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Deadline for Goals bid extended
■ Goals Soccer Centres, which runs five-a-side football centres across the UK, said yesterday it had extended the deadline for Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to make an offer for the company. Goals confirmed at the start of April that it had been approached by the Canadian pension fund, which also owns Camelot, the National Lottery operator. Under Takeover Panel rules, a deadline of 30 April was set for the fund to make a bid or walk away but this has been extended to 14 May. Goals reported an 11 per cent increase in underlying profits in 2011 to £13.8m and is currently valued at around £62m.