FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Kingfisher / 30 September 2026
Kingfisher (KGF): news on Wednesday 30 September 2026
−5.5 negative
Coverage centred on Kingfisher's chief executive sounding the alarm over a business rates increase on larger stores, which is a worry for the B&Q owner. A routine executive share option exercise and sale added little.
What drove it
- business rates warning
- executive share sale
The 2 stories
- −6.8 Boss of B&Q owner Kingfisher sounds alarm over business rates raid on larger stores
CEO warns higher business rates on larger stores would hurt B&Q owner. - −0.8 Kingfisher Discloses Executive Share Option Exercise and Sale
Routine executive option exercise and sale; minor, mostly factual.
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