City snapshot: Reckitt Benckiser like-for-likes up 2% in first quarter

FTSE 100 consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has posted 2% like-for-like sales growht in the first three months of the year, despite weak sales of its Scholl and Dettol brands. Plus, Brakes’ first financial accounts under the ownership of US food distribution giant Sysco show a 30% fall in pro-rata operating profits and all the rest of the latest news from the City.