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NewsMedia Bites 4 June: Majestic Wine, High Street, Waitrose
Majestic Wine is stepping up preparations to sell its stores after Gatemore Capital Management’s disclosure last week that it had a 3.9% stake in the group.
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NewsGlobal agri player Corteva makes US stock market debut
Global agriculture specialist Corteva has become an independently listed company on the New York Stock Exchange today after splitting from parent DowDuPont.
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NewsReusable packaging specialist IFCO sold for $2.5bn
Australian logistics company Brambles has completed the £2bn sale of its packaging arm IFCO to investment giants Trinton and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
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NewsAmazon opens pop-up stores in high streets across UK
The stores will sell products from 100 of its third-party online sellers
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NewsCity snapshot: Amazon to open UK pop-up shops and fund £1m apprentice scheme
Online retail giant Amazon is to launch ten pop-up shops in the UK to give more than 100 small brands a retail presence and boost the flagging fortunes of the high street. Plus all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 3 June: UK High Street, Amazon, Brexit
The government is working on a shake-up of planning laws to help to revive struggling high streets
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NewsThe Lakes Distillery nets £1.6m investment
Fast-growing English whisky producer The Lakes Distillery has secured a further seven-figure investment to help fund its journey towards an eventual IPO.
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NewsRubies in the Rubble eyes £1.2m funding boost
Food waste sauce maker Rubies in the Rubble has surged past its £300k crowdfunding target as part of a wider seven-figure investment hunt.
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NewsTesco shares drop despite market share outperformance
Tesco may have been the big four winner from the monthly grocery market share data this week, but it was a loser as far as the City was concerned.
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NewsLRS maintains profits despite soft drinks levy and dip in sales
LRS has posted a drop in sales of £5.9m but its pre-tax profits edged up regardless
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NewsFull-sugar energy drink sales unaffected by soft drinks tax
Brits knocked back 124.6 million litres of sugary energy drinks in the past year
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Analysis & FeaturesIs China's pig ASF outbreak good news for UK exports?
Culling pigs in China has left a global protein gap of 10 million tonnes
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NewsCity snapshot: UK consumer confidence edges up in May
UK consumer confidence rebounded in Many according to GfK’s consumer confidence Index, but confidence in the country’s overall UK economic situation remains significantly lower year-on-year.
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NewsMedia Bites 31 May: Premier Foods, Chapel Down, Majestic Wine
Premier Foods’ chairman is stepping down from his post after just two years, leaving the Mr Kipling maker half way through a strategic review and without a permanent chief executive.
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Analysis & FeaturesNorwegian salmon prices soar after deadly algal bloom
Some 7.8 million, or more than 13,000 tonnes of fish have been reported killed or discarded as a result of the bloom
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NewsExporters pledge to pay for China inspection after Defra refuses
The UK is typically expected to cover the costs of Chinese inspections
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NewsBeavertown off-trade sales surge 500% after Heineken sale
The surge had been largely driven by the popularity of its session IPA
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NewsReal Good Food fined £450k for ‘misleading’ stock exchange trading updates
Real Good Food has been fined £450k by the London Stock Exchange and publicly censured for breaking of AIM rules concerning ‘misleading’ trading updates in July 2017.
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NewsMedia Bites 30 May: Grocery market share, Ocado, M&S
None of the UK’s “big four” supermarkets managed to grow their sales in the last 12 weeks, the first time in almost three years that they have all failed to do so.
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Comment & OpinionHow the Co-op's new bond is marrying corporate finance with ethical projects
The Co-op’s new bond for Fairtrade-focused projects demonstrates the interest investors have in ethical and social projects