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Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Ashtead Group, DS Smith, Rio Tinto, Begbies Traynor, Jet2, and PZ Cussons. Read the Tuesday 05 September Business Live blog below.

Private equity swoops on UK pharma firm Ergomed in £703.1m deal

Private equity has swooped on another British company in a deal that values the founder’s stake at more than £120million.

Buyout giant Permira has agreed to buy pharmaceuticals services group Ergomed for £703.1million – putting it on course to become the latest firm to leave the London stock market.

Auditor EY under fire over its green light for Wilko

EY, the auditor of collapsed retail chain Wilko, is facing a backlash for its oversight of the group after signing off its accounts despite the firm having warned that it did not have enough funds to cope with a sharp drop in sales.

It comes as MPs on the Business Committee are set to gather on Tuesday to discuss the fate of the retailer, which collapsed into administration last month putting 12,000 jobs at risk.

This post first appeared on Dailymail.co.uk

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