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Nestl�: Road open for more growth

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:21:21 GMT

Nestl� sets its sights on even stronger growth this year after outperforming rivals

City Spy: Tim Wheeler is turning air blue in court

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:23:01 GMT

Cadbury deal: 'Kraft will sell its own assets'

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:55:21 GMT

Kraft would be more likely to sell its own assets than those of Cadbury after the American food giant's planned takeover, analysts believe

Cadbury�s shares slide helps Kraft�s takeover advance

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:13:26 GMT

Cadbury shares fall sharply after an intervention by investor Warren Buffett, bringing them to less than one per cent above Kraft�s �10.4 billion takeover bid

Cadbury scorns Kraft�s �derisory� bid sweetener

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:39:41 GMT

Cadbury dismisses Kraft Foods's offer to increase the cash portion of its �10.3 billion cash-and-shares hostile takeover bid

Nestl� tipped for Cadbury joint bid after �17bn deal

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:48:11 GMT

Nestl� is back in the limelight as a Cadbury�s bidder today after building a �17.4 billion war chest by selling its eye care subsidiary Alcon

Chewing gum the prize for Swiss giant Nestl�

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:26:42 GMT

Just as a child with a fistful of pocket money is more likely to spend it at the sweet shop than hoard it in a piggy bank, Nestl� is unlikely to ignore the lure of shopping after scooping $28.1 billion from the sale of Alcon

Likely bid war for Cadbury sends shares to record high

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:41:49 GMT

Cadbury shares raced to another record high this morning as investors bet that a fierce bidding war for control of the 185-year old company is about to breakout

�Too slow� Nestl� boss takes blame

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:16:40 GMT

Nestl�s chief executive Paul Bulke today admitted that he had been too slow in reacting to price cuts from rivals like Danone, Kraft and Britain�s Unilever, leading to slowing sales growth for the huge foods group

There�s more to business than money

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:13:21 GMT

Whitehall cuts are so bad for adland

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:43:43 GMT

Nervousness in adland as agencies digest the thought that the next government will cut its huge advertising budget

Nestl� and Mars tipped to counterbid

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:51:10 GMT

The battle for Cadbury is likely to spark the first contested mega-bid fought out of London since Royal Bank of Scotland�s ill-fated intervention in Barclays agreed takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro two years ago

Nestl� is looking to speed up growth

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:36:09 GMT

Nestl�, the maker of KitKat chocolate bars, Perrier mineral water and Nescaf� coffee, posted a 3.5% rise in sales in the first six months and said it expects faster growth in the second half

Protestors disrupt biofuels Mayfair summit

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:01:02 GMT

Climate activists clash with police as they try to storm a five-star Mayfair hotel and disrupt a�biofuels� industry summit

Nestl� staff walk and talk to be world's fittest firm

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:56:18 GMT

"Walking meetings" and water have replaced boardroom discussions and after-work drinks at one of London's biggest firms

Stores fail to get the Easter chocs away

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:30:03 GMT

An Easter egg mountain that would defeat even Charlie and the Chocolate Factory�s glutton Augustus Gloop has been left by the collapse of Woolworths

Chocolate bars to be downsized

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:42:40 GMT

The Government is set to order manufacturers to shrink the size of chocolate bars and fizzy drinks

Chocolate bars to be downsized

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:42:40 GMT

The Government is set to order manufacturers to shrink the size of chocolate bars and fizzy drinks

Obese patients to be flown to London for gastric ops

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:16:20 GMT

Obese patients in Belfast will be flown hundreds of miles for fat-loss operations at Imperial College trust, the Evening Standard can reveal

Best American restaurants in London

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:37:51 GMT

To celebrate Obama Week in true all-American style Charles Campion picks the restaurants where the burgers, ribs, pancakes and milkshakes are to die for.

Business

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:20:59 GMT

Halal venture is tasty for Nestl�

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:31:06 GMT

Consumer: Food giant Nestl� has gone halal in 75 of its 480 plants worldwide as it cashes in on a surge in demand for food and products acceptable to devout Muslims

Big business steers clear of taking stalls at conference

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:37:37 GMT

Business chiefs who flocked to take stalls at past Labour conferences have failed to do so this year

Hill Station has shares frozen

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:45:06 GMT

Consumer: After two dire, wet summers, posh ice-cream maker Hill Station, which also owns the Loseley and Granelli brands, has had its shares suspended on the junior stock market AIM

Yes, this could be a real page-turner for HMV

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:25:17 GMT

Waterstone's had something of a coup last week, gaining the exclusive rights to launch the Sony eReader � the first true electronic book reader to make it to these shores

Who's in and who's out

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:02:32 GMT

Nestl�'s Polman to take over as Unilever boss

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:54:35 GMT

Consumer Unilever says Patrick Cescau is stepping down as chief executive at the end of the year to be replaced by Nestlé vice president Paul Polman

�1 billion man at the helm is tough-talking and charismatic

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:29:40 GMT

Paul Polman today became the £1 billion man at Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever

What a price to pay for coffee

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Hard-hitting documentary Black Gold follows the story of Ethopian coffee growers and one man's fight to find a better deal

Will radio dare air the tune of the year?

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:25:27 GMT

Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobious Pip is Paul Connolly's favourite song of the year. But will commercial radio stations play a song with anti-corporate lyrics?