Patisserie Holdings (CAKE) calls emergency shareholder meeting. Shares in café chain remain suspended until it can give more details of accounting issues.
Lex – Merlin Entertainments (MERL): white-knuckle ride. Glimmers of recovery potential mean it may be worth staying on the rollercoaster
Lex – Meggitt (MGGT): plane truth. Clear skies for aerospace group but higher fuel prices pose threat
Sainsbury (J) (SBRY)-Asda probe extended to suppliers. Competition regulator to consider impact of Aldi and Lidl as part of inquiry
Footasylum (FOOT) scales back store expansion plans on high street gloom
Drax Group (DRX) to buy £700m of assets from Iberdrola. Move continues UK power supplier’s shift away from generating electricity from coal
on track to have 50% female workforce by 2025. Miner insists target will be met despite missing this year’s annual growth rate
Merlin Entertainments (MERL) shares hit by flatlining Legoland sales. Revenue growth had been bolstered by releases of blockbuster Lego movies
