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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Broadcast regulator ramps up diversity pressure on BBC

October 11, 2016

The broadcast regulator’s chief executive has ramped up pressure on the BBC over diversity. Ofcom’s Sharon White also said that although the corporation holds a “special status” in public life, it will not receive “special treatment” when the body begins overseeing the broadcaster next year. Read more: BBC’s £60m hotel bill: 2016 on track to [...]
Megabrew bubbly on ice: City faces nervous wait on SABMiller shareholder vote result

September 23, 2016

The drinks could be flowing at SABMiller next week. The FTSE 100-listed beer giant agreed to be acquired by AB InBev last November for £44 per share, or £71bn, in one of the biggest deals of a bumper year for global mergers and acquisitions activity. After years of speculation in the City, the so-called Megabrew [...]
City hopeful of IPO recovery, but figures highlight 2016 struggles

September 22, 2016

The City is feeling increasingly optimistic about the London flotation market, with Hollywood Bowl listing this week and other high-profile companies expected to follow. But, with EU referendum and then Brexit vote uncertainty, 2016 has been a slow year. Read more: Hollywood Bowl float set to kick off strong period for London IPO market Dealogic figures [...]
Newspapers warn over threat to democracy of Google and Facebook taking advertising revenues

September 22, 2016

National newspaper publishers have warned the government that news aggregators like Google and Facebook are threatening the UK’s democracy by taking their advertising revenue. The News Media Association (NMA) said in a letter to ministers that it is becoming “increasingly difficult” to fund quality journalism, with advertising revenues at news organisations plummeting. Read more: Guardian [...]
Remain campaign advertising boss condemns Project Fear approach as M&C Saatchi reports benefit from Brexit

September 22, 2016

The boss of the Remain campaign’s chosen advertising company has condemned its Project Fear approach and backed UK business to succeed after the Brexit vote. M&C Saatchi today reported 15 per cent revenue growth to £100.2m and a 19 per cent rise in pre-tax profit to £11.4m in the first half of the year. It [...]
Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP makes French investment as part of Brexit vote push in Europe

September 22, 2016

UK-based advertising giant WPP announced an investment in a French media group today as part of its post-Brexit vote mainland Europe push. Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes SAS (LNEI) was founded in 2009 in Paris and has investments in media titles such as the Le Monde newspaper, the French Huffington Post and Vice France. Read more: WPP chief [...]
The UK has wings: Britain second only to Austria for energy drink sales

September 22, 2016

The UK has the second highest rate of energy drink sales per head in the world, according to new research out today. Britain comes second only to Austria, the home of Red Bull, new analysis from the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) found. Read more: A spoonful of sugar tax can help fizzy drinks go [...]
Admissions possible: MI6 is hiring 1,000 new staff by 2020

September 21, 2016

The Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, is aiming to increase its headcount by nearly 1,000 by 2020. The boost will take the spy agency's staff number from 2,500 to just under 3,500, BBC Newsnight reports tonight. Read more: Former MI6 spy chief says Brexit could make Britain safer The move has been forced by the development of [...]
These universities have been ranked as the world’s best (and the UK wins)

September 21, 2016

Britain’s boffins may find time to vacate their libraries and science labs this evening – for they have reason to celebrate. The University of Oxford has become the first UK institution to top the Times Higher Education’s (THE) World University Rankings table, leapfrogging a US rival. Oxford knocked five-time champion California Institute of Technology into [...]
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Ministry of Sound: ‘industry is on the up’ as it reveals brand new take on The Box

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