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Shares in JD Sports Fashion slumped by 15% on Thursday as the retailer warned full-year profits would be at the lower end of forecasts after a “volatile” trading environment in October due to bigger discounts, milder weather and consumer caution ahead of the US election.
Personal healthcare product maker PZ Cussons on Thursday said it expected first-half like-for-like revenue growth of 5%, with trading in line with expectations since its annual results in September.
Investec reported a 7. 6% rise in adjusted operating profit to £474. 7m for the six months ended 30 September on Thursday, driven by revenue growth of 5. 6% to £1. 1bn and improved cost efficiency.
Close Brothers reported a stable first-quarter performance in an update on Thursday, supported by growth in its banking division and disciplined cost management, despite headwinds from legal challenges in its motor finance business.
Safety equipment and hazard detection products group Halma has raised its interim dividend by 7% after a record first-half performance which saw sales top the £1bn mark, as it retained its guidance for the full year.
Frasers Group, the largest shareholder in Boohoo with a 28. 01% stake, intensified its call for the removal of Boohoo’s executive chairman Mahmud Kamani on Thursday.
Liontrust Asset Management said on Thursday that it was planning to cut around 25 jobs in a bid to save costs, as it reported a drop in first-half profits.
Postal and courier giant International Distribution Services returned to an adjusted operating profit in the first half, as revenues increased across the group and losses at Royal Mail reduced.
Tokyo's metro system operator, Japanese trading company Sumitomo and Britain's Go-Ahead Group have won a contract to operate London's troubled Elizabeth Line, taking over from China's MTR, officials announced on Wednesday.
Sirius Real Estate disclosed a number of share transactions involving its chief executive officer Andrew Coombs, and a person closely associated (PCA) with him, Sharon Clarke-Wills, on Wednesday.
Industrial thread maker Coats said it expected full-year results to be in line with expectations and forecast an operating margin of around 18%, driven by strong sales growth.
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Poolbeg Pharma announced on Wednesday that it has been granted a US patent for its ‘Immunomodulator I’ application.
Silverbullet reported strong trading in its fourth quarter on Wednesday, marked by record-breaking performance in October and new contracts worth £1. 5m.
Shares of Target plunged by nearly a fifth in pre-market trading on Wednesday after the American discount retail chain missed third-quarter profit forecasts by a wide margin and lowered its full-year guidance.
Profits tumbled at Banco Santander’s UK business, the Spanish lender confirmed on Wednesday, after it set aside nearly £300m to cover potential costs relating to an industry-wide probe into car finance.
Equals Group announced another extension to the ‘put up or shut up’ (PUSU) deadline on Wednesday, for a potential all-cash acquisition by a consortium led by Embedded Finance (Railsr), TowerBrook Capital Partners, and JC Flowers.
