Barratt Developments state they will build fewer homes in 2023 than the previous year and flagged uncertainty in the market as higher mortgage rates amid a cost-of-living crisis drive homebuyers away. Their net bookings rate per average week fell to 0.30 during the period from Oct 10^th to Dec-end, compared with 0.69 during the corresponding period a year earlier.

Darktrace have cut their FY revenue forecast saying prospective customers were reluctant to run product trials due to the worsening macro-economic environment. They now expect their constant currency annual recurring revenue to increase by 29-31.5% in the year to end-June, down from its previous forecast of 31-34%.

Direct Line Insurance Group does not expect to pay a final dividend for 2022, following a surge in claims due to severe cold weather in Britain in December. Inflation in motor insurance claims has also impacted their underwriting performance. They reported total weather claims of around £140m for 2022, well above its original expectation of £73m.

Ferrexpo says 2022 was fatality-free despite war in Ukraine. Their Q4 2022 iron ore pellet production came in at 0.4m tonnes, down from 3.1m YoY. The hit to iron ore production was caused by loss of power for most of the quarter.

JD Sports reported total revenue growth of over 20% in the six-week Christmas shopping period to end of December, prompting it to raise their FY profit forecast.

PageGroup says their 2022 operating profit is to be around £195m amid softening near end of Q4.

Sainsbury expects their yearly profits to be towards the upper end of guidance range of £630-690m.