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Clothes retailers Next and Ted Baker in the spotlight on Thursday
Not much excitement is expected from the Bank of England, so investor attention will instead be on two of the UK’s troubled clothes retailers: Ted Baker and Next
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SEGRO PLC
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SEGRO PLC is a property investment company, which owns and manages business space. It develops and acquired properties throughout Europe. The Company manage its business through two strategic business units: the United Kingdom and Continental Europe.
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Segro raises around £450mln in share placing to invest in project pipeline as it posts strong 2018 results
For the year ended 31 December 2018, Segro reported a 24.4% rise in adjusted pre-tax profit to £241.5mln boosted by high customer retention rates, like-for-like rental growth and a low vacancy rate
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FTSE 100 joins global benchmarks to head higher on Friday on trade deal hopes
Britain's blue chip index closed up around 39, or 0.55% at 7,236 on the day
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RBS to kick-start 2018 full-year results season for listed UK banks with further dividend
Aside from the RBS numbers, full-year results will also be due on Friday from mid-cap real estate group Segro, while the macro focus will be on January UK retail sales data
RBC initiates coverage on six property firms as it turns spotlight on UK real estate
Both LandSec and Tritax were given 'outperform' ratings on the back of an improved risk profile and exposure to the UK industrial property market respectively
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Blue-chip corporate update mill to continue to grind, with RBS and AstraZenca to the fore
Aside from all the company news, the Week Ahead also brings the latest UK inflation and GDP growth data for investors to digest, while the Brexit saga will continue to roll on
Hammerson weak as JPMorgan Cazenove downgrades to ‘neutral’ in cautious review of European property sector
The US bank also reduced its target price for Hammerson to 410p, down from 610p previously, with the shares currently trading at 344.80p, 3.7% below Friday’s close
Segro logs 43% rise in new leasing deals in third quarter
Segro contracted £12.6mln in headline rent in the July-October term, up from £8.8mln in the year-ago period
FTSE 100 closes in the red as May set to address EU27
The FTSE 100 falls 35 points to 7,025, while Dow falls more than 300 points
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Barratt Developments is the next homebuilder in the City schedule
Barratt is to follow Tuesday's update from Bellway.
Housebuilders in focus as Barratt Developments and Bellway update on trading
The week ahead includes full year results from Bellway and ASOS, interims from Gear4Music and trading updates from Barratt Developments, Segro, Unilever, Domino's Pizza and Rentokil
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Lloyds and HSBC go ex-div, but has the BBQ summer saved Kingfisher’s first half?
Investors in the B&Q owner will be hoping for a BBQ boost sufficient to offset the springtime freeze.
FTSE 100 keeps head above water at close: Facebook in focus
The Nasdaq on Wall Street is down over 88 points at the time of writing, at 7,420.
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Blue-chip deluge on Thursday with Royal Dutch Shell, AstraZeneca and Diageo (and more) set to report
Three of the 10 largest London-listed companies (by capitalisation) are updating the market on Thursday. A dozen or more other household names are also expected to report.
SEGRO enjoys record quarter in terms of securing new headline rent
SEGRO completed 146,500 square metres of developments in the quarter, capable of generating £10.9mln of headline rent when fully let, of which £6.8mln(63%) has been secured
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FTSE 100 closes firmly higher as metals prices, sterling help
FTSE 100 gained support from higher metals prices and a slide in sterling on Wednesday to close higher
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Bunzl expected to report solid organic sales growth
Updates are expected from Bunzl, Countryside Properties and Jupiter Fund Management, among others
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FTSE 100 plunges 1.23% to below 7,000 after BoE rate decision
In the currency markets, the pound is up 0.13% against the Euro, but down 0.20% against the US dollar.
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Genel Energy and Ted Baker in the spotlight ahead of Thursday’s results
The Kurdistan oil and gas business releases its results on Thursday, while investors will be hoping to see continued momentum for the fashion retailer.
SEGRO sees full-year 2017 profits jump 25% after record level of development completions
The industrial property developer said its adjusted pre-tax profit increased by 25.7% to £194.2mln in the full-year to 31 December 2017, up from £154.5mln a year earlier