FIT IN THE CITY November 1, 2010 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT DIET-to your-door. Even in the current economic climate, demand for diet meal delivery services is on the rise. We’re a time-poor, nutritionally-savvy city of workers who want to maintain our waistline – but not to the detriment of our health (and rightly so). So what’s the very best in meals-on-wheels the [...]
Standard Life closes fund September 21, 2010 STANDARD Life’s private equity arm has closed its latest fund of funds on €700m (£594m), around €200m below its previous investment vehicle. SL Capital Partners’ European Strategic Partners 2008 fund, which will invest in western European buy-outs, received €200m more than its original target. SL Capital chief executive David Currie said: “That we have successfully [...]
Northern and Greencore agree merger November 17, 2010 FOOD retailers Greencore and Northern Foods revealed plans to merge yesterday, in a deal that will produce one of the biggest chilled food players in the UK. The firms, responsible for Goodfella’s pizzas, Fox’s biscuits and the Weight Watchers range, will be rebranded Essenta once the proposed tie-up is complete in March 2011. Management said [...]
Northern and Greencore agree merger November 17, 2010 FOOD retailers Greencore and Northern Foods revealed plans to merge yesterday, in a deal that will produce one of the biggest chilled food players in the UK. The firms, responsible for Goodfella’s pizzas, Fox’s biscuits and the Weight Watchers range, will be rebranded Essenta once the proposed tie-up is complete in March 2011. Management said [...]
DSG revertsto Dixons in name swap September 8, 2010 DSG International will revert to being called Dixons Retail after shareholders yesterday approved the plans at the electrical group’s AGM. The rebranding to DSG was aimed at being more appealing to an international market but the move has fallen flat. The company, which owns Curry’s and PC World, has been forced to restructure its overseas [...]
Indian elephant offers the investor steady success August 31, 2010 ANALYSTS comparing the prospects for the world’s two most populous countries often evoke an Asian version of Aesop’s famous fable of the tortoise and the hare – the elephant and the tiger. The elephant makes slow and steady progress to reach its goal while the tiger bounds forward more quickly and more powerfully, but risks [...]
DSG on track after iPad and world cup sales boost September 2, 2010 Electricals retailer DSG International said its total group sales were up three per cent after a boost from Word Cup TV sales and the success of the iPad. In an update on trading for the 12 weeks ended 24 July the company, which owns Currys and PC World in the UK, said its online sales [...]
DSG on track after iPad and world cup sales boost September 2, 2010 Electricals retailer DSG International said its total group sales were up three per cent after a boost from Word Cup TV sales and the success of the iPad. In an update on trading for the 12 weeks ended 24 July the company, which owns Currys and PC World in the UK, said its online sales [...]
DSGi tips iPad as the Xmas gift to fly off the shelves fastest July 28, 2010 APPLE’S iPad has been tipped to be this Christmas’s best-selling gadget, according to Currys and PC World owner DSGi. The company, which owns 670 stores in the UK, said Apple’s tablet computer will top the list of desirable gifts during the festive season. DSGi predicts that hi-tech gadgets will be the must have items. Jeremy [...]
Games crisis after British stars pull out September 21, 2010 BRITISH track stars Phillips Idowu and Christine Ohuruogu pulled out of the Commonwealth Games last night amid growing fears the event in Delhi will have to be cancelled. In a disastrous 24 hours for organisers, already fraught preparations were plunged into crisis when a bridge outside the stadium collapsed, injuring 23, and a row erupted [...]