Thursday, 10 August 2023 10:50 pmAs little old Betaville pointed out earlier this week, dealmaking in the US continues unabated despite the summer holidays.
Wednesday, 09 March 2022 8:48 amStagecoach this morning announced it has shunned National Express because it has had a cash offer of 105p a share from financial buyer DWS Infrastructure.
Thursday, 27 May 2021 2:30 pmIt's deal mania in Britain at the moment, so it's a perfect time for analysts to speculate about more deals, especially as FirstGroup recently agreed a sale of First Student and First Transit to Nordic private equity firm EQT for $4.6 billion.
Wednesday, 13 May 2020 9:23 pmThere are couple of new additions to the cash call list Betaville has been running over the last few weeks. They are: equipment rental company Ashtead and Stagecoach, the bus and rail operator.
Tuesday, 07 January 2020 10:12 amIf Betaville had a pound for every time an analyst, banker or portfolio manager talked up the possibility of Sir Brian Souter taking the bus and rail company he founded, Stagecoach, private I would definately be richer than I am now (well, to be honest that wouldn't be too hard to achieve).
Monday, 24 October 2016 7:03 pmPoint one: Reuters reported that little old Betaville claimed Coach and Burrberry were/are in "merger talks". Reuters therefore nosed off it's own follow up story based on off the record quotes from sources close to the matter (presumably Burberry's bankers or pr advisers) saying Burberry and Coach "are not in merger talks".
Friday, 21 October 2016 11:07 pmCoach has been working financial advisers from Evercore for several weeks on the potential deal, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
