THE DAILY BRIEFING

JOBS WOE Unemployment in the US rose from 4.3pc to 4.4pc last month as companies hired 156,000 new staff – less than the 176,000 monthly average seen across 2017. YATES MOVE The former boss of fund firm Henderson, Roger Yates, is joining rival Jupiter Asset Management as a non-executive. He is also on the board of St James’s Place, and investment trust JP Morgan Elect.

BARCLAYS SALE The French investment operation owned by

Barclays has been sold to private equity business anaCap Financial Partners as the bank refocuses on the UK and US.

The deal, which covers 74 branches and a life insurance business, means Barclays has now got rid of its last retail banking business on the Continent.

FILM PROFITS Upmarket cinema chain Everyman, which has 21 cinemas, saw revenue rise 55pc to £18.8m in the six months to June 29, while profit came in at a modest £438,000, an improvement on the £670,000 loss suffered in the same period last year.

MARKETING SWOOP Property search website Zoopla has snapped up marketing firm Ravensworth for an undisclosed sum. it provides marketing services to the property industry, with Zoopla saying the deal would allow it to work with more estate agents.

VERTU UPBEAT Car retailer Vertu Motors said trading remained on track despite disposing of its freehold Jaguar Land Rover property in Leeds. it has entered into a sale and leaseback commitment for 15 years on the site, for £14m.

COAL SALE British mining company Rio Tinto has completed the £2bn sale of Coal & allied industries Ltd to australian buyers. Yancoal australia Ltd took over the subsidiary, which was formerly Rio’s thermal coal business in new South wales.