profits

Royal Mail suffered a 21% profit fall in the half year ending 28 September 2014, but beat analysts' expectations of a 30% drop.

UK retailer Mulberry has issued a profit warning after a "greater than anticipated" decline in wholesale sales.

Tesco has said the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has started an investigation into its accounting error, after the supermarket revealed last month it had overstated its half year profits by £250m.

Balfour Beatty shares have plunged over 20% this morning, after the UK's biggest construction company issued another profit warning.

HSBC, the largest listed bank in the UK, has reported a sharp drop of 12% in its first half profits for 2014, as declines in emerging markets impacted the group.

UK profit warnings have hit a three-year high after more than 100 warnings were issued in the first half of 2014, according to a new report.

Royal Bank of Scotland shares rocketed this morning after the bank said it expects a big jump in profits in H1.

Royal Mail has reported a rise in operating profits in its first set of full-year results since floating on the stock market.

Debenhams' chief financial officer Simon Herrick has resigned from his role after a profits warning on New Year's Eve sent shares plunging.

Aggreko's share price shot up more than 8% yesterday, after the firm won contracts to supply power at next year's World Cup in Brazil and Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.