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NATWEST has moved to reduce the UK Government’s stake in the bank after buying back a significant tranche of shares from the Treasury in what ...

THAT NatWest is powering ahead to buy back HM Treasury’s stake in the “Big Four” bank signals a determination on its part to take advantage of its current robust performance. Last month, the owner of ...

London markets closed higher on Monday, with Croda International among the leaders after the specialty chemicals company ...

NatWest has purchased £1bn in shares of the bank from the Treasury, further reducing the government’s stake in the lender.

Croda shot to the top of the index as the specialty chemicals group left full-year constant-currency profit guidance ...

The FTSE 100 index rose 52.80 points, 0.7%, at 8,125.19. The FTSE 250 closed up 203.57 points, 1.0%, at 20,721.49. The AIM All-Share gained 3.57 points, 0.5%, at 737.93.

We believe it is a positive use of capital for the bank and for our shareholders and we are pleased with the sustained momentum in reducing HM Treasury’s stake in NatWest group throughout this year.” ...

Paul Thwaite, the NatWest chief executive, said: “As a result of NatWest group’s continued strong performance, we are pleased to have today completed our second buy-back of government shares of 2024, ...

NatWest has bought back £1bn of shares from the Treasury taking the taxpayer’s stake in the high street bank down to 11.4% ...