March 2024

Another UK firm has become the target at the centre of a bidding war between two larger US peers. Earlier this month, the telecoms testing service provider Spirent Communications agreed …

LONDON’S hospitality scene is set for another vote of confidence with the opening of a second site by iconic Parisian restaurant group Moma, this time at the Langham Hotel.  Mimosa, …

Latest official figures have confirmed that the UK fell into recession at the end of last year in a blow to prime minister Rishi Sunak’s economic policy. Data from the …

Athleisure giant JD Sports said it was trading in line with its lowered expectations, as the firm pinned its hopes on an improved consumer outlook for the year ahead.  The …

Shareholders in Thames Water will not give the embattled water firm millions of pounds of critical funding – raising serious doubts about the firm’s viability. In a statement on the …

Lloyd’s of London said profit jump in 2023 as the market escaped large insurance losses and benefited from higher returns on its investment portfolio. The market reported an underwriting profit …

Electrical retailer AO World expects profit for the year to be at the top range of its previously guided forecast.  The business, which calls Frasers Group its largest shareholder, told …

Tim Martin’s JD Wetherspoon has affixed notices in his 800 pubs, highlighting “false claims” in newspapers and subsequent corrections about the chain. The cheap and cheerful chain, known affectionately as …

Every day we invite London’s movers and shakers to hold the notebook pen. Michael Hayman MBE chairs the Global Britain working group for the British Chambers of Commerce and is …

They share a locale with the fictional AFC Richmond from hit TV series Ted Lasso, but the most interesting thing about Hampton and Richmond Borough FC is their heavyweight backing …