The firm announced a return to growth in sales by volume in the first three months of 2026, up 0.8%, driven by a 1.2% jump for beer brands.

The UK lender reported first-quarter pre-tax profits of £9.4 billion US dollars (£6.96 billion), down from 9.5 billion (£7 billion) a year earlier.

Co-founder Tom Gatz said the model is like the ‘Airbnb of professional kitchens’.

The chain’s Japanese owner said higher inflation and rising workforce costs were partly to blame for recent trading woes.

The telecoms group said total revenues fell 6.5% to £2.39 billion in the first quarter, while underlying earnings were down 3.4% to £901.7 million.

The deal sees the combined group become the UK’s third biggest bank for current accounts and fourth for mortgages.

Evoke last week said it was in talks over a potential £225.3 million takeover by Greek lottery and gaming firm Bally’s Intralot.

The firm said the move will create another 4,000 jobs across its operations in the North West.

The cost of benchmark Brent crude soared past 126 US dollars (£94) a barrel at one stage on reports the US is preparing to relaunch strikes on Iran.

The blue chip drug makers saw first quarter earnings beat market expectations.

The high street lending giant reported pre-tax profits of £202 million for the first quarter, down from £358 million a year ago.

The group said it was adding it is ‘maintaining frequent dialogue with our fuel suppliers and airport partners on fuel supply’.

The oil giant saw profits surge by over 130% to a better-than-expected 3.2 billion US dollars (£2.4 billion) in the first quarter.

The music streaming group saw a 9% rise in the number of paying subscribers to 293 million.

The lender has now paid out £201,000 to 5,250 people impacted by the IT issues on March 12.

Donald Trump said over the weekend that envoys from Washington would no longer be travelling to Islamabad in Pakistan for negotiations.

The FTSE 100 firm said earlier this month it was heading for an ‘exceptional’ oil trading result in the first three months of the year.

Archie Norman said self-service checkouts had broken the ‘human link’ between retailers and shoppers.

The group has recently announced six factories will close across its European operations.