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              De La Rue PLC

              • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
                De La Rue in talks over stake with Edi Truell-backed investors

                Disruptive Capital and Pension Superfund looking to acquire as much as 40% in banknote publisher

                Staff manufacturer £10 Sterling Banknotes for the Bank of England at the De La Rue production facility
              • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
                De La Rue slashes forecasts as banknote demand tumbles

                UK currency and passport printer warns of low order volumes for coming year

                A woman holds Indonesian rupiah banknotes
              • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
                De La Rue warns on profits after restructuring charges

                Auditors of British banknote printer disclose ‘material uncertainty’ of the group as a going concern

                De La Rue’s production facility in Essex
              • Monday, 12 September, 2022
                Lex
                De La Rue: cash printer needs to do the same for its shareholders Premium content

                The company would need to pay regular dividends to regain its lost status as a UK mid-cap

                The corporate logo of De La Rue
              • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
                De La Rue shares fall after banknote maker issues profit warning over rising costs

                M&S and Purplebricks among other UK companies under pressure from inflation and economic uncertainty

                £10 notes at the De La Rue production facility in Essex, UK
              • Friday, 28 January, 2022
                De La Rue investor calls for sale or break-up after profit warning

                Activist Crystal Amber says banknote maker has focused on volume sales rather than profit

              • Monday, 24 January, 2022
                De La Rue shares plunge as banknote maker warns on profit

                UK group says rising costs, chip shortages and staff absences will hamper full-year earnings

                British £5 and £10 notes
              • Saturday, 22 May, 2021
                News in-depth
                Inside the UK’s moneymaking factory where cash is still king

                Bank of England site is increasing production despite pandemic spurring digital payments

                Production of £10 notes at De La Rue’s facility in Debden, Essex
              • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
                De La Rue in talks over Covid immunity certificates

                British moneymaker announces sevenfold increase in first-half adjusted operating profits

              • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
                De La Rue to halt Gateshead factory production after passport contract loss

                Company plans to raise £100m through share placing to complete turnround

                De La Rue will now print banknotes for the UK and other countries from only one British site, at Debden in Essex
              • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
                SFO ends probe into banknote printer De La Rue

                Investigation into business in South Sudan closes due to insufficient evidence

              • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
                LombardCat Rutter Pooley
                In barmy world of fintech, $5.5bn for Revolut is not so bonkers

                Neobank’s funding round sets new valuation parameters; De La Rue battles to last a decade

                Smartphone with Revolut logo is placed on the U.S. dollar banknotes in this illustration taken February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
              • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
                De La Rue announces cost cuts to revitalise business

                Banknote manufacturer enjoys share price surge as focus switches to polymer currency printing

                FILE PHOTO: The corporate logo of De La Rue at a new 27 million euro product authentication facility at De La Rue Malta in Zejtun, Malta, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo - RC1234FE8A60
              • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
                News in-depth
                This company can print money but not make it

                After losing UK passport contract, De La Rue is more reliant on exotic currency customers

              • Monday, 2 December, 2019
                Activist fund set to double stake in banknote maker De La Rue

                Crystal Amber’s move shows sign of confidence in struggling UK group

                The Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben, is seen on a British five pound banknote, in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. The U.K. currency is getting harder to trade, and to predict, because the nation’s exit from the European Union has changed the rules of engagement. Photographer: Miles Willis/Bloomberg
              • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
                LexUK companies
                De La Rue: the folding stuff Premium content

                The king of cash is not dead yet. But he is very poorly

              • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
                De La Rue shares plunge on warning about its future

                UK group points to ‘material uncertainty’ if a turnround plan does not tackle debt pile

                FILE PHOTO: British five pound banknotes.November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
              • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
                LombardMatthew Vincent
                De La Rue’s past failings are tearing up a £500m British business

                Printing group’s polymer banknotes may be hard to rip, but its share price is not

                The Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben, and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II are seen on a British five pound banknote, in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. The U.K. currency is getting harder to trade, and to predict, because the nation’s exit from the European Union has changed the rules of engagement. Photographer: Miles Willis/Bloomberg
              • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
                De La Rue shares tumble 20% after second profit warning this year

                Banknote printer has been hit by host of setbacks, including SFO investigation

                FILE PHOTO: The corporate logo of De La Rue at a new 27 million euro product authentication facility at De La Rue Malta in Zejtun, Malta, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo - RC1234FE8A60
              • Monday, 7 October, 2019
                Banknote printer De La Rue appoints new chief executive

                Turnround specialist Clive Vacher joins group as it faces challenges on a number of fronts

                New plastic notes...File photo dated 18/12/13 of examples of polymer banknotes, as De La Rue have been chosen by the Bank of England as its preferred bidder to print the country's first plastic bank notes. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday September 8, 2014. The Basingstoke-based firm, which has produced bank notes since 1860, is expected to sign an extended 10-year contract that will see it print standard notes from next year, as well as the plastic notes from 2016. See PA story CITY DeLaRue. Photo credit should read: Dylan Martinez/PA Wire
              • Monday, 2 September, 2019
                LombardKate Burgess
                Dechra gallops ahead of its rivals by not frightening the horses

                Small but resilient, this Cheshire company has in five years doubled revenues and tripled earnings

                RD1NMJ cropped view of veterinarian microchipping black cat in latex gloves on grey background
              • Monday, 2 September, 2019
                De La Rue picks Micro Focus executive as new chairman

                Kevin Loosemore will join banknote printer as it struggles with crises

                FILE PHOTO: The corporate logo of De La Rue is seen at De La Rue Malta at Bulebel Industrial Estate in Zejtun, Malta April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo
              • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
                De La Rue suffers shareholder revolt over executive pay

                Rebellion over chief’s pension is latest blow to banknote printer

              • Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
                Serious Fraud Office opens investigation into De La Rue 

                Shares in UK banknote printer tumble after disclosure of probe tied to South Sudan

                FILE PHOTO: The corporate logo of De La Rue is seen at De La Rue Malta at Bulebel Industrial Estate in Zejtun, Malta April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo
              • Friday, 28 June, 2019
                Inside LondonNeil Collins
                British stocks defy the gloomy headlines

                FTSE is only 9% short of its peak and has made a strong recovery since December’s woes

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