Chief Executive Officer Piers North said the company delivered "growing profits" and an operating margin of "over 20%" during what he described as a busy first year in the role. He pointed to progress against three strategic priorities laid out in July—expanding video, accelerating the use of technology and AI, and diversifying revenue with subscriptions—alongside operational actions across pensions and printing. Reach (LON:RCH) reported a year of higher profits and ongoing strategic change in its full-year ...

Headline free cash flow was an inflow of £45.4 million , which management said reflected continued working capital improvements. Adjusted EPS was £0.159 , and the company held its total dividend flat at £0.122 for the year. Group headline adjusted operating profit was £99.1 million , down £29.3 million , for an adjusted operating margin of 9.6% . The figure included £5.3 million of predisposal operating profit from Molten Metal Systems (MMS). Return on invested capital was 14.1% , "slightly below" the compa ...

Infrastructure Services was the main contributor to first-half revenue growth, with revenue up 4.9% to £1.083 billion . Management attributed this to road capital projects, increased rail work including HS2, and a ramp-up in water activity under AMP8. The division delivered adjusted operating profit of £48.2 million , up £2.1 million , while maintaining a 4.5% margin. On cash flow, the company reported adjusted EBITDA of £101 million and a working capital outflow of £107 million , which was broadly in line ...

Management repeatedly highlighted the pace of network expansion, particularly in managed and franchised. Steel said IWG signed more than 1,100 new center locations in 2025 and opened 782 centers—more than three centers per working day. Compared with 2024, the company opened 25% more and signed 26% more locations. Steel noted that 2025 cash flow benefited from some payments that were scheduled for 2025 but were ultimately paid in 2026, but said the overall cash performance was still strong and in line with g ...

World of Energy: Revenue of £729 million , down 1.3% from 2024. Operating profit was £63 million , down 15%, with weakness attributed to a baseline effect after strong growth in prior years and a temporary reduction in investment by several transportation technology clients. The company expects low single-digit like-for-like growth in 2026. Industry & Infrastructure: Revenue of £858 million , up 5.3%, with 4.7% like-for-like growth. Operating profit increased 24% to £95 million and margin improved 170 basis ...

In the northern region, Chief Operating Officer Daniel Diaz described a strong year at Herradura , where annual gold production came in significantly above expectations and supported the company exceeding its 2025 gold guidance. Diaz said the result was driven by operational excellence and cost control initiatives launched in 2023 and consolidated in 2024, including optimized drilling patterns to improve heap leach recovery and enhancements to DLP plants to increase throughput. Iturriaga highlighted upcomin ...

Zurich Insurance Group has raised SFr3.9bn through an accelerated book-building to partly finance its proposed acquisition of UK-based insurer Beazley. Zurich expects the combination to deliver annual pre-tax run-rate cost savings of around $150m by 2029, capital synergies of roughly $1bn within two years of completion and incremental revenue opportunities exceeding $1bn annually over the medium term. The Swiss insurer issued approximately 7.09 million new registered shares, each with a par value of SFr0.10 ...

The firm, which trades under the ticker QUBT, posted its results for the fourth quarter. ...

It's a bear vs. a hound in today's battle royale! The problem for BigBear.ai -- and one likely reason its revenue has been falling in recent quarters -- is that these defense-focused applications aren't really useful to a wider market. SoundHound's AI-powered voice chatbot, on the other hand, has the chance to be adopted by nearly any business that could benefit from a no-wait customer service help line. That's why, even though SoundHound's technology faces a lot of potential competition, it's the winner of ...

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