Takeaway.com eyes imminent IPO on Euronext stock exchange after snapping up Just Eat’s Benelux operations September 6, 2016 The Netherlands’ largest restaurant delivery site Takeaway.com will seek to list on Amsterdam’s Euronext stock exchange in the next few weeks, the company announced today. Although previously active in the UK, earlier this summer Takeaway offloaded its entire British operations to Just Eat for an undisclosed sum, before snapping up Just Eat’s Benelux arm for €22.5m [...]
Three at 3: The three stories you need to read right now September 6, 2016 We’ve done the legwork for you, and put together the top three stories of the day in bite sized form, just to make your life that bit easier. Time for a coffee break? Check out our three at 3. Asking, but not getting It turns out women have been doing their bit when it comes [...]
Does the government think Single Market membership is “highly improbable”? It depends who you ask… September 6, 2016 Confusion has broken out over the government's stance on Single Market membership after Downing Street refused to back the Brexit minister's views on Europe. Brexit minister David Davis made his first ministerial statement since being appointed May's secretary of state for exiting the European Union yesterday. And responding to a question from former small business [...]
Britons miss fewer days at work than the rest of Europe, but does it make us happy? September 6, 2016 NULL
Mondelez International takes out sweet £1m insurance policy for one of its chocolate tasting-scientists September 6, 2016 Mondelez International has taken niche insurance to a whole new level after it insured the taste buds of one of its chocolate scientists for £1m with Lloyd's of London. Hayleigh Curtis works as part of Cadbury's innovation team at Mondelez's Global Centre of Chocolate Excellence, based in Bournville, the birthplace of Cadbury chocolate. The specialist chocolate team [...]
Flights resume at London City Airport after Black Lives Matter protest on runway September 6, 2016 Flights from London City Airport have resumed this afternoon, following a morning of delays and cancellations as Black Lives Matter protesters shut down the runway. Metropolitan Police arrested nine protesters, who made their way onto the runway at around 5.40am and locked themselves together. The protesters were from the Black Lives Matter UK group, which [...]
This graph shows how UK deal numbers fell to a record low in the run-up to the EU referendum September 6, 2016 It’s official: the lead-up to the EU referendum was a dreadful period for UK mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show there were 87 deals involving UK firms during this period worth £14bn. This was down from 190, worth £69bn, in the first quarter of this year. Read [...]
Keith Vaz resigns as head of the home affairs select committee over male escorts and drug-taking allegations September 6, 2016 Keith Vaz has resigned as head of the home affairs select committee over allegations he paid for male escorts. The Labour MP had led the committee since 2007 and the group investigates areas such as crime, policing, drugs, immigration and extremism. According to a report in the Sunday Mirror last weekend, the 59-year-old MP for Leicester [...]
Consumer spending hit a 13-month high in August as Brits overspent on holiday September 6, 2016 Consumer spending hit a 13-month high in August, boosted by the nation's holiday overspend on the back of the decline in the value of sterling. Overall, spending increased by 4.2 per cent year-on-year in July, according to Barclaycard, which collects data on consumer spending in everything from retail to food and leisure. Holiday spending boosted [...]