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Thomas Ryder left school at 16 and went to work on a building site. Now he is about to float his sports nutrition business for up to £400 million, pocketing £80-£90 million. Flotations on the London market have been a rarity this year, but Applied Nutrition is well worth a closer look. Health, fitness and wellbeing are all the rage, and Applied Nutrition's wares are highly regarded by business customers, consumers and professional athletes. At a price range of £1.36 to £1.60, the stock should deliver long-term rewards.

Sports health brand Applied Nutrition, which was set up by father-of-four Thomas Ryder (pictured) is set to float later this month. The group, based on an industrial park in Knowsley in Liverpool, will offer shares priced between 136p to 160p each, making the firm worth between £340m to £400m.

In a major boost for the City, Thomas Ryder yesterday announced plans for a London float of Applied Nutrition, the sports health brand he founded in 2014. The move is expected to value the firm, which is based on an industrial park in Knowsley in Liverpool, at around £500million.

The lineup for the Oasis reunion is almost complete. New reports reveal that Noel and Liam Gallagher will be joined on stage by the band's bassist Andy Bell as well as guitarists Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs and Gem Archer. Insiders have told The Sun that Bell, Arthurs and Archer have been confirmed for the band's 19 live gigs next year, while they are in talks with a potential drummer.

LEWIS STEELE AND MIKE KEEGAN: At first there was silence. Deathly, funereal silence. In the poky Goodison Park dressing room Everton's players sat with heads bowed, stunned at what had transpired. With 87 minutes gone, they had looked set for a morale-boosting first victory of the season in front of a delighted, raucous crowd, leading a tepid Bournemouth by two goals to nil.

Applied Nutrition is preparing to float on the London Stock Exchange by the end of the year in a move that could value the group at a reported £500million. The supplements firm, backed by sportswear retailer JD Sports, confirmed on Tuesday it is looking to launch an initial public offering in the final quarter of 2024, depending on market conditions.

MailOnline looks at the Gallagher's former bandmates, where they are now, and whether they could form part of the huge Britpop comeback. The 14-show tour will run from July 4 to August 17, kicking off at Cardiff's Principality Stadium before the brothers pack out Heaton Park in Manchester, Wembley in London, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin. But who will be joining them remains unclear.

More than 200,000 children in England - or 4,000 every week - were waiting to begin treatment in the past year. This is up more than 100,000 on 2019/2020 when almost 99,000 were stuck in the queue. Experts, who labelled the figures 'shocking', today blamed exam worries, social media's influence and  the cost of living crisis on the 'staggering' rise. But they warned the stats may only be the 'tip of the iceberg', with other children suffering in silence under the radar.

LEWIS STEELE: Everton 's takeover saga is finally edging towards an end after the club confirmed they have granted exclusivity to a group led by AS Roma's £4.9billion-worth owner Dan Friedkin. Friedkin presented an all-equity offer to turn the head of British-Iranian businessman Moshiri away from early frontrunners Andy Bell and George Downing, who have lent Everton £158m. It comes after a protracted saga with controversial Miami-based firm 777 Partners.

Everton owner Farhad Moshiri took a step closer to selling the club on Friday night as he prepared to grant exclusivity terms to Roma owner Dan Friedkin. Any deal, subject to Premier League approval, would end months of speculation about the club's future and comes only two weeks after a proposed takeover by Miami-based private investment firm 777 Partners collapsed. Friedkin, 59, who is worth £4.9billion, is chairman of Texas-based Friedkin Group and has emerged as Moshiri's favoured choice amid extensive talks with four other parties.

A new potential investor backed by at least two billionaires has entered the race to buy Everton, according to reports.  The Toffees have been looking for a new owner, with Farhad Moshiri fielding a number of offers following a failed bid by US-based investment firm 777 Partners in late May. Former suitors 777 missed a 5am deadline to provide funds to proceed with a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for Moshiri's 94.1 per cent stake, with the British-Iranian businessman deciding not to grant a deadline extension. 

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Olivia Buckingham, who's helped Princess Beatrice become one of the best-dressed royals, clearly has a burning desire for beauty. She just joined Kate Moss (above) at Deepak Chopra's RAKxa retreat in Thailand where the society stylist underwent the Ya Pao treatment, which involves a herbal paste on a towel being set alight on her stomach. Olivia, 40, also took part in a workshop by Moss's lifestyle brand, Cosmoss, where the supermodel, 50, read from her collection of 150 mindful messages written to 'uplift, inspire and enlighten'.

Merseyside businessmen Andy Bell and George Downing have enlisted the help of US billionaire Michael Dell to try and complete a quick deal to buy Everton from Farhad Moshiri. Bell and Downing, both lifelong supporters of the club, are among five parties interested in taking over at Goodison Park following a failed bid by 777 Partners, and are keen to push forward this week to sign an exclusivity agreement with Moshiri. Bell founded investment giant AJ Bell while Downing's self-named company has been successful in construction and property.

It fell 0.3 per cent, or 21.64 points, to 8317.59 - a fourth consecutive day of losses and sank into the red for a second week in a row, not long after it passed 8400 for the first time. The FTSE 250 rose 0.7 per cent, or 139.63 points, to 20,770.93.6. Inflation figures on Wednesday disappointed the City. While the sharp fall to 2.3 per cent was welcomed by politicians as a sign that inflation had returned to normal, it was higher than forecasts of 2.1 per cent and dented the prospect of early interest rate cuts.

AJ Bell shares fell on Friday after the investment platform's co-founder sold a large chunk of shares. Regulatory filings show Andy Bell, who founded the business with Nicholas Littlefair in 1995, has sold 7,500,000 shares in the group at 375p each, raking in £28.1million.

LEWIS STEELE: Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has granted prospective buyers 777 Partners a shock two-week extension period until May 31 to prove they can purchase the club. After days of extensive, face-to-face talks in London with representatives of the controversial Miami-based firm last week, it appeared that Moshiri was ready to cut ties with 777 and invite potential new investors to present a pitch to buy his 94.1 per cent stake in the club. The firm, led by Josh Wander and Steve Pasko, struck an agreement to buy Everton in September but a lengthy saga ensued as it has been unable to meet the Premier League's strict criteria for allowing the takeover to proceed.

Everton have officially withdrawn their appeal against a two-point deduction for breaching the Premier League's spending rules, but could still be docked more points next season.  The club was hit with the sanction on April 8, after they had already succesfully reduced their previous charge from 10 points to six. That sanction had related to breaches of the league's Profit and Sustainability rules for the three-year accounting period that ended in the 2021-22 season. The Toffees had previously claimed that they did not feel the second sanction, that related to the period ending in the 2022-23 campaign, 'was appropriate,' and as they had done previously, stated their intention to appeal the decision. 

IAN HERBERT: There's been something deeply questionable all along about the outfit called '777', the very worst manifestation of the chancers now alighting on British football, picking over what they have seen as the carcass of Everton. The club have become a car crash under the tenure of British Iranian businessman Farhad Moshiri - one of the most inept proprietors to have darkened the doors of our game - and it was his desperate wish to cash out which brought the Miami-based investment fund and its chief executive, Josh Wander, to Goodison's doorstep, in his trademark baseball cap. Wander sometimes discusses himself in the third person, which is never a good sign. 'Is there anyone in the world that's been more serious about buying football clubs in history than Josh Wander?' he said, a few months back, having already picked up six distressed sides, which have certainly not flourished under his ownership.

IAN HERBERT AND SIMON JONES: Two potential US buyers are exploring a takeover of Everton, following the virtual collapse of Miami investment company 777's attempts to buy the club. One of the interested parties is thought to be investment firm MSP Sports Capital, which has lent the club money to fund the new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium and considered investing in Everton last year, before talks collapsed without a deal. MSP, headed by former agent and baseball franchise owner Jeff Moorad, has investments including a stake in the McLaren Formula One team, and European football clubs Brondby in Denmark, Augsburg of Germany and Estoril in Portugal.

Everton have been granted an extension on the deadline to repay a £158million loan ahead of their proposed takeover. Back in September, the Toffees agreed the protracted sale of the club with the American private equity firm however discussions appear to have stalled since then.  Last month, Farhad Moshiri - who will sell his 94.1 per cent shareholding in the club - urged Toffees fans to 'bear with us' as the deal entered the 'home straight'.

Rather than focusing on general financial education, Michael Summersgill claims that the market could be improved by supporting people in making investments rather than focusing on general financial education. As an example, he says, if someone has money in a stock market index such as the FTSE 100, then brokers should alert them if they should switch to a cheaper tracker. Summersgill himself obtained a bachelor's degree in 2005 and became a trainee accountant. He was soon offered two jobs, one at PwC and the other at a 'funny little company called AJ Bell'.

According to a survey, senior citizens' mental stability has been disregarded more often due to systemic ageism. According to the Center for Mental Health, disregarding the elderly's needs is discriminatory and has ramifications for the individual, families, churches, and public services. The study, which Age UK had commissioned, concluded that there is a "pervasive sense of skepticism and inevitability" among older peoples' poor mental stability. There are also claims that later life, there is a'pressing need to confront ageist beliefs and expectations of mental stability.' The study, released on Tuesday, comes after a Resolution Foundation study out last week discovered that younger people with mental health problems can have their chances of a good education and can be forced to work or enter low-paying jobs. According to the authors of this latest study, there should be a similar emphasis on older people's mental wellbeing.

Following Nike, Puma, and JD Sports, Adidas was the latest sports company to warn about profits after those who said that consumers are less willing to spend money on expensive shoes. Adidas dropped 2.1% in Frankfurt, while JD Sports dropped 1.8%, or 2.1p, to 114.95 percent in London, after the announcement. In 2023, Adidas' shares fell 5 percent to £17 billion.

A 17-year-old teen was arrested after two 'rival Afghan and Romanian gangs' sparked a mass machete brawl at Bournemouth college campus. After at least six people protested outside Bournemouth and Poole College, five people were admitted to the hospital yesterday. The war is believed to have erupted between Afghan and Romanian students at the university, aged 16 to 20.