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Activist fund Palliser buys stake in travel retailer WH Smith

Palliser Capital has started building a stake in WH Smith just weeks after the travel retailer sold its long-standing high street business. Palliser has acquired nearly 5% of the London-listed company in recent weeks, valued at approximately £65m.

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