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Imperial Brands PLC

Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Asia, Australasia, and internationally. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, P&S, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, FINE, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services. Further, the company is involved in the management of a golf course; distribution of pharmaceuticals, POS software, and published materials and other products; printing and publishing activities; and provision of long haul transportation, industrial parcel and express delivery, pharmaceutical products logistics, advertising, payment, freight forwarding, and support management services, as well as owns the trademarks; and retails its products. Additionally, it engages in edition and distribution of books and non-periodical publication. Furthermore, the company is involved in research and development of e-vapour products. The company was formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC and changed its name to Imperial Brands PLC in February 2016. Imperial Brands PLC was founded in 1636 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

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Imperial Brands to Cut Thousands of Jobs in US and Europe

British tobacco giant Imperial Brands is reportedly preparing to cut thousands of jobs across key markets including the United States and Europe as part of cost reduction efforts. The first phase of the cuts will target human resources, finance, and procurement and supply chain functions at its subsidiary ITG Brands, which covers the US, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. The second phase will affect legal, marketing, and insights and intelligence teams at the same subsidiary. Affected employees will be notified in April, with the reductions set to begin mid-year. Some of ITG Brands' operations are expected to be outsourced to strategic partner Capgemini of France by the end of the year. A company spokesperson said in a statement that the changes being made will gradually impact the entire global market, but did not disclose the exact number of people affected. As of the end of 2025, Imperial Brands had approximately 25,800 employees worldwide.
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FTSE 100 Edges Up 0.59% Led by Unilever Rally

The UK's FTSE 100 index rose 0.59% on Tuesday, driven by a strong rally in Unilever shares after the consumer goods giant reported better-than-expected earnings and raised its full-year guidance. The benchmark was up 63.90 points at 10,845.65 nearly half an hour past noon. Unilever climbed nearly 8% as it upgraded its full-year underlying sales growth guidance to the 4% to 6% range from its previous expectation of growth at the bottom end of the range, supported by around 3% underlying volume growth, and reported its best quarter of sales volume growth in 16 years. Other notable gainers included Admiral Group up over 4%, Relx up 3.6%, and Compass Group, Diageo, Imperial Brands, Croda International, Babcock International, Reckitt Benckiser, The Sage Group, and Experian climbing between 2.5% and 3%. Barclays Group shed more than 5% after reporting increased second-quarter operating costs, while Natwest Group and Lloyds Banking Group both eased about 1.3%. In economic news, UK shop price inflation rose 0.9% year-on-year in July 2026, missing expectations of 1.2% and marking the slowest increase since December 2025.
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