Friday, 23 July 2021 9:49 amLoyal readers of little old Betaville won't be too surprised to read this morning that Ultra Electronics is in talks to be bought by Advent International-backed Cobham.
Friday, 25 June 2021 6:40 pmBizarre goings on following little old Betaville's scoop about Advent International's potential £2 billion plus takeover bid of Ultra Electronics earlier today.
Thursday, 18 June 2020 8:58 pmIt's not even a year since Advent International bought defence and aerospace group Cobham as part of controversial £4 billion take private deal.
Monday, 05 August 2019 2:47 pmThe mischevious scamp who pens the excellent Prufrock diary column in The Sunday Times gave Ravi Gupta, the top Rothschild banker running the Cobham deal, a bit of a shoeing this weekend.
Saturday, 27 July 2019 11:49 pmIf you have a spare moment over the weekend and are interested in the Cobham / Advent bid situation then do click on the link below for a follow up piece in the Mail on Sunday's business section by yours truly and Jamie "Nimmers" Nimmo.
Thursday, 25 July 2019 5:08 pmHat tip the FT deals team hacks who stayed laid at work last night to dig out the Advent Cobham bid scoop ahead of this morning's announcement.
