Another one? Next hikes profit guidance again as sales soar ahead of expectations
Department store Next has increased its profit guidance for the year as sales soared in its first half of its financial year.
Rolls-Royce hikes guidance and brings back dividend after profit almost doubles
Rolls increased full-year guidance for underlying operating profit to between £2.1bn and £2.3bn after half-year profit nigh on doubled.
London Stock Exchange Group beats expectations with Microsoft tie-up on the horizon
London Stock Exchange Group profit surged nine per cent for the group over the last six months, as the bourse owner prepares to launch products from its collaboration with Microsoft.
Bupa profits shoot up 45 per cent due to growth in health insurance
Bupa's total underlying profit for the first six months of H1 shot up by 45 per cent which was driven by the strong increase in revenues and returns across all its market unit.
House price growth accelerates ahead of potential interest rate cut
UK house price growth has accelerated in the past month as buyer confidence picked up and mortgage rates fell ahead of a potential interest rate cut by the Bank of England. UK house prices rose by 0.3
Barclays announces £750m buyback after beating expectations
Barclays joined other lenders in announcing sizeable returns to shareholders after performing ahead of expectations in the second quarter. In the three months to June, Barclays reported a pretax profi
Schroders stock dips seven per cent despite profit remaining steady
Schroders saw assets under management hit a new high of £773bn, as the company prepares to make a mark in the private capital space.
Mark Kleinman: Is £300bn Shell merger Total summer speculation?
In this week's column, Mark Kleinman tackles the Shell merger, Cineworld closure and Dan Wagner's Rezolve AI.
England ‘particularly bad’ at building houses where they are needed, research shows
Nationwide the total number of properties grew 21 per cent between 1996 and 2021, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Square Mile and Me: Enness CEO Islay Robinson on his career – and a flaming suit mishap
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Islay Robinson, CEO of Enness Global Mortgages, takes us through his career, from a flaming suit mishap to his love for London W