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April 27, 2026
A U.K. industry group urged the country's government to prepare a "trade bazooka," including a package of countermeasures to safeguard the economy from outside shocks such as U.S. tariffs and the economic fallout from the Iran war.
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April 27, 2026
Nordic IT firm Carasent AB said Monday that it has agreed to acquire rival Infosolutions Sverige AB in a deal that values the rival company at an enterprise value of 115 million Swedish krona ($12.5 million).
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April 27, 2026
British space tech firm Seraphim Space Investment Trust said on Monday that it is planning to raise up to £350 million ($474 million) in equity through a class of temporary shares "to invest in attractive opportunities."
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April 27, 2026
Broadstone said on Monday that it will provide administration services to members of the Videndum DB Pension Scheme a week after the retirement savings plan revealed that it would transfer into defined benefit superfund Clara Pensions.
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April 27, 2026
Oil giant Shell PLC said Monday that it has agreed to buy Canadian energy company ARC Resources Ltd. for $13.6 billion in a cash and stock deal to boost and diversify its energy output.
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April 27, 2026
CLS Holdings PLC said Monday that it has agreed to sell a refurbished office building in Germany for €60 million ($70.5 million) as the commercial property developer seeks to reduce its debt.
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April 27, 2026
The City watchdog unveiled plans on Monday to amend research rules that it said cause a seven-day delay to London's initial public offering process, as it looks to reinvigorate Britain's ailing capital markets.
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April 27, 2026
Belgian investment company GBL said Monday that it will buy a majority stake in temporary traffic management business Buko Group for €500 million ($587 million) in order to increase its holding of private assets in its portfolio.
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April 27, 2026
Anpario, a manufacturer of additives for animal feed, began a share buyback program of up to £3 million ($4 million) on Monday as the company looks to return capital to investors and downsize its share capital.
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April 27, 2026
High Street retailer Frasers Group PLC said Monday that it is launching a share buyback worth up to £70 million ($95 million) as it seeks to lower its share capital and reward investors.
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April 27, 2026
Brookfield Wealth Solutions has warned of potential job cuts at Just Group that would go "materially beyond" plans it disclosed last year ahead of its £2.4 billion ($3.25 billion) acquisition of the pension insurer, which regulators approved in March.
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April 27, 2026
U.S. private equity shop Apollo said Monday that it will buy the vehicle interiors business from French automotive supplier Forvia SE in a €1.82 billion ($2.1 billion) carveout deal.
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April 24, 2026
Merck has cleared a key regulatory hurdle in its plan to acquire clinical stage oncology company Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $6.7 billion, the pharmaceutical giant said Friday.
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April 24, 2026
British fertilizer company Atome PLC said Friday that it has raised £25.6 million ($34.5 million) in equity from Swiss fertilizer plants specialist Casale SA and others to fund its part of a $665 million green fertilizer project in Paraguay.
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April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump warned that his administration will impose new tariffs on the U.K. unless the British government dismantles its digital services tax targeting tech giants.
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April 24, 2026
Shipping company Taylor Maritime Ltd. said Friday that it will return $30 million to investors through the purchase of their stock in a compulsory partial share redemption program, amid a managed sell-off of its assets.
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April 24, 2026
Cohere, a Canadian developer of large language models, said Friday that it plans to combine with German rival Aleph Alpha in order to create a transatlantic artificial intelligence powerhouse.
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April 24, 2026
The past week in London has seen a Hong Kong company sue the government and a COVID-19 PPE company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone, an oligarch bring a fresh claim against a rival in a long-running feud, a rugby league club sue over a canceled mass dance event, and Visa and Mastercard hit with legal action from H&M, Eurostar, and Bang & Olufsen. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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April 24, 2026
Firering Strategic Minerals PLC said Friday it has raised £2.5 million ($3.4 million) through a share sale to help fund its plans to increase the size of its stake in a Zambian lime producer.
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April 24, 2026
Grocery store chain Sainsbury's said Friday that it will return £300 million ($405 million) to its shareholders through a share buyback program over the next 12 months, with the first part worth £200 million set to begin immediately.
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April 23, 2026
Deutsche Telekom AG could merge with its American arm T-Mobile to create a global phone giant, digital bank Revolut envisions a $200 billion valuation for its potential initial public offering in 2028, and the owners of U.K. pharmacy chain Boots consider a public offering of their own.
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April 23, 2026
Internet ad broker BidSwitch has sued investors in a communications software provider that it acquired for £7.5 million ($10 million), accusing them of fraudulently inflating the financial position of the company, which led to millions of pounds in losses.
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April 23, 2026
The competition regulator said Thursday that it is seeking views on how the Nexfibre joint venture's $2.7 billion acquisition of Substantial Group, the second-largest alternative fiber provider in the U.K., could harm competition in the country.
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April 23, 2026
Active Energy Group PLC, a renewable power business, said Thursday that it has agreed to the terms of a proposed deal to acquire a grid connection in the United Arab Emirates, in a cash-and-shares transaction worth £1.25 million ($1.7 million).
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April 23, 2026
The biggest shareholder in technology company Raspberry Pi Holdings PLC has sold a 5.6% stake for approximately £60 million ($81 million), bookrunners Jefferies and Peel Hunt said Thursday.