Sunak starts a long way from those ‘sunlit uplands’

New UK premier takes office with grim warnings from insiders and business figures about state of the economy

Heat is on as Glen Dimplex’s CEO gets ready to hit the acquisitions trail

Naughton family-owned company eyeing growth in sustainable heating solutions

Macquarie drops £2.5bn Barchester care home deal over Brexit

Billionaire owners Dermot Desmond, JP McManus and John Magnier reported to be happy to keep control as profits grow

Dubai Aerospace to buy Dublin-based Awas Aviation Capital

Purchase will create $14 billion aircraft leasing business

AMC Entertainment to buy Europe’s Odeon & UCI Cinemas

First US acquisition of UK firm since Brexit would create world’s movie theatre operator

AMC Entertainment to buy Odeon & UCI Cinemas

Group is major Irish operator with 11 cinemas and 77 screens

Coillte interested in tourism deals after strong profit growth

Forestry company in talks with Parnell Society as profits rise 63% to more than €47m

Coillte’s money man tries to see the wood for the trees

What is a youthful former private equity shark like Fergal Leamy doing running a forestry company?

Coillte plucks former political adviser Leamy from Terra Firma

Company without chief executive since 2013

Ex-Eircom boss Donovan faces another blockbuster debt problem at Odeon

Cinema chain’s €512m debt pile described as ‘unsustainable’ by Standard & Poors

From toymaker to Asia’s richest man

Li’s empire includes the property firm Cheung Kong Holdings and conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa

Terra Firma sells Phoenix to Hastings

Private-equity firm run by Guy Hands had invested in Northern Ireland’s largest natural gas distribution and energy services company in 2005

Deutsche Annington revives IPO with lower ambitions

Terra Firma slashes number of shares it plans to sell

US appeals court revives British mogul’s lawsuit against EMI