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NewsMedia Bites 30 Jan: Tesco/Booker, Punch Taverns, Imperial Brands
The UK competition regulator is coming under mounting pressure to intervene in Tesco’s planned £3.9bn takeover of Booker.
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NewsTesco and Booker confident of merger approval but CMA may have other ideas
One of the major unknowns thrown up by the surprise Tesco takeover of Booker is how the CMA will react and what remedies will be required to appease the monopoly watchdog. We look at the deal’s chances.
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NewsTesco 'skinny' offer premium leaves Booker deal open to rival bids
Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker could spark a bidding war as rivals attempt to muscle in on the deal, according to analysts in the City.
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NewsTesco’s Booker takeover: the big questions answered
As the food and drink industry digests the news of the proposed mega-merger between Booker and Tesco, The Grocer looks at the key questions posed by the deal
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Bakkavor complete its turnaround and seal an IPO?
The battling Viking spirit of the Gudmundsson brothers revealed itself again last week
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NewsCity Snapshot: Tesco and Booker to merge in £3.7bn deal
Tesco has swooped in a surprise deal to acquire listed wholesaler Booker in a merger worth £3.7bn
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NewsUnilever's shares fall despite underlying sales growth
Marmitegate may have grabbed the headlines in the UK last year, but Unilever has bigger problems
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NewsMystery approach for Fox's Biscuits sparks bidder speculation
Boparan has not named the potential buyer
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NewsAunt Bessie's and Abel & Cole owner posts 14.2% sales rise
Profits at William Jackson were hit however by £4m of restructuring costs
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NewsTesco and Booker’s £3.7bn merger: what the analysts say
Booker and Tesco today stunned The City this morning with plans for one of the biggest mergers in retail history. Here is how City analysts and other experts reacted to the news
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NewsMedia Bites 27 January: Unilever, Diageo, Johnson & Johnson
The papers look for Marmite angles in the full-year results of Unilever; and Diageo showed further signs of a turnaround.
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NewsTesco and Booker to merge in £3.7bn deal
Tesco has swooped in a surprise deal to acquire listed wholesaler Booker in a merger worth £3.7bn
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NewsM&A deals appetite high despite Brexit uncertainty
Overseas buyers for UK and Irish targets accounted for 32% of the 198 deals in the sector last year
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NewsMike Sheldon joins Medina Dairy as managing director
Formerly MD of Dairy Crest’s milk division, Sheldon joins Medina as part of a management shakeup
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NewsDiageo shares boosted by impressive interim results
Diageo reported growth across all regions on an organic basis
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NewsPrêt à Manger founder Jeffrey Hyman dies at 67
Jeffrey Hyman was the founder of Prêt à Manger and masterminded the development of the Sharwoods range
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NewsCity snapshot: Unilever's sales growth slows in "challenging" fourth quarter
Unilever has posted full-year underlying sales growth of 3.7% and a rise in profitability, although growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter
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NewsMedia Bites 26 Jan: WH Smith, Scotch whisky, UK manufacturing
WH Smith is the main talking point in the papers this morning, with most highlighting how the boom in adult parody books and how that has given a boost to the retailer.
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NewsAlfred Jones accounts reveal £768k loss in final trading year
The retailer said the market presented an “increasingly bleak outlook for smaller independent retailers”…
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NewsOrnua buys Cheshire-based cheese firm F. J. Need
Irish dairy group Ornua has agreed to buy Cheshire-based cheese ingredients firm F.J Need for an undisclosed sum.