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The chain said the lifting of lockdown restrictions triggered strong demand with sales growing by 17 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels, well ahead of its expectations.

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A look at some of the weeks big movers in the small cap world

Terrible though the Covid-19 pandemic has been, it has presented commercial opportunities for a number of the UK’s smaller listed biotechs, such as Synairgen. The respiratory drug discovery and development company was the latest to see a share price boost from an announcement related to the treatment of the dreaded coronavirus. The shares surged 51 per cent after the company said lab tests of its inhaled interferon beta, which is being developed to treat people with severe effects of COVID, h...

A look at the major movers on the London market on Wednesday

A look at the major movers on the London market on Wednesday

PureTech Health lifted after associate receives funding for its digital therapeutics product A look at the major movers on the London market on Wednesday It has been a busy day in the healthcare world. Vectura Group PLC (LON:VEC) has jumped 32.79% to 162p after the company, which is developing an inhaled treatment for COVID-19, backed  a £958mln or 155p a share takeover offer from private equity group Carlyle. Meanwhile Spire Heatlhcare Group (LON:SPI) is being bought by Australias Ramsay He...

A look at the major movers on the London market on Wednesday

Revolution Bars Group hails pent up demand as venues bounce back after Covid-19 lockdown The group reopened some of its venues last month Revolution Bars Group (Image: Manchester Evening News) Sign up to FREE email alerts from BusinessLive North WestInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscrib...

FirstGroup shares accelerate after deal to terminate TransPennine contract A look at the major movers on the London market on Tuesday It may be a down day for the markets overall, but FirstGroup PLC (LON:FGHP ) has managed to travel in the right direction. Its shares are up 2.11% or 1.55p to 75p after the transport group agreed to pay the Department for Transport a final £6mln to cancel its TransPennine Express railway franchise, taking the total it has paid to £48.5mln. It said this was aro...