Colleagues at The Sunday Times wheeled out a bunch of UK deal predictions ahead of the first full working week of 2024.
In a piece headlined "Britain for sale" laid out across pages 2 and 3 of the business section Oliver Gill, Jon Yeomans and Laith Al-Khalaf wrote a lengthy feature about potential takeovers involving London-listed companies this year...
The little end piece of Oliver "Shahsy" Shah's column in yesterday's The Sunday Times business section caught Betaville's eye yesterday.
Olly was pushing the idea that Centrica, the FTSE 100-listed owner of British Gas, could be a takeover target for an oil major or European utility. Below is the link to yesterday's piece:..
There was some cracking work done by friends and former colleagues at The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday this weekend.
Jamie "Nimmers" Nimmo dug out multiple decent lines on the Bulb situation, including a scoop about British Gas owner weighing a takeover bid for ailing energy...
Rivals at The Times have dedicated a full two pages of their business section to speculate on which FTSE company will be the next target for an activist, such as Edward Bramson of Sherborne.
They touted the likes of Centrica, Unilever and Burberry as possible targets for a corporate agitator. Below is the link to the fill article if you have time to read it:..
Below is a link to a great scoop by John Collingridge, now deputy editor of The Sunday Times business section, about how China General Nuclear is trying to buy a stake worth £4 billion in Britain's nuclear power stations from Centrica and EDF.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/chinas-cgn-eyes-stake-in-uk-nuclear-stations-rll8f0lp9..