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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
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Greene King
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Greene King's principal activities are operating managed, tenanted and leased public houses, brewing beer, and wholesaling beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks.
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Stifel thinks pub and restaurant equity performance will be driven by companies’ ability to “flex balance sheets”
The US investment bank's analysts said: “We are social animals and eating and drinking out of the home has proved resilient to whatever the economic and political backdrop presents"
JP Morgan believes UK pubs sector may be a relatively ‘safe haven’ in an adverse Brexit scenario
The US bank has upped its recommendation for Mitchells & Butlers to ‘overweight’ from ‘neutral’ and raised its stance on Greene King to ‘neutral’ from ‘underweight’
Greene King looks to Merlin to fill vacant CEO position
Long-serving boss Rooney Anand is stepping down at the end of April, at which point Nick Mackenzie, the managing director of Merlin’s Midway Attractions division, will join
Cheers! Sales soar at Greene King over Christmas and New Year
Higher costs, economic and political uncertainty and unfavourable weather made 2018 a difficult year for pubs but Christmas has brought at least some cheer for Greene King
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FTSE 100 closes higher as markets climb on trade talk optimism
Trade talks between China and the US are said to be going very well, which has lit a fire under US equities
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'Big Four' supermarket sweep set to kick off with Christmas trading news from Wm Morrison
The update comes after Bradford-based Morrisons on Monday said it would cut an average of 20% from the prices of 900 products, including “store cupboard favourites”
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Slew of Christmas updates from retailers to dominate after Next's positive seasonal surprise
The Week Ahead will bring trading updates from the likes of M&S and Debenhams on the general retail front and all three of the listed UK supermarket groups – Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, and Tesco
Greene King half-year profits flat as weak food sales offset strong demand for drinks
Adjusted pre-tax profits were broadly unchanged at £128.2mln, despite half-year revenue rising by 1.9% to £1.05bn
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FTSE 100 closes higher but Wall Street lags
The FTSE 250 index, though, fell around 30 points to 18,609 on the day
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Thursday’s spotlight to focus on planes, trains and pubs with meals
Thomas Cook, Go-Ahead Group, and Greene King will be among Thursday's highlights.
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Christmas lights starting to peek out from under spreadsheets as updates slow in last week of November
The Week Ahead will bring a hotch-potch of updates from the likes of blue-chip Intertek Group, and mid caps Thomas Cook, Pennon, Greene King, Go-Ahead Group, and Britvic
Departure of long-serving Greene King CEO could be a “positive catalyst”
Rooney Anand has been at the helm of the UK pub operator for 13 years, but says the time is right to “hand over the baton”
Forget gastropubs, ‘wet-led’ pubs are back on top once again
The latest industry data has shown that drink sales are still growing much more quickly than those of food
Spire blames NHS for “disappointing” first-half profits slump and weak outlook
Britain’s second-largest healthcare firm said a “prolonged decline” in NHS volumes eroded margins in the first half as it chopped its forecasts for the year
Record profits for Wetherspoon as Tim Martin urges parliament to reject Chequers deal
“If parliament votes to end tariffs and reject the 'Chequers Deal', consumers and business will benefit additionally by avoiding a cost of £39bn in respect of the EU 'divorce payment' - for which there is no legal obligation”
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Airlines under pressure after IAG's British Airways unit hit by data theft
A look at some of the biggest risers and fallers in the London market on Friday
Greene King shares froth up after sales bolstered by World Cup and hot weather
The pub operator sold 3.7mln pints of beer during England’s seven World Cup matches
FTSE 100 takes a dive again; miners bear brunt
FTSE 100 finished down around 41 points or 0.56%, at 7,277 as its poor run continues
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Greene King and house prices to take spotlight on quiet Friday
The FTSE 250 pub chain will be hoping to capitalise on strong initial trading in its new financial year, boosted by the world cup and the UK's sweltering summer