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  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Media
    Universities pressure Elsevier for cheaper journal fees

    Demand for articles to be made available for free online

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Daily Mail & General Trust PLC
    Daily Mail owner buys New Scientist for £70m

    Struggling events business prompts group to turn to media assets

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Boohoo.Com PLC
    Boohoo faces probe that could threaten access to US

    Border agency has been passed information about ‘forced labour’ at fashion chain’s suppliers

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Recreational drugs
    Microdosing study shows placebo effect of taking psychedelics

    UK research into LSD consumption reveals expectation of improved wellbeing drives transformation

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Reach PLC
    Reach to pay dividend on confidence in online news

    London-listed Daily Mirror owner proposes payout despite 8% drop in annual profits

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    China Global Television Network
    China’s state broadcaster applies to France for right to air in Europe

    CGTN was stripped of its licence by UK regulator Ofcom earlier this month

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    British American Tobacco PLC
    British American Tobacco expects vaping to add to profit growth for first time

    Lucky Strike owner raises dividend as earnings climb to £8.7bn

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Media
    Beijing bans BBC news channel in retaliatory move

    Block on British broadcaster comes a week after UK withdrew licence for Chinese state network

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Executive Pay
    Future investors stage revolt over £40m CEO bonus scheme

    Magazine publisher secures approval for employee plan despite more than a third of votes cast against

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    UK retail industry
    Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group sells stake in French Connection

    Exit from retailer comes after share price bounce and talk of takeover approaches

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Boohoo.Com PLC
    Boohoo to buy Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis brands for £25m

    Deal marks final stage in break-up of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Sunak facing calls to help UK’s struggling stores

    Retailers want Treasury to level playing field with online rivals via an internet sales tax and business rates reform

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    MBA
    My MBA story: how a rocket scientist changed trajectory

    Aswathi Thandassery focused on space until motherhood, migration and a masters altered her plans

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Media
    China accuses UK of ‘political manipulation’ over broadcaster ban

    Beijing says media watchdog’s decision shows ‘typical double standards’ after CGTN taken off air

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    UK retail industry
    French Connection receives two takeover approaches

    London-listed fashion brand confirms interest from Spotlight Brands and Go Global Retail

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    China Global Television Network
    China’s state broadcaster stripped of licence to broadcast in UK

    Media watchdog finds Chinese Communist party has editorial control over CGTN network

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Executive Pay
    Future facing investor anger over proposed £40m CEO bonus scheme

    Some shareholders and proxy advisers have ‘severe reservations’ about employee scheme at magazine publisher

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    GW Pharmaceuticals PLC
    Jazz agrees $7.2bn deal for British cannabis pioneer GW Pharmaceuticals

    US group snaps up UK maker of marijuana-based epilepsy drug as sector interest grows

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    JD Sports Fashion PLC
    JD Sports steps up US push with $495m deal

    Purchase of Baltimore’s DTLR Villa follows acquisition of California-based Shoe Palace

  • Saturday, 30 January, 2021
    News in-depthJPI Media Ltd
    Can original reporting revive the UK newspaper giant sold for £10m?

    Newspaper veteran David Montgomery’s plans for the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post will be closely watched

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Imperial Brands
    Imperial Brands turns focus back to cigarettes

    New CEO says vaping business ‘expanded too quickly and too broadly’

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    UK retail industry
    Jenners of Edinburgh to close its doors after 183 years

    Famous department store fails to reach new agreement with Danish billionaire landlord

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Superdry PLC
    Superdry losses widen as pandemic closures hit sales

    Shares slide over retailer’s gloomy outlook after online uplift fails to offset store decline

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Moonpig.com Ltd
    Moonpig confirms London IPO with £1.2bn valuation target

    BlackRock and Dragoneer Global Fund have committed to buy £130m worth of stock

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Dr Martens Clothing Ltd
    From skinheads to the stock market: how Dr Martens went mainstream

    Valuation of £3bn-£4bn would trigger tenfold return for private-equity backer Permira

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