"Guess the suitor" seems to be the top game among traders this week. Yesterday, Regus rocketed on speculation of interest from an unknown party, and today it was the turn of Logica.... more
"Who could be interested in Regus?" That was the question on the lips of almost every trader in the City, as shares in the serviced office provider rocketed... more
One day, perhaps soon than we think, owning billions of pounds' worth of shares in Royal Bank of Scotland may not seem like the questionable investment it does at the moment... more
The chief executive of serviced offices group Regus says he still won't consider returning its tax base to the UK despite George Osborne's attempts to lure businesses back... more
Market Round-up: J Sainsbury is one of the fallers in a sinking London market after an analyst advises pocketing profits in the supermarket chain and warns that its outlook for growth is “poor”
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When millions were grounded by Europe’s skies becoming a no-fly zone thanks to Iceland’s ash-spewing volcano, some firms saw pound signs in the eyes of the stranded... more
Big companies are continuing the recessionary trend of renting office space by the day says Mark Dixon, chief executive of temporary office space provider Regus... more
Temporary office space provider Regus said today that it was witnessing strong signs of a bounceback in the City as financial workers made redundant by big firms set up new entrepreneurial ventures ... more
Developers no longer find Boris amusing. This is because the Mayor of London is dunning them for £200 million to pay for about a mile of Crossrail.... more
Bonuses may be, er, a bone of contention these days, but at the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership they're handled with all the style and grace you'd expect from the never-knowingly-undersold retailer. ... more
The "secret millionaire" Paul Williams irritated the hell out of tenants in two office blocks run by a subsidiary of his serviced office company, the MLS Group, last month... more
Once Robert Bonnier had a £150million fortune. Now his London house has been repossessed and, we reveal, he is being pursued across the world by angry creditors ... more
So says a City veteran as regulators move to curb the aggressive gambling on falling shares that many in London and New York believe has helped bring about the financial crisis ... more
As Gordon Brown takes his entire cabinet to Birmingham to show the Government is connecting with the majority of the electorate, businesses are voting with their feet... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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