News And Announcements
Hogg Robinson surges on AmEx offer as it agrees sale of Fraedom business
Shares in Hogg Robinson surged on Friday as the business travel group announced a takeover offer from American Express and said it has agreed to sell its payments technology business, Fraedom, to Visa Inc.
Drax agrees £10m contract to supply future coal power
Drax Group, the Yorkshire power plant that is in the midst of a process to create more biomass power, said on Friday that it has agreed to provide £10m worth of future coal power capacity.
British Land picks up Woolwich Estate for £103m
British Land announced on Friday that it has acquired the Woolwich Estate, covering 4. 9 acres in south east London, for a headline price £103m representing a net initial yield of 4. 1%.
Shaftesbury says footfall high, trading 'robust'
FTSE 250 real estate investment trust Shaftesbury said on Friday that it has seen continuing high footfall and "robust" trading in the period from 1 October 2017 to 8 February 2018.
Victrex quarterly revenues surge after big electronics order
Plastics manufacturer Victrex reported a very strong start to the year, with industrial sales led by consumer electronics to offset slightly weaker performance from medical customers.