Associated British Foods warned that the loss of sales from store closures due to lockdowns could rise to over £1bn, as it downgraded annual profit expectations.

Boohoo has raised its annual revenue target after a strong Christmas holiday season, with the tightening of UK coronavirus curbs again pushing households to shop more online. They expect revenue growth of 36-38%, up from prior forecast of 28-32%.

Centrica expects their 2020 net debt to be around £2.8bn, a reduction of more than 10% on the year. They sounded a note of caution on 2021 prospects, owing to the return of tighter coronavirus restrictions in Britain and Ireland and their effect on business energy demand.

Halfords posts strong trading performance across the quarter with group like-for-like sales growth of 11.7%.

Hays sees Q2 net fees slide 19% and says that it is too early to quantify the impact of new lockdowns in the UK and Europe.

Taylor Wimpey says 2020 results are to be in line with market forecast.

Tesco followed rivals in reporting buoyant Christmas trading, as pandemic restrictions meant people splashed out on celebrations at home. They reported like-for-like sales growth in Q3 of 6.7%. They maintained guidance for 2020-21 retail operating profit of at least the same level as 2019-20.

Whitbread has completed the restructuring of its hotel and restaurant operations, leading to around 1,500 job cuts, much lower than the 6,000 it had expected. UK accommodation sales were down 55.2% in the last quarter and they also expect current travel restrictions to remain until at least the end of its fiscal year.