Blackstone: Investment manager enters £850m race for Village Hotels May 29, 2024 Private investment giant Blackstone has reportedly entered the £850m auction to buy mid-market hotel chain Village Hotels.
Pound Sterling climbs to it highest level against the euro since August 2022 May 29, 2024 The pound hit its highest level against the euro since August 2022.
Wood Group mulls fourth and ‘final’ takeover bid from Dubai-based Sidara May 29, 2024 Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm Sidara has submitted a fourth and "final" takeover proposal to Aberdeen-based rival John Wood Group.
Evening Standard to drop daily print schedule as losses bite May 29, 2024 London's Evening Standard has reportedly told staff it will now only go to print once a week, down from the five-days-a-week format the newspaper currently operates.
The first trust in a year just debuted – and it’s aiming for £500m May 29, 2024 The first public listing for a trust in over a year has unveiled its initial public offering prospectus and is aiming to raise £500m. Special Opportunities REIT (real estate investment trust), an internally managed REIT, said it would look to debut on the London market next month in the largest REIT IPO in well over [...]
Labour warned promise to clear NHS backlog ‘highly stretching’ May 29, 2024 Labour have been warned their pledge to clear the NHS backlog within five years will prove “highly stretching” and “no easy feat” by economists and policy experts.
Klarna changes share trade rules ahead of planned £16bn listing May 29, 2024 Buy-now pay-later giant Klarna has reportedly ditched rights held by large shareholders to block smaller investors' share trades as it gears up for a blockbuster public.
Will it work? National service May 29, 2024 Sunak's national service plan has dominated the first week of his election campaign, but, regardless of politics, will it work?
Is the Bank of England’s quantitative tightening causing problems for banks? May 29, 2024 In a recent speech, Andrew Bailey, the Bank's Governor, said more banks were turning to the facility as the cost of liquidity in money markets rose relative to Bank Rate.
Election 2024: Sunak wants to ‘scrap rip off degrees in favour of 100K apprenticeships’ May 29, 2024 Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap “rip-off degrees” in favour of creating 100,000 more apprenticeships, in his latest election policy announcement.
