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Evoke posts flat £887.5m H1 revenue as £243m Bally’s Intralot vote nears
Evoke held H1 revenue at £887.5m and net debt at £1.9bn as UK duty rises cut EBITDA 12%, with the £243m Bally's Intralot takeover vote on 17 August.
Plus500 (LSE: PLUS) jumps 6% as $182.5m payout tops H1 profit
Plus500 jumped after record H1 revenue and a US$182.5m payout. Can US expansion and prediction markets offset margin pressure?
Castlelake walked, Apollo swooped: What the £5.7bn easyJet deal really buys
Apollo's £5.7bn easyJet take-private at £7.15 a share offers a 54% premium to February, but EU ownership rules and court sanction still gate completion.
Next plc (LSE: NXT) holds near record as £1.24bn profit guidance rises again
Next raised profit guidance to £1.24bn after a Q2 sales beat. September results will test whether NXT can justify its near-record valuation.
Oxford Biomedica (LSE: OXB) plunges 15% as 2026 revenue guidance falls
Oxford Biomedica cut 2026 revenue guidance by £40m at midpoint. September results must show whether OXB’s setback is timing or something deeper.
Harworth (LSE: HWG) shares close above Peel’s £583m takeover bid as investors question the 172.5p offer
Peel Holdings Group Limited has launched an unsolicited cash takeover offer for Harworth Group plc, but the shares closed above the bid price as investors weighed the premium against Harworth’s land portfolio, data-centre potential and last reported asset value.
Glencore targets ASX secondary listing as surging earnings revive its copper and M&A ambitions
Glencore plans an Australian Securities Exchange secondary listing by October 2026 after first-half adjusted EBITDA surged 86%, giving Australian investors direct access to its copper, coal and commodity-trading portfolio.
Prologis agrees £14.3bn SEGRO takeover in largest 2026 UK REIT deal
Prologis will pay up to £14.3 billion for SEGRO, but H1 2027 closing hinges on shareholder votes, regulatory clearances and a fresh $2.1bn equity raise.
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) earnings jump 86% as trading windfall funds $1.5bn shareholder return
Glencore plc has beaten first-half forecasts as commodity volatility lifted trading and mining earnings. A planned Australian listing now links its copper strategy, capital returns and unresolved merger ambitions.
BP posts $5.7bn Q2 underlying profit as new CEO Meg O’Neill orders a reset
BP Q2 underlying RC profit hits $5.7bn and the dividend rises 4%. New CEO Meg O'Neill admits BP wrote off too much value, orders a portfolio and cost reset.