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Legal & General expect to deliver double-digit growth in cash and capital generation at H1

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) has had a good start to 2022. Operating performance is in line with our expectations. Solvency is strong, and we expect to deliver double-digit..

Entain underlying performance of business remains strong

Entain plc (LON:ENT), the global sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment group, has reported trading for the periods of 1 April to 30 June 2022 as well as 1 January..

SSE Renewables’ Viking to be awarded a low-carbon power contract for 220MW

SSE plc (LON:SSE) SSE Renewables has today, 7 July 2022, been informed that its wholly-owned Viking Energy Wind Farm (Viking) has been successful in the UK’s fourth Contract for Difference..

AstraZeneca to acquire TeneoTwo and its clinical-stage T-cell engager

AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) has announced an agreement to acquire TeneoTwo, Inc.i, including its Phase I clinical-stage CD19/CD3 T-cell engager, TNB-486, currently under evaluation in relapsed and refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma1...

B&M European Value Retail appoints Mike Schmidt as an Executive Director and CFO

B&M European Value Retail S.A. (LON:BME), the UK’s leading variety goods value retailer, has announced that Mike Schmidt is to be appointed as an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer..

Sainsburys sales 8.7% ahead of pre-pandemic sales

J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) has announced its first quarter trading statement for the 16 weeks to 25 June 2022. Financial highlights and outlook ·     Good grocery performance, with sales..

Tesco commences share buyback programme

Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) has announced that, further to the announcements made on 13 April 2022 and 26 April 2022, it has entered into an arrangement with HSBC Bank plc to..

Mondi completes sale of PCC business for €615 million

Mondi plc (LON:MNDI) has announced that it has completed the sale of its Personal Care Components business, part of the Engineered Materials business unit, to Nitto Denko Corporation for an..

3i Group achieves very strong sales growth in the year to date

3i Group plc (LON:III) will be holding its Annual General Meeting this morning. At the AGM Simon Borrows, our Chief Executive, will provide an update on the portfolio. Action has..

WPP acquires leading marketing technology services agency, Bower House Digital

WPP plc (LON:WPP) has announced it has agreed to acquire the business of Bower House Digital, a leading marketing technology services agency located in Australia. Bower House Digital will join..

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi plus chemotherapy significantly improved pathologic complete response

AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) Imfinzi plus chemotherapy significantly improved pathologic complete response in AEGEAN Phase III trial in resectable non-small cell lung cancer. Positive high-level results from a planned interim analysis..

International Consolidated Airlines converts 14 A320neo family options into firm orders

International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) is converting 14 A320neo family options, announced in August 2013, into firm orders for 11 A320neos and three A321neos. This is in addition to the..

National Grid to present at ESG Investor Webinar today

National Grid plc (LON:NG) Chief Executive John Pettigrew will today present the key highlights from our Responsible Business Report 21/22 published on 7 June 2022. Following presentation of the highlights..

GSK submits regulatory application to Japan’s Ministry of Health for Shingrix

GSK plc (LON/NYSE:GSK) has announced the submission of a regulatory application to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for Shingrix (Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted) for the prevention..

Croda International U.S. government to support lipid systems expansion

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA), the company that uses smart science to create high performance ingredients and technologies that improve lives, has announced that it has entered into a cooperative agreement..

SSE Thermal and Equinor acquire Triton Power

SSE plc (LON:SSE) SSE Thermal and Equinor have entered into an agreement to acquire Triton Power Holdings Ltd from Energy Capital Partners for a total consideration of £341m shared equally..

AstraZeneca´s Enhertu recommended for approval in the EU

AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been recommended for approval in the European Union (EU) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable..

Auto Trader AGM to be held on 15th September 2022

Auto Trader Group plc (LON:AUTO), the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace, has posted its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 to shareholders. The Company..

Barclays acquires Kensington Mortgage Company

Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) has announced that Barclays Bank UK PLC has agreed to acquire UK specialist mortgage lender Kensington Mortgage Company Limited from companies controlled by funds managed by Blackstone..

Unilever appoints Hein Schumacher as a Non-Executive Director

Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) has today announces the appointment of Hein Schumacher as a Non-Executive Director of the company, with effect from 4 October 2022. Hein will join the Audit Committee...

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