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FTSE 250 Market news covers the latest developments for the FTSE 250 Index, which tracks the 101st to the 350th largest companies by market capitalisation on the London Stock Exchange. This category includes updates on company admissions and delistings, quarterly and annual results, mergers and acquisitions, board appointments and departures, regulatory news and policy changes.

Workplace

Workspace signs new lease with Wild Cosmetics following Unilever acquisition

Workspace Group has agreed a five-year lease with Wild Cosmetics, which will take over Workspace’s current head office at Kennington Park as the company relocates its HQ to The Centro Buildings in Camden. Wild, a customer since 2019, will nearly double its space to 14,000 sq. ft., with the move scheduled for October...
WH Smith

WHSmith cuts profit outlook after £30m overstatement in North America

WHSmith has reduced its expected full-year Headline profit before tax to around £110 million after identifying a £30 million overstatement of trading profit in its North America division, linked to accelerated supplier income recognition. The division’s profit forecast has been cut to £25 million from previous expectations of £55 million...
Hays Plc

Hays Plc reports 56% profit decline amid market challenges

Hays Plc posted an 11% drop in net fees to £972.4 million and a 56% fall in pre-exceptional operating profit to £45.6 million for the year ended 30 June 2025, reflecting weaker hiring activity...
Ithaca Energy

Ithaca Energy posts $1.1bn H1 EBITDAX and boosts dividends

Ithaca Energy has reported a strong first half for 2025, with production averaging 123.6 kboe/d, adjusted EBITDAX exceeding $1.1 billion, and operating costs reduced to $17.5/boe. The company declared a $167 million interim dividend and confirmed plans to accelerate a further $133 million payment in December, reaffirming its full-year dividend target of $500 million...
Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc

Temple Bar Investment Trust delivers 19.9% share price return in H1 2025

Temple Bar Investment Trust has reported strong half-year results to 30 June 2025, with a 14.2% NAV total return and a 19.9% share price total return, outperforming the FTSE All-Share’s 9.1%. The Trust reduced its discount to NAV to 2% and declared an increased second interim dividend of 3.75p per share, reflecting its progressive dividend policy...
International Workspace Group

International Workplace Group reports record $2.2bn revenue, boosts shareholder returns

International Workplace Group has reported record system-wide revenue of $2.2bn for H1 2025, up 2% year-on-year. Adjusted EBITDA rose 6% to $262m, while $59m was returned to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. The Group has increased its FY25 buyback target to at least $130m and expects cashflow to rise 40% to $140m...
Plus500 Ltd

Plus500 gains approval to open representative office in Colombia

Plus500 has received authorisation from the Colombian Financial Superintendence to establish a new representative office in Colombia, marking its first strategic expansion into Latin America...
HICL Infrastructure

HICL Infrastructure Plc agrees £225m sale of seven UK PPP assets

HICL has agreed to sell a portfolio of seven UK PPP assets to APG for around £225m, in line with its March 2025 valuation. Proceeds will support the £150m share buyback programme and meet outstanding equity commitments, bringing total disposals over the past two years to about £725m at strong valuations...
Great Portland Estates

Great Portland Estates secures £2.5m fully managed leasing deals in London

GPE has completed three new Fully Managed leasing agreements totalling 11,720 sq ft across SIX St Andrew Street, EC4 and 31/34 Alfred Place, WC1. The deals, let to global business and technology firms including EKU Energy, will generate £2.5 million in annual rent, 2.8% ahead of the March 2025 ERV...
Investments

Ocean Wilsons reports Q2 NAV growth and progress on Hansa merger

Ocean Wilsons posted a 6.2% investment portfolio return in Q2 2025 and completed the US$594 million sale of Wilson Sons. The company returned £109.1 million to shareholders via a tender offer and is progressing with a proposed all-share merger with Hansa, expected to complete in late September...
Murray Income Trust PLC

Murray International Trust reports strong half-year returns and dividend growth

Murray International Trust delivered a NAV total return of 6.0% and a share price total return of 11.6% for the six months to 30 June 2025, outperforming its reference index. The company declared two interim dividends of 2.6p per share and achieved ‘Dividend Hero’ status for 20 consecutive years of dividend growth...
Workspace Group

Workspace Group Plc CFO Dave Benson to step down in 2026

Workspace Group has announced that Chief Financial Officer Dave Benson will leave his role and Board position in 2026. Chairman Duncan Owen will lead the search for his successor through a formal selection process, with further details on Benson’s departure to follow...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc buys former Rugeley Power Station for housing project

Vistry Group has purchased the 139-hectare former Rugeley Power Station site from ENGIE, with plans to build 2,300 homes alongside an all-through school, riverside park, commercial space, and mixed-tenure housing...
Frasers Group

Frasers urges independent probe into allegations against boohoo Executive

Frasers Group has released a letter from its legal advisers to the Chairman of boohoo, urging an urgent and independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by Executive Vice Chair Mahmud Kamani...
Savills plc

Savills H1 2025 profit up 78% as revenue rises to £1.13bn

Savills plc reported a 6% increase in revenue to £1.13 billion and a 78% rise in reported profit before tax to £15.8 million for the first half of 2025. Growth was driven by strong consultancy and property management performance, offsetting softer transactional activity in Q2...
Diversified Energy Company

Diversified Energy announces new Board appointments

Diversified Energy Company has announced that Sandra Stash will step down from its Board of Directors. David Turner will become Senior Independent Director, Kathryn Klaber will chair the Sustainability Committee, and Martin Thomas will join the Audit & Risk Committee...
Atalaya Mining

Atalaya Mining reports record EBITDA and higher interim dividend for H1 2025

Atalaya Mining has posted record quarterly and half-year EBITDA for the period ended 30 June 2025, driven by higher copper grades and strong operational performance. Copper production reached 27,466 tonnes in H1 2025, with all-in sustaining costs reduced to US$2.78/lb...
Big Yellow Group plc

Big Yellow Group secures planning for new Leamington Spa storage centre

Big Yellow has received planning approval for a 55,000 sq ft storage facility in Leamington Spa, expected to open in summer 2027. The £13.3 million project is forecast to deliver an 8.5% net operating income return at stabilisation, with 10 of the company’s 13 pipeline stores now approved...
Plus500 Ltd

Plus500 reports H1 2025 revenue of $415.1m and record customer deposits

Plus500 has reported first-half 2025 revenue of $415.1m and EBITDA of $185.1m, supported by record customer deposits of $3.1bn, more than double last year...

Oxford Nanopore CEO Gordon Sanghera to step down

Oxford Nanopore has announced that CEO and co-founder Gordon Sanghera will step down by the end of 2026 after more than 20 years leading the company. The Board has begun a formal search for his successor as part of its succession planning, aiming to guide the business through its next phase of growth and commercialisation...
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Workplace

Workspace signs new lease with Wild Cosmetics following Unilever acquisition

Workspace Group has agreed a five-year lease with Wild Cosmetics, which will take over Workspace’s current head office at Kennington Park as the company relocates its HQ to The Centro Buildings in Camden. Wild, a customer since 2019, will nearly double its space to 14,000 sq. ft., with the move scheduled for October...
WH Smith

WHSmith cuts profit outlook after £30m overstatement in North America

WHSmith has reduced its expected full-year Headline profit before tax to around £110 million after identifying a £30 million overstatement of trading profit in its North America division, linked to accelerated supplier income recognition. The division’s profit forecast has been cut to £25 million from previous expectations of £55 million...
Hays Plc

Hays Plc reports 56% profit decline amid market challenges

Hays Plc posted an 11% drop in net fees to £972.4 million and a 56% fall in pre-exceptional operating profit to £45.6 million for the year ended 30 June 2025, reflecting weaker hiring activity...
Ithaca Energy

Ithaca Energy posts $1.1bn H1 EBITDAX and boosts dividends

Ithaca Energy has reported a strong first half for 2025, with production averaging 123.6 kboe/d, adjusted EBITDAX exceeding $1.1 billion, and operating costs reduced to $17.5/boe. The company declared a $167 million interim dividend and confirmed plans to accelerate a further $133 million payment in December, reaffirming its full-year dividend target of $500 million...
Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc

Temple Bar Investment Trust delivers 19.9% share price return in H1 2025

Temple Bar Investment Trust has reported strong half-year results to 30 June 2025, with a 14.2% NAV total return and a 19.9% share price total return, outperforming the FTSE All-Share’s 9.1%. The Trust reduced its discount to NAV to 2% and declared an increased second interim dividend of 3.75p per share, reflecting its progressive dividend policy...
International Workspace Group

International Workplace Group reports record $2.2bn revenue, boosts shareholder returns

International Workplace Group has reported record system-wide revenue of $2.2bn for H1 2025, up 2% year-on-year. Adjusted EBITDA rose 6% to $262m, while $59m was returned to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. The Group has increased its FY25 buyback target to at least $130m and expects cashflow to rise 40% to $140m...
Plus500 Ltd

Plus500 gains approval to open representative office in Colombia

Plus500 has received authorisation from the Colombian Financial Superintendence to establish a new representative office in Colombia, marking its first strategic expansion into Latin America...
HICL Infrastructure

HICL Infrastructure Plc agrees £225m sale of seven UK PPP assets

HICL has agreed to sell a portfolio of seven UK PPP assets to APG for around £225m, in line with its March 2025 valuation. Proceeds will support the £150m share buyback programme and meet outstanding equity commitments, bringing total disposals over the past two years to about £725m at strong valuations...
Great Portland Estates

Great Portland Estates secures £2.5m fully managed leasing deals in London

GPE has completed three new Fully Managed leasing agreements totalling 11,720 sq ft across SIX St Andrew Street, EC4 and 31/34 Alfred Place, WC1. The deals, let to global business and technology firms including EKU Energy, will generate £2.5 million in annual rent, 2.8% ahead of the March 2025 ERV...
Investments

Ocean Wilsons reports Q2 NAV growth and progress on Hansa merger

Ocean Wilsons posted a 6.2% investment portfolio return in Q2 2025 and completed the US$594 million sale of Wilson Sons. The company returned £109.1 million to shareholders via a tender offer and is progressing with a proposed all-share merger with Hansa, expected to complete in late September...
Murray Income Trust PLC

Murray International Trust reports strong half-year returns and dividend growth

Murray International Trust delivered a NAV total return of 6.0% and a share price total return of 11.6% for the six months to 30 June 2025, outperforming its reference index. The company declared two interim dividends of 2.6p per share and achieved ‘Dividend Hero’ status for 20 consecutive years of dividend growth...
Workspace Group

Workspace Group Plc CFO Dave Benson to step down in 2026

Workspace Group has announced that Chief Financial Officer Dave Benson will leave his role and Board position in 2026. Chairman Duncan Owen will lead the search for his successor through a formal selection process, with further details on Benson’s departure to follow...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc buys former Rugeley Power Station for housing project

Vistry Group has purchased the 139-hectare former Rugeley Power Station site from ENGIE, with plans to build 2,300 homes alongside an all-through school, riverside park, commercial space, and mixed-tenure housing...
Frasers Group

Frasers urges independent probe into allegations against boohoo Executive

Frasers Group has released a letter from its legal advisers to the Chairman of boohoo, urging an urgent and independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by Executive Vice Chair Mahmud Kamani...
Savills plc

Savills H1 2025 profit up 78% as revenue rises to £1.13bn

Savills plc reported a 6% increase in revenue to £1.13 billion and a 78% rise in reported profit before tax to £15.8 million for the first half of 2025. Growth was driven by strong consultancy and property management performance, offsetting softer transactional activity in Q2...
Diversified Energy Company

Diversified Energy announces new Board appointments

Diversified Energy Company has announced that Sandra Stash will step down from its Board of Directors. David Turner will become Senior Independent Director, Kathryn Klaber will chair the Sustainability Committee, and Martin Thomas will join the Audit & Risk Committee...
Atalaya Mining

Atalaya Mining reports record EBITDA and higher interim dividend for H1 2025

Atalaya Mining has posted record quarterly and half-year EBITDA for the period ended 30 June 2025, driven by higher copper grades and strong operational performance. Copper production reached 27,466 tonnes in H1 2025, with all-in sustaining costs reduced to US$2.78/lb...
Big Yellow Group plc

Big Yellow Group secures planning for new Leamington Spa storage centre

Big Yellow has received planning approval for a 55,000 sq ft storage facility in Leamington Spa, expected to open in summer 2027. The £13.3 million project is forecast to deliver an 8.5% net operating income return at stabilisation, with 10 of the company’s 13 pipeline stores now approved...
Plus500 Ltd

Plus500 reports H1 2025 revenue of $415.1m and record customer deposits

Plus500 has reported first-half 2025 revenue of $415.1m and EBITDA of $185.1m, supported by record customer deposits of $3.1bn, more than double last year...

Oxford Nanopore CEO Gordon Sanghera to step down

Oxford Nanopore has announced that CEO and co-founder Gordon Sanghera will step down by the end of 2026 after more than 20 years leading the company. The Board has begun a formal search for his successor as part of its succession planning, aiming to guide the business through its next phase of growth and commercialisation...
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