May 2024

The owner of Royal Mail has this morning accepted a bumper new offer from Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group, which could see the historic UK firm transferred to private foreign ownership. …

Just hours ahead of its deadline to make a firm offer for its peer, BHP has asked Anglo American for more time to evaluate the merits of a merger. Under …

Animal care retailer Pets At Home has held its guidance for the year and said its vet growth strategy is “not threatened” by the CMA’s review into the sector. It …

Reports have suggested that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been suffering from high staff turnover at a time when question marks are growing about the accuracy of its …

Investment company Foresight Sustainable Forestry has struck a £167m deal to be taken private, adding to a growing list of London-listed firms set to exit the public market this year. …

Softcat has partnered with artificial intelligence specialist Sysgroup, in a move bosses hope will expand its machine learning customer-base.  The companies have entered a strategic partnership which will see Sysgroup …

The publisher behind Harry Potter books has boosted its academic publishing arm with the $83 (65m) acquisition of Rowman & Littlefield. Bloomsbury Publishing, which, as well as JK Rowling’s series, …

Scandal-hit property investor Home REIT has struck a deal to claw back hundreds of leases from a major tenant facing a probe from the charities watchdog. In an update to …

Green tech engineer Time to Act floated on the Aquis Stock Exchange this morning (Wednesday) in a tiny boost for London’s listed tech sphere. The Teeside firm, which operates in …

Data shared exclusively with City A.M. has suggested that big banks are set to withdraw even further from funding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) this year, as high street lenders …