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FTSE 250 Market news covers the latest developments for the FTSE 250 Index, which tracks the 101st to the 350th largest companies by market capitalisation on the London Stock Exchange. This category includes updates on company admissions and delistings, quarterly and annual results, mergers and acquisitions, board appointments and departures, regulatory news and policy changes.

Great Portland Estates secures £2.5m fully managed leasing deals in London

GPE has completed three new Fully Managed leasing agreements totalling 11,720 sq ft across SIX St Andrew Street, EC4 and 31/34 Alfred Place, WC1. The deals, let to global business and technology firms including EKU Energy, will generate £2.5 million in annual rent, 2.8% ahead of the March 2025 ERV...

Ocean Wilsons reports Q2 NAV growth and progress on Hansa merger

Ocean Wilsons posted a 6.2% investment portfolio return in Q2 2025 and completed the US$594 million sale of Wilson Sons. The company returned £109.1 million to shareholders via a tender offer and is progressing with a proposed all-share merger with Hansa, expected to complete in late September...

Murray International Trust reports strong half-year returns and dividend growth

Murray International Trust delivered a NAV total return of 6.0% and a share price total return of 11.6% for the six months to 30 June 2025, outperforming its reference index. The company declared two interim dividends of 2.6p per share and achieved ‘Dividend Hero’ status for 20 consecutive years of dividend growth...

Workspace Group Plc CFO Dave Benson to step down in 2026

Workspace Group has announced that Chief Financial Officer Dave Benson will leave his role and Board position in 2026. Chairman Duncan Owen will lead the search for his successor through a formal selection process, with further details on Benson’s departure to follow...

Vistry Group Plc buys former Rugeley Power Station for housing project

Vistry Group has purchased the 139-hectare former Rugeley Power Station site from ENGIE, with plans to build 2,300 homes alongside an all-through school, riverside park, commercial space, and mixed-tenure housing...

Frasers urges independent probe into allegations against boohoo Executive

Frasers Group has released a letter from its legal advisers to the Chairman of boohoo, urging an urgent and independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by Executive Vice Chair Mahmud Kamani...

Savills H1 2025 profit up 78% as revenue rises to £1.13bn

Savills plc reported a 6% increase in revenue to £1.13 billion and a 78% rise in reported profit before tax to £15.8 million for the first half of 2025. Growth was driven by strong consultancy and property management performance, offsetting softer transactional activity in Q2...

Diversified Energy announces new Board appointments

Diversified Energy Company has announced that Sandra Stash will step down from its Board of Directors. David Turner will become Senior Independent Director, Kathryn Klaber will chair the Sustainability Committee, and Martin Thomas will join the Audit & Risk Committee...

Atalaya Mining reports record EBITDA and higher interim dividend for H1 2025

Atalaya Mining has posted record quarterly and half-year EBITDA for the period ended 30 June 2025, driven by higher copper grades and strong operational performance. Copper production reached 27,466 tonnes in H1 2025, with all-in sustaining costs reduced to US$2.78/lb...

Big Yellow Group secures planning for new Leamington Spa storage centre

Big Yellow has received planning approval for a 55,000 sq ft storage facility in Leamington Spa, expected to open in summer 2027. The £13.3 million project is forecast to deliver an 8.5% net operating income return at stabilisation, with 10 of the company’s 13 pipeline stores now approved...

Plus500 reports H1 2025 revenue of $415.1m and record customer deposits

Plus500 has reported first-half 2025 revenue of $415.1m and EBITDA of $185.1m, supported by record customer deposits of $3.1bn, more than double last year...

Oxford Nanopore CEO Gordon Sanghera to step down

Oxford Nanopore has announced that CEO and co-founder Gordon Sanghera will step down by the end of 2026 after more than 20 years leading the company. The Board has begun a formal search for his successor as part of its succession planning, aiming to guide the business through its next phase of growth and commercialisation...

Diversified Energy delivers strong H1 2025 with Carlyle partnership boost

Diversified Energy Company posted first-half 2025 results in line with expectations, delivering strong production growth, improved financial metrics, and $152 million in adjusted free cash flow..

TBC Bank Group declares 2Q 2025 dividend of GEL 1.75 per share

TBC Bank Group PLC has announced a quarterly dividend of GEL 1.75 per share for 2Q 2025, payable in Pounds Sterling...

Sirius Real Estate adds German and UK business parks in €40m off-market deals

Sirius Real Estate has acquired a €23.4m site in Dresden and completed the £16.13m purchase of Bedford Heights, both secured off-market. The assets offer strong yields of over 9% and align with Sirius’ strategy of targeting income-generating properties with value-add potential in high-demand sectors and regions...

Tritax Big Box REIT reports strong H1 performance with 17% rental income growth

Tritax Big Box REIT delivered 17.3% growth in net rental income to £149.2m for H1 2025, with adjusted EPS up 6.4%. Backed by logistics and data centre developments, the company sees potential to grow adjusted earnings by 50% by 2030. Disposals of £278m year-to-date support its strategy of self-funded growth...

Telecom Plus expects 25% customer growth following second TalkTalk acquisition

Telecom Plus (UW) announced the acquisition of a second cohort of 120k customers from TalkTalk, following positive early results from its initial 95k-customer migration. With both groups expected to deliver returns above post-tax WACC, the company now anticipates a 25% increase in total customer numbers and reiterated its FY26 financial guidance...

Domino’s H1 profit falls 15%, continued market share gains

Domino’s Pizza Group reported a 14.8% drop in H1 underlying profit before tax to £43.7m amid weaker consumer sentiment and cautious franchisee expansion. Despite this, the group gained 560bps of UK pizza market share, reaching 53.7%, and increased its interim dividend by 2.9% to 3.6p...

Rotork Plc grows orders and profit in H1; FY outlook reaffirmed

Rotork plc reported a 6.3% OCC rise in H1 2025 order intake and a 10.1% increase in adjusted operating profit, driven by its Growth+ strategy. Revenue rose 3.3% OCC to £367.3m, with adjusted margins up to 22.0%. The interim dividend was raised 7.3% to 2.95p, and full-year expectations remain unchanged...

Travis Perkins Plc H1 revenue falls 2.1% as merchanting stabilises

Travis Perkins reported a 2.1% drop in H1 2025 revenue to £2.3bn, with adjusted operating profit down 24.1% to £63m due to weaker Merchanting volumes. Market share stabilised in Q2, and Toolstation UK profit rose 50% to £21m...
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Great Portland Estates secures £2.5m fully managed leasing deals in London

GPE has completed three new Fully Managed leasing agreements totalling 11,720 sq ft across SIX St Andrew Street, EC4 and 31/34 Alfred Place, WC1. The deals, let to global business and technology firms including EKU Energy, will generate £2.5 million in annual rent, 2.8% ahead of the March 2025 ERV...

Ocean Wilsons reports Q2 NAV growth and progress on Hansa merger

Ocean Wilsons posted a 6.2% investment portfolio return in Q2 2025 and completed the US$594 million sale of Wilson Sons. The company returned £109.1 million to shareholders via a tender offer and is progressing with a proposed all-share merger with Hansa, expected to complete in late September...

Murray International Trust reports strong half-year returns and dividend growth

Murray International Trust delivered a NAV total return of 6.0% and a share price total return of 11.6% for the six months to 30 June 2025, outperforming its reference index. The company declared two interim dividends of 2.6p per share and achieved ‘Dividend Hero’ status for 20 consecutive years of dividend growth...

Workspace Group Plc CFO Dave Benson to step down in 2026

Workspace Group has announced that Chief Financial Officer Dave Benson will leave his role and Board position in 2026. Chairman Duncan Owen will lead the search for his successor through a formal selection process, with further details on Benson’s departure to follow...

Vistry Group Plc buys former Rugeley Power Station for housing project

Vistry Group has purchased the 139-hectare former Rugeley Power Station site from ENGIE, with plans to build 2,300 homes alongside an all-through school, riverside park, commercial space, and mixed-tenure housing...

Frasers urges independent probe into allegations against boohoo Executive

Frasers Group has released a letter from its legal advisers to the Chairman of boohoo, urging an urgent and independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by Executive Vice Chair Mahmud Kamani...

Savills H1 2025 profit up 78% as revenue rises to £1.13bn

Savills plc reported a 6% increase in revenue to £1.13 billion and a 78% rise in reported profit before tax to £15.8 million for the first half of 2025. Growth was driven by strong consultancy and property management performance, offsetting softer transactional activity in Q2...

Diversified Energy announces new Board appointments

Diversified Energy Company has announced that Sandra Stash will step down from its Board of Directors. David Turner will become Senior Independent Director, Kathryn Klaber will chair the Sustainability Committee, and Martin Thomas will join the Audit & Risk Committee...

Atalaya Mining reports record EBITDA and higher interim dividend for H1 2025

Atalaya Mining has posted record quarterly and half-year EBITDA for the period ended 30 June 2025, driven by higher copper grades and strong operational performance. Copper production reached 27,466 tonnes in H1 2025, with all-in sustaining costs reduced to US$2.78/lb...

Big Yellow Group secures planning for new Leamington Spa storage centre

Big Yellow has received planning approval for a 55,000 sq ft storage facility in Leamington Spa, expected to open in summer 2027. The £13.3 million project is forecast to deliver an 8.5% net operating income return at stabilisation, with 10 of the company’s 13 pipeline stores now approved...

Plus500 reports H1 2025 revenue of $415.1m and record customer deposits

Plus500 has reported first-half 2025 revenue of $415.1m and EBITDA of $185.1m, supported by record customer deposits of $3.1bn, more than double last year...

Oxford Nanopore CEO Gordon Sanghera to step down

Oxford Nanopore has announced that CEO and co-founder Gordon Sanghera will step down by the end of 2026 after more than 20 years leading the company. The Board has begun a formal search for his successor as part of its succession planning, aiming to guide the business through its next phase of growth and commercialisation...

Diversified Energy delivers strong H1 2025 with Carlyle partnership boost

Diversified Energy Company posted first-half 2025 results in line with expectations, delivering strong production growth, improved financial metrics, and $152 million in adjusted free cash flow..

TBC Bank Group declares 2Q 2025 dividend of GEL 1.75 per share

TBC Bank Group PLC has announced a quarterly dividend of GEL 1.75 per share for 2Q 2025, payable in Pounds Sterling...

Sirius Real Estate adds German and UK business parks in €40m off-market deals

Sirius Real Estate has acquired a €23.4m site in Dresden and completed the £16.13m purchase of Bedford Heights, both secured off-market. The assets offer strong yields of over 9% and align with Sirius’ strategy of targeting income-generating properties with value-add potential in high-demand sectors and regions...

Tritax Big Box REIT reports strong H1 performance with 17% rental income growth

Tritax Big Box REIT delivered 17.3% growth in net rental income to £149.2m for H1 2025, with adjusted EPS up 6.4%. Backed by logistics and data centre developments, the company sees potential to grow adjusted earnings by 50% by 2030. Disposals of £278m year-to-date support its strategy of self-funded growth...

Telecom Plus expects 25% customer growth following second TalkTalk acquisition

Telecom Plus (UW) announced the acquisition of a second cohort of 120k customers from TalkTalk, following positive early results from its initial 95k-customer migration. With both groups expected to deliver returns above post-tax WACC, the company now anticipates a 25% increase in total customer numbers and reiterated its FY26 financial guidance...

Domino’s H1 profit falls 15%, continued market share gains

Domino’s Pizza Group reported a 14.8% drop in H1 underlying profit before tax to £43.7m amid weaker consumer sentiment and cautious franchisee expansion. Despite this, the group gained 560bps of UK pizza market share, reaching 53.7%, and increased its interim dividend by 2.9% to 3.6p...

Rotork Plc grows orders and profit in H1; FY outlook reaffirmed

Rotork plc reported a 6.3% OCC rise in H1 2025 order intake and a 10.1% increase in adjusted operating profit, driven by its Growth+ strategy. Revenue rose 3.3% OCC to £367.3m, with adjusted margins up to 22.0%. The interim dividend was raised 7.3% to 2.95p, and full-year expectations remain unchanged...

Travis Perkins Plc H1 revenue falls 2.1% as merchanting stabilises

Travis Perkins reported a 2.1% drop in H1 2025 revenue to £2.3bn, with adjusted operating profit down 24.1% to £63m due to weaker Merchanting volumes. Market share stabilised in Q2, and Toolstation UK profit rose 50% to £21m...
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