Big companies are putting investment banks under pressure to cut back on the number of advisers working on UK takeover deals, as concerns about leaks grows. Several clients have asked …
August 2025
Netflix rakes in record UK profits as Brits pay extra to skip adverts
Brits paying extra to skip adverts on Netflix helped the streaming giant rake in record profits as its UK revenue jumped towards the £2bn mark, it has been revealed. The …
Iceland in the red as Rachel Reeves’ tax raid forces prices higher
Iceland has warned it is being forced to increases prices because of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ tax raids as the supermarket chain fell into the red. The Flintshire-headquartered said that while …
Flutter: Paddy Power owner books record quarter
Online betting giant Flutter hiked its full-year profit guidance for 2025 after a record quarter driven by business in the US. The world’s largest online sports betting operator recorded a …
KKR pushes for Assura to ditch PHP deal amid bidding war
The bidding war between private equity giant KKR and retail investor Primary Health Properties (PHP) has heated up after KKR pushed for Assura to ditch an already recommended takeover offer …
Freakier Friday review: Lindsay Lohan sequel offers innocent fun
As Hollywood mines its own past for more nostalgia bait, the early 2000s has become ripe for reinvention thanks to Millennials looking at their childhood with rose-tinted spectacles. Last year’s …
Overloaded tribunals can’t cope with employment law reforms
Labour’s employment law reforms will pile more pressure on our already overwhelmed tribunals. There is a better solution, says Richard Atkinson The Employment Rights Bill, which is currently at the …
July fails to bring summer boost for high streets
Footfall on UK high streets fell again in July as shoppers continued their slow move online, dashing retailers’ hopes for a summer boost. Overall footfall – which includes high streets, …
Materialists review: Pedro Pascal and Dakota Johnson explore modern love
Just in case you haven’t had enough of Pedro Pascal after The Last of Us, Fantastic Four and the forthcoming Eddington, the in-demand A-lister forms one corner of a very …
Wilderness festival review: silliness and beauty combine to offer five-star escapism
Around a quarter of the people who attended Wilderness festival this year glamped, swerving the surely horrifying idea of pitching their own tent, and they quaffed champagne at banquet feasts …