Retirement Planning

Insurance giant Aviva has posted a rise in annual profits as it rewards shareholders with a £300m buyback and upgraded dividend guidance. Its shares rose 4.1 per cent on Thursday …

Recruiter Robert Walters has joined rival Pagegroup in slashing headcount over the past year, citing the difficult jobs market in the UK, and London in particular. The London-listed company said …

Cybersecurity group Darktrace has reported a 27.4 per cent jump in revenue for the first half of its financial year. For the six months to the end of December, the …

Sky News’ City Editor Mark Kleinman writes a weekly column for City A.M., this week on the budget, the latest on the Woodford fallout, and another bank tie-up For a …

Threads business Coats Group posted a flat set of earnings for 2023 and blamed a “widespread industry destocking” for the tepid performance. Revenue at the British multinational was down nine …

Pest control experts Rentokil saw revenue leap by 45 per cent in 2023 as the acquisition of US peer Terminix started to bear fruit. The group today said that revenue …

Wealth manager Brooks Macdonald has placed its international division under review after telling markets it is “behind plan” following a string of poor results. The publically traded investment firm said …

Fintech firm Funding Circle kicked off a £25m share buyback programme today and said it was looking to offload its loss-making US division in the hope of stemming losses and …

Insurance firm Beazley has kicked off a $325m (£255m) share buyback today after notching record profits over the past year. In its full-year results this morning, the FTSE 100-listed Lloyd’s …

Food and distribution company Brake Bros returned to profit for the first time since 2018 after its revenue increased by £1bn during its latest financial year. Newly-filed accounts for the …