* OCADO: Ocado Group reported a worse-than-expected full-year loss, partly reflecting profits being wiped out at its retail joint venture with Marks & Spencer .
* ABRDN: abrdn fell to a full-year pretax loss and reported a slide in client funds for 2022.
* ST JAMES: St James's Place reported a rise in full-year profit, helped by strong new business flows as clients looked to protect themselves against runaway inflation and geopolitical risks.
* MAN GROUP: Man Group posted a 4% fall in assets under management, although beat expectations for AUM growth in the final three months of 2022.
* TRAVIS PERKINS: Travis Perkins posted a 16% fall in annual profits, hurt by lower property profits and a restructuring charge.
* CRODA: Croda International Plc reported higher annual profit,
buoyed by robust performance at its healthcare and consumer care units.
* WORKSPACE: Workspace Group Plc named Duncan Owen as its next
chair.
* BAE SYSTEMS: BAE Systems Australia, unit of BAE Systems and
another local manufacturer unveiled a new uncrewed military aircraft that will
be designed, manufactured and armed in Australia.
* HSBC: HSBC Holdings is aiming to raise up to $1.5 billion in a
perpetual additional tier 1 bond, according to a source with direct knowledge of
the matter.
* NORTHERN IRELAND: Northern Irish business groups welcomed the certainty a
new EU-UK deal on post-Brexit trade rules for the region provided for impacted
businesses and urged politicians to do likewise and restore the local
power-sharing government.
* JOHN LEWIS: Pippa Wicks, executive director of British department store
chain John Lewis, has left the business, the John Lewis Partnership said.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru)
