2015年3月25日 星期三

2015-03-26 U.K. Business


Wall Street Journal
   
Kraft-Heinz Deal Shows Brazilian Buyout Firm's Cost-Cutting Recipe   
Wall Street Journal
A key ingredient in 3G Capital Partners LP's recipe for reshaping the U.S. food industry—reflected in its roughly $49 billion deal to acquire Kraft Foods Group Inc.—is an arcane-sounding financial tool that slashes costs by focusing on details as minute as how ...

3G to use its cost-cutting playbook on Kraft after Heinz merger   Daily Mail
Nutritionists warn diners to be wary of Warren Buffett's "junk-food" portfolio   Reuters
How Kraft merger with Heinz was put together in speedy 10 weeks   The Australian Financial Review
Irish Independent   
Sydney Morning Herald   
Minneapolis Star Tribune   
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The Times (subscription)
   
No planning, no testing and nobody in charge as Bank was brought low by glitch   
The Times (subscription)
If you were buying a house, Monday, October 20 last year was not the day to complete the deal. Thousands were left in limbo as the Bank of England's vital payment system, the real-time gross settlement (RTGS), failed. Although brought back online after nine ...

Bank of England criticised over IT systems meltdown that jeopardised billions of ...   This is Money
Bank of England payment system collapsed 'due to design fault'   The Guardian
Bank of England rapped over payments system failure   The Independent
expressandstar.com   
Sky News   
Financial Times   
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Financial Times
   
Is it time for quotas for women?   
Financial Times
Lord (Mervyn) Davies heads the voluntary effort to increase the number of women on UK boards. His latest review on the progress of that project was published on Wednesday. Lord (Mervyn) Davies ©Daniel Jones. At the start of our review in 2010, we were ...

Why women on boards are good for business   CITY A.M.
Yorkshire firms falling behind in boardroom diversity   Yorkshire Post
Women in Executive Director Roles in U.K. Reach Record Numbers   Bloomberg
Forbes   
International Business Times UK   
Holyrood.com   
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WalesOnline
   
UPDATE 1-Bank of England policymakers see scant need for rate cut   
Reuters
... * BoE's Miles says rates more likely to rise than fall - FT. * Miles sees "striking" absence of deflation pressure. * Shafik and Forbes expect low inflation to be temporary. * In contrast, chief economist flagged rate cut risk (Adds detail from Miles interview, wraps ...

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Tearing up the textbooks as Bank of England urges calm ...   This is Money
Bank of England policymakers see scant need for rate cut   Reuters UK
Bank of England plays down prospect of interest rate cut   The Guardian
Wall Street Journal   
ValueWalk   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Insolvency discussed over Ashley's USC two months before staff were given 15 ...   
Herald Scotland
EXECUTIVES had discussions about the possibility of Mike Ashley's clothing firm USC going into administration 61 days before giving warehouse staff just 15 minutes notice of the risk to their jobs. EXECUTIVES had discussions about the possibility of Mike ...

Sports Direct admits some 15000 employed on zero hour contracts   Reuters
MPs round on Sports Direct for being run like 'backstreet outfit'   The Independent
Ashley is just one 'worker' at Sports Direct, MPs told   The Times (subscription)
This is Money   
The Guardian   
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The Times (subscription)
   
Bumper payout for Bellway investors   
The Times (subscription)
Shareholders in the housebuilder Bellway are set to be rewarded after it enjoyed a 53 per cent increase in pre-tax profit to £158.9 million for the six months to January 31. This was on the back of revenue rising 18.7 per cent to £831.2 million. It said that it ...

Newcastle based Bellway builds on growth plans with 52% rise in half-year ...   The Journal
Bellway shares rise as UK housing demand fuels record profits   Financial Times
Help to buy sends housebuilder Bellway's profits soaring   The Guardian
Scotsman   
Inside Housing   
This is Money   
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BT.com
   
Pothole Repairs To Cost '12bn And Take 13 Years'   
Sky News
Industry leaders claim the money spent fixing potholes in England and Wales has been "wasted". 02:31, UK, Thursday 26 March 2015. Potholes warning sign. The floods of 2014 led to extensive road damage. Share on Twitter · Share on Facebook · Share on ...

UK's potholes will take 13 years and cost £12billion to fill   Daily Mail
Britain's potholes will cost £12BILLION to fix and it will take 13 YEARS   mirror.co.uk

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Aberdeen Press and Journal
   
Edinburgh-based Bowleven's cash gives it clout to live with low oil prices   
Herald Scotland
THE chief executive of Bowleven, Kevin Hart, has said the company has been offered a range of acquisition opportunities since completing a $250m (£168m) stake sale in Africa but will focus on its existing assets for now. THE chief executive of Bowleven, ...

Bowleven set to sink its windfall into new wells   Scotsman
Bowleven suffers £50M losses over oil price impairment   Aberdeen Press and Journal

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Daily Mail
   
£6bn boom in new mortgages: Ultra-low rates offered fuel demand   
Daily Mail
The number of mortgages being approved to home buyers is increasing as borrowers take advantage of the ultra-low rates on offer, according to a high street banking report. Some 37,305 mortgages were approved for house purchase in February with a ...

Banks' mortgage approvals plummet in February   Mortgage Strategy
Increase in mortgage approvals   shropshirestar.com
Digital era could fuel deposit runs, banks warn   Treasury Insider
London South East   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Moss Bros boss: 'Brace for return of the double breast'   
Telegraph.co.uk
Fashionistas might recoil in terror at the thought but the double-breasted suit is due to make a comeback, according to men's clothing retailer Moss Bros. Brian Brick, chief executive of the UK's third-largest seller of suits, made the prediction as the company ...

Royal Ascot hire helps lift Moss Bros   Herald Scotland
Moss Bros not wedded to morning suits   Financial Times
Moss Bros invests   Investors Chronicle
Drapers   
InternetRetailing.net   
shropshirestar.com   
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