* GSK: GSK beat fourth-quarter profit and sales forecasts helped by sales of its blockbuster shingles vaccine Shingrix.
* VODAFONE: Vodafone reported a slowdown in its group service revenue growth to 1.8% in the third quarter from 2.5% in the second.
* ENTAIN: Entain raised its annual profit forecast
after the co reported a 12% rise in quarterly online gaming revenue.
* ARGO BLOCKCHAIN: Argo Blockchain said
CFO Alex Appleton is stepping down to pursue other opportunities.
* VIRGIN MONEY: Virgin Money UK Plc said it expected
second-half period of the current financial year
to benefit from lower costs .
* ITV STUDIOS: Hollywood producer Peter Chernin and French TV production
group Banijay's parent have expressed interest in ITV's Studios.
* ASDA SUPERMARKET: A consortium including Hydrogen truck startup HVS and
Asda said it had been awarded a 6.6 mln pound ($8.1 mln) UK government grant to
develop autonomous hydrogen heavy goods vehicles.
* DARKTRACE: Darktrace shares plunged as much as 10% after a
short-selling fund questioned the company's financial statements.
* ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WORKERS STRIKE: Thousands of staff at Britain's
Environment Agency will go on strike on Feb. 8 in a dispute over pay.
* STRIKE: Around 1,000 British Border Force officers at English Channel
ports will join a wave of industrial action and go on strike next month.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS
> Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting By Sruthi Narasimha Chari in Bengaluru)
