Deals & Enterprise

Oil battle

Capricorn Energy caught up in takeover tussle

Capricorn Energy

Airline acquired

Apollo takes EasyJet private after rival walks away

EasyJet aircraft at Nice Airport

Series B funding

Wordsmith AI raises $14m for North America growth

Ross McNairn

£34m funding

Biopharma firm Mironid raises fund for kidney treatment

Neil Wilkie, CEO of Mironid; Peter Silver, Senior Associate at the Scottish National Investment Bank; Paul Callaghan, Investment Director at the Scottish National Investment Bank

New company

Scottish Leather spin-off finds use for waste product

Encircol

BMS proposal

AstraZeneca in talks over $400bn merger with US rival

Pascal-Soriot

Airline bids

Castlelake given extended deadline for EasyJet offer

EasyJet aircraft at Nice Airport

Acquisition

Orkney accountant expands service to mainland

Calvin Cooper

Retail sale

Sainsbury’s sells Argos to Swift Partners for £120m

Argos

Giving back

Apollo Informal Investments backs Edge pledge

Scottish Edge