Thursday broker round-up
11th Feb 2021 14:18
(Sharecast News) - JD Wetherspoons: Peel Hunt downgrades to reduce with a target price of 1,150p.
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Restrictions, Brexit deal, Tax
3rd Jan 2021 21:22
(Sharecast News) - Sir Keir Starmer has urged Boris Johnson to bring in new national Covid restrictions within the next 24 hours. The Labour leader said the virus was "clearly out of control", as he insisted that it was "no good the Prime Minister hinting that further restrictions are coming into place in a week, or two or three. That delay has been the source of so many problems," he said. "So, I say bring in those restrictions now, national restrictions, within the next 24 hours." - Sunday Telegraph
Read moreJefferies upgrades Whitbread, downgrades InterContinental in leisure overview
8th Dec 2020 08:01
(Sharecast News) - Jefferies has upgraded Whitbread but downgraded both InterContinental Hotels Group and On The Beach Group following the latest Covid-19 vaccine developments.
Read moreCovid-19 vaccines trigger new bullmarket, Liberum says
2nd Dec 2020 08:40
(Sharecast News) - The development of successful Covid-19 vaccines has set off a fresh bull market for UK shares that will last several years, Liberum analysts said.
Read moreFriday broker round-up
27th Nov 2020 13:18
(Sharecast News) - GoCo: Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold with a target price of 1,974p.
Read moreWetherspoon says 366 pubs will be shut under new Covid rules
27th Nov 2020 07:21
(Sharecast News) - Pub chain Wetherspoon said half of its pubs would remain closed under the UK government's tiered system when the national lockdown ends on December 2.
Read moreSwathes of England face strictest Covid restrictions
26th Nov 2020 11:37
(Sharecast News) - London escaped the most stringent of post-lockdown Covid-19 restrictions but Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle are among areas faced with strict measures in the runup to Christmas.
Read moreModerna reports 95% efficacy in Covid vaccine trials, stocks jump
16th Nov 2020 12:46
(Sharecast News) - Markets rallied on Monday after US biotech Moderna said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine had proved nearly 95% effective in phase 3 trials.
Read moreJD Wetherspoon criticises rule changes after sales drop
11th Nov 2020 08:03
(Sharecast News) - JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin criticised "regulatory hyperactivity" affecting Britain's pubs as the company reported a sharp drop in sales.
Read moreWetherspoon slumps to first annual loss as boss attacks UK Covid curbs
16th Oct 2020 07:03
(Sharecast News) - Pub chain JD Wetherspoon swung to its first an annual loss, blaming the UK government's coronavirus lockdown measures, and said recent 10pm curfew had led to a 15% fall in like-for-like sales in the first 11 weeks of the current fiscal year.
Read moreLondon to move from Tier-1 to Tier-2 Covid-19 restrictions on Saturday
15th Oct 2020 10:41
(Sharecast News) - Londoners will be subject to Tier-2 Covid-19 restrictions from Saturday, meaning that the mixing of households indoors and at pubs and restaurants will not be allowed.
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Pubs, Ocado, Apple
12th Oct 2020 02:52
(Sharecast News) - Boris Johnson will today reveal tough new three-tier lockdown rules for England which will close pubs, bars and gyms for millions living in coronavirus hot spots for up to six months. The Prime Minister will hold an emergency Cobra briefing on Monday morning to hammer out the final details before setting out the new nationwide system in the Commons. Local leaders in Liverpool and Manchester last night railed against the Government's decision, accusing Mr Johnson of not providing enough consultation before introducing the business-battering restrictions. - Mail on Sunday
Read moreWetherspoon to cut up to 450 jobs at six airport pubs
22nd Sep 2020 11:47
(Sharecast News) - Pub chain JD Wetherspoon announced on Tuesday that it would be cutting up to 450 jobs at six airport establishments.
Read moreWetherspoon boss warns on Covid-19 restrictions
14th Sep 2020 08:10
(Sharecast News) - JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin warned against making pubs unprofitable based on flimsy evidence as the UK introduced strict new rules on social gathering to combat Covid-19.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Avon Rubber and Computacenter at record-highs
9th Sep 2020 15:50
(Sharecast News) - London's second-tier index was edging higher in late afternoon trading with investor sentiment buoyed in the background by a bounce on Wall Street as the beaten down Nasdaq-100 technology gauge bounced off of a key short-term technical support level.
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