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Macfarlane Group PLC
LON:MACF
Macfarlane Group is a manufacturer and distributer of packaging consumable products. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, Macfarlane Group employs 750 people at 22 sites, principally in the UK and Ireland, servicing more than 16,000 customers, in a wide range of sectors including: consumer goods; logistics; electronics; food manufacturing and retailing; internet and home retailing.
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Macfarlane expects to remain profitable in 2020
Sales for the six months to June 30 are estimated to dip 3% on 2019
FTSE 100 closes in the red as US stocks take a hit; Centrica tanks
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Barclays to round off trio of UK banking results on Thursday
Barclays will be a highlight in Thursday's schedule.
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Banking results to flow faster, with Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC all set to report 2018 numbers
Aside from the banking results, the week ahead will bring updates from other blue-chips firms such as BAE Systems, Anglo American, Pearson, and Reckitt Benckiser
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FTSE 100 closes in red as trade worries and Brexit fears put investors off
The UK index of leading shares finished Thursday down around 11 points, or 0.15%, at 7,563.
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CRH to provide progress report on margin improvement initiatives
There are not many heavyweights expected to release results on Thursday but plenty will be going ex-dividend
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World biggest miner, BHP Billiton the main focus as results flow set to slow in coming week
Only three other FTSE 100-listed companies are scheduled to unveil updates – housebuilder Persimmon, Irish construction group CRH, and Middle East hospitals operator NMC Healthcare
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FTSE 100 closes in red, despite US market turnaround
In London, the FTSE 100 closed down around 29 points at 7,252
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Another day, another bank reporting results - Barclays the next up to the oche
Day ahead includes a swathe of FTSE 100 results, including from the likes of Barclays PLC, British American Tobacco PLC, BAE Systems PLC, and Centrica PLC
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Banks to feature strongly in deluge of blue chip earnings, including Lloyds, RBS, Barclays
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FTSE 100 holds on to gains despite late swoon
The FTSE 100 was its gains eroded as the Jackson Hole chinwag got under way
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Premier Oil will be among the highlights on Thursday's City agenda
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Final trading week of August, but some big news still to come from Persimmon PLC, BHP Billiton PLC, and Antofagasta PLC
Week ahead includes first half results from Persimmon PLC, Antofagasta PLC, Cairn Energy PLC, Premier Oil PLC, WPP PLC; full year numbers from BHP Billiton PLC
Packaging group Macfarlane reports seventh consecutive year of profit growth
The company has reported a 15.4% increase in pre-tax profits for the year, buoyed by sales growth in its packaging distribution division
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Week Ahead: Persimmon expected to shrug off Brexit fears
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