Imperial shares rise after sales boost February 2, 2011 Imperial Tobacco, the world’s fourth-biggest cigarette maker, posted a five per cent rise in quarterly sales and saw its shares rise this morning Imperial, with cigarette brands including Lambert & Butler, West and Gauloises, was reporting on its first-quarter trading from October to December 2010 on Wednesday within its current financial year to end-September 2011. [...]
Imperial sees shares jump after growth February 2, 2011 IMPERIAL Tobacco surprised investors yesterday by announcing a return to volume growth in the last quarter of 2010 and pledged to pay half its profits in dividends. Imperial, with cigarette brands including Lambert & Butler, West and Gauloises, said cigarette volumes rose 0.5 per cent in its October to December 2010 first-quarter. Fine-cut loose tobacco [...]
Imperial Tobacco sees first half profits roll in April 27, 2010 IMPERIAL Tobacco has seen first-half profits rise by 16 per cent despite recession-hit smokers ditching high-end brands in favour of roll-ups. Profit rose to £1.18bn in the six months to the end of March at the fourth biggest cigarette maker in the world, whose brands include Lambert & Butler. The rise came despite a 3.7 [...]
The City is back but under new management December 21, 2010 BRITAIN’S financial landscape has been transformed since we last shone a light on the City’s most powerful figures two years ago. The City A.M./CityJet Power Hundred 2011 list ranks the most influential figures in UK finance as we head into the new year. It should be no surprise that it is very different from 2009. [...]
The City is back but under new management December 21, 2010 BRITAIN’S financial landscape has been transformed since we last shone a light on the City’s most powerful figures two years ago. The City A.M./CityJet Power Hundred 2011 list ranks the most influential figures in UK finance as we head into the new year. It should be no surprise that it is very different from 2009. [...]
The ex-Goldman man bringing his banking skills to the Olympics July 26, 2010 AS far as many people are concerned, ex-Goldman Sachs banker Paul Deighton has quite possibly the best job in the world. Today he’s precisely two years away from organising the most prestigious sporting event in the history of mankind, the Olympic Games. And so far it’s going swimmingly well, he says. And he’s still in [...]
Upbeat Imps Tobacco beats the recession February 2, 2010 Imperial Tobacco, the world’s fourth-biggest cigarette maker, said yesterday it had made a good start to its new financial year with trading in line with its forecasts despite weak economies. Imperial, with cigarette brands including Lambert & Butler, West and Gauloises, was reporting on its first-quarter trading from October to December 2009 within its current [...]
Firms need to tread carefully as redundancy claims increase May 19, 2009 EARLIER this week, single mother Alison Weekes said that she is to sue Lloyds TSB for £70,000 for sex and race discrimination and victimisation, after she was sacked by the bank. She alleges that her boss said that she was “not committed” to the job, and was unable to “put in the hours” because she [...]
Firms need to tread carefully as redundancy claims increase May 19, 2009 EARLIER this week, single mother Alison Weekes said that she is to sue Lloyds TSB for £70,000 for sex and race discrimination and victimisation, after she was sacked by the bank. She alleges that her boss said that she was “not committed” to the job, and was unable to “put in the hours” because she [...]