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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco £3.7bn Booker takeover gets green light from CMA
The UK’s competition regulators are sensationally set to approve Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker, without imposing conditions such as a sell off hundreds of its stores. Plus, B&M boosts sales 22% in the first half and announces Sir Terry Leahy is to step down as chairman; Science in Sport has raised £15m in placing; and Kantar and Nielsen latest supermarket market share data.
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NewsNisa members accept £137m Co-op bid in historic vote
Of the 615 shareholders that voted, 494 were in favour of the bid
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Comment & OpinionNisa members have spoken. The rebels must accept the Co-op deal – or look elsewhere
Nisa rebels are promising to go on the offensive and plan to convince the Competition & Markets Authority to nix the deal
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NewsTamdhu owner Ian Macleod secures £80m refinancing
Family owned whisky distiller Ian Macleod Distillers, which owns the Tamdhu, Glengoyne and Smokehead brands, has agreed an £80m refinancing to position the business for its next phase of growth.
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Analysis & FeaturesNisa agrees to £137m Co-op bid: Nisa members react
Paul Cheema, Roger Higgins and Kishor Patel share their thoughts on today’s historic vote
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NewsDavison Canners wins retail listing for new desserts range
Northern Irish food manufacturer Davison Canners has won supermarket listings for a new range of desserts after securing a £3.1m bank finance package to move all its production in-house, creating 50 new jobs in the process.
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NewsKevin Grace sues Tesco for wrongful dismissal
Grace lost his job after Tesco misreported its profits in 2014. He was accused on dismissal of “serious negligence”…
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NewsCity snapshot: Retail footfall slumps in run-up to Christmas
UK retail footfall fell by 2% year-on-year in October according to the BRC Springboard footfall and vacancies monitor – the largest rate of decline since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016. Plus sales jump but profits plunge at Carr’s Group and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 13 Nov: MRH, Tesco, Nisa, Unilever
One of Britain’s largest petrol station operators MRH GB has picked banks to steer a £1.5bn stock market listing next year.
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NewsBakkavor cuts valuation to get IPO away
Bakkavor this morning dramatically announced its aborted stock market listing was back on just a week on from pulling its initial flotation after lowering its valuation to get the deal away.
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NewsMoy Park reports 'strong' sales growth in Q3
Revenues at Northern Irish poultry producer Moy Park rose 11.3% to £392.6m in the third quarter on strong volume growth, favourable exchange rate movements and recovery of cost inflation.
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NewsMarks & Spencer's food division hit by price inflation
For years, Simply Food has bailed out falling clothes sales at Marks & Spencer
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NewsPiccolo babyfood secures DSG £500k to fuel Far East growth
DSG Consumer Partners has invested £500,000 to support Piccolo’s growth ambitions in the UK and expansion outside Europe
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NewsIncoming Asda CEO Roger Burnley announces leadership team shakeup
Anthony Hemmerdinger is to be promoted to the role of senior vice president, retail operations director
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NewsCo-op Nisa deal still in the balance as decision day looms
As the deadline for Nisa members to vote on the Co-op’s £137m bid looms, the outcome is too close to call, say experts
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NewsLakes Distillery hits crowdfunding target of £1m in two days
The brand offered 2.21% of its equity to investors via Crowdcube
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NewsCity snapshot: £1bn Bakkavor IPO back on after rapid U-turn
A week to the day after pulling its London IPO because of “volatile” market conditions, Bakkavor has dramatically announced its listing is back on at 180p per share valuing it at just over £1bn. Plus, supermarket inflation stalls, HelloFresh UK doubles sales but losses grow, baby food brand Piccolo secures six-figure cash injection and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsMedia Bites 10 Nov: Sainsbury's, Dairy Crest, Coca-Cola HBC
A dismal end to the summer and higher labour costs hit half-year sales and profits at Sainsbury’s.
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NewsSecond Bakkavor float 'must be sweetened'
Bakkavor will try to float again next year after pulling its London IPO at the 11th hour
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NewsWincanton sees profits jump despite Tesco contract loss
Chief executive Adrian Colman said the group had delivered a “good overall performance”…