Ari Emmanuel snaps up West End theatre group ATG for £4.5bn August 11, 2026 Hollywood tycoon Ari Emmanuel has snapped up the theatre group behind West End venues including the Savoy and the Ambassadors in a deal worth around £4.5bn. Emmanuel, who runs an A-list media agency and helms the group which owns UFC, said the deal underscores the “growing power of live experience and the passionate audiences it [...]
ILiAD Biotechnologies Expands Board of Directors and Appoints Chief Business Officer August 11, 2026 Suha Jhaveri, Bill Warren and Jim Wassil added to ILiAD Board of Directors; Antony Blanc appointed Chief Business Officer Appointments deepen vaccine development expertise and enhance global commercial and strategic leadership
GXP-Storage Expands UK Capacity with Third Restricted-Access Facility at Raunds, Northamptonshire August 11, 2026 The company’s third UK facility adds 95,000+ cubic feet of GxP-compliant, environmentally controlled storage capacity and serves as a consolidation point for regulated materials across the UK, EMEA, and beyond.
Alfasigma to Acquire Nordic Group B.V. Expanding Its Specialty Care Portfolio and Presence in Europe August 11, 2026 Transaction highlights Advances Alfasigma’s M&A-led global growth strategy, purposely focused on immunology and gastroenterology. Synergy with Alfasigma’s specialty rheumatology portfolio, adding Nordic Pharma’s rheumatoid arthritis business, including the Nordimet® franchise. Expands footprint by adding Canada and Japan; strengthens presence in Europe, with direct operations in 18 countries, with 265 employees. Adds approximately €190 million in 2025 revenue. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Organigram Reports Record Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results August 11, 2026 Record Quarterly Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA(1) Driven by Acquisition of Sanity Group
Trump speaks up for Infantino at last as Fifa boss fights world football rebellion August 11, 2026 US president Donald Trump has belatedly come to the aid of Gianni Infantino, saying it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace the under-fire Fifa boss. Infantino is fighting to save his job after three of Fifa’s four biggest confederations declared they had lost trust in him over plans to sell off stakes in a [...]
Burnham to crack down on vape and betting shops August 11, 2026 Andy Burnham is set to unveil a crackdown on vape and betting shops in a bid to boost British high streets, which the Prime Minister says have been “hollowed out” in recent decades. Burnham will on Tuesday set out plans to scrap the Blair-era “aim to permit” rule, which requires councils to accept planning applications [...]
Richard Branson: Support founders to build the next Virgin in Britain August 11, 2026 We must give every founder the best chance to flourish, so the future Virgins, Microsofts and Googles of the world are also built by British entrepreneurs, says Sir Richard Branson I was very flattered by Philip Salter’s suggestion that Britain needs another Richard Branson. But beyond the headline, we need to do more to champion [...]
Point2 Completes $136M Series B Funding with Arm, LB Investment, and Maverick Silicon August 10, 2026 New Funding Further Solidifies Point2’s e‑Tube Technology Platform as the Foundation for Next-Generation AI Data-Center Interconnect
We can’t all create jobs. But we can all create opportunities. August 10, 2026 Headlines about the challenges facing young people trying to secure their first meaningful job have become hard to ignore. And with exam results for our next generation of workers landing soon, Emily Shenton, co-founder of Arrival, an organisational performance consultancy whose social impact practice partners with corporates to help ambitious young people build careers and [...]