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ITM Power consortium granted EUR 5m for offshore hydrogen project
ITM Power announced on Friday that the ‘Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking’ (FCH2-JU) - a public private partnership of the European Commission - has awarded the Oyster Project consortium €5m (£4. 5m) to investigate the feasibility and potential of combining an offshore wind turbine directly with an electrolyser, and transporting renewable hydrogen to shore.
Secure Income maintains strong rent collection through holiday period
Secure Income REIT updated the market on its collection of rents due on Friday, following the end of the rent collection cycle for the December quarter and January monthly rents.
Carlyle joins dogfight for Signature Aviation
Takeover target Signature Aviation on Friday confirmed it had received an approach from US private equity firm Carlyle on a possible offer for the company.
London open: Stocks edge up ahead of payrolls; housebuilders rally
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Friday, with housebuilders in the black after a solid update from Barratt Developments, as investors eyed the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
Marston's calls for support for pubs during lockdown
Marston's boss called on the government to support pubs unable to trade during the Covid-19 lockdown as the company said it was financially strong enough to deal with the crisis.
Essentra continues to climb back from second quarter slump
Essentra updated the market on its trading in 2020 on Friday, reporting that on a like-for-like basis, fourth quarter revenue was down 1. 1% on the prior year.
Clarkson sees full-year profit ahead of consensus expectations
Shipping services firm Clarkson said on Friday that full-year underlying profit for 2020 is expected to be exceed market consensus.
Rentokil results to beat expectations
Rentokil International said annual results would be slightly better than expectations but warned the outlook was uncertain because of uncertainty over one-off disinfection sales.
Pets at Home upgrades FY profit guidance after strong December sales
Pets at Home upgraded its full-year profit guidance on Friday following strong sales growth in December.
M&S revenues fall in third quarter, Barratt signals restart to dividents
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open 22 points higher on Friday, having closed up 0. 22% at 6,856. 96 on Thursday.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher ahead of payrolls
London stocks were set to rise at the open on Friday as investors eye the latest US non-farm payrolls report.
Barratt to restart dividends after strong first half
Barratt Developments said it planned to restart dividends as the housebuilder reported strong trading in the first half.
Friday newspaper round-up: Boeing, Grant Thornton, Signature Aviation
Boeing has been fined $2. 5bn by the US justice department after being charged with fraud and conspiracy in connection with two fatal crashes of its 737 Max airliner. Boeing’s employees chose “the path of profit over candor by concealing material information” from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the US’s top airline regulator, David Burns, the acting assistant attorney general of the justice department’s criminal division, wrote in a release. - Guardian .