Segro rejects £13.5bn bid by US rival Prologis in latest takeover twist

London-listed group declines third offer in escalating battle

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

Segro rejects £13.5bn bid by US rival Prologis in latest takeover twist

London-listed group declines third offer in escalating battle

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

Paris and Berlin set year-end deadline for options to reform EU’s diplomatic arm

Also in this newsletter: EU’s biggest economies call for lighter bank rules

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

Trump Media’s pitched fee for early access to posts

Plus, St James’s Place adviser exodus and American Photographs at the V&A London

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

UK pension insurers raise exposure to opaque private credit

S&P warns on hard-to-price private assets that make up over 10% of portfolios at L&G, Standard Life and Just Group

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

Lockheed to build cheaper Patriot missile to counter drone threat

US defence group says new weapon will be less than half the cost of current flagship interceptor

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

Oil back above $90 as Iran hits tankers 

US carries out fresh wave of attacks as the number of American casualties rises

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

Burnham to promise ‘breathing space’ on cost of living as he prepares to enter Number 10

Labour leader will address country after he is officially appointed prime minister

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

What to expect from Burnham’s ‘crucial’ first 100 days as UK prime minister

Incoming leader promises big changes but he will face many tests during his early months in Downing Street

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026

Burnham urged to use flexibility in fiscal rules to boost investment

Incoming prime minister could mobilise an extra £16bn for infrastructure over remainder of the decade

Posted on Monday July 20, 2026