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BioTech behind COVID drug appoints chairman ahead of IPO

ILC Therapeutics has strengthened its board and management and revealed a pre-IPO funding round ...

Omnio banks £26m funding and appoints chair ahead of IPO

Omnio, an innovator in banking-as-a-service, has closed a £26 million funding round led by pan-Eur...

NCC Group makes £156m acquisition

Manchester cybersecurity firm NCC Group has agreed a £156 million acquisition of the intellectual p...

Regulators block US takeover of Manchester digital ID firm

The acquisition of a digital identity firm for healthcare used widely in the NHS has been blocked b...

Asset management AI raises £6.1m in London float

A company aiming to bring accessible AI and data science solutions to the asset management industry...

Crypto exchange Blockchain.com swoops for AI firm

Cryptocurrency leader Blockchain.com has acquired Artificial Intelligence Exchange.  AiX, also...

Fast-growth UK grocery platform swallowed up by US peer

Fancy, a platform to buy grocery essentials, has been snapped up by American firm Gopuff.  The...

Manchester’s Hello Soda acquired by US counterpart

Identity verification firm Hello Soda has been acquired by a counterpart headquartered in Los Angele...

Listed US giant acquires London start-up FanHub

A listed US giant has acquired London start-up FanHub.  Genius Sports said the acquisition of t...

Digital records firm snapped up in £61m deal

A digital records firm headquartered in Wolverhampton has been acquired by AIM-listed Restore in a �...

Darktrace prices IPO £1.3bn lower than forecast, shares surge

Update: Darktrace shares surged 40% above the offer price on the opening morning of trading, above 3...

Is it time for London to finally welcome SPACs?

The trend in the US for high-growth companies to list via SPAC mergers has even swept up some the U...