Mark Bristow, chief executive, admitted the second quarter had been “one of the toughest in years” but insisted Randgold could meet its full-year production targets. “Forty-five per cent of our guidance we’ve done already. We need to do...

Pets At Home enjoyed its biggest growth in services, which make up around 10pc of the business. Like-for-like sales increased 7.5pc to £33.7m across its 246 dog and cat grooming salons, as well as its Vets4Pets centres, which are run under a...

The deal – at £45 a share – received lukewarm final backing from SAB’s board last week, despite chairman Jan De Plessis admitting it was “at the lower end of the range of values considered recommendable”. “It looks as if all the SAB...

“We are growing in the UK, we are investing in the UK. We like the UK,” said chief executive Mark Wilson. “And we are also benefitting from Aviva’s diversity, with 42pc of our earnings coming from outside of the UK.” Mr Wilson also said that the...

©iStock A number of FTSE 100 companies are making big offers to workers to cash in their “gold plated” final salary pensions, as employers wrestle with soaring pension costs, according to financial advisers. As pension deficits have climbed to...