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Intertek Group Resilient trading performance with revenue of £882m

Intertek Group plc (LON:ITRK), a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, today released its May Trading Update for the period from 1 January to 30 April 2020. All..

Aviva deliver solid first quarter of trading

Aviva PLC (LON:AV) has today provided an operating update. Maurice Tulloch, Aviva Group Chief Executive Officer, said: “In responding to COVID-19, Aviva moved quickly to support our customers, introducing a..

Whitbread’s strategy to drive long-term value remains compelling

Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) FY20 performance was in line with expectations with commercial initiatives driving an improved H2. We have taken decisive action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect..

AstraZeneca concludes first agreements for University of Oxford’s potential new COVID-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) is advancing its ongoing response to address the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, collaborating with a number of countries and multilateral organisations to make the University of Oxford’s..

easyJet to resume flights on 15th June with new biosecurity measures

easyJet plc (LON:EZJ) has today announced that it will resume flights on 15 June. A small number of flights will restart on routes where we believe there is sufficient customer..

Severn Trent Financially resilient, with results in line with expectations

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) has today issued its preliminary announcement of annual results for the year to 31 March 2020. Operationally and financially resilient as we begin our new regulatory..

Rolls-Royce proposing major reorganisation of business

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) has today announced that is proposes major reorganisation to address medium-term impacxt of COVID-19. The impact of COVID-19 on Rolls-Royce and the whole of the aviation..

AstraZeneca Lynparza approved in the US by FDA for prostate cancer

AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) and MSD Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., US today announced that Lynparza has been approved in the US for patients with homologous recombination repair gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer...

Experian Strong FY20 financial performance with organic revenue growth of 8%

Experian plc (LON:EXPN), the global information services company, today issued its financial report for the year ended 31 March 2020. Brian Cassin, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The past year was..

Imperial Brands Overall results affected by lower NGP sales, write-downs and impairments totalling £95m

Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) has today announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2020. Financial Overview Overview – Adjusted Basis   Half Year Result 2020 Half..

DCC ahead of market expectations; Group adjusted operating profit increased by 7.3% to £494.3 million

DCC PLC (LON:DCC), the leading international sales, marketing and support services group, today announced its results for the year ended 31 March 2020. Highlights 2020 2019 % change Revenue £14.755bn..

Antofagasta revises its 2019 final dividend

Antofagasta plc (LON:ANTO) has today announced that the Board has today decided to revise its recommendation in respect of the 2019 final dividend. In reaching this decision, the Board has..

Compass Group Retail offer via PrimaryBid

Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG), the world’s leading food service company, has today announced a retail offer via PrimaryBid of new ordinary shares of 11 1/20 pence each in the capital..

Vodafone and OPPO announce smartphone partnership agreement

Vodafone PLC (LON:VOD) and OPPO today announced a comprehensive partnership agreement that will bring a broad range of OPPO’s smartphones to Vodafone’s European markets starting from May 2020. As a..

AstraZeneca’s Bevespi Aerosphere approved in China for patients with COPD

AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) Bevespi Aeroshere (glycopyronium/formoteral fumarate) has been approved in China as a maintenance treatment to relieve symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis..

GlaxoSmithKline ViiV Healthcare Cabotegravir found to be 69% more effective than daily oral PrEP

ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK), with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, has today announced the interim analysis of the HIV..

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Share price increased by 23%

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:SMT) has today provided its results for the year to 31 March 2020. NAV (borrowings at fair value) * 13.7% NAV (borrowings at book value) * 13.3% Share Price*..

Hargreaves Lansdown adds £4.0 billion of net new business

Hargreaves Lansdown plc (LON:HL) today published a trading update in respect of the four month period to 30 April 2020. Highlights ·       Net new business of £4.0 billion in the period..

Persimmon Playing their part in rebuilding Britain’s economy

Persimmon plc (LON:PSN) has today provided a further update on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The health, safety and wellbeing of the public and everyone who works on its..

3i Group deliver solid return despite severe disruption from COVID-19

3i Group plc (LON:III) has today announced results for the year to 31 March 2020. Resilient performance despite severe disruption from COVID-19 · Total return of £253 million or 3%..

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