The WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) has penned a decade-long partnership agreement with Mercedes-Benz believed to be worth as much as $500m (£376m). The deal, announced at the Mercedes factory in …
December 2025
Leon to close sites and cut jobs as it enters administration
Fast-food chain Leon is set to enter administration, close a number of locations and cut jobs as part of a bid by its new owner to turnaround the struggling chain. …
‘Luke Littler is the Tiger Woods of darts. He’s made the sport aspirational’
When Target Darts, which supplies and now manages Luke Littler, decided to test the sport’s popularity with younger audiences by exhibiting at the London Toy Fair for the first time …
ITV to show England’s 2026 World Cup opener, BBC bets on knockout rounds
ITV will show England’s opening match of the 2026 World Cup against Croatia after it and the BBC confirmed their allocations for the tournament. All 104 matches will be broadcast …
Expedia Group Announces Agreement to Acquire Tiqets to Expand Global Activities and Experiences
Expedia Group today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Tiqets, an Amsterdam-based global platform for activities and experiences. This agreement expands Expedia Group’s capabilities for the sizeable …
Bregal Milestone Announces Majority Growth Investment in Beyond Now
Bregal Milestone, a leading European software growth private equity firm, today announced a majority growth investment in Beyond Now (the “Company”), a fast-growing, cloud-native supply chain software provider for AI-enabled …
William Hill-owner Evoke mulls sale after Budget raid
William Hill-owner Evoke is considering whether to sell itself or break up parts of its business in response to the government’s multibillion pound raid on gambling firms at last month’s …
Huge development in the West End gets green light
A huge new commercial project to redevelop 33 Cavendish Square, just off Oxford Street in the West End, has been granted planning permission by Westminster City Council. The redevelopment is …
English football clubs facing financial distress drops by 50 per cent
The financial health of English football appears to be improving, with the number of clubs in the EFL deemed to be facing distress halving since last year. Only three of …
Chemify Receives an Additional Grant to Accelerate Digital Chemistry Small-Molecule Discovery for Tuberculosis
Chemify, the deep-tech pioneer fusing chemistry, robotics, computation, and Chemputation—Chemify’s purpose-built AI to digitize molecule creation—has received additional grant funding of $1.6 million from the Gates Foundation to continue the …