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UK dividend payments hit a new record high in Q2, with PLCs paying out a total of £25.3bn to investors, but slowing profit growth means full-year dividends are expected to drop year-on-year.

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BP has raised its dividend by 12.5% to 9c a share, but reported a fall in profits in the third quarter.

UK dividend payments hit another record high in Q3 2012, the latest figures from Capita have revealed, although the mood was soured somewhat as it warned it will be "much harder" to make progress in 2013.

The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland has predicted the business may restart dividend payments to shareholders after 2013, by which time its restructuring phase should be complete.

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