London · Est. 2026
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The Briefing · Monday, 3 August 2026
Castlelake's takeover clock resets to Friday as Apollo's £7.15-a-share offer holds sway at easyJet, Lloyds shares break the £1 barrier for the first time in two decades, and the City braces for a heavyweight week of earnings from HSBC, BP, Glencore and Diageo.
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The FCA finalises rules for the UK's first equity consolidated tape and opens a fresh debate on market complexity, while Greenland-focused miner Amaroq trades up from AIM to the London Stock Exchange's Main Market.
Regulation · Capital Markets · Financial Services
30 July 2026
The Bank of England held Bank Rate at 3.75% for a seventh straight meeting, the FTSE 100 set an intraday record on an oil-driven rally that owed little to UK economic strength, and Segro's board edged toward recommending Prologis's improved takeover bid ahead of a 12 August deadline.
Financial Services · Capital Markets · M&A
29 July 2026
Serica tops a rival bid to win Pharos Energy at a premium, Ocado quietly drops its £190m fight with M&S, and Reckitt beats its quarterly growth forecast while warning that margins have further to fall before they recover.
M&A · Disputes · Capital Markets
28 July 2026
Barclays and Croda open reporting season under parallel UK and US disclosure regimes, while the Insolvency Service records a fresh spike in compulsory liquidations on the same day the ONS quietly delays its own retail figures.
Financial Services · Capital Markets · Restructuring · Regulation
27 July 2026
Railpen walks away from IP Group as the takeover clock runs out, Johnson Matthey asks shareholders to bless a £1bn return of capital, and Aston Martin explains exactly where its new £550m loan sits in the group.
M&A · Capital Markets · Restructuring
24 July 2026
A £2.4bn approach for a FTSE 250 engineer starts the takeover clock, the High Court declines to rescue a stricken energy supplier, and the FCA asks whether raising fresh capital in London should be easier.
M&A · Disputes · Capital Markets · Regulation