(Reuters) -GSK raised its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday and said its sales would be higher in the first six months of the year than the second half on the back of strong demand for its common respiratory virus and shingles vaccines. The London-listed drugmaker said it now expects a rise of 8% to 10% in annual adjusted earnings per...

LONDON (Reuters) - British clothing retailer Next on Wednesday kept its forecast for annual profit after reporting a 5.7% rise in first-quarter full-price sales that was slightly ahead of its guidance. The group's results, which are often considered a useful gauge of how British consumers are faring, said it still expected a profit before tax of 960 million pounds ($1.2...

(Reuters) - Britain's Domino's Pizza Group said on Wednesday the second quarter started off slower due to a stronger comparative period after it reported a dip in sales and lower orders in the first quarter. The company, which operates and franchises Domino's stores in the UK and Ireland, said like-for-like sales on a comparable basis were down 0.5%, with orders...

(Reuters) -Aston Martin posted a bigger-than-expected first-quarter pretax loss on Wednesday as the British luxury carmaker made fewer cars than market expectations and finance costs soared. Total wholesale volumes for the first three months of the year came in at 945, below analysts' average expectations of 1,024, according to a company-compiled consensus. Our first-quarter performance reflects this expected period of...