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Balfour Beatty awarded £363m National Grid contract
Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty said on Friday that it has been awarded a £363m contract by National Grid to deliver the Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement project.
GSK to speed up development of blood cancer treatment in China
China's health authority has granted GSK's Blenrep blood cancer treatment with a so-called 'Breakthrough Therapy Designation' (BTD), which is designed to speed up development of investigational drugs.
CMA concerned about Vodafone-Three merger, GSK's Blenrep gets breakthrough designation in China
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open 10 points higher on Friday, having closed up 0. 57% on Thursday at 8,240. 97.
London pre-open: Stocks set for flat start
London stocks were set for a steady open on Friday following solid gains in the previous session.
Friday newspaper round-up: High speed rail line, Boeing, Grangemouth
A plan for a new high-speed rail line linking Birmingham and Manchester has been unveiled, claiming to deliver most of the benefits of the scrapped northern leg of HS2 at significantly cheaper cost and with only slightly longer journey times. The 50-mile track would run from where the HS2 line is now due to end in Staffordshire to join a planned Northern Powerhouse Rail line west of Manchester airport, under a plan unveiled by the mayors of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.