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Mark Allen Group posts pre-tax loss and writes off £5m from Bonhill purchase

Mark Allen Group posts pre-tax loss and writes off £5m from Bonhill purchase

Published by Sam Flores

Bonhill publications acquired by Mark Allen Group. Picture: Mark Allen Group B2B publisher Mark Allen Group has set a target of reaching revenue of £100m by 2029, despite posting a loss for last year. It said the five-year plan was needed after declining profits and the fact financial services division Bonhill Group has “performed very poorly” since its February 2023 takeover. Mark Allen has written off £5m from buying Bonhill, resulting in a “heavy impact on profits” for the financial year ending 31 March 2025. The acquisition cost £6.5m. Mark Allen Group publishes specialist B2B magazines, websites and events such as Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Europe, British Journal of Nursing, Classical Music, Farmers Weekly and Vehicle Dynamics International. Newly-published accounts for Mark Allen Holdings Ltd for the year to 31 March 2025 show revenue grew by 4% to £72.1m but the company swung from a pre-tax profit of £5.4m in 2024 to a loss of £1.4m. Chairman Mark Allen said in the accounts: “The directors have agreed a five-year plan which will achieve revenues of £100m …

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke

Published by Jenni Sidey

Arthur Fletch is dead. The world’s most beloved crime writer drowned off the coast of his private Scottish island before he could finish the final Petrarch novel, the most anticipated book in modern publishing. Now his agent has gathered six desperate, midlist authors on that same windswept island and made them an offer that none of them can afford to refuse: write the ending to Fletch’s unfinished manuscript in seventy-two hours, claim a two-million-dollar prize, and walk away from obscurity for good. That is the premise of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke, a debut mystery that arrives already wearing its ambitions on its sleeve. What follows is part Agatha Christie, part dark comedy of publishing manners, and part locked-room puzzle box. The Characters: A Cast Worth Suspecting The real pleasure of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke is its ensemble. Each author has been chosen for the competition, and each carries their own private cargo of desperation. There is Sienna, the real brain behind thriller duo Penn Stonely, who is quietly divorcing …

Unai Emery writes off Villa’s top-five hopes after Emiliano Martinez error

Unai Emery writes off Villa’s top-five hopes after Emiliano Martinez error

Published by Sam Flores

Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Aston Villa vs Everton from the Premier League as Unai Emery’s side looked to close the gap on leaders Arsenal to just four points. Mikel Arteta‘s men were held to a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, meaning they missed the chance to extend their lead at the summit of the table to nine points following Manchester City’s defeat in the Derby earlier in the day. Villa, who have now picked up 28 points from the last 33 available in the league, have the opportunity to go three points ahead of Pep Guardiola’s side, who they trail only on goal difference coming into this afternoon‘s game. Their only draw during the aforementioned run of league matches came in their last outing, playing out a stalemate at Crystal Palace, but they returned to winning ways in the FA Cup, beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 away from home. Looking ahead to today’s fixture against Everton, Emery said this week: “They are performing very well away and competing fantastically. “A …

Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%

Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%

Published by skeptic

A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced today that the value of its massive supply deal with Tesla has been slashed by over 99%, signaling a catastrophic drop in demand for the automaker’s in-house battery cells. This is arguably the strongest evidence yet that Tesla’s 4680 program, and the vehicle that relies on it, the Cybertruck, is in serious trouble. In early 2023, L&F announced a $2.9 billion contract to supply high-nickel cathode materials directly to Tesla. At the time, the industry saw this as a major move by Tesla to secure materials for its ramp-up of the 4680 battery cell, which Elon Musk had touted as the key to halving battery costs and enabling cheaper electric vehicles, a plan he later scrapped. Advertisement – scroll for more content Right now, Tesla’s Cybertruck is the only vehicle using the automaker’s own 4680 cells. In a regulatory filing today, L&F revealed that the contract’s value has been written down to just $7,386. No, …

R.F. Kuang writes through doubt to find her strongest stories

R.F. Kuang writes through doubt to find her strongest stories

Published by Jenni Sidey

Sign up for Big Think Books A dedicated space for exploring the books and ideas that shape our world. Rebecca (R.F.) Kuang sold the rights to her first novel, The Poppy War, on her 20th birthday. Even more impressive is her string of critical and commercial successes since. So far, all six of her novels have become New York Times bestsellers, and she has won numerous literary awards. Her professional career has developed alongside, and frequently drawn inspiration from, her academic studies. She conceived of The Poppy War trilogy, an epic fantasy series modeled after the Second Sino-Japanese War, while studying Chinese history at Georgetown University. Babel, a story about a Chinese orphan who discovers arcane magic while at Oxford, came together while she was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford and Cambridge. Her most recent novel, Katabasis, which follows two PhD students venturing into hell à la the Divine Comedy, was written while she is pursuing her own PhD in East Asian languages and literatures at Yale. Kuang’s early rise to prominence brings to mind …