Record revenue at former BBC Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne’s health and hotels group Hospitality The health club and hotels group owned by former BBC Dragons' Den investor Duncan Bannatyne has a record revenue and its highest profit since before the pandemic.
Sainsbury’s predicts profit to exceed £1bn as Aldi price-matching pays off Retail Supermarket Sainsbury’s expects profits to exceed £1bn this year as it continues to win shoppers with loyalty card and Aldi price matching schemes.
Drax trading on track for the year as it awaits Westminster’s carbon capture sign-off ENERGY Drax awaits the green light from the government on a bridging mechanism for its carbon capture project
London Stock Exchange owner’s growth meets estimates as it leans into Microsoft data deal April 25, 2024 The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has reported first-quarter growth in line with analysts' estimates as it plans to start releasing products from its tie-up with Microsoft in the coming months.
Anglo American mulls £31.1bn BHP offer in mining mega-deal April 25, 2024 BHP now has until 5pm on 22nd May to either announce a firm offer for Anglo or that it does not intend to make an official bid.
WPP expects to return to growth in second-half as AI tools ‘deployed at scale’ April 25, 2024 For the full year, the company said it expected to report like-for-like revenue growth less pass-through costs of zero to one per cent.
Unilever thanks ‘power brands’ for sales bump as Marmite-maker steams ahead with turnaround plan April 25, 2024 Consumer giant Unilever said sales of its most popular brands such as Dove soap helped drive growth in the first quarter, in the businesses first trading update since announcing plans to sell its ice-cream arm.
Hipgnosis bidding battle hots up as Concord pips Blackstone bid April 25, 2024 This comes after Blackstone the board of Hipgnosis had said it would be “minded” to switch horses in a takeover battle should a firm offer from US private equity giant Blackstone arrive, over the weekend.
Barclays profit drops on lower lending income as investment bank struggles April 25, 2024 Barclays has reported an 11 per cent drop in profit - slightly outperforming analysts' estimates - as the boost from higher interest rates fades and its investment bank struggles to compete with its Wall Street rivals.
Astrazeneca’s revenue surges as pipeline investments pay off April 25, 2024 Pascal Soriot, chief executive officer of AstraZeneca, said: "Astrazeneca had a very strong start in 2024 with substantial total revenue growth of 19 per cent in the first quarter.