Scores of top executives at Marks & Spencer will receive only a tiny payout from an incentive scheme despite producing the retailer's first rise in annual profits in four years, according to Sky News. It said that scores of senior managers, including chief executive Marc Bolland, were informed this
Read moreLONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-mak
Read more* Lloyds retail head to join on Jan. 4, 2016 * Replaces Harrison who will retire in Feb, 2016 * Appointment raises questions over Costa MD's future (Writes through, adds comment, shares) By Neil Maidment LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn hote
Read moreLONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn hotels and Costa Coffee, on Friday named Lloyds Banking Group executive Alison Brittain as its new boss, succeeding Andy Harrison. Brittain, 50, is currently group director of Lloyds' retail division. She previously held senior
Read moreOil and gas, petrochemicals and retail stocks drove the FTSE 100 higher on Thursday as chatter about Vodafone's rumoured tie-up with Liberty Global went into overdrive. At the close of trading, the blue chip index came in at 7,013.47 points up 0.09% as Vodafone shares continued to advance on specula
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