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Vodafone Group delivers good financial performance whilst building strong commercial momentum

Vodafone Group Plc (LON:VOD) has announced its FY20 Preliminary results. · Supporting society with rapid, comprehensive and coordinated COVID-19 response · Good financial performance with growth in revenue, adjusted EBITDA..

WM Morrison Supermarkets “Playing our full part in feeding the nation”

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) has today announced its COVID-19 and Q1 sales update. Strong Q1 LFL sales performance 2020/21 Q1 Weeks 1-14* Q1 Weeks 12-14 Retail contribution to LFL 5.1%..

Polymetal International 10-year loan with Far East and Arctic Development Fund

Polymetal International PLC (LON:POLY) has today announced that it has agreed a 10-year loan of RUB 5.7 billion (US$ 77 million at the current exchange rate) at 5% fixed rate..

AstraZeneca Enhertu granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the US

AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited’s Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) has been granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) in the US for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive unresectable or..

Polymetal International sells North Kaluga property

Polymetal International plc (LON:POLY) has today announced that it has agreed to sell North Kaluga property for US$ 13.5 million in cash and debt assumption plus royalty, which together represents..

Carnival Princess Cruises extends pause of global ship operations through the end of the 2020 summer season

Due to reduced air flight availability, the closure of cruise ports in regions around the world and other factors impacting international travel, Carnival plc (LON:CCL) has announced that Princess Cruises..

BHP Group appoints two new Non-executive Directors

BHP Group PLC (LON:BHP) Chairman, Ken MacKenzie, today announced the appointment of Dion Weisler and Xiaoqun Clever to the BHP Board as independent Non-executive Directors. Mr Weisler’s appointment is effective..

InterContinental Hotels Group Q1 comparable RevPAR down 24.9%

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG) has today announced its 2020 First Quarter Trading Update. Highlights ·      Group Q1 comparable RevPAR1 down 24.9%; March down 55%; April expected to be down around 80% ·      ~15%..

RSA Insurance Group reports strong first quarter 2020 operating results

RSA Insurance Group plc (LON:RSA) has today announced its Q1 2020 Trading Update1. Stephen Hester, RSA Group Chief Executive, commented: “RSA’s first quarter results were strong, continuing the momentum seen..

Melrose Industries Sales significantly disrupted by COVID-19

Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRO) today published the following trading update for the four months from 1 January 2020 to 30 April 2020 ahead of its Annual General Meeting taking place..

International Consolidated Airlines Group Luis Gallego to succeed Willie Walsh as CEO

International Consolidated Airlines Group plc (LON:IAG) today announced that Luis Gallego will succeed Willie Walsh as Group chief executive on 24 September. Antonio Vazquez, IAG’s chairman, said: “We announced in..

Smith & Nephew Significant short-term impact from COVID-19

Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN) has today issued its trading report for the first quarter ended 28 March 2020. Q1 trading1,2 ·    Q1 revenue $1,134 million (2019: $1,202 million), down -7.6%..

AstraZeneca Farxiga approved in the US for the treatment of heart failure

AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) Farxiga (dapagliflozin) has been approved in the US to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalisation for heart failure in adults with heart failure with reduced..

Ocado Group remains in a strong position with growth, expansion and increased demand

Ocado Group plc (LON:OCDO) today issued the following updates on current trading, on behalf of Ocado Retail Limited, Ocado Group’s joint venture with M&S, and a business update for Group,..

ITV Operational and financial performance significantly impacted by COVID-19

ITV plc (LON:ITV) has today announced its Q1 Trading Update – 3 months to 31 March 2020. Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, said: “ITV has taken swift and decisive action..

JD Sports Fashion “fundamentally disagree with the CMA’s decision”

JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD) today provided an update following the Competition and Markets Authority’s (“CMA”) decision to prohibit the Group’s acquisition of Footasylum Limited and require the sale of..

Carnival P&O Cruises extends its voluntary pause in operations in Australia and New Zealand

Carnival plc (LON:CCL) P&O Cruises today announced it has extended its voluntary pause in operations in Australia and New Zealand to August 31, 2020, in response to continuing travel restrictions..

Anglo American Platinum ramps up ACP plant to restart refined PGM production

Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) today noted the announcement by Anglo American Platinum Limited released today to the Johannesburg stock exchange. The text of the announcement is copied below: Anglo American..

BAE Systems completes Airborne Tactical Radios acquisition

Further to the announcement of 20 January 2020, BAE Systems plc (LON:BA) has completed the acquisition of Raytheon Technologies Corporation’s Airborne Tactical Radios business, after receiving regulatory and other customary..

Lloyds Banking Group COO Juan Colombás agrees to delay retirement

Further to the announcement on 31 October 2019 regarding the proposed July 2020 retirement of its Chief Operating Officer and Director, Juan Colombás, Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON:LLOY) has today..

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