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Assura Group
LON:AGR
Assura Group Limited is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a health provider organisation that invests in and develops primary health care property, community hospitals, integrated pharmacy and related medical businesses incorporating joint venture partnerships with GPs, consultants, diagnostics and service providers. Assura Group is traded in the ISDX Exchange HERE
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Assura to raise £190mln in placing and up to €8mln in PrimaryBid offer
The developer of doctor's surgeries and other primary health facilities said it has a short-term pipeline of £193mln
Assura to be overlooked as investors eye Covid recovery trades – JP Morgan
“We see better ways of playing the UK sector, such as through offices and UK residential," JP Morgan Cazenove said.
Assura strengthens primary care pipeline with Apollo Capital acquisition
"Expanding our offer to the NHS as its partner of choice has never been more vital than it is today”
Assura sees a key role for primary care post-coronavirus
June quarter rents being received in line with normal patterns
Assura raises £185mln to develop and acquire GP surgeries
Assura said it had a £165mln pipeline of opportunities for developing new properties and acquiring others
Assura expands pipeline in third quarter
The primary health property group's total immediate pipeline, including on site developments, was £252mln at the end of December, up from £206mln in September
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FTSE 100 closes higher as trade tensions ease
The UK's premier shares index closed up around ten points at 7,320
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Severn Trent to kick off water sector updates on Tuesday; retailers also in focus
The Day Ahead will bring trading updates from the likes of stores groups Halfords, Topps Tiles, and WH Smith
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Still no opportunities to sell in May, with Royal Mail and M&S set to deliver updates
The Week Ahead will also bring news from power firm SSE and water groups Severn Trent and United Utilities, plus the latest UK inflation and retail sales numbers
Assura and Unite downgraded to ‘Hold’ by Liberum as orderly Brexit upside priced into sector
In a note on the real estate sector, Liberum said going into results season, it saw “modest [net asset value] upside risk to the Industrial REITs and Unit, and downside risk to our Retail [2019 fiscal year] NAV forecasts”
Assura encouraged by NHS long term plan
Assura’s annual rental income rose to just shy of £100mln in the three months to December
Assura ups interim dividend after net rental incomes and portfolio growth in first half
The FTSE 250 firm reported that net rental income had risen around 21% to £46.2mln year-on-year while its investment property values increased by 6.3% to £1.8bn
FTSE 100 closes firmly in the red as PM Theresa May says Brexit deal within grasp
The UK blue-chip benchmark closed down nearly 90 points at 6,960, while the FTSE 250 shed nearly 55 points
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No profit warning repeat hoped for from British Gas owner Centrica
Aside from Centrica, the Day Ahead includes updates from the likes of water firm Severn Trent, booze retailer Majestic Wines, and pubs operator Mitchells & Butlers
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UK investors will have plenty of updates to chew over in the coming week as turkeys are prepared for US Thanksgiving
Aside from the inevitable Brexit drama, the Week Ahead will be dominated by another batch of corporate updates from the likes of Kingfisher, Centrica, easyJet, and Compass Group
Assura splashes out £50mln on three more acquisitions
The healthcare property investor said one of the acquisitions was the Stratford Healthcare Centre, one of the largest primary healthcare facilities in the UK
Assura rental income grows as acquisition spree pays off
The healthcare property investor said it now owns 556 medical centres with a total annualised rent roll of £96.9mln – up from £91.0mln at the end of March
Assura sees rent income jump in full-year results but profits drop by nearly a quarter
The FTSE 250-healthcare property investor and developer reported net rental income had increased 18.1% to £80.2mln, but pre-tax profits plummeted 25% to £71.8mln
FTSE 100 closes higher as pound firms; Shire top riser
The latest ONS data showed that retail sales grew 0.3% in October - ahead of the 0.1% economists had expected - which has boosted the blue chip retailers
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Royal Mail Group continues to contend with tough compeition
Royal Mail reports on Thursday and investors will be waiting to see how the mail group is coping with the competition.
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Don’t expect fireworks from Taylor Wimpey’s quarterly numbers
House builders and telcos will provide some of the weeks highlights.
Barclays, Lloyds, and RBS shares slide after BoE says interest rates should remain on hold
A look at today's biggest risers and fallers in London
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Shell to come under fire over bosses pay package, climate change goals at its annual general meeting
Like Bob Dudley, his counter-part at FTSE 100-listed peer BP, Shell’s chief executive Ben Van Beurden will see his multi-million euro salary come under close scrutiny
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Marks & Spencer's womenswear woes under scrutiny again as retailers dominate
Week ahead: Marks & Spencer, Dixons Carphone, Kingfisher, De la Rue...
Kingfisher trading will be in focus on Tuesday
Kingfisher Plc, Homeserve PLC, Rotork PLC and Babcock International Group PLC are all in Tuesday's agenda
Chancellor's Autumn Statement is time for fiscal re-set
The new chancellor of the exchequer gets to set out his stall
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