Andy Jalil
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Ministers intervene in foreign takeovers of defence firms (opens the original)
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Ministers have intervened in a flurry of foreign takeover attempts on British defence firms in the past year over concerns the bids posed a threat to national security. The government unit that scrutinises takeovers “called in” 24 proposed bids from foreign buyers between the first quarter of 2025 and end of the first quarter of 2026, according to a Freedom of Information Request made by the Cabinet Office. Of these, ten deals probed by the Investment Security Unit (ISU) targeted the UK’s defenc
Buyers probing wealth firms on organic growth (opens the original)
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Private equity money has poured into UK wealth management in recent years, but buyers now want firms to show organic growth after a raft of deals, dealmakers in the sector say. Potential buyers are placing more emphasis on the growth that target companies can generate off their own backs, rather than from striking more bolt-ons, advisors working on deals have said. Wealth managers have raced for scale through M&A, but investors are now looking more favourably on businesses with burgeoning net in
Boutique banks eye European growth (opens the original)
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Boutique investment banks are expanding in Europe after a bumper period for M&A, even as deal activity has lagged the US. The so-called elite boutiques are eyeing fresh growth in London and other European locations as many unveiled record revenue, fuelled by mega-deals in the US. “A big part of our experience in Europe right now is that we’ve been in a real build mode and we’ve added substantial people and assets throughout Europe”, said John Weinberg, chief executive of Evercore on a call with
Construction in UK falls at fastest rate this year (opens the original)
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As the downturn bites, activity in the UK construction sector falls at the fastest pace so far this year impacting on the housebuilding sector which has remained firmly in contraction, according to new figures. The S&P Global UK construction PMI had a reading of 38.4 in June, marking a slight improvement on May’s six-year low of 38.2, but still showed the second fastest fall in output since the start of the pandemic. Any reading above the 50 threshold indicates that activity in the industry is i
Strong economic backdrop gives new PM ‘room to manoeuvre’ (opens the original)
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The writer is our foreign correspondent based in the UK. Andy Burnham took office of UK prime minister against the third-strongest economic backdrop of any predecessor in the past 50 years, according to analysis. A study by the consultancy Public First and business coalition Prosperity Alliance, found only Tony Blair and Theresa May came to power with the economy in a better state. It measured Burnham’s first-year forecasts against his 13 predecessors’ first years, on GDP growth, inflation, unem
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