The seatbelt signs have been turned on for the airlines. With high fuel costs plus increasing pressure on consumer wallets, City scribblers today warned the sector it was flying into a severe bout of turbulence... more
Imperial Tobacco, maker of JPS, Davidoff and Gauloises cigarettes, reveals that the cut-throat Spanish price war for smokers may be easing and will cost it less than feared... more
"It's nice to see a different colour out there," was the verdict from one trader, referring to the fact that most screens were showing blue as share prices rose on hopes that the worst can be averted in Greece... more
Lambert & Butler cigarettes maker Imperial Tobacco expects its sales for the first half of the year to rise by about 2% as it said trading for its financial year was in line with its targets... more
British American Tobacco follows Imperial Tobacco by shoving up its dividend in ways sure to be welcomed by pension funds desperate for income
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Investors starved of income get some good news, as Imperial Tobacco, one of Britain's biggest companies, commits itself to paying out half of all its profits in dividends... more
Imperial Tobacco, the world's fourth-biggest cigarette maker, posts a 5% rise in quarterly sales and says it is trading in line with its forecasts after a good start to the year
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Imperial Tobacco loses its High Court attempt to overturn the part of the Health Act 2009 which will ban cigarette vending machines from October... more
Imperial Tobacco says cigarette volumes are in line with the 4.3% fall recorded after its third quarter as its financial performance stays in line with expectations... more
Ten London councils urged to 'search their consciences' after a Standard investigation showed them investing up to £100 million in tobacco firms... more
More smokers opting for cheaper fine-cut tobacco were not enough to stem a sales decline at Imperial Tobacco, maker of Lambert & Butler, West and Gauloises... more
Imperial Tobacco says rising prices, largely due to tax rises, are forcing customers to give up high-end brands in favour of cheaper fine-cut tobacco... more
The Conservatives throw their weight behind the tobacco industry’s campaign to overturn a move to force shops to sell cigarettes under the counter... more
Imperial Tobacco chief executive Gareth Davis today attacked the Government’s plans for halving the number of smokers in Britain by removing branding from packets... more
Imperial Tobacco, the firm behind the Lambert & Butler and Embassy brands, has seen UK cigarette sales plummet by 450 million — or 22.5 million packets — in the past 12 months ... more
Puffs of white smoke emerged from the Bristol headquarters of Imperial Tobacco as Alison Cooper was promoted to chief operating officer, making her a clear front-runner to succeed long-standing chief executive Gareth Davis... more
Consumer: Lambert & Butler firm Imperial Tobacco today said it would remain "resilient" in the face of recession and could see 2009 results boosted if the pound continues to weaken... more
On the day that short-selling of the banks is lifted comes a warning from one leading broker that we can expect them to carry on making substantial losses for the next couple of years... more
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