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Goldshield war may run and run as counterbid rolls in

02.10.09
Another bid for drugmaker Goldshield? It must be Friday. Stakes in the poker game for Britain’s biggest quoted generic medicines group just seem to get higher and higher as former management bet against the improbably named Fuhrer family of Israel for the Goldshield prize... more

Permira grabs insurer for £226 million after delay

25.09.09
A rare deal emerged from the frozen wastelands of the private-equity industry today as Permira struck a £225.5 million deal to buy life insurer Just Retirement after nearly a year of negotiations ... more

City Spy: Cheers: let’s drink to the recession

15.09.09
Publication of the report into MG Rover was accompanied, predictably, by an attack on the Government by Jon Moulton.... more

AA and Birds Eye "could go up for sale"

28.08.09
The private-equity market is expected to be dead for the next year or so but one of the first big deals to come on to the market could be the giant AA-Saga Group combine ... more

Vedanta slides as S&P gets cold feet over debt burden

26.06.09
London-listed Indian mining group Vedanta's huge debt mountain threatened to cast a long-term shadow over its expansion plans as credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said it had placed the group on its CreditWatch list with "negative implications"... more

Britvic loses its sparkle as shareholder dumps 14%

27.05.09
Shares in soft drinks supplier Britvic slumped 15p to 275½p after its biggest shareholder was forced to dump almost 14% of the company, worth £80.1 million, in the market place... more

Permira boss warns amid writedowns

28.04.09
Private-equity boss Damon Buffini has warned there may be "worse to come" before the economy recovers... more

Habgood to face flak over decision to lead two FTSE firms

21.04.09
Questions over the lucrative part-time jobs of Britain’s top company chairmen were revived after Anthony Habgood — already at the centre of one corporate governance minefield — insisted on continuing to lead two separate FTSE 100 companies... more

Pies with less pastry in canteen health drive

20.02.09
Canteens in public buildings from council offices to schools may be ordered to serve healthier food... more

An evening’s whiff-whaff with a charitable banker

16.02.09
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Hamleys' Icelandic owner on brink of going bust

04.02.09
The future of Hamleys, Britain's biggest toy shop and a major London tourist attraction, was thrown into doubt after its owner collapsed into administration ... more

Johnston Press chairman Parry to step down

28.01.09
British regional newspaper group Johnston Press said media-industry veteran Roger Parry would retire as chairman in March and would be replaced by non-executive director Ian Russell... more

A bit of a trial for France’s richest man...

14.01.09
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SVG taps up investors as private-equity crisis bites

18.12.08
Finance: SVG Capital, the listed private-equity fund that backs Permira, went cap in hand to shareholders for funds, and warned the value of its investments have plunged 40% in the last six months... more

Premier seeks a cash boost to reduce debt

15.12.08
Consumer: The food group behind Hovis and Mr Kipling has confirmed rumours that have been circulating in the City for weeks that it is seeking a sizeable cash injection from investors... more

Naked truth on private equity pain

08.12.08
It is ironic that Permira, the private-equity house, should be having such a rough time with its latest fund, Permira lV... more

Recession silver lining for some

14.11.08
IN a week when one of our largest charities, the Wellcome Foundation, has invited bids for its £3.8 billion (£2.6 billion) private-equity portfolio, when the American giant KKR - the original barbarian at the gate - sold a large chunk of its own portfolio at a discount and both Carlyle in the US and Permira, one of the biggest British houses, sent a message to potential investors offering help should they struggle to meet their funding commitments, it becomes pretty obvious the stresses of the credit crunch are biting in this sector too. ... more

Only hedge fund rescues can now turn the market

22.10.08
It is a sign of how complex the financial world has become that when you get a sharp uptick in the market, as we have seen this week, it is bad news for so many of the players... more

How Mervyn learned to pitch it right...

22.10.08
Mervyn King once harboured ambitions to be the next Jim Laker: “I was taught to bowl — slow left arm – at Old Town primary school by the headmaster ..."... more

Bookie fear as US buyout firm targets Gala Coral

20.10.08
Gambling: Aggressive US buyout firm Apollo Management has built up a position in Gala Coral from which it may force a takeover... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

Management reshuffle at Gala Coral

11.09.08
Gala Coral, the private-equity-controlled owner of the Gala bingo halls chain and Coral bookies, said its founder and chairman John Kelly will be leaving in a year's time... more

Revealed: why Boris had to draw blood in the battle for power

20.08.08
The departure of first deputy mayor Tim Parker is being seen as a blunder by Boris. But it was the millionaire businessman's own thirst for power that led to his downfall... more

Lion swallows fish brands to put megadeals back in swim

22.07.08
The private-equity megadeal returns to London with the £1 billion-plus takeover of the giant foods group behind the Young's and Findus frozen fish brands... more

M&B back to revive pubs deal with Punch

14.04.08
A merger between Mitchells & Butlers and Punch Taverns may - partially - be back on... more

M&B ups the ante in last round of talks

09.04.08
The fate of one of Britain's biggest pub companies will be sealed in the next six weeks... more

Don't laugh, but the fat cats are going hungry

07.04.08
Wherever I go in the City at the moment, I'm meeting people in a daze... more

Virgin holds talks with DIC over expansion in the Gulf

02.04.08
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is reportedly in talks with Dubai International Capital... more

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