Online stalker jailed for ‘relentless campaign of lies’. Sam Wall targeted Naomi Timperley and Brad Burton (pictured together, centre) with a ‘prolonged, deliberate and calculated’ campaign of harassment.
Sales soar 90% at IMP & Maker after Dragons’ Den appearance. Food and drink gifting firm, led by Sarah-Louise Fairburn (left) also sees surge in website traffic and social media followers after TV date is watched by millions.
Playtech shares plummet amid smear campaign accusation. Isle of Man-based FTSE 250 constituent accused of secretly commissioning defamatory smear campaign by rival Evolution AB.
Gaming firm set for £40m London IPO. Winvia Entertainment expects to list on London Stock Exchange’s junior AIM market during first week of November.
yuv wins record investment on Dragons’ Den. Steven Bartlett and Sara Davies each invest £250,000 into beauty tech hair colour brand, led by Francisco Gimenez (right), at record valuation.
FTSE 100 firm Smiths Group plc makes £1.3bn disposal. US electronics firm Molex agrees mammoth deal for London firm’s Interconnect subsidiary following pressure from activist investor.
Is Getty-Shutterstock £3bn merger in doubt? CMA to further scrutinise acquisition of Shutterstock by Getty Images following widespread concerns from UK businesses & trade associations.
Chelsea sign major Vietnamese tech deal. Four-times Premier League champions expand deal with tech firm FPT, with the company named principal partner for 2025/26 season.
ITV shares slump following Liberty Global news. US media and telecoms group founded by John Malone sells half of its 10% stake in British broadcasting giant, leading to 8% share price drop.
‘AWS outage highlights hyperscaler risk’. As raft of platforms including social media, banks and HMRC go down amid problems with hosting provider, expert says incident highlights tension between cloud convenience & concentration risk.
BGF eyes £500m as it explores first external fundraise. UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor appoints Lazard to explore external fundraise for first time.
Record year for FTSE 250’s Softcat leads to soaring share price. Buckinghamshire-based IT firm records gross profit just shy of £500m, leading to shares rising by over 4% today.
Yorkshire’s Redcentric to sell data centre division for £127m. Harrogate-based Redcentric said proceeds from Stellanor deal would be used to reduce its debts and return capital to shareholders.
London Stock Exchange secures £170m deal with 11 major banks. Organisation confirms investment in its Post Trade Solutions arm alongside strong Q3 results which have caused share price hike.
Spotify & Vinted investors back refurbed ahead of UK launch. £44m raised by sustainable tech firm with 40% year-over-year growth which aims to make refurbished electronics mainstream across Europe.
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