Latest Stories
All Stories
08.11.2021 - 09:00
Business
Sky News
Football finance veteran Harris eyes club takeover through US SPAC deal
Keith Harris, the veteran financier of football club takeovers, is kicking off a search for another sporting deal with a New York-listed “blank cheque” company.Sky News has learnt that LAMF Global Ventures Corp I, which has been set up by two US entertainment industry executives, will explore the acquisition of a major European club during …
08.11.2021 - 07:33
Business
Sky News
JD Sports says car park meeting not suspicious after footage published
JD Sports has said it is not “suspicious or illegitimate” for its executive chairman Peter Cowgill to meet his opposite number at rival Footasylum – as it responds to the publication of footage in a newspaper.The Sunday Times said the footage showed Mr Cowgill meeting Barry Bown in a car park near Bury in July …
07.11.2021 - 23:02
Business
Business Weekly
Cambridge startup raises $103m in first close of Series B
The investment community is getting used to fireworks from bit.bio so it was fitting that the Cambridge company chose November 5 to announce the close of its Series B round at $103 million. New and existing institutional and strategic investors were involved in bit.bio’s Series B round,; backers include Arch Ventures, Charles River Laboratories, Foresite …
07.11.2021 - 21:41
Business
Sky News
Double take off at Heathrow as ‘excited’ passengers take advantage of US reopening borders to UK travellers
Rival airlines British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have operated a synchronised departure from Heathrow to celebrate the end of the US travel ban for fully vaccinated passengers from the UK.“Excited” passengers queued to check in at the airport after the lifting of the travel ban brought an end to almost two years of coronavirus restrictions …
07.11.2021 - 16:59
Business
Sky News
Gopher explores £3bn counterbid for gambling software group Playtech
An investment vehicle which began building a stake in the London-listed gambling software group Playtech earlier this year is weighing plans for a £3bn takeover of the company.Sky News has learnt that Gopher Investments is working with bankers at Rothschild on an offer that would trump a recommended bid announced last month from Aristocrat Leisure, …
07.11.2021 - 10:05
Business
Business Live
Rockfish launches tinned British fish range as restaurant expansion continues
The celebrity chef behind South Devon’s Rockfish seafood restaurant chain has launched the world’s first range of tinned British-caught seafood. Mitch Tonks has ploughed around £200,000 into the pioneering lockdown project in a bid to find a wider market for seafood caught off the south coast and landed at Brixham. The range, which has already …
07.11.2021 - 04:00
Business
Business Live
Bakery giant St Pierre Groupe eyes ‘Holy Grail’ of making it in America after doubling headcount
A bakery giant headquartered in Manchester has set its sights on the “Holy Grail” of making it in the US after doubling its headcount in recent years. St Pierre Groupe, which is behind the St Pierre, Baker Street and Paul Hollywood’s part-baked bread brands, saw record growth in 2020 and signed supply deals with the …
07.11.2021 - 01:57
Business
Sky News
Elon Musk asks Twitter followers if he should sell 10% of Tesla stock
Elon Musk has asked his 62.5 million Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.The Tesla CEO launched the poll in response to a “billionaires’ tax” proposed by Democrats in the US Senate. “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of …
06.11.2021 - 15:23
Business
Business Live
12 North East companies helping the drive towards net zero
Turntide Transport Formed earlier this year, the Gateshead firm led by electric vehicle veteran Matt Boyle is backed by some high profile investors. With funding from the likes of Amazon and foundations led by Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jnr, Turntide Transport took over Mr Boyle’s former firm BorgWarner Gateshead plus Cramlington’s Avid Technology and …
06.11.2021 - 10:10
Business
Sky News
Abrdn in £1.5bn talks to buy DIY stock-picker Interactive Investor
Abrdn, the FTSE-100 asset manager, is in advanced talks to buy Interactive Investor (II) for more than £1.5bn – a deal that will hand it control of one of Britain’s three big DIY stock-picking platforms.Sky News can reveal that abrdn, headed by Stephen Bird, is in exclusive negotiations to acquire II and hopes to strike …
06.11.2021 - 05:00
Business
Business Live
The Daily Post/North Wales Live Business Awards 2021 have launched
The Daily Post/North Wales Live Business Awards 2021 – in association with Business Live – is back after the pandemic saw last year’s event cancelled. The prestigious awards – backed by headline sponsor Bangor University – recognise every type of business, from small start-ups to the industry giants of the region. It gives firms an …
06.11.2021 - 00:01
Business
Sky News
Five big supermarkets to halve environmental impact of weekly food shop by 2030
The UK’s five biggest supermarkets will try to halve the environmental impact of a weekly food shop by the end of the decade.It is the latest climate promise made during the COP26 summit in Glasgow, and it comes as the UK announces it will lead 45 governments in moving towards more sustainable ways of farming. …
←
1
…
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
…
1,157
→