Mr Kipling’s ‘biggest ever year’ bakes in sweet-looking profit at Premier Foods May 14, 2026 The owner of some of the UK’s best loved and most famous food brands hailed standout performer Mr Kipling, on Thursday which helped Premier Foods eat City profit forecasts for lunch. Mr Kipling – the brand behind the “exceedingly good cakes” tagline, in use continually since 1967, when the range made its debut – had its [...]
Lansdowne Partners launches VC fund to scale UK innovation to global commercial success May 14, 2026 Lansdowne Partners has launched a venture capital fund focused on backing high potential UK companies emerging from the country’s world class university research base and start up ecosystem. The fund announces a first close of $150 million and will hold a second and final close in December, with indicated interest in excess of the fund [...]
Costar Data Shows Big Six Q1 Office Investment Volumes at Their Highest Since 2018 May 13, 2026 The Big Six office investments reached an eight-year high in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from CoStar, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260513435468/en/ Investors spent £485m across Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, [...]
Multi-Color Corporation Successfully Completes Comprehensive Financial Restructuring May 12, 2026 Company Emerges Stronger, Well-Positioned to Execute Long-Term Strategy With Significantly Deleveraged Balance Sheet
Poundstretcher seeks rent cuts in survival bid May 7, 2026 Discount retailer Poundstretcher is set to be restructured by its owner, Fortress Investment Group, to reduce property-related overheads and avoid closure. The plan will see the retail chain, which operates 298 stores in the UK, stabilise a “substantial fall in turnover” and rising leasehold costs, the Insolvency and Companies Court heard today. In the High [...]
Options Technology Appoints Larry Leibowitz as Chairman of The Board May 6, 2026 Options Technology, the leading managed IT services and technology solutions provider, today announced Larry Leibowitz to Chairman of its Board. Leibowitz, who joined the Board in June 2023 as an independent director, assumes the Chairmanship as Options continues to accelerate its growth across key financial centres worldwide. This press release features multimedia. View the full [...]
Volkswagen Financial Services Poland marks three years of strong ABS performance with BearingPoint May 5, 2026 Through a long-term partnership between Volkswagen Financial Services Poland and BearingPoint, VWFS Poland successfully launched its first STS-compliant ABS transaction, VCL Master Poland DAC, which has delivered nearly three years of robust performance. The transaction has improved transparency, enabled full regulatory compliance, and enhanced operational efficiency, setting a new benchmark for the Polish securitization market.
OPAQUE Acquires Abu Dhabi-Developed Cryptographic AI Technology from TII, Extending Confidential AI Across the Full Lifecycle with Post-Quantum Protection May 4, 2026 New capabilities make it possible to safely deploy AI agents on the most sensitive and regulated data — with hardware-enforced, verifiable rules and cryptographic guarantees built to withstand quantum computing
Lone Star Funds Announces Transformational Dual Acquisitions of RadiciGroup’s High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals Businesses and DOMO Engineered Materials May 1, 2026 Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) today announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Fund XII, L.P. has completed the acquisition of RadiciGroup, with its High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals business areas, and has signed binding transaction agreements for the acquisition of DOMO Engineered Materials (“DOMO EM”), a business division of DOMO Group, with closing [...]
Benjamin Moore Announces Two New Subsidiaries Poised to Grow Global Markets April 30, 2026 Benjamin Moore, a trusted name in premium paint, color innovation and coatings for more than 140 years, today announced the introduction of two new, wholly owned subsidiaries, BM Prudhoe Limited and C&R Scotland Limited. Incorporated in England and Scotland respectively, this marks the company’s second establishment of a subsidiary in England and its first in [...]