THE DAILY BRIEFING

GOOD SHOW Event management company Informa said it is on track to deliver its fourth consecutive year of growth thanks to strong trading in its global exhibitions business. The firm, which hosts international exhibitions and events, said it had run 14 of its top 20 events in the first four months of this year and received more than 90pc of is budgeted revenue as a result.

BOARD MOVES Spread betting firm CMC Markets has shaken up its boardroom. Chief financial officer and risk head Grant Foley will become chief operating and financial officer. Trading director David Fineberg is being made commercial director.

HEALTH BOSS Retailer SuperGroup has announced that its chairman, Peter Bamford, has been appointed deputy chairman of Spire Healthcare. Bamford, 63, will also be Spire’s senior independent director, effective yesterday. WEB OFFER Online beauty retailer The Hut Group has splashed out about £60m on a server and web-hosting business. It has bought UK2 from its private equity owner, LDC.

LOAN RULES Payday lenders have been ordered to advertise on price comparison websites under new rules to expose rip- off interest rates. The Competition and Markets Authority hopes it will help consumers make sensible decisions when using the scandal-hit industry.

PAY REVOLT Investment giant BlackRock has beaten efforts to force it to take a more hard line stance on sky-high pay. Millionaire philanthropist Steve Silberstein tried to make the business change tack at its annual meeting yesterday.

ROLLS MOVE Engineering giant Rolls-Royce has hired one of the analysts covering the company to take charge of its financial planning. Deutsche Bank aerospace and defence analyst Ben Fidler will become director for group financial planning and analysis from September. He will be in charge of management reporting, forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning.