Allied shares soar on £4bn takeover talk Shares in Allied Domecq jumped 7% on speculation that Pernod Ricard is set to launch a £4bn takeover…
Property people scoop top awards Mark Dixon, chief executive of Regus, was last night named Entrepreneur of the Year, the first time …
Whitbread focus shifts away from brewing Whitbread intends to invest most of its £400m capital spending on hotels and leisure rather than on …
French rival tipped to buy Allied Domecq French drinks group Pernod Ricard is expected to launch a hostile bid for Allied Domecq. Analysts…
Bradford & Bingley set to close 70 branches Bradford & Bingley plans to close 70 of its 312 estate-agency mini-branches. The Times 27/009/99…
Rival bidders line up for NatWest Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC will decide this week whether to launch counterbids for National…
Bank branches set for decline A new report predicts the decline of branch banking as telephone and internet dealing becomes more…
Lovells merger approved Lovell White Durrant and Boesebeck Droste are merging. The new firm, called Lovells, will be the…
Rural post offices face new threat Claims by sub-postmasters for a minimum wage may force many of Britain's 17,500 rural post offices…
Millennium sites run behind schedule Nearly half of the key projects commissioned for the millennium are unlikely to be completed in…