Testing firm Exova plans £110m float on London Stock Exchange March 20, 2014 EXOVA yesterday became the latest company to unveil its plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. The Edinburgh-based firm, which tests components for customers in a wide range of sectors including aerospace, oil and gas and pharmaceuticals, is looking to raise £110m from a premium listing on the main market next month. Around 30 [...]
Retail investors excluded from Polypipe float March 18, 2014 BRITISH plastic piping manufacturer Polypipe is the latest company to announce its plans to float on the London Stock Exchange, as it looks to take advantage of the UK construction market recovery. Around half of the company’s share capital will be up for grabs, but like online food takeaway business Just-Eat, which announced its plans [...]
Junior Isas: Kickstart your child’s savings March 18, 2014 But the tax wrapper is not always the best vehicle, as the funds are locked away until the child turns 18 With the total cost of a university degree topping £50,000 according to some estimates, and successive generations finding it harder to get a foot on the property ladder, many parents looking for a tax-efficient [...]
Row as retail investors denied chance to buy shares in Just-Eat March 17, 2014 BANKERS to Just-Eat, the London-based online food takeaway business, yesterday announced plans to float on the stock market in a deal that will exclude retail investors. The company has chosen to list in London in a confidence boost for the London Stock Exchange but its decision to exclude private investors was met with dismay by [...]
Just-Eat curries investor favour for £900m float March 17, 2014 JUST-EAT beefed up its boardroom yesterday with senior hires from BSkyB and Hammerson ahead of a float next month, adding to the swelling ranks of firms looking to list in London. The 13-year-old business, which was founded in Denmark by entrepreneur Jesper Buch, said BSkyB chief financial officer Andrew Griffith would join the firm as [...]
Viewpoint: The retail investor should not be ignored March 17, 2014 HOW CAN any company which relies on the custom of the public ignore them when it floats on the market? Certainly it seems wrong to deny your customers a chance to share in your company’s fortunes. The current resurgence of initial public offerings in the London market is certainly welcome. But it isn’t good news [...]
Website star David Buttress backs London March 17, 2014 WHEN King.com decided earlier this year to float in New York, it appeared as if London’s larger flourishing technology companies were all headed for listings across the Atlantic, writes David Hellier. Experts talked about the better ecosystem in New York, the plentiful technology analysts, and a fuller understanding of the sector’s growth potential. But yesterday [...]
The convertible for all weathers March 17, 2014 The new BMW 435i Convertible is a versatile offering that’s perfect for the temperamental British climate Looking for somewhere that’s warm at this time of year? Well, you can strike Nevada off the list – BMW just launched the new 4 Series Convertible there, and it was freezing. I know, I know – poor old [...]
Bringing lobster out of its shell March 17, 2014 Franco Gatto, executive chef at Il Baretto, on why he will never tire of making pasta I come from Treviso, a village just outside Venice. We didn’t have a favourite dish as a family but we ate a lot of pasta, as you would expect. We ate it at least twice a day, sometimes more. [...]
10-week fitness challenge the get-fit diary of an out of shape office worker March 17, 2014 @steve_dinneen IN SAM Mendes’ American Beauty there is a scene in which Kevin Spacey’s character approaches a neighbour for fitness advice. “What do you want to achieve?”, asks the neighbour. “I just want to look good naked.” This is my answer when my personal trainer asks why I want to put myself through a 10-week program [...]