Wetherspoon (J.D.) (JDW) pub chain bucks the casual dining slump, with a 36% profit rise to £54m.
Bid talks over electronic trading company Nex Group (NXG) hand its founder Michael Spencer an extra £136m, with shares at a record high.
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) (BKG) scraps plans to ramp up its house building with economic uncertainty, buy to let drop-off and red tape blamed.
Wetherspoon (J.D.) (JDW) pub chain bucks the casual dining slump, with a 36% profit rise to £54m.
Mitie Group (MTO) turnaround plan remains on track and it will deliver higher cost savings than previously thought. The outsourcer said that its transformation plan will see it trim costs by £50m a year by 2020.
Manx Financial Group (MFX) jumped 1.95p, to 13.25p. The company owns Conister Bank, the largest retail bank on the Isle of Man, and reported a 78% rise in profits to £2.5million for 2017. Executive chairman Jim Mellon, who has a 13.5 per cent stake in Manx worth £2.3million, described it as ‘a very satisfactory outcome’.
Domino’s Pizza Group (DOM) outlined plans to buy back £32million of shares before the end of the year, having already bought £18million.
The boss of animal genetics specialist Genus (GNS) sold shares in his own company worth £834,000.