Vodafone to take full control of UK mobile operator in £4.3bn deal | Vodafone

Vodafone is to take full control of the UK’s biggest mobile operator in a £4.3bn buyout…

Revealed: Axel Springer skipped due diligence before £575m Telegraph takeover | Telegraph Media Group

Axel Springer did not complete due diligence on the Telegraph before sealing its £575m takeover, with…

Primark to split from food business despite warning of Iran war impact | Associated British Foods

Primark is to break free from its sister food company, which owns Twinings, Kingsmill and Patak’s,…

Aegon offloads 200-year-old UK business to Standard Life for £2bn | Mergers and acquisitions

The Dutch financial services group Aegon has struck a £2bn deal to sell off its almost…

Universal Music, home to Taylor Swift and Drake, receives €55bn takeover offer | Music industry

Billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund has offered to buy Universal Music Group (UMG) in a deal…

‘From high flyer to dead parrot’: former billion-dollar eco-shoe brand Allbirds sold for $39m | Mergers and acquisitions

Allbirds, the San Francisco sustainable trainer brand once valued at more than $4bn, is being sold…

Marmite maker Unilever nears deal to combine food arm with US condiment giant | Unilever

Unilever is in advanced talks to combine its food business with US-based McCormick in a deal…

Idris Elba-backed firm Huel bought by Danone in €1bn deal | Food & drink industry

Huel, the protein shake maker which counts the actor Idris Elba among its investors, has agreed…

Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav in line for $700m payout from Paramount deal | Warner Bros

David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros Discovery, is in line for a $700m (£525m)…

Marmite maker Unilever in talks to merge food business with US-based McCormick | Unilever

Unilever, the owner of Marmite, Dove and Hellmann’s mayonnaise, is in talks to combine its food…