Market round-up: HSBC leaving UK threat and hung parliament uncertainty drags FTSE 100 down
FTSE closes at 6,927.58, down -58.37 (-0.84%), as HSBC considers UK exit.
Imperial Tobacco Ordered to Pull Smoke Spots App Advert that 'Glamorises Smoking'
Smoke Spots app finds bars, pubs and restaurants with smoking facilities
Tobacco Companies Win Right to Fight EU Packaging Rules
Coalition of tobacco companies challenge EU Tobacco Products Directive, say rules are anti-competitive.
Putin and Islamic State Blamed for Sluggish Tobacco Sales
Tension in the Middle East has disrupted Imperial Tobacco sales.
New Report Claims Anti-Smoking Laws Backfired in Australia
Disputed figures from InfoView suggest cigarette sales increased in Australia despite graphic images on packets.
Smoking Levels Continue to Fall as Big Tobacco Scrambles for Share of Globalising E-Cig Market
Higher regulation and uptake in e-cigarette usage in emerging markets are hastening tobacco companies' expansion into the sector.
Imperial Tobacco Profits Hit By Russian Smoking Advertising Ban
Big tobacco has posted declines in revenue and operating profit for the half year to March 31.
Imperial Tobacco Shares Rise on 900 Job Cuts and Plant Closures
Gauloises and Davidoff maker says it's shutting cigarette factories in Nottingham, England and Nantes, France
Chuka Umunna: Labour Could Introduce Boardroom Quotas for Women and Ethnic Minorities
The Shadow Business Secretary says the continued existence of a glass ceiling is undeniable and unacceptable.
Entrepreneur of the Year Kate Lester: Meritocracy and Quotas Have Failed to Increase Women in FTSE 100 [VIDEO]
Speaking to IBTimes, Lester reveals her secrets to business success and speaks about gender equality.
Entrepreneur of the Year Kate Lester: Meritocracy and Quotas Have not Worked in FTSE 100 for Women
National Entrepreneur Awards' Entrepreneur of the Year sits down with IBTimes UK to talk business and gender equality.
Comic Relief: Jimmy Savile's Spectre Looms over Shelved Panorama Investigation
Fears of another Savile-type scandal as Panorama investigation into Comic Relief cancelled
Apple Hires Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as Retail Chief
Apple had hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as its new senior vice president of its retail and online stores.
FTSE100 Boards See Female Director Boost
Lord Davies says companies still have a "long way to go" on female participation.
Tobacco Returns to TV with E-Cigarette 'Deterrent'
Health experts fear years of progress will go up in smoke as big tobacco "re-glamourises smoking".
European Markets Rise Ahead of German Data
Market participants to track German inflation and investor confidence data today.
BAT Ramps-up E-cigarette Expansion as Sales Go Up in Smoke
Despite lower sales, UK-based BAT posted a rise in profit and revenue for the first half of 2013
UK Delays Decision On Cigarette Branding Ban
The government on Friday (July 12) pushed back plans to ban company branding on cigarette packets, saying it wanted to first see the impact of a similar decision in Australia.
Burberry's Angela Ahrendts is First Woman to Top Britain's Pay List
Ahrendts' £17m pay packet beats every other chief executive of a British firm in 2012.
Imperial Tobacco Profits Slow as Black Market Cigarette Trade Hits Sales
Shares fall in London after Europe's second-largest tobacco group says illicit trade hit key markets in Europe and Russia
UK Smoking Ban Leads to 12% Drop in Child Asthma Cases
Almost 7,000 fewer hospital admissions for asthma in first three years after smoking in public banned.
Imperial Tobacco Shares Rise as Solid First Quarter Earnings
Bristol-based company gains three percent in half-year sales.
Imperial Tobacco to Continue Sales Momentum, FY 2012 Earnings in Line With Expectations
Imperial Tobacco Group, the world's fourth-biggest cigarette maker, is focused to deliver excellent growth in earnings and also believes that it is well- placed to build on its success.
Imperial Tobacco share price down on FTSE as Spanish smoking ban promises to hit profits
Imperial Tobacco saw its shares decline this morning on the FTSE 100 after the group said it stood to lose £110 million thanks to the implementation of a ban on smoking in public places in Spain.
Imperial Tobacco share price up on FTSE 100 as FY predicted to be in line with expectations
Shares in Imperial Tobacco were up on the FTSE 100 after the group said that it expected its results for the full year ended 30 September to be in line with expectations.
Imperial Tobacco share price down on FTSE 100 ahead of FY results
Shares in Imperial Tobacco were down on the FTSE 100 ahead of the group's full year results, due out tomorrow.