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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..

United Utilities trading in line with the group’s expectations for the year

United Utilities Group plc (LON:UU) has announced the following trading update ahead of its full year results on 26 May 2022. Current trading is in line with the group’s expectations..

Kingfisher achieves a year of record revenue and profits

Kingfisher plc (LON:KGF) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 January 2022. Financial summary % Total Change % Total Change % LFL* Change   2021/22 2020/21 Reported..

Auto Trader Group to acquire Autorama (UK) Limited

Auto Trader Group plc (LON:AUTO), the UK’s largest automotive marketplace, has agreed to acquire, subject to regulatory approvals, the share capital of Autorama (UK) Limited, one of the UK’s largest..

Sage Group to hold investor & analyst webinar on 23rd March 2022

Sage Group plc (LON:SGE) will hold a webinar for investors and analysts on the Sage Intacct business on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 at 16:00 G MT. The webinar will include..

Antofagasta to exit Reko Diq project

Antofagasta plc (LON:ANTO), Barrick Gold Corporation and the Governments of Pakistan and Balochistan have today reached agreement in principle on a framework that provides for the reconstitution of the Reko..

British American Tobacco director Marina Bellini to step down

British American Tobacco plc (LON:BATS) has announced management board changes. Marina Bellini, Director, Digital and Information will step down from the Management Board on 31 March 2022 and will leave..

Glencore AGM to be held on 28 April 2022

Glencore plc (LON:GLEN) has published its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2021 on its website www.glencore.com as required by DTR 4.1.3 R and 6.3.5 R; and submitted..

Coca-Cola HBC AG to suspend its business in Russia

Coca-Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) has today provided an update on its Russian operations. Following the recent announcement by The Coca-Cola Company to suspend its business in Russia, we respect the..

Legal & General appoint Tushar Morzaria as a non-executive director

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) has announced the appointment of Tushar Morzaria as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 27 May 2022. Tushar will join..

Hammerson declares a final dividend of 0.2p per ordinary share

Hammerson plc (LON:HMSO) has proposed a final dividend of 0.2 pence per ordinary share for the period ended 31 December 2021. The Board also intends to offer Shareholders an Enhanced..

5 FTSE Stocks to be cautious of right now

BIG YELLOW GROUP (LON:BYG) ; Fire in early hours of 26th Feb at the Armadillo Cheadle store resulting in a total loss to the store. The store is a leasehold..

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