Finance – Page 203
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Collyer to retire from broking
Geof Collyer, leading analyst at Deutsche Bank, is to retire from broking at the end of next month
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Asahi makes binding offer to buy SABMiller brands for £1.97bn
AB InBev has announced it has received a ‘binding offer’ worth £1.97bn from Asahi for a collection of SABMiller’s European premium brands, including Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime.
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Lawton swaps BDO for Palatine
Kieran Lawton has stepped down as M&A director at BDO UK, to join Palatine Private Equity as an investment director
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French: M&B more to be done on investment in amenity
Leading analyst Simon French at Cenkos has said that following a meeting with M&B’s CEO and CFO investment in amenity was the key theme
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Eagle Eye revenues up 30%
Eagle Eye saw revenues increase 30% to £3m in the six months to 31 December 2015
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Investior appetite for SMEs reaches five-year high
Investor appetite for UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reached a five-year high in 2015, new research reveals
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NewsHealth scare impacts Chipotle Q4 sales
Chipotle has reported a 6.8% decline in fourth quarter sales to $997.5m, following the impact of an E.coli health scare
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NewsCollyer: Bridge seized opportunity to transform GK
Leading analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche Bank has said that outgoing Greene King chairman Tim Bridge seized the opportunities provided by the Beer Orders to expand the group’s geographical scale and sphere of influence
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Optionis buys pub accountancy specialist
Business services provider Optionis has acquired ARC Licensed Trade Consultancy for an undisclosed sum.
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Collyer: M&B not performing as bad as expected
Leading analyst Geof Collyer, of Deutsche Bank, has described Mitchells & Butlers’ current performance as not as bad as the market expected.
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Analysis & Insight
Kings maker
Mixing business and pleasure is part of Jason Katz’s ‘daily grind’. In fact, to the founding partner of Kings Park Capital, the specialist private equity firm dedicated to investing in the leisure industry, they are one and the same. And that’s just how he likes it. “In many ways the ...
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Gaucho secures £20m capex facility
Gaucho is believed to have secured a capex facility of £20m as part of its recent c£100m acquisition by Equistone
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BrewDog up to £13.5m in crowdfunding campaign
BrewDog has raised £13.5m since it launched its Equity for Punks IV crowdfunding campaign last April.
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NewsRhubarb to assess options
ECI Partners, the private-equity backer of Rhubarb, is believed to be close to appointing advisers to assess its options for the event caterer and restaurant operator
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SSP’s UK Q1 lfls “grew strongly”
SSP said it made a good start to its new financial year and that expectations for its full year remain positive and unchanged
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NewsM&B lfls down 1%
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported a 1% drop in like-for-like sales for the 17 weeks to 23 January 2016
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Rosa’s secures new funding
Rosa’s, the London-based, six-strong Thai cafe concept, has secured £1.8m of new bank funding and two new sites
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Electra to review investment strategy
The board of Electra Private Equity has said it is reviewing its investment strategy and policy and its structure.
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PizzaExpress in talks to acquire Firezza
PizzaExpress, the Hony Capital-backed group, is in talks to acquire Firezza, the London-based, upscale pizza delivery chain
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Analyst corner: Collyer on JDW
Leading analyst Geof Collyer, of Deutsche Bank, has examined the prospects for JD Wetherspoon following this week’s announcement of H1 results.