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Whitbread delivering impressive revenue growth with total revenue up 19%

Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) has announced its Q1 trading update. Throughout this release percentage growth comparisons are made comparing Q1 FY24 performance for the 13 weeks to 1 June 2023 with..

Spirax-Sarco Engineering to take an ownership stake in Kyoto

Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc (LON:SPX), the leading global thermal energy management and fluid technology solutions Group, has announced that it will take an ownership stake in Kyoto Group and enter into..

DS Smith excellent FY performance with market share gains

12 months to 30 April 2023 Continuing operations Change(reported) Change(constant currency) Revenue £8,221m +14% +11% Adjusted operating profit(1) £861m +40% +35% Profit before tax £661m +75% +71% Adjusted basic EPS(1)..

Berkeley Group on track to maintain shareholder returns

Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKG) has announced its audited results for the year ended 30 April 2023. Rob Perrins, Chief Executive, said: “Berkeley has delivered pre-tax profits in line with..

Melrose Industries appoints Gillian Elcock as a Non-executive Director

Melrose Industries plc (LON:MRO) has announced the appointment of Gillian Elcock to its Board as a Non-executive Director with effect from Wednesday 21 June 2023. Gillian has extensive investment research..

GSK publishes positive data for its RSV older adult vaccine, Arexvy

GSK plc (LON/NYSE:GSK) has announced new data from the AReSVi-006 (Adult Respiratory Syncytial Virus) phase III trial evaluating the efficacy of a single dose of Arexvy (respiratory syncytial virus vaccine,..

Berkeley’s Sir John Armitt, Diana Brightmore-Armour and Andy Myers to step down from the Board

Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKG) has announced that Sir John Armitt, Diana Brightmore-Armour and Andy Myers will step down from the Board and retire as Non-executive Directors of the Company..

Frasers Group adjust share buyback programme

Frasers Group Plc (LON:FRAS) has today announced that it has instructed Liberum Capital Limited in relation to a non-discretionary share buyback programme to purchase the Company’s shares with effect from..

British American Tobacco refreshes Management Board structure

Following the appointment of Tadeu Marroco as Chief Executive on 15 May 2023, British American Tobacco plc (LON:BATS) has announced changes to its Management Board. The new structure, roles and..

Coca-Cola HBC to acquire Brown-Forman, owner of Finlandia Vodka

Coca-Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Brown-Forman Finland Oy, owner of the Finlandia vodka brand, from Brown-Forman Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Brown-Forman Netherlands..

B&M European Value Retail provides 2023 Annual Report and Accounts

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (LON:BME), the UK’s leading variety goods value retailer, has announced that it has released today the Company’s Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year..

Glencore and Metals Acquisition Corp complete sale of Cobar mine

Glencore plc (LON:GLEN) and Metals Acquisition Corp (NYSE:MTAL) have today closed the sale and purchase of Glencore’s 100% interest in Cobar Management Pty Ltd, the owner of the Cobar copper..

Tesco deliver strong performance with continued growth in market share

Tesco plc (LON:TSCO) has announced its Q1 trading statement for 2023/24. Sales performance (exc. VAT, exc. fuel) for the 13 weeks ended 27 May 2023:    Sales (£m) LFL sales change..

Anglo American signs MoU with Jiangxi Copper for responsible copper

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) and Jiangxi Copper Company, one of China’s largest copper producers, have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to provide greater assurance on the way..

Halma plc report record profit for 20th consecutive year

Halma Plc (LON:HLMA), the global group of life-saving technology companies focused on growing a safer, cleaner and healthier future for everyone, every day, has today announced its full year results..

Legal & General Group appoint António Simões as Group Chief Executive Officer

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) has announced that António Simões is to be appointed to the role of Group Chief Executive Officer of Legal & General, subject to regulatory..

Entain raises gross proceeds of £600 million via placing

Entain plc (LON:ENT), the global sports-betting, gaming and interactive entertainment group, has announced the successful completion of the non-pre-emptive placing of new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company..

Shell to deliver increased shareholder returns through balanced energy transition

Shell plc (LON/NYSE:SHEL) will today update investors on its strategy to create more value with less emissions, and deliver increased shareholder returns through a balanced energy transition. “We are investing..

Games Workshop expect core revenue to be not less than £440 million

Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW) has announced that for the 52 weeks ended 28 May 2023, we estimate the Group’s core revenue to be not less than £440 million (2021/22: £387..

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Aluminium Ivan Vella to step down

Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) has announced that Ivan Vella, Chief Executive, Aluminium, has accepted a new position outside of Rio Tinto and will leave in December 2023. He will continue..

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