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Day ahead: Ten Entertainment float could score a strike; Hays to update
The UK's second largest ten-pin bowling operator, Ten Entertainment will have an initial market cap of £107.25mln when conditional trading starts in London
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Hays PLC
LON:HAS
Hays plc is a United Kingdom-based recruitment group engaged in the provision of specialist recruitment of permanent and temporary, professional and technical staff. The Company operates in three geographical segments: United Kingdom and Ireland, Continental Europe and Rest of World, and Asia Pacific. As of June 30, 2008, the Company operated in 19 countries in the region and has opened operations in Hungary and Denmark. It operates in various sectors, such as accountancy and finance, construction and property, information technology, sales and marketing, banking, contact centers, education, executive, financial services, healthcare, human resource, legal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, purchasing, resource management, and resources and mining.
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Week ahead: Recruiters to provide Brexit insight while Tesco delivers finals
Week ahead: Tesco, Pagegroup, Hays, JD Sports, WH Smith ...
Hays inspires outbreak of fence-sitting
Neutral seems the default position of the broking community, with 12 analysts sitting on the fence; four rate it as a ‘strong buy’; one as a ‘sell’ and two as a ‘strong sell’.
Staffing firm Hays sees net fees rise, with UK recruitment stable after post-Brexit stumble
In a half-year update, the FTSE 250-listed group said its net fees rose to £465.5mln in the six months to December 31, up from £396.9mln a year earlier.
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FTSE 100 shares end higher as Unilever seeks more shareholder value
FTSE 100 shares ended higher on Wednesday, as Unilever talked up a review to show more shareholder value and Lloyds Banking posted its highest profit in a decade
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Day ahead: Dividends, no PPI provisions the focus in Lloyds Banking Group results
Lloyds is forecast to report a a jump in 2016 pretax profits to around £4.4bn, up from £1.6bn a year earlier when it was hit by a huge bill for PPI scandal provisions.
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Week ahead: Housebuilders and banks dominate agenda with slew of earnings
Housebuilders and banks will take centre stage with a slew of London-listed corporate earnings to be published.
Deutsche Bank abandons bearish stance on recruitment sector
Recent macro data has been better than expected, and the outlook for staffing markets in major economies has shown some improvement
Hays awash with cash after strong quarter
The group as seen some early signs of recovery in the private sector in the UK & Ireland.
Day ahead: Christmas retail merry-go-round continues with M&S, Primark-owner AB Foods, and Tesco
After Next kicked off the sector Christmas updates with a profit warning last week, shareholders should be more nervous on what M&S and Primark will deliver.
Week ahead: Blizzard of trading updates to show the icy front on UK high streets
Given Next’s disappointing update this week, news from Marks and Spencer and Primark-owner Associated British Foods could send the most shivers through the sector.
Top City broker lists winners and losers under a Trump presidency
Will there be a construction boom under the new president? One broker things there may be.
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Goldman Sachs says sell Tesco; Morgan Stanley more bearish on Centrica
“Our key concern is that cash generation does not support [the] valuation,” the Wall Street investment bank said.
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Brexit and the ‘hard’, winding road ahead
A look at some of the major Brexit developments this week.
Broker slashes Capita target due to Brexit concerns
Capita has already issued a major profit warning but more pain may be on its way said the broker.
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Vodafone deal with Liberty could provide investors with huge boost, says UBS
Vodafone, Centamin and Mondi have each been given the spotlight treatment.
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Brokers - Hays plc receives upgrade from Credit Suisse
A look at some early analyst views across the City
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BrexitWatch - UK government looking for 'unique' EU deal
A look at some more Brexit topics in the last week of August
London shares end lower as PMI data reveals business costs rising
London shares ended lower on Thursday as a robust manufacturing survey was interpreted as adding to production costs, rather than boosting exports in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union
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FTSE 100 Index edges up despite mining pressure
The Footsie pared earlier gains, although the UK-focused FTSE 250 rebounded