Fibre broadband providers Talktalk and Vodafone have launched an appeal in the Competition Appeal Tribunal against Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. The appeal concerns Ofcom’s decision to soften regulatory controls in London of Openreach, a functional division of BT.
Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP), one of the UK’s largest financial consultancy firms, is looking to bid £200m in a takeover of Big Four auditor KMPG’s pensions advisory division.
As China has just filed the third report to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the US, the countries seem to be locked in a bitter trade war, with multi-dimensional collateral damage.
JustEat and Takeaway.com merge to create the second largest online food delivery business, after China’s Meituan.
The litigation funder claims illegal manipulation of its shares after Muddy Waters attack.
Gordon Dadds is hoping to rebrand as "The Ince Group", following its acquisition of struggling shipping law firm Ince and Co in December 2018.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm by number of lawyers, has launched a risk consulting business to provide advisory, assurance and remediation services to its clients.
Tesco, Britain’s largest private sector employer, has announced 4,500 job cuts in an overhaul of its Metro stores. Shares in the company fell nearly 2% following the announcement in what is a further blow to the retail industry and the high-street.
This month, the MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) will start the bidding process for 5 new virtual bank licenses in the Singaporean market.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has successfully obtained its Shanghai Free Trade Zone license after announcing that it had agreed a joint operations partnership with the Chinese firm Kewei that will enable HSF to offer more local Chinese legal services in mainland China.