Business Philip Jansen aims to take over Rentokil Simon Rowe Jul 22, 2024 Rentokil Initial, a FTSE 100 pest-control empire owned by Rentokil Initial's former boss at BT, is being targeted…
Oil and Gas SLB and Halliburton See Strong International Demand Amid Earnings Reports Simon Rowe Jul 22, 2024 SLB and Halliburton, two of the world’s leading oilfield service providers, reported strong international demand…
Energy Urgent Action Needed to Prevent “Disorderly Transition” as Scotland’s Only Oil… Simon Rowe Jul 22, 2024 Accelerated action and intensive work are required to avoid a “disorderly and unjust transition” when Scotland’s…
Economy The UK job market is cooling again as wages growth slows Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 The UK wage growth in May slowed to its lowest level in the past two years, amid a cooling job market. This…
Business Grant Thornton considers a three-way merger Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 Grant Thornton’s US business is in talks to buy the UK and Irish affiliates of the accounting group. This would be…
Companies Meta examines stake in EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 Facebook's Meta explored the possibility of investing multi-billions in EssilorLuxottica as it intensifies its…
Rail industry Within months, Labour will begin rail nationalisations Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 The Labour government will launch legislation as soon as possible to nationalise railways. Takeovers of UK's…
AI Netflix revenue surges as popular shows draw a large new audience Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 Netflix's second-quarter revenue and earnings exceeded Wall Street expectations thanks to the success of shows like…
Global Politics After Trump’s comments on Taiwan, chip stocks have lost nearly $500bn. Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 Semiconductor shares listed on Wall Street have lost almost $500 billion in market value since Wednesday, amid…
Politics Babcock’s loss on Navy contract almost doubles to £190m Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 Babcock has suffered losses that nearly doubled, to £190million, on its attempt to build cheap warships in Britain.…
Economy UK wages growth slowest in two years Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 The Bank of England is debating whether or not to reduce interest rates in the next month. This slowdown in wage…
Retail Carpetright closes deal with troubled retailer Simon Rowe Jul 19, 2024 Carpetright's rival is the frontrunner in the race to purchase the flooring retailer. Tapi, a company founded by…
AI Samsung Electronics Acquires Oxford Semantic Technologies: Boosting AI… Simon Rowe Jul 18, 2024 Reuters reported that Samsung Electronics had agreed to purchase Oxford Semantic Technologies. Thw British…
Media Private equity firm that backs Six Nations Rugby considers bid for Telegraph Simon Rowe Jul 18, 2024 Private equity group , behind the Six Nations Rugby tournament as well as English Premiership Rugby, is considering…
Business Cosmetic surgery group Skin collapses, putting hundreds of job at risk Simon Rowe Jul 18, 2024 Skin, one the UK's biggest plastic surgery providers, with over 70 branches, collapsed. This has put hundreds of…
Pensions Retirees could save up to £11000 if pension schemes are restructured Simon Rowe Jul 18, 2024 A shake-up that aims to increase the average pensioner's savings by £11,000 could benefit the more than 15,000,000…
US The co-founders and venture capitalists of Silicon Valley’s Silicon Valley… Simon Rowe Jul 18, 2024 The co-founders from Silicon Valley's largest venture capital firm announced that they support Donald Trump in his…
Medical Science A new anti-ageing treatment extends the life span of mice by 25 percent, according… Simon Rowe Jul 18, 2024 According to the latest anti-ageing breakthrough, mice can live up to 25 percent longer with a therapy based upon…