Why the love of your life is just a click away February 9, 2011 CHRISTMAS and New Year are over. You’re feeling fat, poor, anxious and – if you’re single – panicked. What do you do? You vow to go on a diet, you cut back on the expensive nights out and, in the hopes of sticking to the one resolution you really care about, you sign up to [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 9, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES GOLDMAN TEAM RAISES MONEY FOR NEW FUND The last big proprietary trading team at Goldman Sachs has begun raising money to start a new hedge fund independent of the bank, for launch in the second quarter of this year. The team – led by two senior members of Goldman Sachs’ Principal Strategies desk, [...]
Tax blitz on strong lager November 30, 2010 SUPER strength lager will be hammered by higher taxes, Downing Street said yesterday. Beer containing more than 7.5 per cent alcohol will face extra duties from autumn 2011. The March budget is expected to reveal the details. The government will also look to reduce tax on beers that contain less than 2.8 per cent alcohol. [...]
Young’s revenue sees modest increase November 25, 2010 LONDON pub chain Young’s reported profit before tax rose four per cent for the first half of the year to £11.9m despite a period of mixed trading with the first three months benefiting from better weather than the second. However, while it remained positive about its outlook for the full-year it said the government’s austerity [...]
The Capital Pub Company buys two new premises in £5m deal June 24, 2010 THE Capital Pub Company (CPC) yesterday agreed to acquire two premises from Tomahawk Pubs for £5.03m. The group has made a 120p per share offer for Tomahawk, slightly below the net asset value per share of the group. CPC will issue 2.8m shares at 103p per share to raise £2.8m and part fund the deal. [...]
COLCHESTER January 27, 2011 SHEEPEN STREET Price: £86,995 Compact but thoughtfully decorated, this one bedroom apartment proves that good things come in small packages. A spacious open-plan kitchen/living room provides the perfect place to entertain at home, while the property’s central location means that all the amenities of the town centre are only a short walk away. Contact: Spicer [...]
RPC Group to buy rival firm Superfos December 16, 2010 PLASTIC packaging maker RPC Group said yesterday it planned to buy its Danish rival Superfos for €240m (£204.7m) in a deal likely to boost its market share and expand its operations into new countries. RPC said it would fund the acquisition through a rights issue and debt in the form of a new €130m term [...]
RPC Group to buy rival firm Superfos December 16, 2010 PLASTIC packaging maker RPC Group said yesterday it planned to buy its Danish rival Superfos for €240m (£204.7m) in a deal likely to boost its market share and expand its operations into new countries. RPC said it would fund the acquisition through a rights issue and debt in the form of a new €130m term [...]
Enterprise Inns signals dividend return November 16, 2010 Britain’s biggest pubs group Enterprise Inns said it was confident of resuming dividend payments in the medium term after reporting full-year results in line with expectations Enterprise, which has 6,820 pubs across Britain, made a pre-tax profit before exceptional items of £175M in the year to 30 September, down from £208m the year before. “We [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD January 16, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Several large American technology companies will report their results after UK trading hours on Tuesday, including Apple, IBM and Western Digital. ● As will remaining British retailers, including the fashion group Burberry and Carphone Warehouse. ● The budget pub chain JD Wetherspoon will release a trading update on Wednesday, as will bookmaker William [...]