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Compass Group appoints Ian Meakins as Chairman

Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) has announced the appointment of Ian Meakins as non-executive Chairman and a Director of the Company. Ian will join the Board on 1 September 2020 and..

Polymetal International completes installation of autoclave vessel at POX-2 construction site

Polymetal International plc (LON:POLY) has announced that the autoclave vessel has been installed at the POX-2 construction site on schedule. “The installation of the autoclave vessel is a crucial project..

Hargreaves Lansdown appoints two new Independent Non-Executive Directors

Hargreaves Lansdown plc (LON:HL) has announced the appointment of Andrea Blance and Moni Mannings as Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) of Hargreaves Lansdown plc with effect from 1 September 2020. Andrea..

GVC Holdings well positioned for further growth

GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC), the global sports-betting and gaming Group, has announced its Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. Financial highlights: ·      Continued strong trading performance despite..

Croda International completes acquisition of Avanti Polar Lipids

Croda International Plc (LON:CRDA) has confirmed that, following approval from the US regulatory authorities, it has now successfully completed the acquisition of Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc., a leader in drug..

Just Eat Takeaway.com revenues up 44% to €1 billion

Just Eat Takeaway.com (LON:JET) has announced its half year 2020 results. ●      The most important drivers of the network effects supporting the business model improved significantly. In the last twelve months,..

WM Morrison Supermarkets appoints new Non-Executive Directors

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) has announced the appointment of Susanne Given and Lyssa McGowan as Non-Executive Directors of the Company with immediate effect. From this date, Susanne and Lyssa..

InterContinental Hotels Group appoints Graham Allan as an Independent Non-Executive Director

InterContinental Hotels Group plc (LON:IHG) has announced that Graham Allan is to be appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of IHG. He will join the IHG Board with effect from..

Polymetal International JV with Rosgeo in Bashkortostan, Russia

Polymetal International plc (LON:POLY) has announced a joint venture with Rosgeology JSC to carry out exploration in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. The joint venture will be focused on exploration..

Rightmove revenue down 34% year on year

Rightmove plc (LON:RMV), the UK’s largest property portal, has announced its unaudited results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2020. Financial Highlights   H1 2020  H1 2019  Change Revenue  ..

Hikma Pharmaceuticals deliver strong H1 results with core group revenue up 9%

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), the multinational pharmaceutical company, has reported its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. Highlights: Core results1 (underlying) $ million H1 2020 H1..

Hargreaves Lansdown Assets under Administration up 5% to £104 billion

Hargreaves Lansdown plc (LON:HL) has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2020. Highlights: ·     Net new business of £7.7 billion ·     Strong growth in Assets Under Administration, up 5%..

ITV operational and financial performance materially impacted by COVID-19 in H1

ITV plc (LON:ITV) has announced its interim results for the period ending 30 June 2020. Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, said: “This has been one of the most challenging times..

Imperial Brands’ Chief Financial Officer to retire

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) has announced that Oliver Tant has decided to retire as Chief Financial Officer and will leave the Company once a suitable successor is found. Chief Executive..

GlaxoSmithKline’s BLENREP approved by FDA for multiple myeloma

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK) has announced the US Food and Drug Administration has approved BLENREP as a monotherapy treatment for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received..

SEGRO in a strong position to make further progress in H2

SEGRO plc (LON:SGRO) has announced its results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. Commenting on the results, David Sleath, Chief Executive, said: “SEGRO’s strong and resilient business has..

Coca Cola HBC AG reports encouraging signs as markets reopen

Coca-Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), a leading consumer products business and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company, has reported its financial results for the six months ended 26 June 2020...

British American Tobacco announces new President for US business, Reynolds American

British American Tobacco plc (LON:BATS) has announced a new President for US business, Reynolds American and has announced the following changes: Ricardo Oberlander will step down as President of Reynolds..

Rightmove appoints Alison Dolan as Chief Financial Officer

Rightmove plc (LON:RMV), the UK’s largest property portal, has announced the appointment of Alison Dolan as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 7 September 2020. Alison was the Chief Strategy..

Diageo significantly impacted by Covid-19 in H2

Diageo plc (LON:DGE) has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2020. • Reported net sales (£11.8 billion) were down 8.7% driven by organic declines. Reported operating..

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