WH Smith successor to shut 150 stores in ‘aggressive’ restructuring May 6, 2026 The owner of WH Smith’s former high street stores is set to shut as many as 150 of them as part of an “aggressive” overhaul which will put jobs at risk. Modella Capital bought the stationer’s 480 high street stores for £40m last year, and is now set to shut more than a quarter of [...]
Cinema chain Vue eyes blockbuster £1.5bn sale or listing May 6, 2026 Vue is bringing in bankers to oversee a float or sale which could value the cinema titan at as much as £1.5bn, according to reports. The British cinema chain, helmed by Canadian founder Tim Richards, has been interviewing banks in recent days as it pencils in the formal appointment of advisors later this year. Vue [...]
CellCentric Announces Oversubscribed $220 Million Series D Financing to Advance Pivotal Trials of Inobrodib in Multiple Myeloma May 6, 2026 Proceeds to support registration-enabling trials, DOMMINO-1 and DOMMINO-2, and continued development of the first-in-class p300/CBP inhibitor Financing led by Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company, Sofinnova Partners and HBM Healthcare, alongside existing investors RA Capital Management, Forbion, Pfizer, Avego BioScience Capital and American Cancer Society BrightEdge
London local elections results 2026: Labour lose Wandsworth council May 6, 2026 CLICK HERE to view all the latest London election results Labour has lost an incredibly tight contest in the west London borough of Wandsworth. The Conservatives picked up eight extra seats to take their total to 29, while Labour lost six to slump to 28. The Tories had been eyeing a takeover in Wandsworth, but the borough [...]
London local elections 2026: Who will win in the borough of Tower Hamlets? May 6, 2026 CLICK HERE to view all the latest London election results Tower Hamlets has become something of a controversial area in London with its own council difficulties and division over the proliferation of LTNs. Will Aspire retain the council or could the Greens persuade voters to back its national electoral drive? Tower Hamlets is where fractured [...]
AB InBev Wins Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year for an Unprecedented Third Time May 6, 2026 The world’s leading brewer’s approach to creativity as a competitive advantage results in strong performance and increased revenues
London local elections 2026: Who will win in Merton? May 6, 2026 The Lib Dems’ serve up a “Gail’s strategy” to try and ace the vote in Wimbledon’s borough, where calls for affordable homes are rallying support and a local resident’s group has won seats. In Merton, home of the Wimbledon Championships, the Liberal Democrats have their best chance of smashing an ace past the Labour incumbents. [...]
The Debate: Is the Renters’ Rights Act good for London landlords? May 6, 2026 The Renters Rights' Act has completely rewritten the landlord-tenant relationship. But can it benefit both sides?
CoStar Data Shows Offices Leading UK Investment in Q1 2026 May 6, 2026 The office sector attracted the largest share of investment in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from CoStar, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260506436227/en/ Office investment reached £2.9 billion, accounting for 30% [...]
Fermi rebuffs ousted chief’s bid to regain control of board May 6, 2026 Fermi has rebuffed a bid from its ousted chief executive to wrest back control of the data-centre giant by gaining a seat on its board. In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, the embattled London-listed group accused its defenestrated co-founder, Toby Neugebauer, of trying to pack its board with apparatchiks to regain the reigns at [...]