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B&Qs parent company revealed adjusted pre-tax profits declined by 25.1 per cent to £568.1million in the 12 months ending January following weaker results in France and Poland.

Sales at the FTSE 100 retailer dropped 0.6% during the 12 months to January, while pre-tax profits sank 22.3% year on year.

Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Aston Martin Lagonda, St Jamess Place, Halfords, Taylor Wimpey, Reckitt Benckiser and Vodafone.

Shares in St James Place plummeted after it slashed its dividend and warned that costs connected to complaints would be a drag on growth.

Smith & Nephew expects profit margins to continue to improve this year after beating market expectations for 2023 earnings.

London's FTSE indexes got off to a slow start on Tuesday despite fresh data suggesting the UK's battle against inflation is nearing an end.

Segro said there had been a significant uplift in rents and predicted that income from them would rise further towards 2027 as it lets out more vacant space.

Segro said there had been a significant uplift in rents and predicted that income from them would rise further towards 2027 as it lets out more vacant space.

The Newcastle-based housebuilder saw weekly private reservation rates rise to 0.59 per outlet last month, compared to 0.45 in January 2023.

Early gains in the UKs blue-chip stock index fizzled out on Thursday after drugmaker AstraZeneca fell more than 6% after disappointing earnings and outweighed a jump in the shares of British...