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FTSE 100 closes higher, buoyed by hopes for City post-Brexit
FTSE 100 closed around 30 points higher at 7,398 on Minday
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Capita PLC
LON:CPI
Capita is the UK’s leading business process outsourcing (BPO) and professional services company, offering back office administration and front office customer contact services to private and public sector organisations across the UK and Ireland.
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Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, GSK and Shire kick off earnings season for banks and pharmas
The week ahead in includes updates from Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, Shire, GSK, Whitbread, Persimmon and Shell
Capita receives welcome boost as it wins contract extension with BBC
Capita will continue to provide the BBC with audience feedback, ideas for programme-making and new ways to encourage public participation
Capita shares jump as Volkswagen extends customer services contract
The announcement comes in the wake of Capita unveiling a profit warning and plans for a £700mln rights issue in a January trading update.
Capita shares rise as ShoreCap upgrades the stock and commends turnaround plan
ShoreCap raised its rating on the stock to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ with a target price of 152p
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Markets nervous ahead of Capita finals, is it ‘the next Carillion’?
Capita will be a focus on Thursday, others include Bovis House, Cobham, and National Express.
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Housebuliders step up to the podium in busy week of corporate earnings
The week ahead includes a slew of full year results, including from Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon, GKN, Capita, AB Foods and WPP
Gattaca drops as boss steps down with immediate effect, dividend cover doubled
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in the London market on Wednesday
FTSE 100 closes strongly higher as markets stabilise
The UK blue chip index closed up 138 at 7,279 - above the day’s peak of 7,255.
Capita shares rebound as Morgan Stanley moves to 'equal-weight' rating
The outlook for Capita remains unclear until a strategic update later in the year, according to Morgan Stanley
FTSE 100 slides as dollar rallies on expectations of a March rate hike by the Fed
US workers' pay increased 2.9% year-on-year, compared to expectations of a 2.6% increase.
Capita taking right steps to recovery but UK political turmoil weighs, say analysts
Jefferies cut its rating on Capita to ‘hold’ from ‘buy’ and slashed its target price to 200p from 750p
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FTSE 100 closes in red but broadcaster ITV shines
Footsie finished down over 43 points at 7,490, while FTSE 250 was also lower - down around 58 points at 20,185.
Capita collapse could create bigger headache than Carillion's demise
Capita won more than 10 times the number of UK public sector contracts awarded to Carillion over the past two years, according to data firm Tussell
Investors hang up on TalkTalk as Exane slashes price target and forecasts another cut to the divi
Some of the main news-driven share price changes in London on Wednesday ...
Capita shares plunge as it warns on profits and announces £700mln rights issue
Capita's profit warning comes in the wake of the collapse of fellow contractor Carillion earlier this month
FTSE 100 ends lower as pound firms; housebuilders weigh
Britain's top tier index closed around 54 points lower at 7,533
Capita shares rally as M&S extends digital customer contact partnership by further five years
In a statement, Capita said the contract renewal and expansion commences April 2018 and is worth approximately £70mln over the contract term
Capita shares drop as Prudential terminates contract for UK life and pensions administration
The FTSE 250-listed outsourcing group said Prudential has decided to terminate the contract as part of a wider customer and technology transformation programme
Crowdfunding platform ENVESTORS says equity investments via its investor network surpass £100mln
To date, ENVESTORS has facilitated investments in 212 companies, with multiple funding rounds resulting in over 810 deals in those businesses