Hot Off The Wires - 11 October 2019

News.

• Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar unexpectedly declared yesterday that they saw a chance of a Brexit deal, stoking hopes that a last-ditch agreement to get the UK out of the European Union could still be in reached.

• The housing market stumbled again in September as new sales fell after fresh listings plunged to a three-year low amid political turmoil over Brexit.

• The film and TV industry in the UK expanded a blockbuster 9% in the three months to August, driving growth in services and rescuing the economy from a pre-Brexit recession.

• Britain’s biggest maker of Christmas puddings, Matthew Walker, has been sold by the “chicken king” Ranjit Singh Boparan to Valeo Foods for £67m.

Results

• 3i Infrastructure (3IN) - Result of placing

• Big Yellow Group (BYG.L) - Planning update

• Entertainment One (ETO.L) - Q1 results

• Future (FUTR.L) - Mobile Nations earnout payment

• HICL Infrastructure (HICL.L) - New investments

• Jupiter Fund Management (JUP.L) - Trading update

• Man Group (EMG.L) - Q3 update

• TP ICAP (TCAP.L) - Settlement of FCA investigation

• SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT.L) - Placing to fund acquisition pipeline

• Miton Group (MGR.L) - AuM update

Trivia

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