UK 09:56 Saturday, 19 September 2026
Breaking news and expert analysis on fast-moving AIM and LSE listed shares
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Did you see the big deal involving FirstGroup (FGP) – the bus and rain operator – whose shares are back to a level last seen in early March 2020 following their sale of two North American bus businesses (First Student and First Transit) to Swedish-based private equity group EQT Infrastructure for £3.3 billion? That is kind of interesting given here, back in September last year, the key was observing that ‘it is remarkable what a load of subsidies and a bit of cost control can do’ in terms of a share price that has doubled since.
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