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Best of the Best sees shares slide after latest update A look at the major movers on the London market on Thursday Luxury cars among prizes from competition company 11.54am: Competition company loses out Looks like a spate of profit taking in Best of the Best PLC, (LON:BOTB). The company, which runs weekly competitions to win cars and other prizes, is down 10.77% or 335p to 2775p after it said full year revenues and pretax profits were expected to be in line with market expectations. Even with this fall, the shares are up 88% since the start of the year. 11.06am: IT protection g...

Kier Group climbs after £241mln fundraising plans A look at the major movers on the London market on Thursday Kier Group PLC (LON:KIE) has built up a good gain after boosting its balance sheet. The construction company plans to raise £241mln with a placing and open offer at 85p a share. Together with the proceeds of the recent sale of housing division Kier Living to a company owned by financier Guy Hands, that will give the company funds of around £351.4mln. Chief executive Andrew Davies said: "Today's proposed capital raise represents the final milestone in the group's strategy to simp...

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