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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.

Rentokil Initial revenue up 19.1%, driven by resilient demand

Rentokil Initial plc (LON:RTO) has announced its 2022 Preliminary Results. Financial Results Financial Results£m AER2022£m AER2021£m AERChange% CER2022£m CER2021£m CERChange% Revenue 3,714 2,957 25.6% 3,522 2,957 19.1% Adjusted EBITDA 859..

Rio Tinto appoints two new non-executive directors

Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) has appointed Dean Dalla Valle and Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz as non-executive directors. Mr Dalla Valle and Ms Lloyd-Hurwitz, both Australian citizens, will join the Board on 1..

Prudential declares interim dividend of 13.04 US cents per ordinary share

Prudential plc (LON:PRU) has announced its 2022 second interim dividend of 13.04 US cents per ordinary share. Shareholders holding shares on the UK or Hong Kong share registers will receive..

Burberry appoints Kate Ferry as Chief Financial Officer

Burberry Group plc (LON:BRBY) has announced today the appointment of Kate Ferry as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. Kate, who will join early September 2023 at the latest, will..

GSK provides positive pivotal phase III data for MenABCWY vaccine

GSK plc (LON/NYSE: GSK) has announced positive headline results from the phase III trial (NCT04502693) evaluating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of its MenABCWY combination vaccine candidate, administered as two..

Centrica to extend the lives of the Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear power stations

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) has announced plans to extend the lives of the Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear power stations, which are now expected to close in March 2026, two years..

Sainsbury’s to acquire Supermarket Income REIT’s c.51% interest in Highbury and Dragon

On 21 September 2022, J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) has announced that it had reached agreement on an acquisition price for stores held in the Highbury and Dragon investment vehicles. Sainsbury’s..

RS Group appoints Simon Pryce as new CEO

RS Group plc (LON:RS1) has announced that Simon Pryce is to be appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director with effect from 3 April 2023...

Phoenix Group achieves strong full year results with a 5% dividend increase

Phoenix Group Holdings plc (LON:PHNX) has announced its 2022 Full Year Results. CASH Operating companies’cash generation £1,504m 2021: £1,717m  + RESILIENCE Solvency II Surplus andSCCR £4.4bn and 189%2021: £5.3bn and..

HSBC UK Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited

HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA) has announced that its UK ring-fenced subsidiary, HSBC UK Bank plc, is acquiring Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited (SVB UK) for £1. As at 10 March..

JD Sports Fashion appoints Ian Dyson as a Non-Executive Director

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD), the leading global sports-fashion retailer, has announced that Ian Dyson will be appointed as a Non-Executive Director, with effect from 9 March 2023. Ian will..

Spirax Sarco deliver a strong performance with organic growth up 14%

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) has announced its 2022 full year results. Statutory 2022 2021 Reported Revenue+ £1,610.6m £1,344.5m +20% Operating profit £318.8m £320.9m -1% Operating profit margin 19.8% 23.9% -410..

Informa acquires B2B events group, Tarsus

Informa plc (LON:INF), the international Academic Markets, B2B Markets and Digital Services Group, has announced the acquisition of B2B Events group, Tarsus for $940M. Stephen A. Carter, Group Chief Executive,..

Hiscox Chairman Robert Childs to retire from the Board

Hiscox Ltd (LON:HSX), the international specialist insurer, has announced that Robert Childs has informed the Board of his intention to retire as Chairman and to step down from the Board..

Vodafone Group completes the sale of 50% of its German company to Altice

Vodafone Group Plc (LON:VOD) has announced that, following the announcement on 17 October 2022, it has completed the sale of 50% of its German Fibre-to-the-Home company to Altice. The creation..

Admiral Group PBT down 39% against a backdrop of high inflation

Admiral Group plc (LON:ADM) has reported resilient 2022 full year results against a backdrop of high inflation. 2022 Results Highlights Comment from Milena Mondini de Focatiis, Group Chief Executive Officer: “I..

Fresnillo revenue decreased 10.0% year-on-year

Fresnillo plc (LON:FRES) has announced its financial results for the full year ended 31 December 2022. Octavio Alvídrez, CEO said: “Fresnillo delivered a resilient operating performance in 2022, with our..

WPP acquires German healthcare specialist PR agency 3K Communication

WPP plc (LON:WPP) has announced that it has acquired 3K Agentur für Kommunikation (3K), one of the leading healthcare specialist PR agencies in Germany. 3K will become part of the..

Ashtead Group deliver strong Q3 performance, group revenue up 25%

Ashtead Group plc (LON:AHT) has announced its unaudited results for the nine months and third quarter ended 31 January 2023. Third quarter 2023 Third quarter 2022 Third quarter Growth1 Nine..

AstraZeneca Enhertu showed clinically meaningful and durable responses

AstraZeneca Plc (LON:AZN) today provided an results from an analysis of the ongoing DESTINY-PanTumor02 Phase II trial. Positive high-level results from an analysis of the ongoing DESTINY-PanTumor02 Phase II trial..

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