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UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Stocks end higher, shaking off US nonfarms beat

(Alliance News) - Stocks in Europe ended higher on Friday, growing in confidence as the afternoon wore on, despite being initially unnerved by a stronger-than-expected US labour market reading.

London close: Stocks manage solid finish after US payrolls surge

(Sharecast News) - London stocks managed an uplifting performance on Friday, buoyed by optimistic economic data from the United States and a wave of speculative trading focussed on Aviva.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Aviva takeover talk boosts FTSE 100

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 was in the green at midday Friday, boosted by Aviva amid takeover rumours.

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks up; UK house prices fall again

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday, as focus turns to the US nonfarm payrolls data.

TOP NEWS: JD Wetherspoon figures rise as demand boosts Covid recovery

(Alliance News) - JD Wetherspoon PLC on Friday said revenue rose in its recent financial year, as it swung to a profit after posting a loss in the previous three years.

LONDON BRIEFING: Wetherspoon swings to profit; UK house prices fall

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Friday, as investors eye a key nonfarm payroll reading in the US.

Wetherspoons sees LFL growth ease in first quarter

(Sharecast News) - UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon swung to a full-year profit after sales rose by over a tenth, though underlying growth has eased somewhat in the first quarter of the new financial year.

Friday preview: U.S. non-farm payrolls, JD Wetherspoon in the spotlight

(Sharecast News) - All eyes at the end of the week would be on the U.S. non-farm payrolls report for the month of September.

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

IN BRIEF: Mears promotes interim Chair Clarke to permanently fill role

Mears Group PLC - Gloucester, England-based housing and social care provider - Appoints Jim Clarke as chair on a permanent basis. Clarke was promoted to interim chair on June 28 following the resignation of Chair-Designate Chris Loughlin. He joined Mears's board in 2019. Company says Clarke has 30 years' experience serving on various PLC boards and that he "will provide experience and continuity". Clarke's previous roles include group chief financial officer of Countrywide PLC from 2007 to 2017, and finance director & company secretary of JD Wetherspoon PLC from 1998 to 2007.

IN BRIEF: Mears promotes interim Chair Clarke to permanently fill role

Mears Group PLC - Gloucester, England-based housing and social care provider - Appoints Jim Clarke as chair on a permanent basis. Clarke was promoted to interim chair on June 28 following the resignation of Chair-Designate Chris Loughlin. He joined Mears's board in 2019. Company says Clarke has 30 years' experience serving on various PLC boards and that he "will provide experience and continuity". Clarke's previous roles include group chief financial officer of Countrywide PLC from 2007 to 2017, and finance director & company secretary of JD Wetherspoon PLC from 1998 to 2007.

IN BRIEF: JD Wetherspoon corrects price of Tim Martin share purchase

JD Wetherspoon PLC - Watford, Hertfordshire-based pub and hotel chain - Company corrects purchase price of shares by Chair Tim Martin. Says Martin bought 968,544 shares on Friday last week at 700.41 pence per share, not 700.00p. This is worth GBP6.8 million in total. Martin, who opened the first Wetherspoon pub in 1979, now has 31.7 million shares, a 24.65% stake.

Director dealings: Wetherspoon chair, easyJet director make purchases

(Sharecast News) - On the list of director purchases on Tuesday was pub chain JD Wetherspoon, after its outspoken chairman picked up almost a million shares.

IN BRIEF: JD Wetherspoon's Tim Martin buys GBP6.8 million in shares

JD Wetherspoon PLC - Watford, Hertfordshire-based pub and hotel chain - Chair Tim Martin buys 968,544 shares at 700.00 pence, worth GBP6.8 million, on Friday last week. Martin, who opened the first Wetherspoon pub in 1979, now has 31.7 million shares, a 24.65% stake.