Transactions UK

  • November 27, 2025

    Asset Manager To Buy Rival WH Ireland For £12.7M

    Asset manager Team PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire WH Ireland Group PLC in an all-share deal that values the company at £12.7 million ($16.8 million), to create a financial services business with more than £2.1 billion in assets under management.

  • November 27, 2025

    Asset Manager Liontrust Launches £10M Share Buyback

    Liontrust Asset Management PLC said it began a share buyback worth £10 million ($13 million) on Thursday, in a move to downsize its outstanding share capital.

  • November 27, 2025

    Barclays Wraps £1B Buyback, Launches New £500M Program

    Barclays PLC launched a share repurchase program valued at up to £500 million ($660 million) on Thursday after wrapping up its previous £1 billion buyback scheme. 

  • November 26, 2025

    Elementis Buys Alchemy In $22M Personal Care Deal

    Chemicals maker Elementis said Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of natural cosmetics ingredients maker Alchemy Ingredients Ltd. for approximately $22 million to strengthen its personal care business.

  • November 26, 2025

    Eutelsat Launches €670M Rights Issue To Bolster Finances

    French satellite operator Eutelsat is planning to raise approximately €670 million ($777 million) from the British and French states and other investors as a part of its bid to raise €1.5 billion to accelerate the deployment of its low Earth orbit satellite activities.

  • November 26, 2025

    UK Cuts ISA Allowance To Push Cash-Rich Toward Investing

    The government will cut the tax-free allowance that under-65s can pay into a cash individual savings account each year to £12,000 ($15,854) from the current £20,000, effective from April 2027, to push savers with extra cash toward investment markets.

  • November 26, 2025

    FCA Charges 2 With Insider Dealing Linked To Takeover

    The Financial Conduct Authority said Wednesday that it has started criminal proceedings against two men for allegedly making £70,000 ($93,000) from insider dealing linked to the £969 million takeover of a former property investment trust listed in London.

  • November 26, 2025

    Betting Biz SportPesa Defeats Fraudulent Stake Dilution Case

    Online betting company SportPesa has defeated a claim brought by its former chair, as a judge found that there was no evidence of an unlawful scheme to dilute his valuable stake in the company.

  • November 26, 2025

    Investor Advent Completes $1.3B Bid For Chipmaker U-blox

    U.S. private equity investor Advent has completed its offer for Swiss chipmaker U-blox Holding AG in a deal estimated to be worth 1.03 billion Swiss francs ($1.3 billion), an indirect subsidiary of funds advised by Advent said Wednesday.

  • November 26, 2025

    DWF-Led Pension Trustee Co. IGG Buys Savings Adviser

    Independent Governance Group, a pensions trusteeship and governance services provider, has acquired retirement consultancy KGC Associates Ltd. to help the business to grow.

  • November 26, 2025

    Telecoms Co. Expands In US With $20.4M Acquisition

    Swedish telecoms infrastructure company Hexatronic said Wednesday that it has acquired Communication Zone Inc., a data-installation and services firm based in Illinois, for up to $23.9 million as it seeks to increase its presence in the growing U.S. market.

  • November 26, 2025

    Brabners Guides Begbies Traynor On Property Consultant Buy

    Begbies Traynor Group PLC said Wednesday it has acquired real estate consultancy Kirkby Diamond in a deal worth up to £8.25 million ($11 million).

  • November 26, 2025

    Data Co. Kicks Off £10M Share Buyback Program

    GlobalData PLC confirmed on Wednesday the start of a share repurchase program worth up to £10 million ($13 million) in a move to reward investors and downsize its share capital.

  • November 26, 2025

    Marine Insurers UK P&I Club, TT Club In Merger Talks

    Two mutual businesses have revealed that they are in talks over a merger to create one of the world's largest marine and logistics insurance companies.

  • November 25, 2025

    Bridgepoint Buys Majority Stake In Crypto Audit Firm

    Middle-market private equity firm Bridgepoint Group, led by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Tuesday revealed plans to take a majority stake in British digital asset assurance and technology solutions provider ht.digital, led by Dentons.

  • November 25, 2025

    Brabners Guides Begbies Traynor On Property Auctioneer Buy

    Business recovery firm Begbies Traynor Group PLC said Tuesday that its consultancy business Eddisons has acquired a property auctioneer in a deal worth up to £1 million ($1.3 million), boosting its footprint in southeast England.

  • November 25, 2025

    Addleshaw Goddard-Led IMI To Sell Unit To US Biz For £225M

    British engineering company IMI said Monday that it has agreed to sell its valves- and actuators-making business Truflo Marine to private equity-backed U.S. firm Fairbanks Morse Defense for £225 million ($295 million) in a deal guided by Addleshaw Goddard LLP.

  • November 25, 2025

    Pinsent Masons-Led Biotech Raises £7M With Shares Placing

    Cancer diagnostics company Cellbxhealth said Tuesday that it has raised approximately £6.8 million ($8.9 million) in an oversubscribed sale of new shares in a move to stabilize its finances as it becomes a more commercial business.

  • November 25, 2025

    Charles Russell Speechlys Steers First Tin On Fundraising

    First Tin said Tuesday it has conditionally raised £6.3 million ($8.3 million) through a share sale that will help fund its projects in Australia and Germany.

  • November 25, 2025

    AXA Unit Buys 40% Of Fiber Biz From Vodafone, Telefónica

    A subsidiary of AXA Investment Managers said Tuesday it has acquired a 40% stake in FiberPass, a wholesale network operator, from Vodafone Spain and Telefónica España, as the global investor continues to expand its digital infrastructure portfolio.

  • November 25, 2025

    Identity Verification Biz To Extend Shares Buyback By £10M

    GB Group said Tuesday that it will return £10 million ($13 million) more to investors by repurchasing shares, a move the identity-checks software company expects will further lower its share capital.

  • November 24, 2025

    Paul Hastings Hires Fund Finance Pro From Haynes Boone

    Paul Hastings has added a fund finance partner to its London practice as the firm looks to strengthen its team in the face of a rapidly evolving and expanding market.

  • November 24, 2025

    Gold Miner Galantas To Raise $11M For Chile Project

    Galantas Gold Corp. said Monday that it will increase the size of its private share sale to CA$15.5 million ($11 million) after "strong investor demand" to fund exploration work on a gold-copper project in Chile.

  • November 24, 2025

    Revolut Clinches $75B Valuation In Latest Share Sale

    International digital bank Revolut said Monday that it has reached a valuation of $75 billion after completing a share sale which involved investors including U.S. firm Coatue Management LLC and chips behemoth Nvidia.

  • November 24, 2025

    Addleshaw Goddard Guides Finance Biz On £6M Acquisition

    The U.K. unit of global capital markets company Phillip Brokerage Pte Ltd. has agreed to acquire Walker Crips Group PLC, a financial services business based in London, for £5.96 million ($7.8 million), the companies said Monday.

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