Breaking pre-market news on Friday,
- Richard Branson’s Virgin Money to acquire Church House Trust, which it will use as a platform to “develop a retail banking business in the UK” – statement.
- RBS announces sale of fund management assets to Aberdeen Asset Management – statement, statement and statement.
- Mitchells & Butlers trading strong over Christmas/New Year – statement.
- Cimpor rejects CSN’s $5.6bn bid – report.
- Corporate: BT Group, Michael Page, Rank, Restaurant Group, Spirax-Sarco Engineering.