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Hargreaves Lansdown agrees to £5.44bn takeover
Leading FTSE 100 investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) has initially agreed to a takeover offer worth £5.44bn.Under the terms of the 1,140p-pe
Global stocks bounce back as market jitters ease
The stock index of the UK's biggest publicly-listed companies edged higher on Friday after concerns eased over the state of the US economy. The FTSE 100, which
Disney plans to spend $5bn in regions including the UK…
Disney plans to spend $5bn (£3.9bn) on making blockbuster films and TV shows in regions including the UK over the next five years.The entertainme
Vinted U-turns on delivery changes after backlash
Getty ImagesVinted provides an online marketplace for users to buy, sell and exchange clothesSecond-hand clothes app Vinted has abandoned an update to its deliv
Amazon’s £3bn AI Anthropic investment investigated by UK regulator
The UK's competition regulator has launched an inquiry into Amazon's investment of over £3bn into an artificial intelligence (AI) startup as regu
Innovate UK Future Economy Loans Funding Round Open
Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in loans to SMEs. Innovate UK innovation loans are for highly innovative late stage research and development (R&
Riots contribute to 4.8% drop in footfall on UK high…
Shoppers have avoided high streets in recent days after rioting across England and Belfast led to shops being vandalised and looted, hitting footfall for retail
Assura strikes £500m deal to buy 14 private hospitals in…
Assura, a UK healthcare property investor and developer, has struck a £500m deal to buy Canada’s Northwest Healthcare Properties’ portfolio of 14 private h
UK unrest shutters the on-trade – The Spirits Business
Michael Kill, the CEO of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), has called on the government to provide supp
Secondhand electric car market booms as drivers hunt for ‘middle-aged’…
Auto Trader said the difference was down to a surge of EVs previously bought on finance or leasing contracts re-entering the ma
UK railway news round-up
Show Fullscreen A Northern Class 158 DMU completed the first test run along the full length of the Northumberland Line on August 5. The trip was part of the d
