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MYSTERIOUS: Endless - What They Never Told You

‘You learn how to be idiotic artists’: Gilbert & George on fame, rebellion and their mystery new collaborator

The Britart mavericks have now teamed up with an unlikely artist. Is their odd throuple an elaborate prank – or are the duo passing down their legacy?

The Guardian - UK

Kingsmill owner cleared to create UK’s biggest bread brand with Hovis takeover

ABF’s bakeries arm would be likely to exit the market entirely if the deal did not proceed, CMA finds

The Guardian - UK

“We hate AI slop. We don't want the fun to be taken out of music making": We tried to vibe code a custom looper pedal with Polyend Endless – here's what happened

Polyend founder Piotr Raczyński explains the tech behind the company's eye-catching effects pedal and its text-to-code assistant Playground

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Dragon’s Den Star Peter Jones Completes ‘Especially Meaningful’ American Golf Takeover

Peter Jones and his investment group have acquired American Golf from private equity investors, with the sale completed on February 4th

Golf Monthly

“Create and share effects that can’t be found in another pedal”: Polyend releases the Endless, an open-source pedal that lets users create effects from prompts

It's ChatGPT in an aluminium stompbox format, with a growing pool of user-made effects, and coding and coding-free creating on offer

Guitar World

“If you can describe the effect, you can make your own”: Polyend Endless is a customisable stompbox with a text-to-effect generator

NAMM 2026: Polyend’s new pedal can load custom effects coded in C++, or created with Polyend’s text-based Playground generator

MusicRadar

Competition and Markets Authority to probe ABF’s deal to buy Hovis

In August, Associated British Foods (ABF) struck a deal to buy the 135-year-old business from US private equity owner Endless.

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Hovis takeover bid investigated by competition watchdog

The proposed deal would create a major player in the baking sector

The Independent UK

FTSE eases on weak US data as Ukraine peace summit looms

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet later in Alaska.

Evening Standard

Two of the UK’s biggest bakeries to combine to make bread giant

The move follows a strategic review of the Allied Bakeries business

The Independent UK

Kingsmill owner ABF to buy Hovis to create bread giant

ABF told investors on Friday that the deal will ‘combine’ the production and distribution activities of Hovis and its Allied Bakeries business.

Evening Standard

Baking a deal? Hovis and Kingsmill owners in talks about historic merger

Associated British Foods’ sale of Allied Bakeries would bring together two of the UK’s biggest breadmakers

The Guardian - UK

Kingsmill owner confirms talks with Hovis parent company over bread takeover

Associated British Foods said its Allied Bakeries business ‘continues to face a very challenging market’ and that it is in talks with Hovis’s owner.

Evening Standard

Hovis and Kingsmill owners in takeover talks about historic merger

A deal between the bread-making titans could potentially draw the attention of competition regulators

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‘We don’t want golf just to be for retired guys … it’s for everyone’: Nigel Oddy of American Golf

A post-lockdown surge in interest in the sport should help diversify the clientele both on the greens and in golf shops, says the retail veteran

Birmingham Post

TalkTalk, the Issa brothers and AO: The 19 latest deals from across the North West

BusinessLive has rounded up some of the latest top deals you should not miss

Birmingham Post

American Golf names new CEO as private equity backer Endless shakes up board

Nigel Oddy has previously held senior roles with The Range, House of Fraser, and Marks & Spencer

Birmingham Post

Sales spike settles for Bartoline after lockdown home improvement rush

New owner Endless is implementing growth plan with recent product launches improving market position

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Birmingham Post

Family-owned anti-bacterial wipes maker PAL International sold

PAL was set up in 1970 and hygene products to healthcare, the food and drink sector and industry

Liverpool Echo

Sales boost as American Golf chain comes out of lockdown strong

American Golf now has 95 bricks and mortar stores in the UK and Ireland.

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