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British Land Company achieve good progress against strategic priorities

British Land Company plc (LON:BLND) has provided the following update, ahead of their full year results on 26 May. ·      Good progress against our strategic priorities, leveraging our competitive strengths: o  Pre..

Tesco well-placed to build on the momentum in the business

Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) has announced its preliminary results for 2020/21. On a continuing operations basis1 2020/21 2019/201 Change at actual rates Change at constant rates Headline measures2 (on a 52-week..

JD Sports Fashion retained substantially all of its record profitability from the prior year

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD), the leading retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands, has announced its Final Results for the 52 weeks ended 30 January 2021 (2020: 52 weeks..

Just Eat Takeaway.com achieves fourth consecutive quarter of order growth acceleration

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V (LON:JE), one of the world’s largest online food delivery marketplaces, has issued a trading update for the first quarter of 2021. Statement of Jitse Groen, CEO..

Imperial Brands confirms new CFO start date

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) has stated that following the announcement on 17 February 2021 of the appointment of Lukas Paravicini as Chief Financial Officer, Lukas will join the Board with..

AstraZeneca updates on DARE-19 Phase III trial

AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) and Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute today announced high-level results of the primary analysis from the DARE-19 Phase III trial assessing the potential of Farxiga (dapagliflozin)..

Melrose Industries appoints Heather Lawrence and Victoria Jarman as Non-executive Directors

Melrose Industries Plc (LON:MRO) has announced the appointments of Heather Lawrence and Victoria Jarman to its Board as Non-executive Directors with effect from Tuesday 1 June 2021. Heather originally qualified..

Rio Tinto reaches agreement with TRQ on updated funding plan for Oyu Tolgoi

Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) has entered into a binding Heads of Agreement with Turquoise Hill Resources for an updated funding plan for the completion of the Oyu Tolgoi Underground Project..

Berkeley Group appoints Sarah Sands as a new Non-executive Director

Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKG) has announced the appointment of Sarah Sands as a new Non-executive Director of the Company. Sarah Sands, who will join the join the Board with..

Croda International’s Iberchem acquires fine fragrance business Parfex

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) has announced that its fragrances and flavours subsidiary, Iberchem, has agreed to acquire Parfex S.A., a fine fragrance business based in Grasse, France, for a total..

Vodafone Group to donate €4.2 million to secure COVID vaccine supply in its Africa markets

Vodafone Group plc (LON:VOD) Vodafone Foundation and Vodacom Group have pledged to donate €4.2 million (R74 million) to ensure that Covid-19 vaccines are securely delivered to its markets across the..

Polymetal International to host an Analyst and Investor day

Polymetal International plc (LON:POLY) will host its annual Analyst and Investor Day in Moscow on Tuesday, 27 April 2021 accompanied by the online video webcast. The event will begin at..

NEXT’s strong balance sheet and profit margins allowed them to weather the storm

NEXT PLC (LON:NXT) has announced its results for the year ending January 2021. CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT In last year’s Full Year Results, published just as the UK went into lockdown, we..

British American Tobacco Non-Executive Director Jerry Fowden has resigned

British American Tobacco plc (LON:BATS) has announced that it has received notice from Jerry Fowden, Non-Executive Director of the Company, of his resignation from the Board with effect from 1..

Imperial Brands remain on track to deliver full year results in line with guidance

Imperial Brands plc (LON:IMB) has announced a pre-close trading update. ·      Good start to the year with trading in line with our expectations ·      Aggregate market share growth in top five priority..

Avast to announce first quarter trading update on Tuesday 20 April 2021

Avast PLC (LON:AVST), a leading global cybersecurity provider, intends to announce its scheduled First Quarter Trading Update for the year ending 31 December 2021, at 7.00 a.m. BST on Tuesday..

Glencore AGM will be held on 29 April

Glencore plc (LON:AGM) has announced that its 2021 AGM will be held on 29 April at 1.30 p.m. Central European Summer Time. Unfortunately, it is likely that COVID-19 restrictions applying..

Halma appoints Dharmash Mistry as an independent non-executive Director

Halma plc (LON:HLMA), the FTSE 100 global group of life-saving technology companies, has announced the appointment of Dharmash Mistry as an independent non-executive Director, effective 1 April 2021. Dharmash will..

Aviva to sell Aviva Poland to Allianz for €2.5 billion

Aviva plc (LON:AV) has reached a significant milestone in the execution of strategy, with the agreement to sell its entire shareholding in Aviva Poland1 to Allianz for a cash consideration..

United Utilities performed strongly and delivered excellent operational performance during pandemic

United Utilities Group plc (LON:UU) has announced the following trading update ahead of its full year results on 27 May 2021. Current trading is in line with the group’s expectations..

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