BUSINESS LIVE: Crest Nicholson sees earnings slump; Wise trebles profits; Fuller’s buoyed by growing urban sales
By This Is Money
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Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Crest Nicholson, Wise, Fuller, Smith & Turner, Virgin Money UK, Motorpoint Group, Halma, and St James’s Place.
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BUSINESS LIVE: Crest Nicholson sees earnings slump; Wise trebles profits; Fuller’s buoyed by growing urban sales
