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A major buyout firm is in talks to buy WGSN, a provider of consumer data, in a deal that would mark the start of a break-up of its FTSE 250 parent company.Sky News has learnt that Apax Partners has entered exclusive…

A former chief executive of the Daily Mail’s parent company has been enlisted to advise a private equity bidder for the consumer data provider WGSN.Sky News has learnt that Paul Zwillenberg, who stepped down as CEO of Daily…

The owner of the Cannes Lions global advertising festival is plotting a £1.5bn break-up that would see part of the company shift its stock market listing across the Atlantic to New York.Sky News has learnt that Ascential,…

The boss of Hyve Group, one of the London stock market's largest exhibition organisers, is hatching plans to bid for Money20/20, the international fintech event owned by rival Ascential.Sky News understands that Hyve is in…