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Latest News | A £2.7bn takeover offer has been recommended to shareholders of pub and brewing giant Greene King. Read More… |
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Yvonne Chappell, tax director at Grant Thornton for the Central region, looks at how firms are looking beyond UK borders and assessing growth opportunities overseas. Read More… |
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A construction contracting business which provides envelope cladding packages to clients including Stanhope, Kier, BAM and Skanska has been acquired by private equity fund Elaghmore. Read More… |
Freeths has completed an acquisition and refinancing with a combined value of £160m for powered access machinery specialist AFI Group, a longstanding client of the corporate team in the law firm's Milton Keynes office. Read More… |
Financial planning and investment firm Tilney has revealed it is talks over a potential merger with counterpart Smith & Williamson. Read More… |
Milton Keynes-based managed services provider Mirus IT has been bought by a Swinton company. Read More… |
Chemical distributor OQEMA, which has its UK head office in Oxfordshire, has acquired a business with operations in Belfast and Dublin. Read More… |
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Professional services firm EY has announced a raft of promotions at its Luton office. Read More… |
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Chancellor Sajid Javid has unveiled more than £600m of new investment to build up to 50,000 new homes in high demand areas in England. Read More… |
Real estate investor and developer Oxford Properties Group has made a series of changes to its senior team, which includes the appointment of a chief operations officer. Read More… |
SepSolve Analytical has agreed to lease a unit at Swan Court on Cygnet Park in Hampton, Peterborough. The deal was supported by property consultancy Savills. Read More… |
Half-year revenue and pre-tax profits have dipped at Persimmon but the listed housebuilding giant hailed the progress made on improvements to its customer service approach. Read More… |
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A group whose divisions specialise in the production of building and printing products has boosted turnover and returned to the black in its latest financial year. Read More… |
A lack of consumer confidence has impacted revenues and profit at a historic bed and mattress maker, although the business revealed that the sales mix for the first half of its current financial period is about 12 per cent ahead of the previous year thanks to an investment in marketing. Read More… |
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