Takeover talk continues to grip the stock market – and all eyes will be on serviced office company IWG when trading resumes today. Reports last night suggested the firm, which owns Regus and is valued at £3billion, is a potential target. New York based private equity firm CC Capital has held talks with the London-listed … Read more
Takeover talk continues to grip the stock market – and all eyes will be on serviced office company IWG when trading resumes today. Reports last night suggested the firm, which owns Regus and is valued at £3billion, is a potential target. New York based private equity firm CC Capital has held talks with the London-listed … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Our precious metals mining tip Capital produces a golden glow By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 12 June 2021 Gold was trading at just over $1,500 (£1,100) a troy ounce in January 2020. Six months later, the price had … Read more
Private equity has been swarming all over the London stock market and yesterday Equinti moved one step closer to being swallowed. The little known outsourcing firm – it provides payment services for companies like Easyjet (up 1.1 per cent, or 11p, to 997.8p) – has agreed a £673million deal with New York-based Sirius Capital. It … Read more
Sadiq Khan launches second mayoral term with £7m ‘Let’s Do London’ campaign to attract staycationers to the capital as opening hours are extended at museums, galleries and music venues Mr Khan launching ‘biggest domestic tourism campaign London has ever seen’ He is unveililng £7million-plus ‘Let’s Do London’ campaign as immediate priority In summer, museums, galleries … Read more
In 1935 a book was published that provided a vivid snapshot of life in London between the wars as viewed through the eyes of a foreigner. Now a new edition of the time-capsule tome, called The Spirit of London, has been released by publisher Batsford. The author is Austrian traveller and writer Paul Cohen-Portheim, who … Read more
Faded fishing boats bob in the water at Marina Grande, while behind them ice-cream-coloured houses in shades of pistachio, peach, raspberry and lemon are precariously perched, higgledy-piggledy, around the bay. As you arrive, this is the first glimpse you will have of Procida, a picture-postcard-perfect Italian island that’s recently been chosen as Italy’s next Capital … Read more
CAPITAL GEARING TRUST: £690m fund for all seasons is getting ready for the next slump By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 8 May 2021 Investment trust Capital Gearing is a fund for all seasons. It’s not sexy, or exciting, but it will do all … Read more
Bills for administrators and lawyers to wind down Greensill Capital’s UK business estimated to come in at more than £30m in first year alone By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 BST, 7 May 2021 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 7 May 2021 The bills for administrators and lawyers to wind down Greensill Capital’s … Read more
Archegos Capital hedge fund at the centre of £7bn banking disaster teeters on the brink of collapse By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 5 May 2021 | Updated: 22:39 BST, 5 May 2021 The hedge fund at the centre of one of the biggest recent disasters in banking is teetering on … Read more