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London's stock market opened slightly lower as investors digested another raft of company results. Shortly after trading began, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was down 5.87 points at 7,265.50. Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland fell 2.2% after the bank...

Pubs and brewing group Greene King today reported a 60% increase in annual pre-tax profits after a “transformational” year which saw it become the UK’s largest operator of directly managed pubs.

Electronics distributor Premier Farnell reported a healthy rise in annual pre-tax profits, helped by better-than-expected sales in emerging markets such as China and India. The Leeds-based company said profits rose 8.4 per cent to £74.8m in the...

Next upped its forecast for annual pre-tax profit today as it revealed its performance for the third quarter to October 27.

Annual pre-tax profit falls 3% after a writedown on the value of weaker venues, as company’s outspoken founder attacks burden of taxation