By: William Turvill

I write about M&A, deals, IPOs, private equity, asset management, media and a few other areas for City A.M. I also write news features and am always interested in interviewing and profiling high-profile business figures. I previously worked for Press Gazette and Mail Online.

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UK flotation market sinks to four-year low amid Brexit uncertainty

October 25, 2016

Activity on the UK’s flotation market has sunk to a four-year low amid Brexit uncertainty. However, while the main market has struggled, London’s junior market, the Alternative Investment Market (Aim), has thrived this year. Overall, there were 41 initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first nine months of the year, the lowest number since 2012. [...]
Advertising spend forecasts up despite Brexit uncertainty, with internet driving growth

October 25, 2016

Spending in the UK advertising market is expected to grow this year despite uncertainty around June’s Brexit vote. The Advertising Association and Warc report has forecast 5.2 per cent adspend growth in 2016, up one percentage point from the previous estimate, to £21.1bn. The total spend figure totalled £20.1bn in 2015. However, forecasts for 2017 [...]
ITV announces 120 job cuts as part of £25m savings push after Brexit vote

October 24, 2016

ITV is cutting 120 jobs, with the broadcaster blaming “political and economic uncertainty”. The company’s chief executive, Adam Crozier, announced he would be seeking £25m of cuts when reporting its half-year results. Read more: ITV inks new deal to screen Britain's Got Talent and X Factor until 2019 ITV said the cost savings were part [...]
Online broker TD Ameritrade in $4bn takeover of rival Scottrade

October 24, 2016

TD Ameritrade has agreed a $4bn (£3.2bn) deal to acquire Scottrade Financial Services, bringing together two online brokerage giants. Under the deal, TD Ameritrade’s biggest shareholder, Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank), will acquire Scottrade’s online bank for $1.3bn in cash. Read more: Interactive Investor in takeover to form UK's second largest online broker Immediately after that [...]
Press regulation: Newspapers warn government against move that “could destroy our free press”

October 24, 2016

Tomorrow could mark a significant day for British newspapers. Or, in the words of today’s Sun editorial: “Tomorrow the government faces a decision that could destroy our free press and fundamentally undermine the principle of natural justice in Britain.” What is going on? Around four years ago, after conducting a High Court inquiry into the [...]
Five die in Malta plane crash

October 24, 2016

Five people died in plane crash in Malta this morning. Malta Airport has confirmed that the crew members aboard the Fairchild Metroliner were killed in a crash. Captured this moments after #Luqa plane crash;all shocked pre take off.sharing this via data @pinkdixie22 @rebeccagyeo @BBCBreaking #Malta pic.twitter.com/PxpErWH8yX — Edward De Gaetano (@eddydeg) October 24, 2016 Read more: London [...]
Eurozone PMI reaches 10-month high in October, driven by German growth

October 24, 2016

Eurozone business activity expanded at its fastest rate of 2016 in October, new data out today shows. The growth was driven by orders books and an acceleration in the pace of hiring, according to IHS Markit’s Eurozone flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). Read more: UK manufacturing PMI just hit its highest since June 2014 [...]
JP Morgan Cazenove to oversee the sale of London Stock Exchange’s Paris-based clearing business LCH SA for €500m

October 23, 2016

JP Morgan Cazenove has been appointed to oversee the sale of London Stock Exchange’s Paris-based clearing business LCH SA for up to €500m, a deal crucial to the success of the company’s merger with Deutsche Boerse. City A.M. understands that the bank will be seeking to drum-up competition for LCH SA, with pan-European exchange Euronext thought to [...]
More BuzzFeed news that will make you say WTF

October 21, 2016

US company NBCUniversal is reportedly set to increase its investment in news and entertainment website BuzzFeed. Comcast’s TV and movie arm is finalising a deal to put around $200m (£164m) into the company, giving it a total value of $1.7bn, Recode reports. Read more: 560,000 reasons why BuzzFeed won in 2015 In the UK, BuzzFeed [...]
SNP MP hits out at government attempts to make “Turing Bill” fail

October 21, 2016

The SNP MP behind the so-called "Turing Bill", aiming to overturn 50,000 gay sex convictions, has hit out at government attempts to stop it being passed today. The government said it would not support SNP MP John Nicolson's Sexual Offences (Pardons etc.) bill, which was debated in parliament today. The government put forward an amendment to the Policing and [...]

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