London Stock Exchange dives into crypto trading with $325m Tora deal February 22, 2022 The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has inked a deal to snap up Tora in an effort to expand its digital asset trading capabilities.
SS&C passes hurdles for Blue Prism takeover as London delisting approaches February 21, 2022 US fintech SS&C has passed all the regulatory hurdles in its £1.24bn takeover of British tech firm Blue Prism this morning The next step is the court hearing on 14 March to ratify the scheme before the last day of trading on 15 March. The shares are set to be delist from the London Stock Exchange [...]
London-listed Pantheon Infrastructure pumps £36m into logistics firm in maiden investment March 21, 2022 London-listed investment vehicle Pantheon Infrastructure has announced its maiden investment today with €43m (£36m) pumped into a European transport and logistics firm.
LadBible heads for £360m London float December 1, 2021 The millenial and Gen Z digital publisher Ladbible is targeting a valuation of £360m in one of the London stock market’s biggest media industry flotations, according to reports this morning. It is understood that co-founder Solly Solomou is to sell a chunk of his stake, which will be valued at around £200m if an initial [...]
Sadiq Khan open to decriminalisation of cannabis: ‘Drugs trade causes huge damage,’ says Mayor of London May 12, 2022 SADIQ Khan is open to supporting a campaign to make cannabis legal in the UK as he visited a marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles yesterday.
TfL warns tube stations could shut at short notice on New Year’s Eve December 31, 2023 An influx of passengers may close Tube stations later this week, disrupting London's annual New Year's Eve firework display.
London’s startup community is thriving off of the full scale of investors’ tolerance for risk March 17, 2022 Last month London celebrated yet another fintech triumph. PrimaryBid, a young company that provides retail investors with fair access to public markets, secured an impressive $190m of venture funding. The size of this Series C financing round, and the involvement of internationally renowned investors provided yet more validation that world-beating start-ups are increasingly being created [...]
FTSE: Ultra and Future soar but it’s not enough to lift London’s main index August 16, 2021 The FTSE 100 started off the week with a fall, as a rout on energy and mining shares could not be undone by a surge in the shares of Ultra Electronics and publishing house Future. The blue-chip FTSE 100 dropped 0.8 per cent, dragged down by miners Glencore, Anglo American and Rio Tinto and oil majors BP and Royal Dutch [...]
Mean Girls, musical review: Tina Fey makes fetch happen June 27, 2024 Mean Girls has premiered on the London stage
Bloomberg’s bobbies: Firm pays City Police £100,000 for added patrols around Arcade HQ May 8, 2024 Bloomberg pays roughly £100,000 a year to the City of London Police to patrol its iconic London headquarters, City A.M. has learned.