Readers might recall that last week that there was a bit of a brouhaha after little old Betaville first revealed the takeover rumours circulating around London-listed Pets at Home in an UNCOOKED Alert.
Thursday, 14 March 2019 11:39 amI was intrigued to read in yesterday's venerable Financial Times that the likes of News Corp, Fitch, Moody's and S&P Global are queing up to pay £1 billion of the owner of Mergermarket, one of Betaville's first employers.
Saturday, 08 April 2017 10:48 amWell-placed sources said the Mergermarket Group, which is being advised Deloitte, has effectively agreed a deal with TIM Group's founders, Colin Berthoud and Richard Koppel, to purchase TIM Group for around £30 million.
Saturday, 01 April 2017 10:51 amLooking over today's coverage of the Pollent Street Capital / BC Partners bid for challenger bank Shawbrook I was somewhat dismayed that none of mainstream business sections picked up on the fact that the private equity firms had actually gone "hostile" on challenger bank by taking their offer directly to shareholders.
Monday, 28 November 2016 6:04 pmAccording to several sources close to the situation, XIO has had prelminary discussions with both BC Partners executives and also members of Mergermarket.com's management team. It's understood discussions were highly preliminary, aren't particularly advanced and it's not clear whether BC Partners is willing to engage in further talks with XIO Group.
