Primark owner Associated British Foods (ABF) said Primark sales in the first half of the financial year were 4.2 per cent higher than the same period last year, as it was boosted by recent site expansions.
Property firms Countrywide (CWD) and LSL Property Services (LSL) have announced they are talking over a possible merger. The proposed deal could make the combined firm the largest estate agency in the country.
The feared activist investor who has taken on hospitals operator NMC Health (NMC) – a member of the prestigious FTSE 100 – and litigation finance firm Burford Capital has set out plans to expand and target more UK companies.
Barclays (BARC) is set to start looking for a new boss to replace Jes Staley, who is reportedly set to leave the bank at the end of the year, according to the Financial Times.
