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September 24, 2025
U.K.-based modular building provider Portakabin Ltd. has completed a £160 million ($215.5 million) full-scheme buy-in of its pension plan with Aviva PLC, the insurance giant said Wednesday.
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September 23, 2025
Property developer Henry Boot said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its construction business for at least £4 million ($5.4 million) to PWS Construction Ltd. as it looks to concentrate on its priority areas of prime property development and premium homes.
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September 22, 2025
A former minister in ex-Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan's government won a libel and harassment case against his cousin on Monday, with a London court ruling that the politician suffered a "relentless torrent of abuse" and corruption allegations on Twitter.
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September 22, 2025
A U.K. juice bar company has denied the claims of an Australian rival that its use of the word "boost" in its marketing amounts to a trademark infringement, arguing that the word is simply descriptive and not protected by copyright.
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September 22, 2025
Ardonagh Group said Monday that its subsidiary has agreed to acquire French specialist broker Groupe Leader Insurance, as the British insurer continues its European expansion.
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September 19, 2025
This past week in London has seen brokerage firm ADS Securities file a fresh claim against German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst, AmTrust and Endurance Worldwide Insurance tackle an ongoing £50 million ($67 million) dispute over a failed litigation and insurance scheme, and Howard Kennedy LLP sue the son of a diamond tycoon over a £3.1 million legal bill.
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September 19, 2025
Life Science REIT PLC said Friday that it plans to wind down after it decided that this would "maximize value" for shareholders rather than selling itself off.
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September 17, 2025
PRS said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its property portfolio to a vehicle controlled by Waypoint Asset Management Ltd. for £646.2 million ($882 million) and then liquidate the real estate investment trust.
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September 17, 2025
Galliford Try unveiled plans on Wednesday for a share buyback of up to £10 million ($14 million) as the building and infrastructure business looks to reward investors and downsize its share capital.
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September 16, 2025
Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. said Tuesday it is strengthening its presence in the growing primary and secondary education sector, after one of its funds agreed to inject £25 million ($34 million) into Affinitas Group, a schools group which operates in Latin America and Europe.
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September 16, 2025
Britain's antitrust authority said Tuesday that it is considering whether a proposed £723 million ($986 million) takeover by student accommodation developer Unite of rival Empiric might harm competition in the U.K.
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September 15, 2025
Denmark's Ørsted AS said Monday that it has started its 60 billion Danish kroner ($9.4 billion) rights issue in a move to boost its capital structure after the U.S. blocked two wind farm projects to await a government review.
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September 12, 2025
This past week in London has seen former Master Chef presenter Gregg Wallace sue the BBC, Elon Musk's xAI take legal action against a staff engineer, and fashion mogul Kevin-Gerald Stanford file a fresh claim against Lion Capital-owned Klotho and EY amid a long-running All Saints share acquisition dispute.
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September 12, 2025
Property developer Roadside Real Estate PLC said Friday that it has agreed to sell its commercial property business to Tarncourt Properties Ltd. in a deal valued at approximately £12 million ($16.3 million) to further simplify the business.
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September 11, 2025
Online marketplace owner SMG said on Thursday that it expects to raise up to approximately 1.04 billion Swiss francs ($1.3 billion) in its initial public offering scheduled to take place on the SIX Swiss Exchange on Sept. 19.
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September 11, 2025
Fire safety company Zenova Group PLC said on Thursday that it has entered a non-binding potential deal to acquire insulation firm Restoreo, to enlarge its business and drive international growth.
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September 11, 2025
Picton Property Income Ltd. said Thursday that it will return up to £12.5 million (£16.9 million) to investors to create "value for shareholders."
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September 10, 2025
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych lost his fight to shake European Union sanctions Wednesday, with a court finding that he "clearly contributed to the destabilization" of the country by calling for Russian military intervention and plotting to oust Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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September 17, 2025
Ropes & Gray LLP said Wednesday that it has opened an office in Milan with three private equity partners joining from Latham & Watkins LLP, further scaling its European presence after recently opening for business in Paris.
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September 10, 2025
Atlas Metals Group PLC said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Universal Pozzolanic Silica Alumina Ltd., a building materials company, in a proposed all-share reverse takeover that values UPSA at £1 billion ($1.35 billion).
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September 09, 2025
Tether accused a crypto trading company in a London court on Tuesday of knowingly bringing an unlawful claim over a soured bitcoin mining joint venture after the trader conceded that it did not own the intellectual assets of the joint venture vehicle.
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September 09, 2025
U.S. technology company Keysight Technologies Inc. said Tuesday that it has extended the deadline for its approximately £1.16 billion ($1.6 billion) takeover of British telecoms-testing company Spirent as it waits for Chinese authorities to clear the deal.
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September 08, 2025
A consortium of British housing developers has accused a civil engineering company of exposing it to the almost £9 million ($12 million) cost of removing excavated earth by negligently failing to account for the removal in a plan.
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September 08, 2025
A family firm has asserted that a trademark for "Miller Metcalfe" was properly transferred to it despite a homebuilder's claims, giving it every right to collect £150,000 ($203,225) in license fees over five years.
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September 08, 2025
Blackstone said Sept. 8 that it had defeated bidding rival Tritax Big Box with its £489 million ($661 million) cash takeover offer for Warehouse REIT as the private equity firm seeks to boost its European logistics property portfolio.