Specialist pension consulting and administration firm XPS Group has agreed to acquire the trade and assets of actuarial consultancy Austin Professional Resourcing (APR) in a deal it said doubles its total addressable market to £6bn

Pharos Energy has agreed a recommended acquisition by Israel-based Ratio Petroleum Energy in a deal that values the London-listed oil and gas producer at £124.3m

Segro has rejected a £12.6bn takeover proposal from US logistics property giant Prologis, dismissing the all-share approach as opportunistic and undervaluing the business.

Prologis revealed it submitted an indicative proposal on 16 June to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the FTSE 100 warehouse and industrial property group, which is Europe’s largest warehouse landlord

THG has reported a strong start to its current financial year, stating that its full year revenue and earnings are expected to land in line with expectations