WH Smith admitted last year it overstated profits for its North American business by as much as £50 million because of an accounting blunder.

LBG Media said it now expects full-year underlying earnings to come in at between £15 million and £20 million.

The acquisition is thought to be GSK’s biggest deal in more than a decade.

Ofwat said it had accepted the supplier’s redress package, which was first proposed in March, following consultation.

The deal comes after a recent spate of swoops for UK companies by foreign firms.

Illinois-based Ingredion Incorporated will pay up to 615p per share for London-listed Tate & Lyle.

ONS figures for April are set to show the beginnings of a squeeze on households after the conflict sent fuel prices surging.

Macclesfield-based Bodycote said late last month it had received a conditional all-cash takeover approach from Apollo worth 885p a share.

Czech-based Allwyn posted lower UK sales and earnings at the start of 2026, but is hoping for a turnaround after completing a tech overhaul.

The marketing group expects revenues to fall over the full year by low single digits to between £632 million to £663 million.

It is the latest move by the president to impose levies after the US Supreme Court ruled against his ‘liberation day’ tariffs.

The UK competition watchdog said it will ‘put publishers, like news organisations, in a stronger position to negotiate content deals with Google’.

The firm behind the Claude chatbot revealed on Monday it had filed paperwork for an expected 1.0 trillion US dollar IPO.

Ofgem said Ovo’s poor oversight of prepayment meter customers included vulnerable households on the priority services register.

Ardent bought the space – the only luxury shopping site in the City of London – for close to £50 million from Oxford Properties in 2022.

The group said its cigarette alternatives are now set for ‘mid-teens’ growth, up from previous guidance for a low double-digit increase.

The fintech firm confirmed it was responding to questions from Belgian authorities.

The fintech firm confirmed it was responding to questions from the Belgian prosecutor.

The Luton-based airline said it has not yet held discussions with, or had any takeover proposal, from Castlelake.