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Lloyds Bank to buy Zurich's UK workplace pensions and savings business
Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to buy Zurich Insurance's UK workplace pensions and savings business, which has assets under administration of £19bn, for an undisclosed sum.
London midday: Stocks edge up as pound slumps on Barnier comments
London stocks edged higher by midday on Thursday as the pound lost ground following comments from the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier.
Burberry rallies as Mirabaud ups rating, Deutsche bumps up price target
Luxury retailer Burberry racked up healthy gains on Thursday following a rating upgrade from Mirabaud Securities and as Deutsche Bank lifted its price target on the stock.
WH Smith FY profit rises as travel business overtakes high street
WH Smith reported a rise in full-year profit and revenue on Thursday as a solid performance from its travel business helped to offset weakness in high street stores.
HSBC appoints John Flint as new CEO
HSBC Holdings said on Thursday that John Flint, the current head of the retail banking and wealth management division, will succeed Stuart Gulliver as chief executive with effect from 21 February 2018.
Eurozone industrial production rises more than expected in August
Eurozone industrial production rose more than expected in August, according to data released by Eurostat on Thursday.
Goals Soccer Centres CEO Mark Jones to resign
Goals Soccer Centres announced on Thursday that Mark Jones plans to resign from his role as chief executive to take another job in the private sector.
Booker interim profit up 9%, dividend lifted
FTSE 250 wholesaler Booker, which is currently in the process of being taken over by Tesco, reported a 9% rise in interim pre-tax profit on Thursday as total sales rose but tobacco sales declined.
London open: Stocks flat as investors digest Fed minutes
London stocks were little changed in early trade on Thursday despite a solid session in the US, as investors digested the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting.
Hays posts another record quarterly net fee performance
FTSE 250 recruiter Hays reported another record quarterly net fee performance on Thursday as all its divisions saw solid growth.
London pre-open: Stocks to nudge lower as investors digest Fed minutes
London stocks were set to nudge lower at the open on Thursday as investors digested the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting, which suggested that a rate hike in December is on the cards.
Thursday newspaper round-up: National living wage, energy prices, London fintech
More than 300,000 people on low incomes were given a pay boost by the government’s new “national living wage”, dispelling fears that the move to raise minimum salary levels would trigger widespread job losses. The Resolution Foundation said Britain had experienced its biggest fall in low pay since the 1970s following the introduction of the national living wage (NLW), which imposes a floor of £7. 50 an hour for employees aged 25 and over. The thinktank found that 5.