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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.

Persimmon awarded five-star rating in the annual HBF survey for the first time

Persimmon plc (LON:PSN) has provided an update on trading for the period from 1 January 2022 to date, ahead of its Annual General Meeting which is being held at 12.00..

Lloyds Banking Group deliver a solid financial performance, with strong income growth

Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON:LLOY) has announced its Q1 2022 Interim Management Statement. “In the first three months of 2022, we delivered solid financial performance, with strong income growth and..

M&G Group Chief Executive John Foley to retire

M&G plc (LON:MNG) has announced that John Foley, Group Chief Executive, has informed the Board of his intention to retire. The Board will now initiate a process to appoint a..

B&M CEO Simon Arora to step down next year

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (LON:BME), the UK’s leading variety goods value retailer, today announced that Simon Arora, after over 17 years leading the business, intends to retire in 12..

B&M European Value Retail CEO Simon Arora to retire

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (LON:BME), the UK’s leading variety goods value retailer, has announced that Simon Arora, after over 17 years leading the business, intends to retire in 12..

Rentokil Initial sees continued growth momentum in Pest Control and Hygiene & Wellbeing

Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO) has announced first quarter trading update. (£m) Q1 2022 AER Growth AER Growth CER Ongoing Revenue 721.6 1.8% 1.8% Revenue 722.0 1.8% 1.8% Excluding disinfection Ongoing..

Glencore publishes 2021 Sustainability Report

Glencore plc (LON:GLEN) has published its 2021 Sustainability Report, which is available on its website . Our 2021 Sustainability Report incorporates our ESG (environment, social and governance) data book, which..

Smurfit Kappa well positioned to deliver long-term ambition to have net zero emissions by 2050

Smurfit Kappa Group plc (LON:SKG) has continued to make significant progress on achieving its sustainability goals according to its 15th Sustainable Development Report (SDR). The report highlights the company’s progress..

SSE Renewables acquires European onshore wind platform from SGRE

SSE plc (LON:SSE) Renewables has entered into an agreement with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) to acquire its existing European renewable energy development platform for a consideration of €580m[1]. The..

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu granted Priority Review in the US for HER2m NSCLC

AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) and Daiichi Sankyo have received notification of acceptance of the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) of Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for the treatment of adult patients in the..

GlaxoSmithKline FDA New Drug Application submission acceptance for daprodustat

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK) has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration accepted the New Drug Application for daprodustat, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), for the potential..

Lloyds Banking Group buy back own shares

Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON:LLOY) has announced that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares, from Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (the “Broker”). Ordinary Shares Date..

Sainsbury’s appoints Jo Bertram as a Non-Executive Director and member of the CR&S Committee

J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) has announced that Jo Bertram will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director and member of the CR&S Committee following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on..

Halma acquires market-leading manufacturer Deep Trekker

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 announced that it has acquired Deep..

Tesco achieve strong sales and profit performance

Tesco plc (LON:TSCO) has announced its preliminary results for 2021/22. Performance highlights1,2: 2021/22 2020/213 Change at actual rate Change at constant rate Group sales (exc. VAT, exc. fuel)4 £54,768m £53,445m..

GlaxoSmithKline acquires biopharmaceutical company Sierra Oncology

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON/NYSE:GSK) and Sierra Oncology, Inc (Nasdaq:SRRA) has announced that the companies have entered into an agreement under which GSK will acquire Sierra Oncology, a California-based, late-stage biopharmaceutical company..

Electrocomponents group like-for-like revenue growth at 26%

Electrocomponents plc (LON:ECM) has issued a trading update for the year ended 31 March 2022, ahead of publishing full-year results on 24 May 2022: Like-for-like revenue growth1 Region Q1 toJun..

Airtel Africa making significant progress on capturing the NINs of customers

Airtel Africa plc (LON:AAF), a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has provided an update on NIN/SIM registrations in Nigeria...

Electrocomponents hosting Investor Event for investors and analysts today

Electrocomponents plc (LON:ECM) is hosting an Investor Event for investors and analysts today, 30 March 2022. Chief Executive Officer, Lindsley Ruth and Chief Financial Officer, David Egan will be joined..

Smiths Group accelerating growth with organic revenue up 3.4%

Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) has announced its half year results for the six months ended 31 January 2022. HIGHLIGHTS ·    Good growth delivered in H1 o Organic revenue +3.4%2 o Strong demand across..

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