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Berkeley reaffirms full-year guidance, Restaurant Group chair stepping down
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open 12 points higher on Friday, having closed up 0. 21% on Thursday at 7,441. 72.
Restaurant Group chair Ken Hanna to step down
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that its chair Ken Hanna is stepping down next year "due to personal reasons".
London pre-open: Stocks seen touch lower on downbeat US cues
London stocks were set to edge down at the open on Friday following a mostly downbeat session on Wall Street.
Friday newspaper round-up: Pensions, vapes, hiring, Deloitte
Maintaining the triple lock on state pensions could add as much as £45bn to the welfare bill by 2050, putting “insurmountable pressure” on the government to increase the minimum retirement age, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. In a report published ahead of the release next week of official data for earnings growth, which will be used to set the annual increase in pensions, the IFS estimates spending on retirees could rise by a further £2bn from April 2024.
US close: Stocks mixed as Apple drags on Nasdaq
Wall Street finished with a diverse performance on Thursday, driven by fresh economic data amid significant losses from tech giant Apple on the Nasdaq.