UK profits grow at weakest pace in three years in Q2 amid economic slowdown

Boosted by sterling weakness

David Brenchley
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Second-quarter results season was the weakest for UK companies since just before the Brexit referendum three years ago as the gap between overseas- and domestic-earning FTSE stocks continues to widen, according to The Share Centre.

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