Investor Update: S & U PLC receiving record number of loan applications

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S & U PLC's (LON:SUS) car finance business Advantage continues to trade very well with the number of customers now above 60,000 for the first time. Debt quality has improved, while bad debts are down.

Virtual reality group VR Education (LON:VRE) has received more good news about its Apollo 11 experience. The US Space and Rocket Center in Alabama, is to install it as a major attraction for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

BigDish (LON:DISH) has announced this morning that Swindon has gone live on its platform. Taunton is expected to be up and running around 28 May 2019.

An absence of snow helped pub group Mitchells & Butlers reverse its recent downward trend and increased profits in its first half by 9%. Like-for-like sales rose by 4.1%.

TalkTalk’s losses dropped sharply its latest full year with the mobile group close to break-even again. There was a strong pick-up in customer numbers for its new fibre network, though fourth quarter subscribers overall remained little changed.