Just Eat has reported a slowdown at its UK business, with the online delivery firm blaming warm weather and the timing of Easter.

The group saw UK orders grow 7.4 per cent to 31.9 million in the three months to March 31, compared with growth of 24% in the same period last year.

It blamed strong comparative figures, "unseasonably warm weather in February", and Easter falling entirely in the second quarter.

The firm said it expects an improvement in UK order growth during the remainder of the year.

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Across the group as a whole, orders were up 21% to 61.4 million, helped by new initiatives and strong international growth.

Cloud services and subscription-based products such as Prime helped Amazon achieve strong quarterly results once again, with net sales up 17% to 59.7 billion dollars (£42.6 billion).

The company's growing cloud business - Amazon Web Services - delivered the biggest area of growth in the three months to the end of March, with net sales at 7.7 billion dollars (£6 billion), up 41% year over year.

Operating income for Amazon Web Services came in at 2.2 billion dollars (£1.7 billion).

Subscription services, which include everything from Prime to audiobooks, also delivered the biggest percentage hike, standing at 4.3 billion dollars (£3.3 billion) in net sales, up 40% from last year's 3.1 billion dollars (£2.4 billion).

Advertising giant WPP has reported a fall in like-for-like sales in the first quarter as it continues to feel the pain of big client losses.

Comparable sales at the group fell 2.8% in the period, with total revenue up just 0.9% to £3.58 billion.

The group is grappling with several big-name account losses, such as assignments from car giant Ford, which have dragged on its performance.

The pain was felt hardest in the US, where comparable sales dropped 8.5% and was WPP's weakest region. In the UK, like-for-like sales dipped 0.9%.