All Finance articles – Page 2
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NewsImp & Maker secures fresh investment after leaving Dragons’ Den
Luxury food and drink hamper startup Imp & Maker has raised £500k after failing to secure investment during an appearance on Dragons’ Den
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NewsReckitt rockets in China as group clinches turnaround victory
Reckitt Benckiser has beaten market expectations for growth, as soaring emerging market sales help cement the victory of the group’s turnaround plans
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NewsPrinces Group sets IPO valuation at £1.2bn
The Liverpool-headquartered food company revealed this morning it had set the price range for the upcoming IPO at 475p to 590p per share
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NewsHeineken beer volumes sag amid ‘challenging’ quarter
Chiefly responsible for the declines were performances in Europe and the Americas
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NewsGousto takes aim at supermarkets as recipe kit provider returns to double-digit growth
Gousto has returned to ‘market-beating’ growth in the first half of 2025 as the recipe kit business continued to build on positive trading momentum experienced in the back end of last year
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NewsFood inflation falls to 4.5% in August but CPI holds firm
Food inflation fell to 4.5% in the 12 months to September 2025, despite overall consumer price rises holding steady on August’s levels at 4.1%
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NewsLidl triples pre-tax profit as market share booms
Lidl has kept its position as the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket, pulling in 38 million more visitors last year as shoppers flocked to the discounter
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NewsCoca-Cola reverses volume decline in Q3, beats revenue expectations
The Coca-Cola Company beat market expectations to deliver 6% organic revenue growth in Q3, as volumes flipped back into positive growth
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NewsDawn Meats takeover of New Zealand’s Alliance gets green light from farmers
The result at a special general meeting means Dawn Meats will buy a 65% holding in Alliance, with the farmer owners retaining the remaining 35%
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NewsProfit warnings surge for under-pressure retailers
Profit warnings have surged in the third quarter as cautious consumers put retailers under ‘immense pressure’ heading into the crucial Christmas trading period
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NewsCoca-Cola HBC buys African bottler for $2.6bn
Coca-Cola HBC supplies 28 markets including Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
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NewsUnilever ice cream spin-off delayed by US government shutdown
Unilever initially planned to spin-off the business in mid-November
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NewsMolson Coors to cut 400 jobs in ‘Americas’ restructuring
The move will result in a 9% reduction in headcount in the region
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Comment & OpinionOne-off or not, B&M’s accounting error could stall return to growth
Investors are exasperated and analysts are questioning B&M’s financial controls
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NewsPizza Hut UK swoops for dine-in restaurants but 68 sites at risk
Sixty-eight Pizza Hut restaurants remain at risk of closing
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NewsSupreme buys Slimfast in £20m deal
Supreme has picked up dieting brand Slimfast for £20m in a bid to tap the boom in weight loss jabs
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NewsB&M CFO hands in notice after accounting error knocks profit
B&M’s CFO has told the board he will step down, after a £7m accounting error forced the company to downgrade its profit guidance for the 2026 financial year
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Comment & OpinionCo-op faces many questions over its commercial and logistics restructure
Offering suppliers a single point of contact in which it can simultaneously close deals with 8,000 outlets across multiple routes to market is very attractive, but the plans have got off to a shaky start
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NewsNestlé job cuts plan welcomed by investors
Nestlé’s plan to cut 16,000 jobs over the next two years may do little for staff morale, but was heartily welcomed by investors
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NewsJohnson & Johnson hit by £1bn talc cancer claim in UK legal action
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been hit by a UK group action lawsuit claiming that its talcum powder caused cancer