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Ashtead Group plc (LON:AHT) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 July 2020. First quarter2020£m First quarter2019£m Growth1% Underlying results2,3 Rental revenue 1,081 1,165 -8% EBITDA..
Experian plc (LON:EXPN), the global information services company, has issued an update on its expectations for trading for the three months ending 30 September 2020. In July 2020, we stated..
DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) has issued a trading update in respect of the period since 1 May 2020, accompanying today’s Annual General Meeting. Trading update The business has progressed well..
Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO) has announced that Michael Sherman, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of BT Group plc, has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 5..
Associated British Foods plc (LON:ABF) has issued the following update prior to entering the close period for its full year results for the 52 weeks to 12 September 2020, which..
National Grid plc (LON:NG) has submitted its responses to Ofgem’s RIIO-2 draft determinations on Friday. Our detailed response sets out why we regard a significant number of the current proposals,..
Polymetal International plc (LON:POLY) has announced that its associate ThreeArc Mining Ltd has completed an initial Mineral Resource estimate in accordance with the JORC Code for the Buranny area of..
BHP Group plc (LON:BHP) Chair, Ken MacKenzie, has announced the appointment of Christine O’Reilly to the BHP Board as an independent Non-executive Director, effective 12 October 2020. Ms O’Reilly has..
Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKG) is holding its Annual General Meeting today (which will be a closed meeting in accordance with recent Government legislation and related restrictions in response to..
WPP plc (LON:WPP) has announced today that Wunderman Thompson has acquired Velvet Consulting, a leading French customer experience consultancy. By combining marketing, data science and technology, Velvet Consulting enables its..
GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK) and Sanofi have announced the start of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial for their adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate, developed in partnership by Sanofi and GSK,..
Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRO) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. Highlights Continuing operations Adjusted1 results2020£m Adjusted1 results2019£m Statutory results2020£m Statutory results2019£m Revenue 4,359..
Bunzl plc (LON:BNZL) has announced that, further to the announcement issued on 24 August 2020, it has now completed the acquisition of MCR Safety, a distributor of a variety of..
Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2020. Commenting on the results David Thomas, Chief Executive of Barratt Developments PLC said: “While..
Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) has noted Turquoise Hill Resources’ publication of its ‘2020 Oyu Tolgoi Technical Report’ in relation to the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. The 2020 OTTR has..
M&G plc (LON:MNG) has announced the completion of its acquisition of the UK Wealth Management platform Ascentric from the Royal London Group. The acquisition, which was announced in May, is..
Detailed results from the ground-breaking Phase III DAPA-CKD trial showed that AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) Farxiga (dapagliflozin) on top of standard of care reduced the composite measure of worsening of renal..
Standard Life Aberdeen plc (LON:SLA) has confirmed that, following the announcement of 30 June 2020, the relevant regulatory approvals have been received for the appointment of Stephen Bird. Accordingly, Keith..
Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO) has announced that after eight years as Chief Financial Officer of the Group, Duncan Tatton-Brown has decided to step down from the Ocado Group Board due..
The Sage Group plc (LON:SGE) has announced that Sir Donald Brydon has indicated his intention to retire from his role as Chairman of Sage, and step down from the Board,..
