Sheffield is recognised as the historic home of steelmaking. We will make it just as famous for hydrogen.
— Dennis Schulz, Chief Executive
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ITM Power (AIM:ITM), the Sheffield-based hydrogen electrolyser manufacturer, confirmed on Thursday that the £46.5m grant from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has been formally awarded, following the original announcement in April.
The board takes its fiduciary duties very seriously, but the value of Prologis's current, rejected proposal does not reflect any basis for further engagement,
— Andy Harrison, Chairman
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SEGRO (LSE:SGRO) has publicly rejected a takeover approach from US logistics real estate giant Prologis, with its chairman describing the current proposal as insufficient to justify any further engagement.
Performance in the US, driven by our partnership with Hard Rock Digital, has been exceptionally strong,
— Mor Weizer, Chief Executive
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Playtech (LSE:PTEC) has delivered a significant profit upgrade after first-half trading came in "significantly ahead of market expectations", driven by strong momentum in the United States and continued growth across Mexico, Colombia and select European markets.
We recognise the service on Civil Service Pension Scheme has not been good enough, we are working closely with the Cabinet Office on all aspects of the scheme, and this remains our number one priority.
— Adolfo Hernandez, Chief Executive
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Capita (LSE:CPI) has cut its 2026 profit outlook, warning that failures on the Civil Service Pension Scheme contract will drag adjusted operating profit down by £25m to £40m and free cash flow by £35m to £50m, with positive free cash flow for the Group now pushed out to 2027.
Our full-year guidance assumes that the disruption associated with the Middle East conflict eases through the second half,
— Gary Morrison, Chief Executive
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Hostelworld Group (LSE:HSW), the online hostel and budget accommodation marketplace, said first-half 2026 net revenue rose 12% year-on-year to €52.2m, with revenue per transaction up 11% to €14.9, as improved marketplace pricing offset a modest drag on booking volumes from the Middle East conflict.
Sizewell B is critical to delivering the reliable, zero-carbon baseload power that supports Britain's energy security, protects skilled jobs and underpins a more resilient economy,
— Chris O'shea, Chief Executive
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Centrica (LSE:CNA) has agreed a Contract for Difference strike price of £70.50 per megawatt-hour for Sizewell B, covering the period from April 2035 to March 2055, with the price set in 2025 terms and indexed to CPI inflation.
We have exchanged a funding burden for royalty-like economics on an operation many times the size, while substantially transferring the funding and execution risk to a seriously resourced strategic partner,
— Richard Jennings, Chief Executive Officer
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Kazera Global (AIM:KZG), a diversified commodity investment company focused on South African mineral assets, has signed a Mining Cooperation and Production Sharing Agreement between its subsidiary Whale Head Minerals (WHM) and South Africa AT Investments (SAI), a vehicle of Xiamen Antai Zirconium…
The board believes that the sum-of-the-parts value of the group's portfolio has the potential to be much greater than the group's current market capitalisation,
— Mike Danson, Chief Executive
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GlobalData (LSE:DATA), the data, insight and technology company, expects first-half revenue to grow approximately 3%, including underlying revenue growth of around 1%, against a backdrop of elongated sales cycles it described as industry-wide.
Momentum in Subscriptions remains strong, with recurring revenue growth of 31% and 6 new customer logos won, with confidence in both our strategy and in our ability to deliver FY26 in line with expectations.
— Paul Larbey, Chief Executive
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Bango (AIM:BGO), the Cambridge-based digital subscriptions and payments technology company, delivered a first-half Cash EBITDA of $3.7m in the six months to 30 June, surpassing the $2.3m posted across the entirety of the prior financial year.
Our fourth-quarter net flows mark our strongest performance in three years,
— Andrea Montague, CEO
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Brooks Macdonald Group (LSE:BRK), the UK wealth manager, swung from net outflows of £396m in its 2025 financial year to net inflows of £226m in the year ended 30 June, a shift of more than £600m that the company attributed to its Reignite Growth strategy.
