Company News
Wetherspoon profits set to drop as costs rise
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon backed its full-year expectations on Wednesday but said first-half profit will be lower than a year ago due to rising costs.
Sanne CEO calls time but trading remains strong
Financial sector outsourcer Sanne Group reported "strong" trading in the second half of the year and into early 2019 but revealed that its chief executive will retire in four months' time.
Computacenter sees FY profits 'marginally' ahead
IT services company Computacenter on Wednesday said full-year adjusted pre-tax results to be marginally above expectations, driven by the UK and Germany and offset by a weaker French performance.
British Land lifts third interim dividend by 3pc
British Land announced its third interim dividend for the quarter ended 31 December on Wednesday, confirming it will distribute 7. 75 per share.
Vodafone and O2 to extend network sharing partnership
Vodafone announced on Wednesday that itself and Telefónica UK, trading as O2, have entered into non-binding heads of terms intended to strengthen their existing network sharing partnership.
Fresnillo reports record silver production in 'challenging' year
Miner Fresnillo reported record annual silver production of 61. 8m ounces, up 5. 3% mainly due to the first full year of operations at the San Julián operation.
Antofagasta shines with higher Q4 production
Antofagasta said fourth quarter copper production rose 16. 8% to 220,000 tonnes as a result of higher production at all operations, particularly at Centinela Concentrates which increased production by 68. 3%.