Lone Star Funds is considering an initial public offering of UK gas-station operator MRH GB that could value the business at about £1.5bn (€1.67bn) amid a revival of stock sales in Europe, according to sources.

Pizza Express is set for a stock market return just two years after it was taken private, it was announced today.

Restaurant chain Pizza Express could soon be back on investors' menus after it was reported to be planning a London stock-market return by January.

Restaurant chain Pizza Express could be led back to the UK stock market by one of the co-founders of Carphone Warehouse, it was reported today.

Pizza Express appeared closer to a stock market return today after a report said the restaurant chain’s owner had begun a search for advisers.