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    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Investments
      Investors’ Chronicle: Vertu Motors, Compass Group, Treatt

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Catering group Compass cashes in on UK’s high food inflation

      More companies are turning to the FTSE 100 group to cut the cost of feeding staff

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      FT Magazine
      A controversial biotech and an unlikely anorexia treatment 

      A Nasdaq-listed company is trialling the active ingredient in magic mushrooms as a new treatment

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Sales at world’s biggest catering group pass pre-pandemic levels

      Compass is benefitting from outsourcing but rising costs cut into profit margins

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Compass raises guidance on busier than expected offices

      World’s largest catering group feels benefits as many Covid restrictions end

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      Compass turns to remote kitchens as pandemic disrupts office canteens

      World’s largest caterer is having to meet demand from companies looking to order food on a daily basis

    • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
      LombardBryce Elder
      Compass seeks new direction after food parcels fiasco

      Rising profitability and tumbling sales at the world’s largest caterer; Swiss watch sales ticking along

    • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
      Compass seeks to improve school food parcels after criticism

      Catering group’s revenues fall by a third as pandemic stops sports and leisure events

    • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
      Compass faces ‘critical questions’ on food parcels for children

      Investors ask for details of estimated cost of items meant to replace free school meals

    • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
      UK schools
      ‘Unacceptable’ lockdown food parcels axed by UK school chain

      Outrage over quality of provision for children prompts action from Harris Federation and apology from Chartwells

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      Investments
      Compass insiders buy on weakness

      Contract caterer has been badly hit by the pandemic

    • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
      Compass expects office workers to stay home

      Catering group reports tumble in annual sales and searches for new business in healthcare

    • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
      Lex
      Compass: pantry prepper Premium content

      UK-based caterer’s decision to go big and bold is wise

    • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
      Compass seeks £2bn in biggest fundraising since pandemic began

      Offer to be open to both institutional and retail investors as coronavirus has ‘profound impact’ on catering giant

    • Monday, 18 May, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Companies stop pulling punches as lockdowns ease

      Royal Mail and Invesco dispatch marked cards; Compass is on right path

    • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
      Food & Beverage
      Caterer Compass warns of hit from remote working

      FTSE 100 company says impact of coronavirus is hitting business hard

    • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
      LexEuropean companies
      Compass Group: kitchen nightmares Premium content

      How far the caterer’s profits eventually fall depends on the scale and duration of a US outbreak

    • Monday, 6 January, 2020
      Compass chairman Paul Walsh to step down

      Former Diageo chief plans to focus on other interests

    • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Magic mushroom medicine passes first clinical safety trial

      The next test for psilocybin will be to treat depression resistant to existing drugs

    • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
      World’s largest caterer Compass scales back on signs of global weakness

      Group to shrink operations in Europe, Japan, and Brazil

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      Investments
      Barratt Developments chief in £3.3m sale

      Housebuilder’s share price is up by a quarter since the start of the year

    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
      UK’s Compass Group to buy Nordic caterer in €475m deal

      Acquisition will extend Northern European reach of world’s largest catering company

    • Thursday, 8 February, 2018
      UK companies
      Compass on track for best day since 2010

      Catering group reports ‘better than planned’ performance across business

    • Friday, 5 January, 2018
      News in-depthWeek in Review
      Week in Review, January 6

      Tesla miss; MoneyGram, Richard Cousins, drug pricing and Steinhoff in the news

    • Thursday, 4 January, 2018
      Aerospace & Defence
      Seaplane in Richard Cousins crash was in previous fatal accident

      Australian authorities are reassessing 1996 incident involving the same aircraft

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