TalkTalk extends bid deadline for investment firm Toscafund for a second time By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:18 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 21:18 GMT, 3 December 2020 TalkTalk is extending Toscafund’s bid deadline for second time TalkTalk is extending Toscafund’s bid deadline for second time. The investment firm, … Read more
Countrywide spurns rival’s £82m takeover bid: Struggling estate agent moves a step closer to private equity ownership By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 2 December 2020 Struggling estate agent Countrywide has moved a step closer to handing control to private equity after rejecting a … Read more
GardaWorld ups its offer for G4S by £680m to £3.68bn as tense takeover tussle comes to a head GardaWorld has reached a deal on a £770m package with G4S pension trustees G4S has advised shareholders to not take action in relation to the revised offer The preceding bid was called ‘unattractive and highly opportunistic’ by … Read more
Stratford-on-Avon District Council has mounted a legal challenge against the Government’s ‘arbitrary and irrational’ decision to put it in Tier 3. Its Conservative leader Tony Jefferson today sent a Judicial Review pre-action letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, urging him to retract the allocation. He said the decision to impose the harshest restrictions when the national … Read more
Stratford-on-Avon District Council has mounted a legal challenge against the Government’s ‘arbitrary and irrational’ decision to put it in Tier 3. Its Conservative leader Tony Jefferson today sent a Judicial Review pre-action letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, urging him to retract the allocation. He said the decision to impose the harshest restrictions when the national … Read more
A pub landlord has jokingly renamed an ale ‘Substantial Meal’ in a cheeky bid to get around new Covid-19 restrictions. Brett Mendoza, 40, who owns the Caxton Arms in Brighton, East Sussex, came up with the idea while discussing what constitutes a substantial meal with another landlord after the latest measures were announced last week. … Read more
Border operations centre is set up in bid to avoid Customs chaos after Brexit Ministers are braced for border disruption that could last months after Brexit State-of-the-art 24/7 facility will be used to gather information on flow of goods The centre will help the Government and local police to make rapid decisions By John Stevens … Read more
AA’s biggest investors in conflict over private equity firms’ £218m offer for the debt-ridden breakdown firm By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 November 2020 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 30 November 2020 A battle over the AA’s future has broken out after its two top shareholders took opposite sides on a … Read more
Billionaire brothers buying Asda continue spending spree as they make a bid for struggling coffee chain Caffe Nero Zuber and Mohsin Issa of EG Group are reportedly trying to buy Caffe Nero Under the EG proposal, Caffe Nero’s landlords would receive all the rent arrears It comes as Caffe Nero’s landlords are set to vote … Read more
A tequila bar owner is trying to register his Nottingham venue as a church in a bid to stay open legally while under Tier 3 Covid-19 restrictions as it will be a place of worship. Pubs and bars are only allowed to serve takeaway alcohol under Tier 3 rules, which will come into effect in … Read more