European arm of $150m Samsung NEXT fund is ready to invest
Samsung NEXT, a $150m investment fund from the global firm, has opened its first European hub to get behind rising tech companies across the continent.
Budgens closures begs the question: is there room for the little guy?
The UK grocery market is an exclusive club.?And while the sector is booming, it doesn’t necessarily pay off if you’re not one of the giants.
How to keep calm and carry on during mergers and acquisitions
Business mergers and acquisitions can be a long and tiring process, but it?s important to keep calm and carry on during the next step.
UBM acquires Allworld Exhibitions in deal worth half a billion dollars
In a bid to accelerate growth and forge an events powerhouse out of London, UBM has acquired neighbouring trade show business Allworld Exhibitions for almost half a billion dollars to scale in Asia.
iZettle acquires UK point-of-sale service powering shops, bars and hotels
Launched out of Sweden, iZettle quickly made the UK its second home soon after starting up, and that trend continues today as the mobile payments business has acquired Scottish company intelligentpos for access to its cloud-based point-of-sale platform.
American snack firm acquires fine English crisp maker Tyrrells for ?300m
It’s all change for Tyrrells, the maker of “fine English crisps”, as the Herefordshire business has been part of a transatlantic deal to get acquired by Texas-based Amplify Snack Brands for £300m.
Why wealth management firms have started merging
Mergers and acquisitions in the wealth management sector have been creating a flurry of activity over the past year with 2015 setting a record 124 deals, compared to 83 in 2014. This movement is a sign of the changing shape of the wealth management industry, but it does not present the whole picture.
Twitter turns to UK to ?build strength? and acquires London AI business Magic Pony
London-based machine learning developer Magic Pony has been acquired by Twitter in what will “help build strength into teams with world-class talent,” according to the social network’s founder Jack Dorsey.
Northern pub restaurant group guzzled in ?50m deal with ex-Wagamama owner
Cheshire-headquartered pub restaurant group New World Trading Company (NWTC) has been taken over in a a £50m deal with mid-market private equity firm Graphite Capital.
