SES Delivers Solid 9 Months & Q3 2026 Results and Reiterates Full-Year Outlook Business Wire SES S.A. announces financial results for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2026. YTD 2026 Performance (€ million) YTD 2026 as reported (1) YTD 2025 as reported (1)(5) ∆ At constant FX (2) YTD 2025 like-for-like(3) ∆ At constant FX (2) Average €/$ FX rate 1.16 1.11 1.11 [...]
I thought chairing Sussex Cricket would mean a quiet off-season. I was wrong Sport Business Ed Warner on the deluge of work that is triggered by the end of cricket’s County Championship, from recruitment and sponsorship to strategic planning for a possible fall in media rights revenue. The sun never sets on modern day cricket. Just ask the Australian squad, five matches into a 21-Test stretch across 12 months and [...]
Government intervenes in Sky’s £1.6bn ITV takeover Media Culture secretary Lisa Nandy has formally intervened in Sky’s £1.6bn takeover of ITV’s broadcasting business after raising concerns over its impact on media competition and the diversity of British news. Nandy confirmed on Wednesday that she had issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN), instructing the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and media regulator Ofcom [...]
Poundland owner ‘not acting in best interests’ of workers, says No10 November 3, 2026 Poundland owner Gordon Brothers is “not acting in the best interests” of the discount retailer’s staff and stores as it hurtles towards collapse, Downing Street has said. The Boston-based investment firm, which has faced intense criticism over its attempted sale of Poundland, must explain why it has rejected solvent offers to rescue the troubled retailer [...]
Team USA explores sale of commercial rights ahead of LA2028 Olympics November 3, 2026 US Olympic chiefs have confirmed they are exploring the possible sale of a stake in Team USA’s commercial rights. The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has engaged sport’s go-to brokers the Raine Group to explore a range of possible fundraising options, Mark Kleinman reported for Sky News. “The next decade represents an unprecedented opportunity for [...]
Jenrick lends support to Poundland suitors November 3, 2026 Reform UK’s economic spokesman Robert Jenrick has revealed he is supporting potential bidders for discount retailer Poundland as he criticised the group’s “greedy” owner Gordon Brothers for pushing the business towards insolvency. Over the weekend, Jenrick suggested the government should intervene in the possible insolvency of Poundland, which would put some 12,000 jobs at risk, [...]
Virgin Media O2 job cuts could save £200m but fail to ease debt crisis November 2, 2026 Virgin Media O2’s plans to axe up to 4,000 jobs could save the telecoms giant around £200m a year, but may do little to ease its mounting debt burden. The broadband provider is preparing to cut as much as a quarter of its 16,000-strong workforce as it battles fierce competition, falling revenues and concerns over [...]
Just one country remains in Tesco’s decades-long global retreat November 2, 2026 Tesco’s sale of its Czech and Slovak businesses is the latest step in its long retreat from a once-sprawling global presence. Felix Armstrong traces this journey Tesco’s hold on the British grocery market is unmatched. Holding a towering 27.8 per cent market share across more than 3,600 shops, the supermarket chain is a fixture on [...]
This Budget ignored all of Britain’s biggest problems October 29, 2026 The benefits bill, the lack of growth, our inadequate defence programme: the Budget had nothing to offer for Britain's biggest issues.
Mark Kleinman: A Poundland probe should not be discounted October 29, 2026 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column. A Poundland probe should not be discounted Two for less than two quid. It sounds like the kind of offer shoppers expect to find on the shelves of a discount retailer, not a summary of its recent [...]