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    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      Imperial Brands takes £400mn-plus hit to profits as it pulls out of Russia

      It is only major tobacco company to exit country after invasion of Ukraine

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Imperial launches £1bn buyback programme

      Group among FTSE 100’s best performers over past year as investors seek refuge in big tobacco

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Investments
      Investors’ Chronicle: Vodafone, Burberry, Imperial Brands

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      Gauloises maker Imperial Brands to make full exit from Russia

      Tobacco group to transfer assets and operations to ‘local third party’ following similar move by BAT

    • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
      Tobacco
      ‘Vulture’ fund pioneer Dart builds £5bn stakes in tobacco

      Caymans Islands-based billionaire now third-biggest shareholder in British American Tobacco

    • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
      Imperial Brands turns focus back to cigarettes

      New CEO says vaping business ‘expanded too quickly and too broadly’

    • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
      LombardBryce Elder
      The smoke is clearing for Imperial

      Imperial’s new boss clears the air; Blue Prism’s credentials to join the US robot club

    • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
      Imperial Brands hit by slowdown in vaping over health concerns

      Tobacco revenue increases slightly as smokers spend more on cigarettes during pandemic

    • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      End is nigh for brief era when BoE borrowing meant bragging rights

      Bank and Treasury introduce strings on largest loans. Dividends and buybacks are all out

    • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
      Imperial Brands cuts dividend for first time to pay down debt

      Cigarette maker slashes interim payout as it expects more pronounced hit from coronavirus

    • Monday, 27 April, 2020
      Imperial Brands sells premium cigar business for £1bn

      Tobacco group intends to use proceeds of sale to pay down debt

    • Friday, 27 March, 2020
      Inside LondonBryce Elder
      Tobacco stocks should be doing better out of enforced isolation

      The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic

    • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
      LexTobacco
      Imperial Brands: empire in decline Premium content

      Putting dividend growth back on track should reduce smoke signals from angry investors

    • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
      Imperial Brands warns vaping crackdown will hit earnings

      US ban on some products hampers efforts to move away from traditional cigarettes

    • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
      City Bulletin
      Opening Quote: US vaping ban clouds Imperial’s outlook

      Your morning City briefing on companies in the news, job moves and what’s happening in the markets

    • Monday, 3 February, 2020
      Imperial Brands names new chief executive

      Stefan Bomhard joins tobacco group from car dealer Inchcape

    • Monday, 3 February, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Imperial Brands’ Alison Cooper won’t be only boss to run out of puff

      CEO turnover and M&A activity; Ofgem’s dilemma

    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      IWG’s Dixon proves more fit for office than WeWork’s Neumann

      Lossmaking US group’s rival demonstrates how less profit can mean a higher valuation

    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
      Imperial outlines ‘cautious’ revenue outlook amid US vaping backlash

      Tobacco group struggling with pushback against cigarette alternatives

    • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Imperial Brands needs to announce some change for the better

      News of chief executive’s departure highlights problems the tobacco group faces

    • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
      Imperial Brands chief to step down after revenue forecast cut

      Alison Cooper to leave tobacco company after a successor is found

    • Friday, 27 September, 2019
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      The three Alisons find it tough at the top

      But at least they outnumber Daves in FTSE 100 boardrooms

    • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
      Imperial Brands warns of hit from US vaping clampdown

      Shares plunge 10% as group lowers revenue guidance amid backlash

    • Monday, 19 August, 2019
      Lex
      Imperial Brands: fume laden Premium content

      The cigarette group faces a tough task convincing investors it can carve out a future in tobacco alternatives

    • Monday, 19 August, 2019
      Investors demand change at Imperial Brands

      Big shareholders push for new leadership and for parts of tobacco business to be sold

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