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🥴 CAB flopped

PLUS: YouGov announced its biggest ever deal, housebuilding activity slumped further and Worldpay changed hands at a $18.5bn valuation

Jul 06, 2023

📉 IPO market dries up

PLUS: Leicester City FC got a slap on the wrists from the CMA, and Europe’s largest IPO this year is coming from an unlikely source.

Jul 05, 2023

📈 Mortgage rates rocket

PLUS: Sainsbury’s sees signs of easing food inflation, Ineos’ Jim Radcliffe slammed the UK’s CMA and Musk/Zuckerberg are back at it again after Instagram announced the launch of its Twitter competitor.

Jul 04, 2023

⛽ Supermarket fuel pricing exposed

PLUS: AstraZeneca shares slumped after disappointing phase 3 trials and Haleon eyes an $800m sale of its nicotine gum business.

Jun 30, 2023

📉 Savings drain

PLUS: Salesforce announced a significant investment in the UK’s tech industry, water companies are scrambling to shore up their finances, and there’s a new generative AI player raising funds from big-name backers.

Jun 29, 2023

💧 Thames Water nationalised?

PLUS: houses are increasingly being sold at a discount, BrewDog is eyeing a 2024 London IPO and the US is considering controls on chip exports to China.

Jun 28, 2023

📈 Rate boost for fintech Wise

PLUS: PE group TDR is looking to offload health club David Lloyd and JD Sports warned of softening demand in North America

Jun 27, 2023

🧐 Vodafone x Three merger under fire

PLUS: Aston Martin penned a “game-changing” deal with Lucid, Carnival shares tanked over surging costs and KPMG announced a 5% cut to its workforce.

Jun 26, 2023

🏷️ Abcam puts itself on the market

PLUS: GSK shares surged after settling a critical legal case, homeowners are set to be afforded a 12-month window on repossessions and Musk/Zuckerberg confirmed they’re both up for a fight.

Jun 09, 2023

🎣 London bags another IPO

PLUS: housebuilder Crest reported a slump in profits driven by rate hikes, shareholders of building materials giant CRH approved plans to move to the NYSE and the Eurozone slipped into a recession

Jun 08, 2023

📰 Telegraph up for sale

PLUS: Vodafone and Three are on the cusp of a monster UK mobile merger, house prices dipped on an annual basis for the first time in 10 years and Zara owner Inditex is flying

Jun 07, 2023

🏠 Housebuilding slumps

PLUS: British American Tobacco soldiers on with a post-tobacco strategy, gambling firm 888 is gearing up for an activist shakeup and there’s a shock merger in golf world between LIV and the PGA

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