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Babcock International has reported a jump in annual profit as the British defence giant once again benefits from a “sustained uplift” in global defence spending. In a full-year update to …

Power generation group Drax reported an increase in profit in the first half and forecast that its earnings for the full year would come at the “top end” of expectations. …

Drivers are still paying too much for their fuel, with retail margins “significantly” above historic levels, according to the UK competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that …

Britain’s competition watchdog has said it is “unlikely” to find widespread evidence to suggest that loyalty prices in stores are misleading shoppers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which launched …

Hours ahead of the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Paris, France’s high-speed rail network has been hit by “malicious acts” which have caused service disruptions. French rail company SNCF said in …

London-based tech company Computacenter announced a drop in profit before tax by a third for the first half of the year on weaker than expected demand in the UK industry. The £2.97bn …

As airlines brace for the end of the post-pandemic travel boom, Easyjet is bucking the trend, Guy Taylor writes It has been some week for the aviation industry. An unexpectedly …

London funds house Jupiter saw outflows accelerate in the first six months of the year as investors grew nervous over the departure of star stock picker Ben Whitmore. In its …

Natwest became the latest bank to report a fading boost from higher interest rates as it announced the acquisition of a part of Metro Bank’s residential mortgage book. The FTSE …

Hedge fund Man Group revealed that it generated investment performance of $11.1bn (£8.6bn) over the first six months of 2024, as it started the year off “strongly”. It made net …