Interactive Investor, Britain’s second-largest direct-to-consumer share trading platform, is on the verge of another strategically compelling takeover with a deal to buy the retail business… Read More »Interactive Investor bolsters scale with swoop for EQi
Local authorities are losing tens of millions of pounds supporting struggling business tenants through the pandemic which could have dire and long-lasting consequences for local… Read More »Revealed: Councils losing tens of millions of pounds supporting companies through COVID
A leading early-stage investor has struck a £150m bargain to buy stakes in more than a dozen technology companies from one of Britain’s biggest asset… Read More »Hambro Perks swoops for tech bargains in £150m Invesco deal
The travel industry is pleading for more support as the latest coronavirus restrictions left the UK’s airports at “near-complete shutdown”, with warnings they may have… Read More »Airports could close temporarily as they reach ‘near-complete shutdown’
WhatsApp is delaying the rollout of new business features following a user backlash over the company’s data sharing practices. The delay is a setback for… Read More »WhatsApp delays launch of controversial feature after privacy backlash
The proprietors of The Daily Telegraph have begun exploring plans for a £3bn-plus flotation of Very Group, their booming online retail operation. Sky News has… Read More »Barclays weigh £3bn float of online retailer Very Group
US unemployment claims climbed to nearly a million last week in the latest sign that a resurgence in the coronavirus crisis is taking its toll… Read More »US weekly jobless claims near a million amid COVID resurgence
The owner of Ladbrokes is lining up the first female chief executive of a major quoted British gambling group as it tries to defend itself… Read More »Entain lines up first woman to run listed UK gaming group
Deliveroo has hired a quartet of investment banks to help it serve up what could be London’s biggest stock market flotation of 2021. Sky News… Read More »Deliveroo picks banks to serve up blockbuster float
Air Canada will cut its capacity by 25% in the first quarter of the year, resulting in the loss of around 1,700 jobs. The airline… Read More »Air Canada latest airline to cut capacity as COVID pandemic continues to hurt aviation