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Imperial Brands says it feels ‘no impact’ from coronavirus

The cigarette group has said that it has seen no impact from the spread of coronavirus, and is currently trading in line with expectations. The FTSE 100 company added that it had secured €3.5bn of credit from a consortium of banks.

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