Lionsgate Takes Step Toward Spinning Studio Off As Public Company

Lionsgate has moved one step closer to spinning off its film and TV studios business in a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to create a separately traded public company.

Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp., a SPAC — often referred to as a blank check company — led by SPAC sponsor Eagle Equity Partners and CEO Eli Baker in an SEC filing on Tuesday said the registration statement for the proposed merger has been declared effective by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which should pave the way for the deal to close and Lionsgate Studios to launch as a standalone company

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Money latest: Downsizing home could make you £400,000 | UK News

From Sunday, eligible working parents of children from nine-months-old in England will be able to register for access to up to 15 free hours of government-funded childcare per week.

This will then be granted from September.

Check if you’re eligible here – or read on for our explainer on free childcare across the UK.

England

Three and four year olds

In England, all parents of children aged three and four in England can claim 15 hours of free childcare per week, for 1,140 hours (38 weeks) a year, at an approved provider.

This is a universal offer open to all.

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