Thanks for joining us. We start the week with a look at the Employment Rights Bill, which will be scrutinised in Parliament for the first time today. The leader of the TUC has urged MPs to back the reforms and make sure they leave themselves “on the right side of …
Read More »Tate & Lyle Surges After FT Reports Advent Is Preparing Bid – BNN Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — Ingredients company Tate & Lyle Plc surged after the Financial Times reported that buyout group Advent International is preparing a takeover bid. Shares in the London-listed supplier to food producers rose more than 12% on the report, giving the company a market capitalization of about £3.2 billion ($4.2 …
Read More »Russian Ransomware Hackers Worked With Kremlin Spies, UK Says – BNN Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — A Russian criminal gang secretly conducted cyberattacks and espionage operations against NATO allies on the orders of the Kremlin’s intelligence services, according to the UK’s National Crime Agency. Evil Corp., which includes a man who gained notoriety for driving a Lamborghini luxury sports car, launched the hacks prior …
Read More »Murdoch’s REA Fields £5.6 Billion Takeover Proposal That Rightmove Rebuffs – BNN Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — Australian real estate listing provider REA Group Ltd. presented a £5.6 billion ($7.3 billion) takeover proposal for Rightmove Plc that was rejected by the UK’s biggest property portal by market value. REA, part of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s empire, made a preliminary cash-and-stock proposal valued at 705 pence …
Read More »The Globe and Mail – The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Seventeen eminent Canadian scientists, scholars and researchers have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding achievements in advancing knowledge and understanding of the past and present. “I had the good fortune to speak with each of the winners …
Read More »New-found economic clout puts U.K. firms in CEE crosshairs – TVP World
For example, Czech entrepreneur Daniel Křetínský is in the process of taking over the Royal Mail. The deal is a “reminder that takeovers are just … Source link
Read More »Foreign Bids For UK Firms Roll In as Centamin Gets Offer – BNN Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — UK-listed companies continue to be targeted by foreign bidders amid cheap valuations, potentially fanning concerns about a shrinking London market. The agreement for Colorado-based AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. to buy Centamin Plc marks the 12th foreign takeover of a FTSE All Share Index company announced this year, including deals …
Read More »Debt-laden Royal Mail is killing letter deliveries by a thousand cuts
Such a fate would greatly undermine the core purpose of the service. As the Greetings Card Association warns, the proposals appear to take the country “one step closer to the dismantling of a postal service that’s affordable and reliable”. Some would say it stopped being either of those things some time …
Read More »Cafe to open in Edinburgh scheme at former site of community Post Office
A new cafe is set to open in Drum Brae at the site of a former Post Office. Located on Duart Crescent, the unit has been under renovation for the past few months, with locals reportedly seeing workies coming in and out of the store. It is not known when …
Read More »The tiny underground train you can ride under London’s streets – and it’s not the Tube
London is famous for its subsurface locomotives. The Underground network is, of course, known all over the world. But there is another network of tracks beneath the capital that are relatively unknown. On them runs a tiny train with a fascinating history. The Mail Rail is a small railway network …
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