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Merlin Entertainments PLC

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    ‘Minecraft’ to come to life in Merlin theme park attractions

    Rollercoasters, restaurants and hotel rooms based on the popular computer game to be rolled out in US and UK

    A colourful Minecraft scene featuring blocky characters exploring a vibrant landscape.
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Recruitment
    ‘Everybody loves free tickets’: how seasonal leisure businesses attract staff

    Filling thousands of jobs for short peak periods is one of the hospitality industry’s big challenges

    Ali Setterfield in lifeguard uniform and flotation device stands kneedeep in the sea next to his kayak
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Legoland and Madame Tussauds owner to roll out surge pricing

    Merlin Entertainments plans to introduce dynamic pricing to offset decline in visitors since pandemic

    Families walk through the main entrance to the park
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    How Britain’s biggest aquarium chain keeps its animal records under wraps

    Sea Life is avoiding public scrutiny after bad publicity over high level of deaths at one centre

    Penguins at the Sea Life London Aquarium
  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Virtual and Augmented Reality
    Legoland owner to roll out augmented reality games to lure visitors

    Merlin Entertainments has struck a licensing deal with Immersive Gamebox

    kids play in an Immersive Gamebox games room
  • Friday, 30 June, 2023
    Return of tourists allows Legoland owner Merlin to build back to profit

    Europe’s largest theme park operator has recovered its pre-pandemic growth trajectory

    A man places a Lego model of King Charles on to the Buckingham Palace balcony
  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Corporate bonds
    Legoland owner turns to bond market for lifeline

    Private equity-backed Merlin latest of entertainment groups to raise new debt

    Merlin is seeking urgent funding to see it through a near total shutdown of its theme parks and attractions
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2019
    FTfmPaul Lee
    Merlin will be at the mercy of private ownership

    Leisure group’s take-private deal raises questions on market move

    roller coaster, alton towers
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
    Lego’s second movie fails to lift Merlin Entertainments

    Theme park owner suffers falling revenues at attractions showcasing plastic blocks

    Merlin said there was 'limited momentum' from the second Lego movie after its release this year
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
    Moody’s warns Merlin’s £6bn take private deal could lead to downgrade

    Europe’s largest theme park operator has its junk rating put under review

    FILE PHOTO: The LEGOLAND entrance is seen in Windsor, Britain May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    Merlin conjures up breathing space with £6bn buyout

    Theme park operator taken private by investors including Danish owner of Lego

    Legoland employee, Lucy, poses putting a Lego model of US actress Meghan Markle (L) in place next to her husband-to-be Britain's Prince Harry (R) outside a Lego-brick model of Windsor Castle at Legoland in Windsor on May 8, 2018 during a photo call for its attraction celebrating the upcoming royal wedding. - Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle will marry on May 19 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    Lex
    Merlin Entertainments: grin and bear it Premium content

    Plan to take the company private will not go down well with shareholders

    Legoland owner Merlin Entertainments is to be acquired in a £6bn deal by a consortium that includes Blackstone
  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    Lego family and Blackstone assemble £6bn bid for Merlin

    Deal is one of the largest European buyouts in recent history

    The Lego logo is displayed outside the entrance to Legoland Japan theme park in Nagoya, Japan, on Friday, March 17, 2017. The 8th Legoland theme park in the world will open on April 1. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2019
    News in-depth
    Merlin investors hope activist will spark a little magic

    ValueAct’s call to take Alton Towers owner private divides shareholders

    The Wicker Man attraction at Merlin's Alton Towers theme park. The group also owns Legoland parks and Madame Tussauds
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    Merlin/ValueAct: buyout no wizard wheeze Premium content

    Like a grouchy uncle who dislikes rollercoasters, US activist thinks the stock is underrated

    A member of the media rides the Dragon's Apprentice roller coaster inside the Legoland Japan theme park in Nagoya, Japan, on Friday, March 17, 2017. The 8th Legoland theme park in the world will open on April 1. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
    ValueAct urges Merlin Entertainments to be taken private

    Activist group sends open letter to chairman of theme park owner to initiate discussions

    FILE PHOTO: The LEGOLAND entrance is seen in Windsor, Britain May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
  • Thursday, 28 February, 2019
    Merlin’s Legoland faces cooling sales after long growth streak
  • Thursday, 24 January, 2019
    LexInvestments
    Kirkbi/family offices: dour Danes Premium content

    Lego group has been shoring up unlikely companies in the name of diversification

    A family made of Lego bricks sit on a be...A family made of Lego bricks sit on a bench at the Legoland themepark in Guenzburg, southern Germany, on May 15, 2012. The park will celebrate its 10th anniversary on May 17, 2012.      AFP PHOTO / KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND    GERMANY OUT        (Photo credit should read KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND/AFP/GettyImages)
  • Tuesday, 15 January, 2019
    Greene King PLC
    Pub chain Greene King appoints Merlin executive as chief executive

    Nick Mackenzie to replace longtime boss Rooney Anand

    An employee unloads empty beer kegs from a delivery truck into a warehouse at Greene King Plc's brewery in Bury St Edmunds, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Greene King agreed to buy Spirit Pub Co. for about 773.6 million pounds ($1.2 billion) after the owner of the Chef & Brewer chain rejected an approach from C&C Group Plc, the maker of Magners cider. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 28 October, 2018
    Merlin expands in China with Shanghai Dungeon — minus the blood

    British leisure group accepts Beijing’s cultural restrictions on gore, ghosts and history

  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    Lex
    Merlin: white-knuckle ride Premium content

    Glimmers of recovery potential mean it may be worth staying on the rollercoaster

    Legoland employee, Lucy, poses putting a Lego model of US actress Meghan Markle (L) in place next to her husband-to-be Britain's Prince Harry (R) outside a Lego-brick model of Windsor Castle at Legoland in Windsor on May 8, 2018 during a photo call for its attraction celebrating the upcoming royal wedding. - Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle will marry on May 19 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    FT AlphavilleBryce Elder
    Markets Live: Tuesday, 16th October 2018
  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: Merlin doing more than surviving
  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    Travel & leisure industry
    Merlin shares hit by flatlining Legoland sales

    Revenue growth had been bolstered by releases of blockbuster Lego movies

    A view of Legoland from the Sky Rider in Windsor, Berkshire, UK, Sunday, May 29, 2005. Photographer: Eleanor Bentall/Bloomberg News. HOLD FOR FEATURE 29th May 2005 Photo: Eleanor Bentall
  • Thursday, 2 August, 2018
    Travel & leisure industry
    Profit rollercoaster at Merlin Entertainments as currencies drag
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