Guinness Peat Group, which owns 21% of the shares in Young's, is to demand that the brewer acquires or merges with other regional brewers.

At the brewer's annual general meeting next month,

GPG will also demand that Young's enfranchise non-voting shares to shift control away from the founding family.

The Times 17/06/00 page 29

The Guardian 17/06/00 page 27, page 30 (Notebook)