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    • From Energy & Resources and 16 Apr 2021 16:07 EDT

      Orsted makes onshore wind buy in Ireland

      Orsted’s chief executive Mads Nipper says: “With the acquisition of BRI, we get a strong platform that expands our presence in onshore renewables to Europe, allowing us to continue our…
    • From Financials and 15 Apr 2021 07:09 EDT

      Credit Agricole raises Creval offer

      In an effort to secure backing for plans to expand in Italy’s consolidating banking sector, Credit Agricole Italia (CAI) raises its bid for Italy’s Creval by €140m (USUS$167.6m). The Italian…
    • From Energy & Resources and 15 Apr 2021 06:51 EDT

      Northland Power buys wind farms, solar parks

      With a deal to buy a portfolio of wind farms and solar parks, Canadian company Northland Power makes its first foray into Spain’s fast-growing renewable energy generation market. A wave…
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    • From Consumer & Retail and 16 Apr 2021 16:03 EDT

      Coca-Cola Amatil in favour of European bottler takeover

      Coca-Cola Amatil’s independent shareholders have voted in favour of Coca-Cola European Partners, the European bottling arm of Coca-Cola, acquiring the Australian firm for A$9.93bn (US$7.68bn). After reports that Amatil’s major…
    • From Financials and 15 Apr 2021 07:43 EDT

      OTP to buy Slovenia bank

      Hungary’s largest lender OTP is in talks to buy Slovenian bank Nova KBM from private equity group Apollo in a deal worth around €1bn (US$1.2bn). OTP has bought large banks…
    • From Financials and 14 Apr 2021 09:24 EDT

      EU sets deadline on Aon, Willis deal

      A European Commission filing reveals that EU antitrust regulators have extended until 27 July the deadline for their decision on Aon’s US$30 billion bid for rival Willis Towers Watson. Aon,…
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    • From Financials and 15 Apr 2021 07:09 EDT

      Credit Agricole raises Creval offer

      In an effort to secure backing for plans to expand in Italy’s consolidating banking sector, Credit Agricole Italia (CAI) raises its bid for Italy’s Creval by €140m (USUS$167.6m). The Italian…
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 14 Apr 2021 07:09 EDT

      PKN Orlen media deal unchanged by court decision

      PKN Orlen chief executive Daniel Obajtek says that a court decision to suspend the competition watchdog UOKiK’s approval of the state-backed refiner’s takeover of newspaper publisher Polska Press will have…
    • From Energy & Resources and 12 Apr 2021 07:46 EDT

      Veolia, Suez agree utilities merger

      After months of wrangling between the two French waste and water management companies, Veolia and Suez have reached merger deal worth around €13bn ($15.44bn). Veolia argues that the companies together…
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  • Sectors
    • From Financials and Greece 18 Jul 2019 08:00 EDT

      Financial software developer pursues M&A

      Profile, a software developer and vendor that covers fintech, banking and investment management, is identified in brokers research as a company likely to make a series of bolt-on acquisitions. However…
    • From Financials and Global 1 Nov 2018 09:30 EDT

      Insurance deal value reaches new highs as strategic forces collide

      The global insurance industry has seen the strongest first half since before the global financial crisis in terms of the value of deals, and the outlook remains supportive of deal…
    • From Industrials and Global 30 Aug 2018 08:31 EDT

      Executive sees automotive coatings mergers

      The global automotive coatings industry is likely to undergo marked consolidation in the next couple of years according to the chief executive of one of its leading players, but it…
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  • Restructuring
    • From Financials and 3 Mar 2021 09:30 EST

      Outlook for insolvencies in year ahead

      Law firm Seddons has published the West End Leadership Monitor (WELM), demonstrating a shift in working and business patterns in London’s West End. WELM is based on a survey of…
    • From Consumer & Retail and 7 Dec 2020 08:25 EST

      Ashley’s Frasers Group eyes Debenhams

      In a rescue deal which would further extend Mike Ashley’s reach in the UK high street, Frasers Group is in negotiations to buy collapsed department store chain Debenhams from administrators.…
    • From Consumer & Retail and 1 Dec 2020 07:42 EST

      JD Sports ends Debenhams’ takeover talks

      The future of the UK department store chain Debenhams is in doubt after JD Sports Fashion says that it will not pursue a rescue takeover. It says: “JD Sports Fashion…
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  • Mid-markets
    • From Financials and 9 Apr 2021 17:31 EDT

      Order-to-cash firm buys US player

      Sidetrade, publisher of an AI powered platform, dedicated to the management of the order-to-cash (O2C) cycle is acquiring Amalto, one of the main players in the dematerialisation of inter-company financial…
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 1 Apr 2021 07:20 EDT

      Mid Europa invest in Baltics e-commerce platform

      Mid Europa Partners has agreed with MCI.Techventures and minority shareholders of UAB Pigu to acquire a 100% shareholding in Pigu. Mid Europa has also agreed with MCI.Euroventures and the founding…
    • From Financials and 26 Mar 2021 07:34 EDT

      CMA blocks Crowdcube and Seedrs merger

      Citing a potential lack of competition and loss of innovation for its decision, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) intervenes to prevent a merger between two of the largest…
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From Consumer & Retail and UK - 22 Jun 2017 08:38 EDT

Li Ka-Shing enters UK retail auction

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The contest to buy the leading British healthcare chain Holland & Barrett is understood to have taken a new twist which threatens to make the auction much more competitive, in…

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