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1 April 2021 | 07:55am StockMarketWire.com - Healthcare diagnostic company Diaceutics said it had won a data licensing contract with a pharmaceutical company to provide COVID-19 testing data insights in the US. This contract win 'highlights that the group is in a position to address the imminent opportunity presented by the COVID-19 treatment market using its DXRX data solution capabilities,' the company said. The financial details of the contract weren't disclosed and the company said the contract value does not change management's expectations of performance for the current financial year. ...

1 April 2021 | 08:47am StockMarketWire.com - A 2.2% increase in the National Minimum Wage to £8.91 has put a spring in the FTSE 100 on opening ahead of the long Easter weekend. The rise in the minimum wage, which will apply to two million workers, although those on furlough are set to miss out, has lifted the FTSE 100 0.3% at 6,734.74, while the FTSE 250 is 0.4% higher at 21,601.77. Clothing retailer Next has jumped 4.1% to £81.92 after it posted a 15% fall in full price sales for 2020/21 and pre-tax profit of £342 million, in line with guidance but said online sales growth is set to conti...