International Distributions Services (IDS), the owner of Royal Mail, may have agreed to the £3.5bn takeover but the future of Royal Mail is far from signed, sealed and delivered. Shares…
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) has threatened mattress company Emma Sleep with a lawsuit unless it “commits to changing its practices”. The regulator opened an investigation into the Emma…
Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm Sidara has submitted a fourth and “final” takeover proposal to Aberdeen-based rival John Wood Group. It announced on Wednesday that the new proposal valued FTSE…
The pound rose to its highest level against the euro in nearly two years as the European Central Bank (ECB) prepares to fire the starting gun on global interest rate…
Buy-now pay-later giant Klarna has reportedly ditched rights held by large shareholders to block smaller investors’ share trades as it gears up for a blockbuster public listing. The Swedish fintech…
Clifford Chance has become the latest magic circle firm to raise its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyer pay in a salary war that has no sign of slowing down. The elite firm…
Labour has been warned their pledge to clear the NHS backlog within five years will prove “highly stretching” and “no easy feat” by economists and policy experts. Sir Keir Starmer…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) wants to increase law firm fees by 236 per cent in order to rebuild the sector’s compensation fund after it was significantly impacted over the…
The first investment trust public listing in over a year has unveiled its initial public offering prospectus and is aiming to raise £500m. Special Opportunities REIT (real estate investment trust)…
It’s an election year. Politicians are giving us a barrage of policies. But we often forget to ask the most important question: will they actually work? In this column Sam…