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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Hallelujah: BBC puts Songs of Praise and other shows out to tender

September 20, 2016

The BBC has today put Songs of Praise, Holby City, A Question of Sport and science show Horizon out to competitive tender. Independent production companies, including the corporation’s new commercial arm BBC Studios, will be able to pitch to make the programmes, which are currently made in-house. Read more: "Historic day" as BBC prepares to [...]
British business backer BBBI reports pre-tax profit of £40m as it gets behind 12,000 firms

September 20, 2016

British Business Bank Investments (BBBI), the commercial arm of the government’s economic development lender, British Business Bank, today reports a pre-tax profit of £40m for the year to 31 March. BBBI, which invests in small business finance providers, will today also report annual income of £45.5m in the full year and a dividend of £32m to [...]
Research identifies what makes a company an attractive acquisition target

September 20, 2016

Underperforming public companies have become increasingly attractive acquisition targets in recent years, according to research out today. Intralinks and the Cass Business School have published a study, based on data spanning 23 years and 34,000 firms worth at least $50m (£38m), seeking to determine what features make a company an attractive target. The researchers examined six [...]
Four in 10 business leaders don’t understand – or have not heard of – the apprenticeship levy, which is introduced in six months

September 20, 2016

Nearly 40 per cent of business leaders have no understanding, or have not heard of, the new apprenticeship levy, which is due to be introduced in just over six months, a study has found. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which surveyed 1,600 business people across the UK with Middlesex University, said the government must step up [...]
Theresa May hits back at Brexit veto threats, saying EU nations “will sign up to a deal with us”

September 19, 2016

Theresa May has hit back at EU countries threatening the UK ahead of trade negotiations, insisting they will sign up for a post-Brexit deal. The Prime Minister also said she would be “ambitious” in negotiations and backed the UK to be a “global leader in free trade”. Read more: May calls Wall Street summit to reassure US banking giants [...]
More property funds suspended after Brexit are being reopened

September 19, 2016

Henderson Global Investors has announced it will reopen the UK property fund it suspended in the aftermath of the EU referendum. Henderson was among several asset managers to suspend trading on funds during the summer. Read more: Brexodus: Retail investors took £3.5bn out of funds in referendum month Aberdeen Asset Management, Columbia Threadneedle and Canada [...]
Sun shines for Channel Islands exchange as it claims 229 more listings in first half of 2016

September 19, 2016

An independent Channel Islands exchange has reported 229 new listings in the first half of 2016. The Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) said this figure represented a 13 per cent increase on the same period last year and took its total number of listed securities to 2,222 at the end of June. Read more: Leading [...]
Influential MP calls for pensions probe into sale of turkey business

September 19, 2016

Frank Field, who chairs the influential Work and Pensions Select Committee, has called on the Pensions Regulator to probe the takeover of turkey producer Bernard Matthews by Ranjit Boparan. The Labour MP is concerned that the deal will see Bernard Matthews’ retirement scheme absorbed by industry-funded lifeboat, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). Read more: Turkey [...]
Accountancy firm celebrates 14 per cent revenue rise after merger

September 19, 2016

Accountancy firm Moore Stephens LLP has reported a revenue rise of 14 per cent. The firm, which merged with Chantrey Vellacott DFK LLP in May 2015, also reported having more than £13m of new business. “At the time of the merger, we were confident it would provide a platform for continued, sustainable growth – and [...]
Payday lender to cough up £35m in compensation to consumers after “serious failings” found by Financial Conduct Authority

September 19, 2016

Payday lender CFO Lending is to provide £34.8m in compensation to more than 97,000 clients after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found they had been treated unfairly. The FCA, which has forced a number of redress schemes with lenders since 2014 as part of a crack-down on the sector, said CFO was guilty of “serious failings” [...]

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