May 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen adding 0.2percent on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up0.6 percent ahead of the cash market open.
* BT: BT is cutting 13,000 managerial and back-office jobs andleaving its London headquarters in the latest attempt by Britain's biggesttelecoms group to rebuild after an accounting scandal and downturn in trading.
* BEAZLEY: Lloyd's of London insurer Beazley Plc posted a 10percent year-on-year rise in gross written premiums in the first quarter, as asurge in property insurance added to robust growth of its main professionalliability business.
* ROLLS-ROYCE: Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc's Chief Operating OfficerSimon Kirby will leave the company in June as the British manufacturer looks tostreamline its business.
* RBS: Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to pay asmaller-than-expected $4.9 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into its saleof mortgage-backed securities, paving the way for a long-awaited return of cashto UK taxpayers who bankrolled its post-crisis survival.
* BARRATT: Britain's biggest housebuilder Barratt Developmentsreported strong trading in the first four months of the year on Thursday on"robust" customer demand and said it expected full-year results in line with itsexpectations.
* NEXT: British clothing retailer Next NXT.L upgraded its full-year profitforecast on Thursday, after an improvement in spring weather boostedfirst-quarter sales.
* TP ICAP: The world's biggest interdealer broker, TP ICAP,reported a 3 percent rise in revenue for the first four months of 2018, citing aboost from higher U.S. stock market volatility.
* BAE SYSTEMS: British defence company BAE Systems stuck to itsforecast for flat earnings this year and said there were good prospects foradding to its order backlog later this year.
* MORRISONS: Morrisons, Britain's fourth biggest supermarketoperator, beat forecasts for first-quarter underlying sales growth helped bygrowth in its wholesale business.
* COCA-COLA HBC: Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola HBC reportedbetter-than-expected quarterly sales growth on Thursday, helped by higher pricesand strength in developing markets.
* ITV: Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster said ithad made a solid start to the year with net advertising revenue up 1 percent inthe first quarter, as expected, and its studios business performing well.
* Gold prices steadied on Thursday as the dollar held firm near its 2018peak on strong U.S. bond yields, with investors also keeping an eye out for anyfurther impact from U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of anuclear deal with Iran.
* Oil prices clocked up more multi-year highs on Thursday as tradersadjusted to the prospects of renewed U.S. sanctions against major crude exporterIran amid an already tightening market.
* EX-DIVS: Admiral Group, BP, Centrica,GlaxoSmithKline, Royal Dutch Shell, Sage Group willtrade without entitlement to their latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming22.9 points off the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations
* The UK blue chip index closed 1.3 percent higher at 7662.52 on Wednesday,driven up by oil stocks, which rose after the U.S. decision to pull out of theIran nuclear deal sent crude prices soaring.
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