UK 23:37 Monday, 21 September 2026
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It is a busy world out there, but I will leave all the excitable happenings at NatWest (NWG) to the real experts out there, and talk about some more sensibly managed FTSE 100 corporate names. First up, is British American Tobacco (BATS), which announced its own CEO shift a month or two back. I reckon this was driven by the need to actually start bringing the business deeper into the 2020s, especially as progressively it will be moving away from the world of cigarettes. But even I, as a complete non-smoker, have to acknowledge that it will take a bit of time, as despite a 30% revenue increase year-on-year in 2023, non-combustible offerings are still only 16.6% of the company’s overall sales. However, just like hybrid and/or electric cars, the user market share is only going up.
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