BUSINESS LIVE: Aviva hands £4.8bn to shareholders despite shrinking profits; Just Eat posts £292m loss; British house prices jump 1.7%

By Mike Sheen For This Is Money

Published: 07:51 GMT, 2 March 2022 | Updated: 08:01 GMT, 2 March 2022


British insurer Aviva will return £4.75billion to shareholders, it announced on Wednesday, despite reporting a 10 per cent fall in operating profit for 2021.

Separately, the insurer announced the £385million acquisition of Birmingham-based financial advice firm Succession Wealth, which Aviva said ‘significantly enhances’ its presence in the UK wealth market.

Europe’s largest meal delivery company Just Eat Takeaway.com saw smaller full-year losses than expected for 2021 at €350million for 2021, as revenues rose 34 per cent to €5.3billion.

Analysts had forecast a loss of €366million euros for 2021, compared with a profit of €363million euros in the previous year.

British house prices jumped by 1.7 per cent, marking the biggest month-on-month rise for six months, according to mortgage lender Nationwide.

House prices stood 12.6 per cent higher than their level a year ago, the strongest reading since June.

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Aviva has raised £7.5billion from selling eight businesses across the globe since the appointment of Amanda Blanc as chief executive in July 2020.

Aviva has raised £7.5billion from selling eight businesses across the globe since the appointment of Amanda Blanc as chief executive in July 2020.

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