John Dunsmore, the booze executive parachuted in to cider maker C&C three years ago on a potential £6 million share deal has suddenly quit the company... more
Australian brewer Foster's Group sought to put pressure on SABMiller to up its $10 billion hostile takeover offer, unveiling a $521 million capital return even as profits slid... more
London-listed SABMiller sparks a possible bid frenzy in the beer industry as its £6 billion takeover bid for Australia's Foster's Group is rejected... more
They are coming in their millions and all need places to work, sleep and meet. So the hordes flocking to the capital for next summer's Olympic Games offer anyone with a London property the opportunity to make money... more
Having run out of interesting things to say about the Budget - not difficult - the Treasury has resorted to tweeting the fact that it is running a survey to "help us improve our website and other digital channels"... more
Junior ISA — oh, do me a favour. Have you ever seen such tinkering? Shouldn’t Treasury minister Mark Hoban be spending his time working on more serious matters like the Bank Levy rather than tweaking a middle-class tax break which isn’t really a tax break at all... more
An alcoholic who breached his Asbo by opening a can of lager in the street was hauled before an Old Bailey judge at a cost of thousands of pounds to the taxpayer... more
Steve Hayes is confident he can turn the finances around ahead of Wasps and Wycombe moving to a new 20,000-capacity stadium on a 100-acre site in High Wycombe in 2014... more
After a disappointing start to the Guinness Premiership it is perhaps the perfect time to welcome back with open arms the Heineken Cup, the sport's equivalent of the Champions League... more
It took me some time to settle down after being told I would be making my first appearance in a Lions Test after 12 years of wondering if it was ever going to happen... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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