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April 30, 2026
SoftBank Robotics UK has accused two former directors of a firm it co-owned of inflating earnings to trick it into buying their shares, hitting back at their £8 million ($11 million) claim that it wrongly forced them out.
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April 30, 2026
Consumer goods giant Unilever said Thursday that it is launching a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) share buyback program as it reported strong results for the first quarter of 2026.
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April 30, 2026
Schroders Capital has said one of its investment vehicles has committed more than £100 million ($135.2 million) of pension capital and government-backed money to a range of British technology and artificial intelligence startups.
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April 30, 2026
United Utilities said on Thursday that it is planning to raise £800 million ($1 billion) to fund the equity element of a £2.5 billion government-mandated investment program to fund, build and upgrade water infrastructure in England and Wales.
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April 30, 2026
Whitbread PLC unveiled a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) shareholder return program on Thursday as part of a sweeping five-year cost saving plan to boost margins for Britain's largest hotel operator.
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April 30, 2026
Lazard Inc. said Thursday that it will buy London-based Campbell Lutyens for $575 million to create a global private capital advisory unit.
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April 30, 2026
DCC PLC said Thursday it has rejected a preliminary £4.95 billion ($6.7 billion) takeover bid from a consortium led by private equity firms Energy Capital Partners LP and KKR, because the proposal significantly undervalues the Irish energy distributor.
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April 29, 2026
The number of U.K. businesses near collapse increased by almost 37% with rising taxes ahead of the economic fallout of the Iran war, an insolvency firm warned in a report Wednesday.
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April 29, 2026
1Spatial said Wednesday that its approximately £87.1 million ($118 million) sale to VertiGIS, a portfolio company of U.S. technology investor Battery Ventures, has been completed, triggering the suspension of the British mapping software business' shares from trading.
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April 29, 2026
German ingredients maker Döhler Group said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire rival manufacturer Treatt for approximately £183 million ($247 million) in a deal that will cancel the British company's listing on the London Stock Exchange.
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April 29, 2026
Irish energy and marketing giant DCC PLC said Wednesday that a consortium of two private equity firms has made a preliminary approach regarding a possible takeover.
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April 29, 2026
Uzbekistan's sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday that it is aiming for a market capitalization of $1.95 billion in its London and Tashkent initial public offering.
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April 29, 2026
The Bank of England's regulatory arm floated measures on Wednesday that would see funded reinsurance transactions involving U.K. life insurance companies face enhanced regulatory requirements, amid fears its growing use poses wider risks to financial stability.
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April 29, 2026
Finnish lift engineering heavyweight Kone will buy TK Elevator GmbH in a cash and stock deal that values the German rival at €29.4 billion ($34 billion), the companies said Wednesday.
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April 29, 2026
Spain's Amadeus said Wednesday it plans to acquire Idemia Public Security, a French biometrics firm, for €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) as the travel tech giant seeks to boost its border control capabilities.
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April 28, 2026
European enforcers launched an in-depth investigation Tuesday into a planned joint venture between paper manufacturers UPM and Sappi over concerns about the market for magazine paper and several other products.
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April 28, 2026
U.K.'s antitrust regulator said on Tuesday that it has approved the acquisition of British duck breeder Gressingham's parent company Green Label Holdings Ltd. by French farming company Société LDC SA after a three-month investigation.
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April 28, 2026
Kingsmill owner AB Foods urged the U.K. competition watchdog on Tuesday to clear its proposed purchase of rival Hovis, arguing that the deal would not harm competition and would prevent the collapse of a struggling business.
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April 28, 2026
Barclays unveiled a £500 million ($674 million) share buyback on Tuesday as the lender reported a steady rise in profit and income in the first three months of 2026.
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April 28, 2026
IQE PLC said Tuesday that it has completed a placing and retail share offer, raising £13 million ($17.5 million) as part of a wider recapitalization to strengthen the British semiconductor company's balance sheet and to fund future growth.
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April 28, 2026
Card Factory PLC began a share buyback program on Tuesday to return up to £15 million ($20.3 million) to investors as the cards and party goods retailer reported a slump in pre-tax profit.
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April 28, 2026
EQT AB said Tuesday that it has raised a total of €3.1 billion ($3.6 billion) for a real estate fund that will invest in modern logistics assets across Europe.
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April 27, 2026
A London court struck out former dotcom entrepreneur Robert Bonnier's claim on Monday against property developer Nick Candy over a wrongly obtained freezing order, concluding that the entrepreneur and his company's bankruptcy trustee repeatedly breached court orders.
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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).