THE DAILY BRIEFING
NO REGRETS Leave voters are showing no sign of ‘Brexit regret’, according to YouGov. The pollsters said split between those who want to leave the EU and those who want to remain is fairly evenly split at 50/50. Its latest survey showed 68pc agree Brexit should go ahead. Shares closed up 0.9pc or 2.5p to 265p. ACE TIE-UP Europe’s largest hotel group AccorHotels has teamed up with Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners to buy Potel et Chabot, the luxury events group behind the French Open tennis tournament. ONLINE DEAL Menswear firm Jacamo will begin selling clothes through website Asos. Jacamo is owned by N Brown, whose shares rose 1pc or 2.25p to 215.75p. DEBT SOLD Barclays sold £1.3bn of risky US credit card debt to personal loan firm Credit Shop. Shares fell 1.2pc or 2.75p to 224.2p. MERGER GO-AHEAD The European Union has approved the £103.26bn merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont after the firms agreed to sell assets. RISING PROFITS Construction software specialists Elecosoft has posted rising sales and profits. The firm said sales were up 17pc to £17.8m in 2016 while profits increased 50pc to £1.5m. TOASTING SALES Inspired Energy has toasted its sixth consecutive year of record sales and profits. The consultancy firm said turnover in 2016 was up 42pc to £ 21.5m from £ 15.2m the year before while profits rose 15pc to £4m from £3.5m in 2015. INSURANCE PAYOUTS Aegon paid £123.4m to UK claimants with life, critical illness and income protection policies last year. Most went on life insurance – some £64.4m, up 15pc on 2015. FAIR FEES Fund managers could be forced to give a full breakdown of their fees in an easy format under rules from The Investment Association likely to be introduced at the end of the year. BID BOOST A winning bid for Northern Rail and strong demand across the UK helped Arriva toast rising sales. The transport firm, which won the contract for the line from Serco-Abellio last year, said sales grew 5pc in 2016 to £4.4bn. Earnings before interest and tax remained flat, at £453m.