Liberalisation of US gambling law is fuelling a wave of buyouts of more tech-savvy UK betting firmsThe stock market bargain during the wild pandemic trading of March 2020, it turns out, was the owner of antique betting chains Ladbrokes and Coral. In th…
National Express in talks to buy rival Stagecoach
Coach operator’s takeover would value UK’s biggest bus company at about £445mNational Express is in talks to buy Stagecoach, the UK’s largest bus operator, in an all-share deal to create a business with a fleet of 36,000 buses and coaches.Stagecoach sh…
EY fined by UK accountancy watchdog over Stagecoach audit failings
Penalty of more than £2.2m imposed after firm did not properly challenge transport group’s bosses EY has been fined more than £2.2m by the UK accountancy watchdog for failing to properly challenge Stagecoach bosses when auditing their accounts for 2017…