Lardlord AEW presses on with Cineworld legal action despite closures October 8, 2020 Property firm AEW UK is reportedly going ahead with its legal action against beleaguered cinema chain Cineworld over unpaid rents, despite the closure of all of the firm’s theatres in the UK. AEW is suing Cineworld for around £200,000 of unpaid rent. The cinema operator has closed all of its UK and US cinemas after [...]
JPI Media secures bids from Archant and media veteran Montgomery October 8, 2020 Local newspaper group JPI Media is said to have received takeover offers from rival publisher Archant and veteran media executive David Montgomery. JPI, which owns titles including The Scotsman and The Yorkshire Post, originally put its regional papers up for sale last year. The process was put on hold following the outbreak of coronavirus, but [...]
British Airways’ last ever Boeing 747 flight touches down October 8, 2020 The last British Airways Boeing 747 flight from Heathrow has touched down at Kemble Airport in the Cotswolds. The iconic jet has had its retirement brought forward due to the slump in air travel caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Two flights took off from Heathrow this morning, with the first touching down at St. Athan [...]
Talk Talk shares leap as Toscafund makes buyout offer October 8, 2020 Shares in Talk Talk leapt 16.5 per cent after the telecoms firm revealed that it had received a buyout offer from asset manager Toscafund. The offer, which prices the internet operator at 97p per share, comes with a number of conditions attached, including the support of chairman Sir Charles Dunstone. The deal values the firm [...]
Easyjet on track for first ever full year loss October 8, 2020 Easyjet announced this morning it is in line for a pre-tax loss of up to £845m for the full year, the first time the budget carrier will have reported an annual loss. In a trading update, the carrier said passenger numbers for the full year had halved, falling to 48m as a result of the [...]
Greene King to close pubs as 10pm curfew cripples sales October 7, 2020 Pub chain Greene King is preparing to permanently close 26 sites, putting hundreds of jobs at risk of redundancy, due to a sharp drop in sales exacerbated by the 10pm curfew on hospitality venues. It has launched a consultation process with 800 employees over the potential job cuts, Sky News reported. The company is seeking [...]
Banking industry group UK Finance names David Postings as new boss October 7, 2020 UK Finance, the banking lobby group, has appointed David Postings as its new chief executive to help steer the industry through the Covid-19 crisis. Postings, who recently stepped down as global chief executive of Bibby Financial Services, will take up the role at the start of next year, UK Finance said. He had previously held [...]
Rishi Sunak signals that tax hikes will be delayed for some time October 6, 2020 Rishi Sunak has signalled he will hold off on tax rises and Budget cuts until the UK’s economic recovery is further along. Sunak said today that the UK needs to balance its books “over time”, just a day after saying at his conference speech that the Tories had a “sacred responsibility to future generations to [...]
Hovis receives takeover offer from Italian firm Newlat Food October 5, 2020 Italian firm Newlat Food has made an offer to buy the maker of Hovis bread from its current owners Premier Foods and US investment firm Gores Group. Newlat, which is the owner of Buitoni pasta, said this morning that the 134-year-old brand has a “great tradition and recognisability in the United Kingdom”. The acquisition would [...]
Deliveroo appoints Goldman Sachs to oversee London float October 5, 2020 Deliveroo has appointed Goldman Sachs to oversee its long-awaited London flotation, according to reports, in a move that would value the UK food delivery company at more than £2bn. The Amazon-backed startup is expected to debut on the London stock market next year following discussions with the investment banking firm, Sky News reported. Deliveroo declined [...]