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The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Whitbread, DS Smith and Speedy Hire. Read the Thursday 22 June Business Live blog below.

Strong UK trading and continued recovery in Germany meant the budget hotelier enjoyed strong revenues growth in the last quarter.

Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Tesco, ITV, Currys, Travis Perkins and GSK.

Bellway reported a 25% drop in reservations in the four months to the start of June compared to the same period last year, while cancellations also ticked up slightly.

The Newcastle-based firm reported that the reservation rate for the four months to June 4 was down by around a quarter.

The Budapest-headquartered group posted a €535.1million (£460million) loss for the 12 months ending March, compared to a €642.5million loss the previous year.

(Reuters) -Dr Martens shares dropped more than 10% on Thursday after the British bootmaker warned investments would hit profit margins this financial year and the consumer backdrop in the United States "was the toughest in the world at the moment". | 05:05am

SSP Group flagged upbeat annual profit expectations on Tuesday 23 May.

0913 GMT - U.K. annual house price growth slowed to 0.1% in April, leaving house prices largely flat on-year according to the latest Halifax data, suggesting some stability has returned to the housing market, OnTheMarket.com Chief Executive Jason Tebb ... | 07:10am

0913 GMT - U.K. annual house price growth slowed to 0.1% in April, leaving house prices largely flat on-year according to the latest Halifax data, suggesting some stability has returned to the housing market, OnTheMarket.com Chief Executive Jason Tebb ... | 12:09pm