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Foreign investors dominate private equity funding of UK firms, data shows
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Foreign firms are buying the biggest stakes in UK businesses, despite there being more private equity deals struck on British soil, new …
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Pizza giant Domino’s to hire 5,000 extra staff ahead of peak trading season
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Pizza giant Domino’s has said it will hire an extra 5,000 people across the UK and Ireland in the coming months.The London-listed …
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Octopus boss: Energy firms should give cash to people losing winter fuel payment
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.The boss of Octopus Energy has said energy suppliers should “be helpful” to the Government and give extra support to elderly people …
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Legal & General to pick new home for £1.2bn housebuilder Cala this week
Legal & General, the FTSE-100 insurance and asset management giant, will this week pick a new home for Cala Group, its housebuilding subsidiary.Sky News has learnt that Sixth Street, the US-based investor, has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Cala, which ranks among Britain’s ten biggest housebuilders. Sixth Street has teamed up with Patron Capital …
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Self-catering specialist Sapphire Holidays makes £2m Cornwall office investment
Self-catering specialist Sapphire Holidays has announced a £2m investment at its Cornish offices as it plans for more growth. The family-owned group of self-catering holiday letting agencies has acquired a former industrial building on Hayle Business Park to turn it into a low-carbon office for its growing team. Sapphire Holidays brands include Aspects Holidays, Boutique …
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Efforts to give drivers ‘peace of mind’ about EV touring amid staycation worries
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Most Britons who took a staycation this summer travelled by car but just 6% planned to use an electric vehicle, a survey …
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Security company crowned Solihull’s Business of the Year
A security company which has been trading for more than three decades has been crowned Solihull’s top business. MAN Commercial Protection was named overall business of the year at the annual Solihull Awards, run by the town’s chamber of commerce. The firm, which is based in Shirley, was founded in 1993 and provides fully trained …
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Babcock floats move for Titanic shipyard as owner teeters on brink
Babcock International, the London-listed defence contractor, is weighing a possible bid for some of the assets of Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilder which is close to collapse.Sky News has learnt that Babcock, which has a market value of £2.4bn, has expressed an interest in Harland and Wolff’s Belfast shipyard which is famous for having built …
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Meta to begin training AI on public posts from UK Facebook and Instagram users
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FTSE 100 nudges up on higher Fed rate cut hopes
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Analysts look to potential sales forecast upgrade in Next interim results
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Next could upgrade its forecast for full-year sales next week, as the retailer looks to capitalise on new business overseas.The clothing retailer …
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Apollo-owned ABC Technologies in £800m raid on London-listed auto supplier
A London-listed automotive components supplier has become the latest British-based company to draw overseas takeover interest after receiving a series of offers from a Canadian rival.Sky News has learnt that TI Fluid Systems has received at least two bid proposals from ABC Technologies Holdings, a Canadian competitor. City sources said on Friday evening that the …

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