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BT posts profit boost following cost reduction programme


By Michael Griffiths

BT has posted a 23% jump in full-year profit after tax, which reached £1.05bn in the 12 months to 31 March.

The telecoms giant also reported a final dividend of 5.76p per share, bringing its full-year dividend to 8.16p, a 2% rise on last year.


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M&S forecasts £300m profit hit following cyber-attack

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced that the recent cyber-attack on its online store is set to result in a £300m hit to its operating profit in the 2025/26 financial year

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easyJet on ‘right flight path’ in H1 results

easyJet is on the "right flight path" financially, according to Hargreaves Lansdown, despite the airline recording a pre-tax loss of £394m

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Johnson Matthey to sell catalyst business for £1.8bn

Johnson Matthey has agreed to sell its Catalyst Technologies business to the American conglomerate, Honeywell, for £1.8bn

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Currys raises profit guidance again

Currys has increased its full-year profit guidance for the third time this year after upping its adjusted pre-tax profit expectation to around £162m

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Royal London announces Dalmore Capital acquisition

Royal London has reached an agreement to acquire UK-based infrastructure asset manager, Dalmore Capital, subject to regulatory approval

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JD Sports shares fall 10% as profits drop

Shares in JD Sports have fallen by almost 10% after the retailer posted an 11.8% drop in its profit before tax to £715m in the year to 1 February

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Close Brothers’ loan book down as lender awaits motor finance case outcome

Close Brothers has reported a 0.9% fall in its loan book in the three months to April, which is now down 3.5% for the financial year to date

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Vodafone swings to loss but remains confident on return to growth

Vodafone has swung to an annual operating loss of €411m against a profit of €3.7bn last year, after reporting non-cash impairment charges for Germany and Romania that totalled €4.5bn

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Greggs sales up 7.4% in year-to-date

Greggs has seen its total sales increase by 7.4% year-on-year in the first 20 weeks of 2025, reaching £784m

Diploma shares jump 14% following H1 results

Shares in Diploma have risen by over 14% after the distribution group reported a 25% increase in its operating profit to £156.9m in its half-year results
Diageo serves up ‘solid growth’ in Q3

Diageo has seen its organic net sales increase by 5.9% year-on-year to $4.4bn in the third quarter
L&G expands private market platform with 75% stake in real estate investor

Legal & General (L&G) has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Proprium, a global real estate investor, to accelerate its private market growth ambitions


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