for a prefilled syringe presentation of its Shingrix shingles vaccine...

GSK Plc receives China approval for Nucala in COPD treatment

GSK plc has announced that China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults with inadequately controlled COPD characterised by raised blood eosinophils...

bp to sell 65% of Castrol to Stonepeak in $10bn deal

bp has agreed to sell a 65% shareholding in Castrol to Stonepeak at an enterprise value of around $10 billion...

LondonMetric sells £64.4m of retail assets and acquires £26.2m of warehousing

LondonMetric Property Plc has completed the disposal of £64.4 million of retail assets at a net initial yield of 4.98% and acquired £26.2 million of warehousing assets at a net initial yield of 6.90%...

GSK Plc reaches US agreement to reduce prescription medicine costs

GSK has entered into an agreement with the US Administration to lower the cost of prescription medicines for American patients, including treatments across its respiratory portfolio for asthma and COPD...

SSEN Transmission secures £1bn green loan for Scottish grid upgrades

SSEN Transmission has secured a £1 billion, 12-year bank facility backed by an £800 million guarantee from the UK Government’s National Wealth Fund to support four major grid upgrade projects in the north of Scotland...

Games Workshop appoints Nilufer Kheraj OBE as Non-Executive Director

Games Workshop has appointed Nilufer Kheraj OBE to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2026...

GSK secures FDA approval for Exdensur in severe eosinophilic asthma

GSK plc has received US FDA approval for Exdensur (depemokimab-ulaa) as an add-on maintenance treatment for severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype in patients aged 12 and over...

Diploma appoints Wilson Ng as Group Chief Financial Officer

Diploma PLC has appointed Wilson Ng as Group Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect, following a formal internal and external selection process...

Bunzl Plc reiterates 2025 guidance ahead of year end update

Bunzl plc has reaffirmed its 2025 adjusted operating profit guidance ahead of entering its closed period, with group revenue expected to grow by 2% to 3% at constant exchange rates...

Centrica Plc agrees sale of Spirit Energy assets to Serica

Centrica has announced the sale of Spirit Energy’s remaining interests in the Cygnus gas field and other producing assets in the Southern North Sea to Serica Energy...

AstraZeneca’s Enhertu plus pertuzumab approved in US for 1st-line HER2-positive breast cancer

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have received US FDA approval for Enhertu in combination with pertuzumab as a 1st-line treatment for adults with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer...
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