Hot Off The Wires - 16 March 2020

News

• Trade unions and lobby groups are appealing for urgent intervention by the Government amid fears that the coronavirus outbreak could spark mass job losses and cause businesses to go bust.

• Boris Johnson to ramp up Britain’s response to coronavirus, after 48 hours in which his measured approach to the crisis began to lose public, political and scientific support.

• The demise Airbus’s A380 “superjumbo” could accelerate with airlines singling out the giant jets as they slash capacity in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Legal & General Investment Management, the UK’s biggest fund manager, has bowed to client pressure and agreed to launch its first fossil fuel-free ethical pension fund later this year.

Results

• Rio Tinto (RIO) - Update on Oyu Tolgoi project

• easyJet (EZJ) - Covid-19 Update

• Associated British Foods (ABF) - H1 Trading and Covid-19 Update

• International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) - Actions to address COVID-19

• Flutter Entertainment (FLTR) - COVID-19 Update

• Kingfisher (KGF) - Covid-19 Update

• Plus500 (PLUS) - Trading Update

• Wizz Air (WIZZ) - National travel ban in Poland

• Future (FUTR) - Update on CMA findings on acquisition of TI Media

• Biffa (BIFF) - Sustainability Strategy

• Randall & Quilter (RQIH) - Share repurchase programme

• Time Out (TMO) - Company Update

• Diaceutics (DXRX) - Final Results

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