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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published its Final Report on the proposed merger of J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) and Asda Group Limited (Asda), resulting in prohibition of..
Vodafone Group Plc (LON:VOD) and Orange have signed a new mobile and fixed network sharing agreement in Spain, which will strengthen their existing partnership and enable the faster deployment of..
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (LON:RBS) announced that Ross McEwan has resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director. Ross has a 12 month notice..
Barclays PLC (LON:BARC), today announced 1st quarter results ending 31 March 2019. Performance Highlights · Barclays has continued to implement its strategy in pursuit of improved returns for shareholders ·..
Taylor Wimpey plc (LON:TW) is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 11:00 today in London, where the following comments will be made regarding current trading, financial performance and outlook..
Wood Group (John) Plc (LON:WG) has been awarded a new contract by Evonik to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Group’s new polyamide 12 (PA12) production..
Antofagasta plc (LON:ANTO), today announced Q1 2019 production update. Antofagasta plc CEO, Iván Arriagada said: “The Company has started 2019 as planned, delivering copper production in Q1 2019 of 188,600..
Legal & General Group plc (LON:LGEN) announced that it has agreed its first Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) transaction in Canada for more than CAD $200 million (£114 million). The Canadian..
CRH plc (LONCRH), the global building materials group, issued the following Trading Update for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 in advance of its Annual General Meeting..
Aviva plc (LON:AV) is today announcing changes to its senior management. UK Following the recent appointment of Maurice Tulloch as Aviva’s CEO, the Board of Aviva and Andy Briggs have..
British Land Co Plc (LON:BLND) today announced it has exchanged on the sale of 12 superstores from its joint venture with Sainsbury’s for £429m, representing a net initial yield of..
Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO), today announced q1 trading update. (£m) Q1 2019 Growth AER AER CER Ongoing Revenue1 603.6 10.6% 8.9% Revenue 607.4 10.3% 8.6% Overview Trading has started..
Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR), today announced 1st Quarter 2019 Trading Statement Performance highlights Underlying performance GAAP measures vs 2018 vs 2018 Underlying sales growth (USG)(a) 3.1% Turnover €12.4bn (1.6)% Quarterly dividend..
Persimmon Plc (LON:PSN) today announced that Claire Thomas will join the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 August 2019. Claire will also be appointed as a..
Rio Tinto Group (LON:RIO) executive Joanne Farrell has decided to retire after nearly 32 years with Rio Tinto and will leave the company at the end of September 2019. Joanne..
DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) today announced it has reached an agreement for the proposed sale of two packaging businesses in North Western France and Portugal to International Paper (NYSE: IP)..
BHP Group Plc (LON:BHP), today announced operational review for the nine months ended 31 March 2019. Production guidance for the 2019 financial year remains unchanged for petroleum, copper, metallurgical coal..
SEGRO plc (LON:SGRO) today published its trading update for the period from 1 January to 16 April 20191. David Sleath, Chief Executive, said: “Our business has continued to perform well..
Bunzl plc (LON:BNZL) , the specialist international distribution and services Group, today announced its trading statement for the period since 31 December 2018. Group revenue in the first quarter has..
Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) has committed $302 million of additional capital to advance its Resolution Copper project in the US state of Arizona. The investment will fund additional drilling, ore-body studies,..
