C&C quenches its thirst with a cider acquisition spree November 30, 2009 IRISH drinks group C&C yesterday said it had acquired the UK cider assets of Constellation Brands – including Blackthorn, Olde English and Gaymer – for £45m in cash. C&C chief executive John Dunsmore said the price of the assets was “highly attractive”, while analysts said the deal handed the company a third of the UK [...]
M&B rebel fights corner as row grows December 6, 2009 THE largest shareholder in pubs group Mitchells & Butlers will meet with the Takeover Panel today as the furore grows over the company’s decision to oust four directors. Piedmont, which owns 23 per cent of M&B on behalf of billionaire Joe Lewis, wants to put its side of the story after its representatives Richard McGuire [...]
WHAT TO ENJOY THIS CHRISTMAS FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES December 17, 2009 FILM NINE Daniel Day-Lewis leads Chicago director Rob Marshall’s star-studded tribute to Italian cinema. NOWHERE BOY Former YBA Sam Taylor-Wood’s biopic of John Lennon’s early years. DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker rom com. Nuff said. DVD IN THE LOOP Malcolm Tucker takes on the White House in the [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 9, 2009 F&C Asset ManagementThe asset manager has appointed Jacob De Wit and Richard Wilson (pictured), respectively head of fixed income and head of equities at the firm, to its executive committee following its de-merger from Friends Provident. The news follows the appointment of Kieran Poynter, the former chairman of accountancy firm PwC, and former Henderson Group [...]
Champion Haye eyes dream showdown with Klitschko November 8, 2009 NEW WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye has his sights set on a “mega showdown” with WBC king Vitali Klitschko next year. The 29-year-old won a majority decision over 7ft 2in Russian giant Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg on Saturday night to become only Britain’s first heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003. Haye now [...]
THE LONDON REPORT June 21, 2009 THE JUNE gauntlet of retail company statements is set to continue this week, with two UK electronics giants due to issue full-year 2009 results. DSG, Kesa and Inchcape are lining up to report, following last week’s announcements from Tesco, J Sainsbury, Whitbread and Morrison. Kesa Electricals, which runs electronics store Comet among its Europe-wide retail [...]
Jazzing up your outdoor space for summer June 11, 2009 WITH the weather forecast to stay fine over the summer, your garden is going to come into its own. If you’re lucky enough to have your own outdoor space, you owe it to the rest of us to make it as comfortable and stylish as possible. Here are a few objects that would bring light [...]
Life’s a Picnic June 1, 2009 WITH summer looking likely to pull through for us this year, numerous picnics and hours spent in parks and gardens lie in wait. If you yearn for something more than grass stains on your bum and swigging bubbly out of the bottle, look no further. Here are some ways to make your picnicking, lounging experience [...]
CONDOM MAKER DUREX TO FACE A NASTY ITCH AT ANNUAL MEETING July 22, 2009 PRICKLY business is in the offing at today’s annual meeting for investors in Durex condom maker SSL International, as minor shareholder Tariq Siddiqi prepares to take a stand. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Siddiqi shot to fame back in 2005, when he persuaded David Blunkett to take up the bioscience job that eventually [...]
Met Office holds the secret to summer success June 14, 2009 I THOUGHT this whole “green shoots” argument was becoming a bit clichéd…then we started getting results from the DIY retailers. In a strictly horticultural sense “green shoots” went a long way towards propping up earnings at Home Retail last week, as sunny weather motivated the great British public to snap up gardening gear, barbecues, bikes [...]