Noble House and Enterprise set to buy S&N pubs Enterprise Inns and Noble House Leisure are preferred joint bidders for the 650-700 pubs Scottish & …
Labour to encourage takeover of Railtrack Labour plans to encourage a takeover of all or part of Railtrack if it wins the General Election. It…
Straw favourite to take Prescott post Jack Straw, home secretary, is expected to replace John Prescott at the environment and transport…
£10m for ‘knowledge parks’ The government is to spend £10m establishing four "knowledge parks" to bring together academic and…
CBI warns new runways essential for foreign investment Confederation of British Industry director-general Digby Jones has warned Britain could lose out on …
Kingfisher unlikely to accept any Springwood offer Kingfisher Leisure said it was unlikely to accept any offer from Springwood. Springwood increased…
DFS to open 15-20 new stores every three years DFS plans to open 15-20 new stores every three years until it doubles to 110 furniture outlets. The …
De Beers committed to retail chain Dee Beers says it is still committed to a chain of retail jewellery stores despite a European…
Corus rejects plan to save Llanwern plant Corus has rejected alternative plans to maintain steelmaking at its Llanwern plant in South Wales.…
MGPE spurns rebel landlords Morgan Grenfell Private Equity (MGPE) has spurned the rebel Whitbread landlords who want to buy…