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GSK announces positive COPD trial results
GSK announced positive results from its phase three ‘MATINEE’ clinical trial on Friday, which evaluated the effectiveness of ‘Nucala’, or mepolizumab, in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Berkeley Group says trading 'stable', backs FY guidance
Housebuilder Berkeley Group backed its full-year guidance on Friday as it said trading in the first four months of the year has been stable.
House prices pick up to two-year high - Halifax
UK house prices edged up to a two-year high in August as confidence picked up amid easing interest rates, according to figures released by Halifax on Friday.
GSK posts positive Nucala trial results, Darktrace CEO steps down
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open 20 points lower on Friday, having closed down 0. 34% on Thursday at 8,241. 71.
London pre-open: Stocks seen down ahead of payrolls; Halifax data in focus
London stocks were set to open lower on Friday as investors mulled the latest UK house price data and looked ahead to the release of the non-farm payrolls report.
Friday newspaper round-up: PwC, UK pension funds, wind farms
The consultancy PwC has told its employees it is going to begin tracking their working locations to ensure that all workers spend “a minimum of three days a week” in the office or at client sites. In a memo sent to its 26,000 UK employees, the big four accounting firm announced that it will start monitoring how often employees work from home in the same way it monitors how many chargeable hours they work. – Guardian.