Severn Trent hikes dividend as profit nearly triples November 20, 2024 Coventry-headquartered Severn Trent was fined more than £2m for polluting the River Trent near Stoke in February.
Crest Nicholson: Housebuilder pivots away from low-margin affordable homes November 20, 2024 Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has said it will trade away from low-margin sites – like affordable homes – as it looks to shore up its balance sheet after a tough year. Crest told markets this morning, it built 1,873 homes in the year ended October 31, of which 45 per cent were affordable – just under the [...]
Ninety One: Profit sags as investors continue to pull funds November 20, 2024 Investors pulled £5.3bn from asset manager Ninety One over the last six months, although a strong investment performance helped offset outflows. In the group’s half-year results, the Anglo-South African financial firm revealed that while outflows had hit growth, overall assets under management had risen one per cent to £127.4bn in the six months to 30 [...]
Chinese-owned MTR loses Elizabeth Line contract November 20, 2024 MTR will be succeeded by GTS Rail Operations Limited, a joint venture between the Go Ahead Group, Tokyo Metro and Sumitomo Corporation.
Libby takes a Bottle to Pilates November 20, 2024 You know, you could really benefit from regular Pilates Libby,” purrs my glamorous instructor as she guides my shaking leg to a previously unattainable angle. Probably true, as right now my hip flexes are screaming at me about my days spent sitting at a laptop. I have been persuaded to try my first Reformer Pilates [...]
Reeves must answer ‘incredibly serious’ questions over CV, Tory MP demands November 19, 2024 Rachel Reeves must answer “incredibly serious” questions over claims she “misrepresented” her CV, a Tory MP has demanded. Richard Holden wrote to the Chancellor following reports she had exaggerated her professional experience at the Bank of England (BoE) and Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS). Reeves told Stylist magazine in 2021 that she spent a decade [...]
UK to relaunch trade talks with India and form new Japan partnership November 19, 2024 The UK is set to relaunch trade talks with India and form a new economic partnership with Japan, Downing Street has announced. It was confirmed that trade discussions with India will reopen at the start of next year, following a bilateral meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and Indian leader Narendra Modi at the G20 summit [...]
Abrdn shakes up top team in turnaround push November 19, 2024 Abrdn’s new chief executive Jason Windsor has revamped his leadership team today as part of efforts to breathe life into the beleaguered asset manager after years of sluggish performance. In an statement today, the vowel-stripped FTSE 250 investment house revealed it had promoted its client head, Xavier Meyer, to chief of investments, and Richard Wilson, [...]
Blizzard to be all the Rage with Purton up November 19, 2024 HONG Kong racing enthusiasts can look forward to another hugely exciting and competitive nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday, featuring the Class Two Chek Lap Kok Handicap (2.15pm) over six furlongs. Unfortunately, rain may rear its ugly head once again during the action as the forecast is not looking good, with plenty of black [...]
Prawns could cook his Eleven rivals under Bentley November 19, 2024 Australian trainer Mark Newnham continues to saddle winners at regular intervals in only his second season in Hong Kong. The once assistant to legendary Gai Waterhouse, finds himself joint-third in the trainers’ championship table with 15 wins and with an astonishing record of over 36 percent of his performers making the first three places since [...]
