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No deal looms as UK and EU warn of little progress in Brexit negotiations

City firms could lose access to the European markets overnight if the UK crashes out of the EU

No deal looms as UK and EU warn of little progress in Brexit talks

City firms could lose access to the European markets overnight if the UK crashes out of the EU

Virus crisis pushes UK national debt to £2tn

Borrowing from April to July this year was the highest since records began, according to official statistics

Private equity pair go head to head for Walmart’s Asda in £6.5bn battle – report

Private equity majors Apollo Global and Lone Star Funds are reportedly going head to head in a £6.5bn fight for UK supermarket chain Asda.

Baird Capital buys into growing aircraft parts recycling specialist eCube

UK private equity investor Baird Capital has picked up a stake in aircraft parts storage, disassembly and recycling specialist eCube.

Camano and Tonka Bay Partner Up

Camano Capital and Tonka Bay Equity Partners have partnered up to invest in E-Cloth, a maker of microfiber cleaning products. E-Cloth produces a line of environmentally conscious microfiber cleaning products – designed to clean using

KKR acquires business service provider Citation from Hg

KKR is the third private equity owner of the UK company, which was sold by ECI Partners to Hg in 2016

Stafford Capital clears €150m for first close of latest infrastructure secondaries raise

Stafford Capital Partners has pulled in more than €150m for the first close of its fourth infrastructure secondaries fundraise.

Fort Point Builds Elevator Maintenance Platform

3Phase Elevator, a portfolio company of Fort Point Capital, has acquired Low Rise Elevator. Low Rise is based near Philadelphia in Lima, Pennsylvania and provides maintenance, repair, and modernization services to customers in the Philadelphia

Brexit: UK and EU talks have stalled again – here’s why

A new dispute shows that hopes for an agreement may still be premature

Hony Capital’s PizzaExpress closes 73 outlets and cuts 1,100 jobs

The Chinese private equity firm, which owns the British restaurant group since 2014, agreed to a restructuring deal earlier this month

JPMorgan hires UK ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid as senior adviser

Javid will be on the bank's advisory council for Europe, Middle East and Africa

Horizon leads $5m round for Liki24

Ukrainian private equity firm Horizon Capital has led a $5m funding round for Liki24, a Kyiv-based e-commerce platform for medicine delivery.

UK CEOs ‘lead the charge’ against employee stress, says PwC survey

Nine in 10 UK leaders surveyed by PwC offered wellbeing initiatives to employees

General Atlantic invests into Gymshark helping it become the UK’s latest unicorn

Global growth equity firm General Atlantic has invested into fitness and apparel brand Gymshark, valuing the business at £1bn.

Mobeus nets 23.4% IRR in UK tech company sale

The British lower mid-market firm has exited Access-IS, which creates hardware to read tickets, take contactless fare payments, and image and authenticate travel and identity documents

‘Chronic under-representation’ of black talent in UK finance in sights of new PE-backed initiative

A string of UK private equity houses are part of a new initiative to help fight what it describes as the chronic under-representation of black talent in British financial institutions.

UK hunts for way to provide bailout loans to debt-laden private equity-backed businesses: FT

The UK government is reportedly searching for a way to offer state-backed loans to debt-heavy private equity-backed businesses to bolster struggling high street retailers, the FT has said.

UK’s ‘battle-fatigued’ private care providers face uncertain post-coronavirus future

In England, 30% of all Covid-19 deaths were recorded in care homes, the latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows

Venture capital firms commit to UK proptech developer Hammock

UK proptech Hammock has secured £1m in a seed funding round backed by Fuel Ventures, Ascension Ventures, Founders Factory and several unnamed angel investors.

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