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BAT Marketing Chief Comin To Retire After 34-Year Career

British American Tobacco (LON: BATS), the London-headquartered tobacco and nicotine group behind Vuse, glo and Velo, said on Thursday that Chief Marketing Officer Luciano Comin will step down from its Management Board on 28 February 2027, after a

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Serica Energy Shares Rise as Half-Year Production Nearly Doubles, Balance Sheet Swings to Net Cash

Serica Energy (LON: SQZ), the North Sea oil and gas producer, saw its shares rise after half-year results to 30 June showed production nearly doubling and the balance sheet flipping from net debt to net cash. The results were published earlier tod

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YouGov Shares Jump After Buyback Plan and New CEO Named

YouGov (LON: YOU), the London-listed market research and data analytics group, saw its shares jump after a pre-market update confirmed trading in line with guidance, unveiled a share buyback in place of its annual dividend, and named a new chief e

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WPP Shares Surge as Turnaround Beats Depressed Forecasts

WPP (LON: WPP), the London-listed advertising and marketing-services group behind agencies including Ogilvy and Grey, saw its shares surge as much as 30% intraday today after first-half results beat depressed analyst forecasts on revenue, profit and

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Harbour Energy Shares Jump on Record Output and Buyback

Harbour Energy (LON: HBR), the London-listed independent oil and gas producer, saw its shares jump after reporting record first-half production and launching a new $250 million share buyback alongside its interim dividend. The stock traded

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PZ Cussons Shares Slide Despite Strong FY26 Profit Growth

PZ Cussons (LON: PZC), the Manchester-based consumer goods group behind Imperial Leather, Carex and Original Source, saw its shares fall sharply on Thursday despite reporting FY26 adjusted operating profit up 8.4%, as markets focused on a dip in e

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Thursday Morning Markets: FTSE Edges Higher as Earnings Rolls On; WPP, MTLN, HWG Surge

London's blue-chip index nudged up 0.2% in early trading on Thursday, tracking modest gains across Europe, with the FTSE 250 also adding 0.2%. The DAX was flat, while the

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Metlen Energy & Metals Shares Jump as H1 Profit Hits Record High

Metlen Energy & Metals (LON: MTLN) shares have surged more than 10% on Thursday morning after the Anglo-Greek industrial group posted record first-half results and reaffirmed its 2026 guidance, easing investor concerns fo

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Peel Group Tables 172.5p Cash Bid For Harworth Group

Harworth Group (LON: HWG), the UK regeneration and strategic land developer, has received a firm cash takeover offer of 172.5p a share from Peel Pepper (UK) Limited, a Peel Group vehicle, valuing the company at about £582.9m. Shares jumped almost

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Persimmon Grows Profit and Market Share but Flags 2027 Cost Risk

Persimmon (LON: PSN), the housebuilder, said completions rose 13% to 5,189 homes in the first half of 2026 and underlying operating profit climbed 10% to £189.1m, as the group gained market share in a difficult sales market. Persimmon published its

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Admiral Group Shares Rise As Insurer Beats Expectations Despite Profit Slide

The Admiral Group (LON: ADM) share price has risen over 3% on Thursday morning, up around 80p to 3,786p, after the motor insurer's half-year results showed resilience despite a sharp fall in profits, with investors apparently

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Despite the Decline, This Analyst is Still Bullish on Filtronic Shares

Cavendish reiterated its Buy rating on Filtronic (LON: FTC) and raised its target price on the stock after the company's full-year results, remaining upbeat even as the shares fell following the print.

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AppLovin Shares Plunge Over 20% After Hours as Q2 Results Disappoint

AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP) shares have cratered more than 20% in after-hours trading Wednesday, August 5, after the mobile advertising technology company posted second-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street's

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AMD Stock Slides After Q2 Earnings Fail to Impress – Here Are the Key Price Levels to Watch

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) stock has tumbled sharply on Wednesday, falling as much as 6.6% to trade around $484.50, after the chipmaker's second-quarter results — while technically beating estimates — failed to live

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Why Vistry Group Remains the UK’s Most-Shorted Stock

Vistry Group (LON: VTY) has topped the London Stock Exchange's short-selling league tables, with hedge funds and other investors betting against the FTSE 250 housebuilder at levels rarely seen in the UK market.

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Why Bodycote Shares Just Surged 23%

Shares in Bodycote (LON: BOY) rocketed 23.1% on Wednesday, closing around 923p, after the FTSE 250 heat-treatment and thermal processing specialist confirmed it has received two separate conditional takeover proposals from ri

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ECR Minerals Shares Surge After Maddens Mine Strikes Gold Vein

ECR Minerals (LON: ECR), the AIM-listed gold explorer, saw its shares surge after it said underground development at its Maddens gold project has struck a mineralised quartz vein with visible gold, with ore now stockpiled for processing.The

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Beazley Profit Halves as Softening Market Bites, Shares Flat Ahead of Zurich Takeover

Beazley plc (LON: BEZ), the London-listed Lloyd's of London specialist insurer, reported first-half profit before tax down 53% to $237.7m from $502.5m a year earlier. The shares traded flat at 1,291p today, in line with yesterday's close and withi

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Hiscox Lifts Retail Growth Guidance as H1 Profit Falls

Hiscox Ltd (LON: HSX), the Bermuda-based specialty insurer that writes cover through its Retail, London Market and Re divisions, published interim results before the London open earlier today. Insurance contract written premium rose 10.1% to $3,23

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4imprint Shares Jump 10% to Fresh 52-Week High as Group Raises Full-Year Guidance Despite H1 Profit Fall

4imprint Group (LON: FOUR), the direct marketer of branded promotional products such as apparel, bags and drinkware, saw its shares jump around 10% today after the group raised full-year guidance despite a fall in half-year profit.The stock

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