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Financial highlights ● 9.7% Retail Revenue growth demonstrates the resilience of the business, with the impact of the Andover fire estimated at 2% of sales in the half ● Fees invoiced from Solutions..
Micro Focus International plc (LON: MCRO, NYSE: MFGP), the international software product group, announced today it’s unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2019. Key highlights: ·..
Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) today announced a revised capital allocation and shareholder distributions policy to support continued growth and optimised returns for shareholders. The Board reaffirms the 10% dividend growth..
Ferguson plc (LON: FERG) announced today that, in continuation of the share repurchase programme announced by the Company on 11 June 2019, it has instructed its broker J.P. Morgan Securities..
Further to the theft of customer data from British Airways’ website, disclosed on 6 September 2018 and 25 October 2018, British Airways has been notified by the UK Information Commissioner’s..
AVEVA Group plc (LON:AVV), a global leader in engineering and industrial software, will be holding its Annual General Meeting today at 9.30 a.m. AVEVA will not be providing a trading..
Persimmon plc (LON:PSN) announced the following trading update ahead of its Half Year Results to 30 June 2019, which will be released on Tuesday, 20 August 2019. This statement covers..
Associated British Foods plc (LON: ABF) has today issued a trading update for the 40 weeks to 22 June 2019 which summarises the significant trading developments since the last market..
Peter Cowgill, the Executive Chairman of JD Sports Fashion Plc (LON:JD), the leading retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands, will make the following trading statement to shareholders attending its..
Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) announced today that the Trustee of the Smiths Industries Pension Scheme has entered into a bulk annuity buy-in agreement with Canada Life. Demonstrating the Company’s commitment..
J Sainsbury plc (LON: SBRY) has today provided a first quarter trading statement for the 16 weeks to 29 June 2019. · Total retail sales down (1.2) per cent (excl...
National Grid plc (LON: NG.) has submitted draft RIIO-T2 business plans for Electricity Transmission and Gas Transmission to it’s independent User Groups and Ofgem’s RIIO-2 Challenge Group. These are initial..
As previously announced, WM Morrisons Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) is adopting the fully retrospective approach to the new IFRS 16 lease standard. At the 2018/19 preliminary results, we outlined the impact..
Antofagasta plc (LON:ANTO) today announced with deep sadness and regret that Non-Executive Director Mr. Gonzalo Menendez passed away over the weekend, following a period of illness. Mr. Menendez, aged 70,..
Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) has appointed Barbara Levi to succeed Philip Richards as Group executive, Group General Counsel. Ms Levi, who is currently Group Legal Head, M&A and Strategic Transactions..
Further to the announcement on 17 April 2019, DS Smith Plc (LON: SMDS) has today announced that, following the fulfilment of all closing conditions, it completed on 28 June 2019..
In 2017 the Mexican tax authorities (“SAT”) opened a routine audit into the 2014 tax returns of two underground mining subsidiaries of Fresnillo plc (LON: FRES), relating primarily to the..
AstraZeneca plc (LON: AZN) has today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion to add a self-administration option..
AstraZeneca plc (LON: AZN) has today announced positive overall survival results from the Phase III CASPIAN trial with Imfinzi in 1st-line extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, a disease with significant..
Unilever plc (LON:ULVR) today announced that, following the approval by the meeting of depositary receipt holders, the board of the NV Trust Office has resolved to terminate the depositary receipt..
