Paranova Print and Packaging Launches as Independent Company Under New Name Following Acquisition by Kingswood Capital Management April 9, 2026 Coveris’ Business Unit Paper (“BU Paper”) announced today the completion of its acquisition by Kingswood Capital Management, LP (together with its affiliates, “Kingswood”). As part of the transition to an independent organization, BU Paper will adopt the new name Paranova Print and Packaging (“Paranova”), reflecting both its long-standing heritage and its next phase of growth. [...]
Nadine Buckland: I knew I’d make a better business owner than employee April 9, 2026 Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, Nadine Buckland, CEO of Zenzic Capital, takes us through her business career.
John Lewis boss takes 20 per cent pay rise as retailer cuts jobs April 9, 2026 The new chairman of John Lewis took a pay rise and bonus despite the retailer cutting thousands of jobs. Jason Tarry saw his basic pay rate increase by 21 per cent and took a two per cent bonus, despite his firm slashing more than 3,000 jobs last year. Tarry took the reins of the John [...]
ITV and BBC staples part of sport radio station backed by Zac Goldsmith April 9, 2026 ITV and BBC staples Mark Pougatch and Sonja McLaughlan are part of the sports radio station backed by a multi-million pound investment by Tory peer Zac Goldsmith. Goldsmith and his brother, Ben, are major investors in Track Radio, which will launch next month. ITV Sport regular Pougatch and BBC Six Nations specialist McLaughlan have been [...]
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs to lead Wall Street profit haul on back of Iran war April 9, 2026 Top Wall Street banks are tipped to reveal huge profit growth next week amid firm investment banking activity and soaring trading volumes on the back of volatility in the Middle East. Goldman Sachs will issue the starting gun on US banks earnings season on Monday, where boss David Solomon has already teased a boom in [...]
Bill Ackman in talks to launch fund in bid to pounce on investor complacency April 9, 2026 Bill Ackman is reportedly in talks to launch a new fund in an attempt to copy the success of doomsday trades the investor made during the covid pandemic. The billionaire hedge fund manager’s investment company Pershing Square would use the fund to make “asymmetric” trades aimed at profiting by betting against the leading market narratives, [...]
Co-op merger to bring huge shakeup to retail and funeral giant April 9, 2026 The Co-op Group is preparing to takeover the Southern Co-op, in a merger which would bring a major shakeup to the retail and funeral giant in its bid to move on from a crushing cyber attack. The deal would see the group snap up around 300 food stores, funeral branches and Starbucks coffee shops. The [...]
Brewdog: Co-founder James Watt ‘terminated’ as director April 9, 2026 Brewdog co-founder James Watt has been “terminated” as director of the craft beer firm after its sale to a US cannabis giant. Watt established the brewing company with schoolmate Martin Dickie in 2006 but resigned as a company director on 24 March, according to Companies House filings. Brewdog kickstarted the UK’s craft beer craze but [...]
Familiarity of Masters and Augusta should be lesson to other golf majors April 9, 2026 Let me get the azaleas reference out of the way in this first sentence. After all, no Masters preview is seemingly complete without citing Augusta’s horticultural features. The flora are just one ingredient, though, in the secret sauce of golf’s first major of the season which starts today. Even if other sports could steal the [...]
Football clubs are starting to build out their legal benches April 9, 2026 As they say, if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life. With the popularity of sports ever-growing, it is no surprise that lawyers are flooding into legal work involving sports. Even the driest M&A deal can be a little more exciting when it involves deals for your favourite [...]