Hot Off The Wires - 24th March 2021

News

• The Government will make it far more difficult for oil companies to obtain drilling licences, effectively signalling the beginning of the end for the North Sea industry.

• Global music industry revenue last year reached its highest level since 2002 driven largely by streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer.

• AstraZeneca said it would publish more data on its US clinical trial after the independent monitoring board warned that results released by the company on Monday were misleading.

• Adidas wants to become one of the world’s four biggest outdoor brands by 2025, as it expects walking, hiking and skiing will become as important as football, running and training.

• Global investment bank Citigroup has banned work video calls on Fridays in an attempt to help employees break free from the “relentlessness of the pandemic workday”.

Results

• Halma (HLMA) - Trading update

• Bellway (BWY) - HY results

• Diploma (DPLM) - Trading statement

• Travis Perkins (TPK) - Proposed demerger of Wickes

• Pendragon (PDG) - FY results

• Keywords Studios (KWS) - FY results

• Strix (KETL) - FY results

• Tavistock (TAVI) - Statment re TEAM proposal

• The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) - FY results

Trivia

Which country is the world's largest milk producer?

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