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Kate Burgess

Lombard Editor

Kate Burgess has worked at the FT since 1998, during which time she was a UK companies correspondent, investment correspondent and corporate correspondent. Before that she worked for some years in the City as a stock broker and stock market analyst.

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  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    LombardInternational Airlines Group
    Don’t fly away: BA owner’s tough ask to investors with shares at lows

    IAG grounds expectations as bookings fall; Shaftesbury taps shareholders to weather coronavirus storm

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    LombardAccounting & Consulting services
    Auditors can cut free but Boohoo needs a credible successor to PwC

    PwC puts distance between it and Boohoo; Amigo battles on

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    LombardRolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce’s bond issue prepares it for the long haul to recovery

    The UK aerospace group is right to take the long view; Heineken tests pub watchdog

  • Wednesday, 14 October, 2020
    LombardASOS PLC
    Asos counts cost of maintaining social distance from fast-fashion rivals

    Asos wants to be seen as a cut above; Covid-19 bumps up Bunzl

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    LombardUK small companies
    Last orders loom for big indebted pub groups

    National inn chains suffer as new lockdown policy heralds more pub closures

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    LombardPearson PLC
    Pearson’s chairman needs more lessons on how to say ‘no’

    Sidney Taurel risks being cut from the middle of Pearson’s muddle; UK banks beware negative interest rates

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    LombardTalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
    Investors should not let Fomo stop offer to take TalkTalk private

    Toscafund move for TalkTalk puts high value on cash; Hargreaves Lansdown — in perpetual motion

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    LombardBanks
    Banks not just taxpayers stand to lose from bounce back loan defaults

    Lenders’ reputation on the line; Frasers’ fearless 1,000

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    LombardFinablr Ltd
    Finablr is sinking before it has learnt to swim

    Private equity ownership of Watches of Switzerland and Trainline; Co-Operative Bank seeks another chief

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  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    LombardCineworld Group PLC
    Cineworld is in slow-motion endgame

    Cinema chain draws curtains on screens; Mulberry suffers at home on the high street

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    LombardIPOs
    Why the Spac mania won’t bridge the Atlantic

    Spac ETF marks high-water mark in the US; Halfords defies Haldane; Renewi wastes

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    LombardFerguson PLC
    Ferguson turns dividend tap back on to make FTSE 100 a tad hotter

    A 4 per cent dividend yield is still something; student accommodation providers face learning curve

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    LombardWilliam Hill PLC
    William Hill investors should take Caesars’ money and run

    US casino operator is in a strong position to sew up a deal for British bookmaker

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    LombardAA PLC
    The AA in a danse macabre with private equity partners

    Suitors whittled down; Smiths delaying tactics; Willie Walsh’s new billet

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    LombardUK companies
    Working from home may be bigger test for City of London than Brexit

    WFH bears down on the Square Mile; Tesco chief urges shoppers to stay calm

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    LombardRetail sector
    John Lewis head should hope to be as lucky as Next next time

    Unveiling department store’s results at same time as high street chain was unfortunate

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    LombardGreen bonds
    Burberry’s sustainability bond is a UK trendsetter

    Green is the season’s colour for fashion; Loungers’ regional exposure helps sales; Rough diamonds for miner Petra

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    LombardRolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    It is hard to see an end to the bad news at Rolls-Royce

    Engine maker’s balance sheet looks messy; Flutter warns of a ‘highly uncertain’ future

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    LombardPremier Oil PLC
    Premier Oil spies light in tunnel but can’t stop being squashed by green energy train 

    Premier Oil agrees terms to carry on exploring; Mike Ashley’s property punt; Jalopy Lookers

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    LombardASDA Group Ltd
    In battle of British grocers, Morrisons uses Amazon to steal march on Asda

    Asda’s past, present and future look less than legendary; Lombard’s newest Stealth Stakhanovite

  • Thursday, 13 August, 2020
    LombardTUI AG
    Investors should disembark the good ship Tui or brace for long haul

    Tour group needs equity issue to steady ship; sunlight is no salve for undertakers’ ailments

  • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
    LombardUK companies
    Asos’s returns to investors won’t match new discipline of customers

    Operating margins have doubled, but this trend may be fleeting

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    LombardPrudential PLC
    Pru stops hemming over Jackson and starts hawing over Asia

    Mike Wells gives shareholders a definitive answer on the group’s geographic structure

  • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
    LombardITV PLC
    Carolyn McCall just about keeps ITV’s show on the road

    Broadcaster faces more than pantomime threats; Hammerson hammers out a survival plan

  • Wednesday, 22 July, 2020
    LombardPrecious metals
    Poor man’s precious metal will make Fresnillo and silver backers rich now

    Shiny, grey stuff outguns gold pro tem; why Stagecoach won’t stage a rebound

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