The FTSE 100 drinks group behind Johnnie Walker and Guinness, Diageo (DGE), joined the growing list of companies to warn about the impact of coronavirus as it predicted a hit of up to £200 million on its 2020 profits.
An extraordinary rift at the heart of the family has thrown a spotlight on the tangled web that binds the Barclays (BARC)’ various interests.
Weir Group (WEIR) is preparing to sell its oil and gas division after a £546 million writedown on the value of the business pushed the group to an annual loss.
Metro Bank (MTRO), the challenger lender pole-axed by an accounting blunder last year, slumped to a full-year loss of £130.8 million for 2019 and will have to pay back £50 million of subsidy payments after reining in expansion plans.
The suffered its biggest intraday fall in almost five months amid worries that its $27 billion acquisition of Refinitiv could be delayed.
The chief executive of SIG (SHI) has left, only a fortnight after returning to work from a leave of absence taken for family reasons before Christmas.
