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Countryside Properties reported a rise in full-year pre-tax profit and revenue as it said 2016 was “another positive year” for the housebuilding sector.
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Water company Severn Trent said interim profits before interest and tax rose 10. 8% to £299. 4m.
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Ahead of the £6. 6bn deal that will make it the UK's biggest software company, Micro Focus reported merger partner HPE Software's revenues were on the wane but margins were improving.
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Half year reported pre-tax profits at Babcockjumped 12% to £163. 5m on revenues up 7% to £2. 1bn and said it expected full year numbers to be in line with expectations.
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As well as reporting a slide into losses in the first half and cutting its dividend, facilities management group Mitie said the second half should see an improvement but the full year turnout will still fall short of expectations.
Sunday newspaper tips: Mitie, Majestic Wine, Wincanton
Sell shares in Mitie, said the Sunday Times' Inside the City column, though there's no time to do this before Monday's likely "ugly" set of interim numbers. Outgoing boss Ruby McGregor-Smith, who will step down next month, warned on profits and the half-time report may see further downgrades, including to the dividend.
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Investment company Personal Assets Trust reported increased net assets despite the uncertain economic climate, which has led it to take a cautious stance about the future.
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Royal Mail’s half year revenue increased slightly thanks to its European business, while the FTSE 100 company gears up for the all-important Christmas period by upping its cost saving targets.
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British Land lifted profits strongly higher in the first half of its financial year but said it expects to proceed more cautiously in property development as it noted a change in the behaviour of property markets since the Brexit vote, with leasing momentum maintained in retail but more caution among office occupiers.
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Budget airline EasyJet reported a drop in profit and revenue for the year to the end of September and cut its dividend as it took a hit from terrorist attacks and as the UK’s decision to leave the European Union made the euro more expensive for British travellers over the summer.
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Greencore reported a jump in full-year revenue and earnings as it hiked its dividend and announced the proposed acquisition of Peacock Foods for an enterprise value of $747. 5m.
Sunday share tips: Majestic Wine, TalkTalk, Vodafone, Van Elle
Buy Majestic Wine shares, recommended the Sunday Times' Inside the City column, after their halving over the last two years. New chief executive Rowan Gormley took over with a turnaround objective after a series of profit warnings, the latest in September. He has set a target of driving sales around £100m higher to above £500m in three years' time, with a return to dividends in 2017.
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British Empire Trust posted its annual report for the 12 months to 30 September on Friday, with net asset value per share total return for the year of 31% and share price total return of 34. 3%.
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Electricity infrastructure operator National Grid posted its half-year report on Thursday, with adjusted earnings per share of 28. 2p, flat compared to the same period last year, and operating profit of £1. 9bn, up 1% including favourable timing and the effect of foreign exchange.
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Imperial Brands reported a drop in profit for the year to end of September, but revenue rose and the FTSE 100 tobacco company upped its dividend by 10%.
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HSBC reported that profits in the third quarter fell 86% compared to last year due to the disposal of its Brazilian bank, but underlying profits were higher in all four of its business functions and better than the market expected.
Sunday share tips: ITV, Homeserve
Buy shares in ITV, said the Sunday Times' Inside the City column. The broadcaster has lost over 39% of its value this year, with the shares losing ground even before the TV advertising market was hit hard by the EU referendum decision, which sent the big advertising sectors like retail, travel, banking and insurance scurrying back into their shells. The BBC showing the Olympics also was not good for viewer numbers in the summer, while ITV's share of rights to last year's Rugby World Cup meant this year's comparisons have been tougher.
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Paddy Power Betfair posted a trading update for the three months to 30 September on Friday, with revenue up 25% to £404m, or up 15% in constant currencies.
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Fund manager Schroders reported flat profits in the first nine months of the year as its assets under management increased despite a fall in net inflows.
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Millennium & Copthorne reported a rise in profit in the third quarter as it benefited from a weaker sterling in the aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.