Mitchells & Butlers, the perpetually-in-turmoil pubs group, offers a sluggish trading update that may encourage billionaire currency trader Joe Lewis to push ahead with his low-ball takeover bid... more
Pubs and restaurants group Mitchells & Butlers said sales growth had slowed in the last two months and that the outlook was uncertain given continued weakness in consumer spending... more
The boardroom merry-go-round at pubs and restaurants group Mitchells & Butlers takes another spin as the company appoints its sixth chairman in little more than three years... more
The big rumour in the City today was that Tiffany & Co - the US jeweller as famous for its little blue boxes as the sparkling gems inside - is in the sights of Cartier owner Richemont... more
The row between Mitchells & Butlers and elements of its own board of directors became even fiercer, when the pub group took an unusual act of revenge: it sacked the rebels with immediate effect... more
Tottenham Hotspur tycoon Joe Lewis and horseracing magnates John Magnier and JP McManus could soon find themselves able to call the shots at pubs group Mitchells & Butlers ... more
Tottenham Hotspur tycoon Joe Lewis and horseracing magnates John Magnier and JP McManus could soon find themselves able to call the shots at pubs group Mitchells & Butlers... more
When Sir Richard Branson announced Virgin’s Formula 1 sponsorship last month, he said one of his companies has developed a clean fuel that he hopes to introduce to Grand Prix cars. But it turns out Branson’s plan is not as simple as that...
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Analysis: The worldwide market for bloodstock - racehorses to you and me - is a £10 billion-a-year business that is driven by rich folk. It is also one that is in serious financial trouble... more
Irish racing tycoon John Magnier is reported to be looking at forcing the winding-up of construction giant Laing O'Rourke after it failed to pay him £3.1m awarded to him in a court ruling... more
Arsenal must keep faith in Arsene Wenger, Bjorn Borg praise for Andy Murray should set alarm bells ringing, Bernie Ecclestone is a raging imbecile and Joe Calzaghe should beat Roy Jones Jnr, says Matthew Norman... more
Pass the tissues. In his new book, Business Stripped Bare, Sir Richard Branson, tells, sob, how he was foiled in his ambition to buy Northern Rock, sob... more
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