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Essentra hires Rowan Baker from Laing O’Rourke to be CFO

Essentra PLC on Tuesday announced that ‘highly experienced’ finance executive Rowan Baker will succeed CFO Jack Clarke, who is retiring to become a Catholic Church...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 09:21

Hikma Pharmaceuticals completes acquisition of Xellia’s FDF business

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC announced on Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of the US finished dosage form business. Denmark-based Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApS.

Xellia’s FDF business provides...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 09:09

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Blue chips open lower hit by AstraZeneca weakness

London’s FTSE 100 fell in early trading on Tuesday, underperforming European peers, pegged back by a sharp fall in AstraZeneca shares.

The FTSE 100 index...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 09:01

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer firm on winter fuel payment cuts

Keir Starmer said he recognised that scaling back the winter fuel payment was a ‘really tough decision’ but said Labour must ‘secure the foundations’ of...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 09:01

TOP NEWS: UK grocery price inflation ebbs as Ocado leads sales rose

UK grocery price inflation resumed its slowdown, while Ocado delivered its quickest rate of growth since May 2021, figures on Tuesday showed.

Supermarket prices were 1.7%...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 08:47

TOP NEWS: Centamin agrees to takeover offer from AngloGold Ashanti

Centamin PLC has agreed to a cash and shares takeover offer from bigger peer AngloGold Ashanti PLC in a deal that values Centamin at about...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 08:34

TOP NEWS: UK jobless rate declines but wage growth cools

The UK unemployment rate edged lower in the three months to July, but wage growth abated, numbers on Tuesday showed.

According to the Office for...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 07:24

UK debt at risk of becoming ‘unsustainable’ with ‘flawed’ rule - peers

Britain’s national debt is at risk of becoming ‘unsustainable’ unless the government chooses between tax rises and the state doing less and changes its fiscal...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 06:59

IN BRIEF: Unilever R&D chief Richard Slater sells £250,000 in shares

Unilever PLC - [what it does and where] - Richard Slater, chief research & development officer, sells 5,171 shares at £49.88, worth £257,900, on Thursday...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 06:57

IN BRIEF: Unilever R&D chief Richard Slater sells £250,000 in shares

Unilever PLC - [what it does and where] - Richard Slater, chief research & development officer, sells 5,171 shares at £49.88, worth £257,900, on Thursday...

Tue, 10/09/2024 - 06:57

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