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The privately owned Irish company which this week finalised the purchase of NCP, the car parks giant, has emerged as the mystery party backing Poundland's bosses as they race to agree a takeover of the discount retailer.

The London-listed company in takeover talks with one of TalkTalk's spurned suitors has joined the chorus of opposition to BT Group's £400m rescue of TalkTalk Telecom Group.

English football's new watchdog will unveil details within days of its new funding levy as it lays bare the scale of the financial perils plaguing the game's professional pyramid.

The data firm mentioned in the ASOS hacking message has said the breach was not caused by a flaw in its system.

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The owner of Great Wines Direct has waded into the auction of Majestic Wine Group, amid rival interest from Britain's biggest supermarket chain.

The chancellor has called in the bosses of some of Britain's biggest high street names for talks ahead of a budget which they fear could trigger a fresh business rates raid.

The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will fly to India next week accompanied by scores of business leaders and more than half a dozen regional mayors in a bid to inject fresh impetus into Britain's trade relationship with the world's most populous country.

Water companies in England failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills within the time required by law in the first half of the year, an environmental charity has claimed.

An investment trust which holds shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX and which is under siege from an American activist is urging ministers to plead for an overhaul of the City rulebook amid a deluge of campaigns to unseat boards.