Chums at The Sunday Times dug out one of the best deal scoops of the weekend.
It would appear chums at The Sunday Times have decided to followed up little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about WPP, the FTSE 100-listed marketing services giant.
The Daily Mail leads its business section with a story about how FTSE 100-listed drinks giant Diageo is vulnerable to a takeover bid after the maker of Guinness saw its shares collapse by 60pc since their last peak in 2021.
To the Horshoe Inn tucked round the back of Bermondsey Street where Oliver "Shahsy" Shah of The Sunday Times held his leaving drinks from the newspaper he joined over a decade ago.
There weren't too many deal scoops in the British newspapers this weekend but there were plenty of opinion pieces and editorials about the Shell - BP hullabaloo created by rivals at the Wall Street Journal last week.
Tucked away in the centre of The Sunday Times business section is an excellent interview of the billionaire owner of the left leaning New Statesman magazine by the 'Genteel Hustler', also known as William Turvill.
Chums at The Sunday Times won't let go of the prospect of BHP making a fresh swoop for rival Anglo American.
Chums at The Sunday Times went early yesterday with their takeover tips of 2025.
Chums at The Sunday Times business section have been doing their very best to stir the BHP Anglo American takeover tale plot since the former pulled the plug on its £31 billion takeover bid for the latter earlier this year.
There weren't too many deal scoops in the British Sunday newspapers this weekend but one piece caught little old Betaville's eye.
It's good to see little old Betaville's chum Will "The Genteel Hustler" Turvill back at his desk, scribbling The Sunday Times Prufrock column.
Tucked away in the back of the Prufrock diary column of The Sunday Times was a tidbit that caught little old Betaville's eye.
It would appear little old Betaville isn't the only City hack to have stumbled upon the takeover rumours circulating about Primary Health Properties PLC, the FTSE 250-listed healthcare real estate investment trust.