Colman's, the quintessentially English mustard brand founded more than 200 years ago, is being put up for sale following owner Unilever's landmark decision to offload its food operations for $15.7bn (£11.6bn).
The veteran who has run Atom Bank, Britain's first digital-only lender, is to step down just two months after an auction of the business failed to attract offers at an adequate level.
Some of Britain's biggest fund managers are angling to run a new £1bn fund that will hold stakes in some of the country's most promising science and technology companies.
The retail investor which has cut a swathe through Britain's high streets over the last two years is among the possible suitors for Poundland, the discount chain.
The local authority-owned company behind Luton Airport is preparing to sell the rights to operate Britain's fifth-busiest aviation hub when its current deal expires in six years' time.