Shares in United Internet surged on Wednesday after its majority-owned German mobile and broadband provider 1&1 agreed agreed a deal for Vodafone to provide 5G coverage to its customers, in a move that would see it replace Telefonica Deutschland.
UK bank NatWest on Friday reported better-than-expected interim profits only days after it was rocked by the resignation of chief executive Alison Rose over leaking of details of hard-right former political party leader Nigel Farage.