LONDON, UK: Digitalbox plc, which owns Entertainment Daily, The Daily Mash, The Tab, and The Poke, it has completed the acquisition of the web and mobile platform assets of TVGuide.co.uk Limited alongside the Amazon Alexa TV Guide skill for a total cash consideration of £470,000. The total Consideration is 15% less than previously announced. Following…
Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 Review: A Powerful Mobile Workstation for Professionals
If you are looking for a laptop that can handle demanding tasks such as video editing, 3D modeling, data analysis, or gaming, you might want to check out the Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2. This is a mobile workstation that offers high performance, durability, and versatility in a 16-inch form factor. In this review, we…
LifeSync: Wells Fargo’s new App that lets you track, invest, and plan finances
NY: Wells Fargo will make a financial planning tool available to its nearly 70 million customers, after launching it for wealth clients earlier this year. The tool, called LifeSync, enables mobile users to create and monitor their financial objectives, check their credit ratings and get in touch with financial advisers. Michael Liersch, the head of…
Anglo American appoints Matt Walker as CEO of Marketing business
LONDON, UK: Anglo American plc announced the appointment of Matt Walker as CEO of its Marketing business, following Peter Whitcutt’s decision to step down after 33 years with Anglo American. Matt Walker will take up his new role and join Anglo American’s Executive Leadership Team, with effect from 1 December 2023. Matt Walker joined Anglo…
Quadient and MFG partner to offer parcel lockers at UK forecourts
PARIS, FRANCE: Quadient, a global leader in digital and physical customer connections, has announced a new partnership with Motor Fuel Group (MFG), one of the UK’s leading independent forecourt operators. MFG will host a number of Parcel Pending by Quadient Open Network Lockers at its sites, providing 24/7 delivery and pickup for carriers and consumers…
Singular Health Group appoints Denning Chong as MD and CEO
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Singular Health Group (ASX: SHG) announced the official appointment of Mr Denning Chong as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Following his appointment as Interim CEO and Managing Director in April 2023, Mr Chong has been instrumental in leading a strategic review that has seen the consolidation of premises and streamlining of the…
Ofgem consults on debt protection for energy market and consumers
LONDON: The energy regulator Ofgem has launched a consultation on how to protect the energy market and consumers from the risk of rising debt, which has reached a record high of £2.6 billion. The regulator said that the debt level was driven by a combination of the increase in wholesale energy prices, and wider cost…
JTL-Software-GmbH secures £8.1 million additional investment from Hg
HÜCKELHOVEN, GERMANY: JTL-Software-GmbH (JTL), a leading ERP software provider specialising in e-commerce enablement solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) across Germany, has secured £8.1 million additional investment from Hg, a leading investor in European and transatlantic software and services businesses, to support JTL in the next phase of its growth journey. Based in Hückelhoven,…
VVV Resources Limited signs deal to acquire Mitterberg Copper Project in Austria
LONDON, UK: VVV Resources Limited (AQUIS: VVV) has signed an unconditional Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with a consortium of owners, to acquire the Mitterberg Copper Project in Austria. This SPA supersedes a previous SPA signed in March 2022 where conditions precedent had not been met. The consideration payable is £350,000. An outstanding loan related to…
Apollo Global Management agrees to acquire The Restaurant Group for £506 million
LONDON, UK: Rock BidCo Limited, a special purpose vehicle indirectly owned by the Apollo Funds, managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, has agreed to acquire The Restaurant Group plc (TRG) at the rate of 65 pence/share in cash valuing the acquisition at approximately £506 million on a fully diluted basis, and implies an enterprise…
Saudi Aramco seeks to buy 10% stakes in Shandong Yulong Petrochemical
DUBAI : Saudi Aramco is in talks to buy a 10 per cent stake in Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co, it said on Wednesday. Shandon Yulong is building a refinery complex that can process 400,000 barrels of crude a day in eastern China’s Shandong province. Aramco and the firm have signed a memorandum of understanding to…
Walgreens names Tim Wentworth as new CEO
NEW YORK: Tim Wentworth, a former leader of Express Scripts and Cigna’s health services unit, will take over as the new CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the company announced on Tuesday. Walgreens, one of the largest pharmacy chain operators in the U.S., hopes that Wentworth’s extensive experience in healthcare services will help it improve its…