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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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..
AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) AZD1222 US Phase III primary analysis confirms safety and efficacy. Positive high-level results from the primary analysis of the Phase III trial of AZD1222 in the US..
AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) US Phase III trial of AZD1222 demonstrated statistically significant vaccine efficacy of 79% at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 100% efficacy at preventing severe disease and hospitalisation. This..
Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) has announced that a date has been agreed for the retirement from the Board of Louise Smalley, Group HR Director. Louise will retire from the Board on..
Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) has announced that, as outlined in its announcement on 18 February 2021, it will commence a share buy-back programme to purchase ordinary shares of 25 pence each..
AVEVA plc (LON:AVV), a global leader in engineering and industrial software, has announced that the successful completion of the acquisition of OSIsoft took place today. The acquisition enhances AVEVA’s ability..
Vodafone Group Plc (LON:VOD) is holding a virtual briefing for investors and analysts today for Vodafone Business, which will be hosted by Vinod Kumar (CEO) and Sateesh Kamath (Finance Director)...
JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) has announced that, further to the announcement made on 1 February 2021, it has formally completed its acquisition of DTLR Villa LLC on 17 March..
National Grid plc (LON:NG) has announced that it has agreed to acquire PPL WPD Investments Limited, the holding company of Western Power Distribution, the UK’s largest electricity distribution business, from..
The Sage Group plc (LON:SGE) has announce the appointment of Andy Duff to succeed Sir Donald Brydon as Chair of the Sage Board, when Sir Donald retires at the end..
