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28 Feb
Fashion brand Scotch & Soda exploring sale - report

Amsterdam-based fashion brand Scotch & Soda, which has stores in locations including London's Covent Garden, is reportedly exploring a sale after more than a decade in private equity ownership.

27 Feb
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Bunzl profits, dividend rise on price, volumes

International distribution group Bunzl reported a rise in annual earnings, driven by product cost inflation, volume recovery in the first half and growth from acquisitions.

27 Feb
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Majority of Britishvolt sold to Australia's Recharge

The sale of most of Britishvolt to Australia’s Recharge Industries has completed, it was confirmed on Monday, just over a month after the start-up collapsed into administration.

27 Feb
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Pfizer in talks to buy biotech Seagen - report

Pfizer is reportedly in talks to acquire biotech Seagen Inc, which focuses on developing and commercialising monoclonal antibody-based therapies for the treatment of cancer.

22 Feb
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Wood Group rejects takeover offer from Apollo

Wood Group said on Wednesday that it has rejected three unsolicited, preliminary and conditional takeover proposals from Apollo Global Management.

22 Feb
Live betting content provider SIS put up for sale - report

Live betting content provider Sports Information Services (SIS) is reportedly under starter's orders for a £200m sale.

22 Feb
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CMA clears Capco/Shaftesbury merger

West End landlords Capital & Counties and Shaftesbury said on Wednesday that the Competition and Markets Authority has cleared their £3. 5bn merger.

21 Feb
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Hyve surges after £306m takeover offer from Providence Equity

Exhibition business Hyve surged on Tuesday after confirming it had received a preliminary and conditional £306m takeover approach from private equity firm Providence Equity.

20 Feb
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Virgin Media exploring £100m bid for rival Trooli - report

Virgin Media O2 and its shareholders are reportedly exploring a more than £100m takeover bid for Trooli, one of the UK’s ‘altnet’ fibre broadband companies.

16 Feb
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Vodafone weighing options for Vodacom - report

Vodafone is reportedly exploring options for its African business as investors ramp up pressure on the UK telecom company to boost performance.

16 Feb
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Atos shares surge as Airbus offers to buy stake in cyber business

Shares in French Atos surged on Thursday after aircraft maker Airbus offered to become a major investor in the IT firm’s soon-to-be spun-off division Evidian.

16 Feb
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Home REIT gets unsolicited takeover approach from Bluestar

Beleaguered social housing landlord Home REIT said on Thursday that it was considering putting itself up for sale and that it had received an unsolicited takeover offer from Bluestar.

15 Feb
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Capricorn Energy abandons NewMed deal after shareholder opposition

Capricorn Energy said on Wednesday that it has abandoned a planned takeover by Israeli gas producer NewMed Energy following opposition from shareholders.

14 Feb
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Air India to buy 470 Airbus, Boeing jets in massive order

Air India has placed a massive order for 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft, reflecting the pace of growth in an increasingly affluent country that is also rebounding from the Covid pandemic.

13 Feb
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Liberty Global takes 4.9% stake in Vodafone, rules out offer

Liberty Global purchased a stake in rival Vodafone in what market observers described as an opportunistic bid - but ruled out a possible offer .

13 Feb
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Qatari investors to bid for Manchester United this week - report

Qatari investors are reportedly set to make an offer for Manchester United in the coming days in a move that would cement the country’s desire to become a major player in global sports.

13 Feb
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Vue lines up backing for Cineworld takeover offer - report

Vue has reportedly lined up financial backing from its new shareholders to help put together a takeover bid for beleaguered rival Cineworld.

10 Feb
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First Abu Dhabi not evaluating offer for Standard Chartered

First Abu Dhabi Bank reiterated on Friday that it was not evaluating a possible offer for Standard Chartered.

10 Feb
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Saga in talks with Australia's Open Insurance over sale of underwriting arm

Saga confirmed on Friday that it is in exclusive discussions with Open Insurance Technologies over the potential sale of its underwriting business, Acromas Insurance Company limited (AICL).

09 Feb
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'Mystery suitor' interested in ITV, says Betaville

Broadcaster ITV is reportedly at the centre of a fresh round of takeover speculation, according to markets blog Betaville.