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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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  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
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  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
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    Debt, derivatives and deadlines: Lombardier bows out after 25 years covering the Square Mile

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    LombardIQE PLC
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  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    LombardRSA Insurance Group PLC
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  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    LombardVodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone’s shareholders need to keep their eyes on the big prize

    Prospect of payouts and manageable debt should cheer investors; G4S plays defence

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    Lombard3i Group PLC
    3i’s past is an action plan for the future

    3i template for post-pandemic regeneration fund; GVC, a card or so short of a full deck

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    LombardProperty sector
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    Outlook brightens for office landlords; Premier Foods finds way out of bargain bin

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    LombardRetail & Consumer industry
    M&S sticks to its knitting in another remake costing millions

    Multiple makeovers hit UK retailer; Distance is a poor excuse for bad practice in timeshare selling

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    LombardAssociated British Foods PLC
    Prudent Primark owner is right to keep hold of cash

    Associated British Foods doesn’t pay a dividend; Telit still can’t escape Oozi Cats

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    LombardUK banks
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    Message to watchdog to lift lockdown on dividends unchanged; Howden reaps kitchen boom

  • 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

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  • 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
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    Banks not just taxpayers stand to lose from bounce back loan defaults

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

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  • 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

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