G4S has offered a final sweetener to shareholders ahead of the deadline to respond to Canadian predator Garda World's £3billion offer. The British security giant, which employs 550,000 staff worldwide,…
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Magazine publisher Future swoops on price comparison website GoCompare
Britain's biggest magazine publisher has swooped on the price comparison website Go Compare in a £600million takeover. Future, which owns dozens of niche print and online titles including Country Life,…
Deliveroo signs Claudia Arney as its first chairman ahead of float
Deliveroo has hired Claudia Arney ahead of its hotly anticipated stock market float next year. Arney, 49, becomes the food delivery company's first chairman just weeks after it hired investment…
Eurostar ‘fighting for survival’ after Government snub
Cross-Channel rail operator Eurostar has warned it is battling for survival and is calling on the Government to dish out more financial support. Eurostar, which has seen demand slump by…
Use British steel for £27bn infrastructure spree, industry chiefs urge
Industry chiefs have urged the use of British steel for infrastructure work. Chancellor Rishi Sunak plans to spend an extra £27billion on projects next year, and billions more in coming…
Analysts seek out the ‘doublers’- the firms that could see their values spiral if vaccines roll out next spring
Regular stock-watchers will know these are all companies whose shares have been sunk during the Covid crisis. But they are also among a select group of 'left-behind' stocks Peel Hunt…
The chaos in the hospitality industry illustrates the uphill struggle facing UK plc, says ALEX BRUMMER
The very idea that with one bound the economy would be free on December 2 when lockdown is lifted was always going to be a fiction. The endless chopping and…