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RBS update to follow banking rivals amid 'challenging' market, while BT first quarter 'should be ok'
An update is also scheduled from British Airways owner IAG
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Essentra PLC
LON:ESNT
Essentra is a leading international supplier of specialist plastic, fibre, foam and packaging products with three Strategic Business Units: Component Solutions, Health & Personal Care Packaging and Filtration Products. Every day we produce and distribute millions of small but essential components. Our products may not be noticeable – or even recognisable – but wherever you are, our business is all around you. Our international network extends to 33 countries and includes 53 principal manufacturing facilities, 64 sales and distribution operations and 5 research & development centres.
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Week ahead preview: Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, BT Group, BoE and US Fed
It will be a busy week for markets with a barrage of corporate earnings and interest rates decisions from the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve.
Essentra peels off speciality tapes business in US$77mln deal
The FTSE 250 firm said the funds from the all-cash deal would be used to further strengthen its balance sheet
Essentra makes another disposal from specialist components division
The Extrusion business contributed operating profit of £1.2mln to the group in 2018 and was sold for a value of £14.4mln
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United Utilities and Intertek Group to be in focus on a busy Thursday
United Utilities, Intertek, Mitchells & Butlers, TalkTalk Group, and Tate & Lyle are all in the schedule for Thursday.
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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
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FTSE 100 closes in red as China manufacturing data sends chill
The UK's premier share index shed over 22 points at 7,418, while the FTSE 250 shed over 86 points at 19,824
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Impressive first quarter performance needed from oil giant BP after recent share price rally
The Day Ahead also brings updates from the likes of blue-chip lender Standard Chartered, Premier Inn owner Whitbread and pubs group Greene King
Essentra ticks up as profits improve despite flat revenues in 2018
The FTSE 250 group reported an adjusted pre-tax profit from continuing operations of £80mln, up 8% on the prior year, while revenues had stayed flat at around £1.02bn
FTSE 100 closes down on week but higher on Friday as trader optimism returns
Footsie closed the day 32 points up, or 0.45% at 7,106
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City set for surprisingly busy Friday with WPP, Rightmove and William Hill all due up
Fridays are normally quiet affairs in the City, but not this week…
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Hotchpotch of blue-chip results set to flow in coming week from likes of Rolls-Royce, ITV, WPP
The Week Ahead will also bring a trading update from AB Foods, plus final results from Standard Chartered, IAG, Persimmon, Rightmove, as well as the latest US GDP data
Essentra's third quarter statement a bit of a curate's egg
For the first nine months of 2018, the businesses Essentra is looking to exit made an operating loss of around £1mln. The closures would result in an exceptional charge in the second half of 2018 of about £12mln, of which roughly £4mln woul
FTSE 100 closes ahead as US earnings season gets off to strong start
The UK blue-chip index closed up almost 23 points at 7,049 - up around 0.77% on the week as a whole
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Provident Financial Group to be among Friday’s few likely corporate highlights
Aside from the FTSE 250-listed home credit firm, blue chips InterContinental Hotels and London Stock Exchange will also issue third-quarter trading updates on Friday
Essentra returns to profits growth
The troublesome packaging business has "turned a corner", according to the chief executive, Paul Forman
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FTSE 100 closes higher as positive US jobs report boosts sentiment
Footsie closed the day up over 83 points at 7,659, but over the week as a whole it was down 0.54%
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RBS in the spotlight in wake of govt stake sale
Both Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways owner IAG release interims on Friday.
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Banks in the foreground as the BoE and Fed make rate decisions; Barclays, Lloyds, RBS all report results
Aside from the raft of banking numbers in the Week Ahead, the likes of BP, Centrica, Next, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Taylor Wimpey will also continue the FTSE 100 reporting splurge
Essentra pays around £4.9mln in cash for Swedish plastic components maker Nolato Hertila
Hertila which distributes and manufactures caps, plugs, and other plastic components, generated revenue of Skr39.9mln (around £3.4mln) for the year ended 31 December 2017