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Cooks Coffee agrees partnership deal with Tesco Ireland
8th Oct 2025 09:18
(Sharecast News) - Cooks Coffee Company is to open outlets in five of supermarket giant Tesco's Irish stores, the cafe chain announced on Wednesday.
Read moreRamsdens guides for FY25 profit beat on gold and retail gains
8th Oct 2025 09:06
(Sharecast News) - Foreign exchange and pawnbroking business Ramsdens Holdings said on Wednesday that full-year pre-tax profits would be "slightly ahead of expectations", reflecting further progress across core income streams, as well as the continued benefit of high gold prices.
Read moreBMW slashes 2025 targets on weak China sales, tariff impact
8th Oct 2025 09:05
(Sharecast News) - Shares in BMW plunged in Frankfurt on Wednesday after the German auto giant warned that profits would fall this year after adjusting its outlook for weaker sales in China and the impact of US trade tariffs.
Read moreBestselling Bloomsbury author lands major Hollywood deal
8th Oct 2025 08:57
(Sharecast News) - Walt Disney Studios has snapped up the rights to author Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures series of children's books, her publisher Bloomsbury Publishing confirmed on Wednesday.
Read moreNew Zealand central bank delivers larger-than-expected rate cut
8th Oct 2025 08:27
(Sharecast News) - New Zealand's central bank slashed interest rates on Wednesday, as it looked to bolster the country's faltering economic recovery.
Read moreAsia report: Stocks end mixed, Japanese politics in focus
8th Oct 2025 08:25
(Sharecast News) - Stocks in the region were mostly lower in the middle of the week, taking their lead from Wall Street.
Read moreThursday preview: Powell, US Long-Bond auction in focus
8th Oct 2025 08:22
(Sharecast News) - Thursday will see the US Federal Reserve remain in focus with its head, Jerome Powell, due to speak.
Read moreGreencore upgrades FY guidance following 'strong' Q4 performance
8th Oct 2025 08:19
(Sharecast News) - Convenience foods manufacturer Greencore upgraded its full-year profit guidance on Wednesday after it delivered "another strong quarter" in the three months ended 26 September, with both fourth-quarter and FY group revenues up 8%.
Read moreLondon open: Stocks gain as Lloyds, Close Brothers rally
8th Oct 2025 08:13
(Sharecast News) - London stocks rose in early trade on Wednesday, with gold miners shining as spot gold rose above $4,000 for the first time, while Lloyds and Close Brothers rallied as the Financial Conduct Authority's motor finance redress scheme came in lower than expected.
Read moreMarston's sees FY profit ahead of market expectations
8th Oct 2025 08:10
(Sharecast News) - Pub group Marston's said on Wednesday that full-year underlying pre-tax profit was set to be ahead of market expectations.
Read moreJapan's SoftBank to buy ABB's robotics business for $5.4bn
8th Oct 2025 07:57
(Sharecast News) - Japan's SoftBank said on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering company ABB for $5.4bn.
Read moreEurope open: Stoxx 600 back at record highs despite weak data
8th Oct 2025 07:49
(Sharecast News) - European stock markets moved slightly higher on Wednesday morning, pushing back into record territory despite data showing a big drop in German industrial production.
Read moreGerman industrial output sees steepest decline in over three years
8th Oct 2025 07:48
(Sharecast News) - Industrial output across Germany registered its steepest monthly decline in more than three years in August, falling significantly more than analysts had expected.
Read moreLondon pre-open: Stocks to rise; car finance scandal in focus
8th Oct 2025 07:44
(Sharecast News) - London stocks were set to rise at the open on Wednesday, with the motor finance scandal in focus after the Financial Conduct Authority said lenders would have to pay up to £11bn in compensation.
Read moreONS cuts government borrowing estimates by £2bn
8th Oct 2025 07:40
(Sharecast News) - Government borrowing has been overstated by £2bn this year, the Office for National Statistics confirmed on Wednesday, after an error was found in the tax receipts used to calculate the data.
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