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Renishaw’s cost-cutting boosts profits

Company expects to save £29mn a year, but redundancy payments hit numbers

MJ Gleeson’s orders rise but margins contract

Profits are being constrained by higher buyer incentives and labour costs

BP cuts buybacks in latest ‘clean slate’ effort

Incoming chief executive Meg O’Neill will also have a larger cost-cutting goal as BP tries to cut debt

Barclays to return £15bn to investors

There are questions about M&A moves after NatWest bought Evelyn Partners

AstraZeneca profits boosted by strong cancer drug sales

The company’s reliable oncology portfolio produced another year of growth for the UK pharma giant

Investors need to be wary of Palantir

The Squeeze: The company thinks it’s at the forefront of innovation, but it’s cutting R&D spending

Coca-Cola HBC sees volume growth in energy drinks

The bottling group has boosted its marketing spend to exploit events such as the Winter Olympics

Dunelm faces an uphill struggle to meet profit targets

The retailer’s first-half profits fell on higher operating costs

Porvair’s pre-tax profit comes in ahead of expectations

The filtration specialist increased its margin despite end-market turbulence

Plus500 expects to beat forecasts

The trading platform has expanded into prediction markets