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- Outlook: Interbrew/Bass
- SUCCESS IN business has always been as much about monopoly and market power as innovation and competitiveness, so no one can blame Hugo Powell, chief executive of Interbrew, for attempting to establish such a position in the UK beer market by acquiring first Whitbread's brewing interests, then those of Bass....
- Research articles 2001-01-04
- Roll out the Baron!
- It sounds like the perfect pub quiz question; who is Britain's biggest brewer? But few people would stake a pint on being able to name Baron Paul de Keersmaeker, the 71-year-old chairman of Belgium's Interbrew, the privately-held company which over the past month has catapulted itself to the top of...
- Research articles 2000-06-28
- Bass may bid for Whitbread as beer sell-off comes to a head
- BRITAIN'S PUB and brewing sectors are on the threshold of an historic realignment this week. Bass is poised to finalise a pounds 2.2bn cash sale of its brewing operations to Interbrew of Belgium, a move which would pave the way for the UK company to launch a pounds 4bn bid...
- Research articles 2000-06-12
- Bidding war brews for Bass as Heineken declares interest
- HEINEKEN, EUROPE'S biggest brewer, threw its hat into the ring for Bass's brewing interests yesterday, sparking hopes of a bidding war. Karel Vuursteen, Heineken's chairman, said: "Bass would fit perfectly well in Heineken's strategy.... We are studying what role we could play and what value we could...
- Research articles 2000-03-03
- Quench buy-out put in storage
- THE OWNERS of First Quench have put on ice a plan for a management buy-out of the off-licence chain which combines Thresher and Victoria Wine. Whitbread and Punch Taverns, each with 50 per cent of First Quench, have decided to delay the sale until the end of...
- Research articles 2000-02-20
- British Official Orders Changes to Pub Group's Acquisition.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 27 -- Two months after the UKpound 2.75 billion price was handed over, Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers has ordered changes to the sale of Allied Domecq's pub estates to Punch Taverns. The original deal...
- Research articles 1999-11-26
- Bass backs Punch in pubs battle
- PUNCH TAVERNS, the pub company led by Hugh Osmond, will today announce it has secured the backing of the leisure giant Bass in its battle to beat Whitbread's pounds 2.45bn offer for 3,500 Allied Domecq pubs. The pub company will confirm that Bass has agreed to spend pounds...
- Research articles 1999-06-21
- Leisure giants desperate for a slice of the eating-out market
- The acquisition of Tom Cobleigh's "unspoilt pubs for nice people" by Rank last week, hot on the heels of Whitbread snapping up the Pelican chain of French-style brasseries in August, confirms the increasing desperation of the big leisure companies to muscle in on the fast growing eating-out market. ...
- Research articles 1996-09-30
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- European beer MARKET CONSOUDATFS.(Interbrew buys Whitbread plc's brewing unit)(Brief Article)
- Planning to focus on hotel and leisure operations, two of the United Kingdom's biggest brewers shot European beer industry consolidation into high gear. Interbrew bought Whitbread plc's brewing unit for $590.9 million, and Bass plc's brewing operations are up for grabs in an auction being lead...
- Research articles 2000-06-01
- Allied Domecq To Sell Pubs to Punch Chosen over Whitbread's Bid
- Allied Domecq Plc agreed to sell its pubs for $4.35 billion to Punch Taverns Ltd., which emerged as the winner after a heated bidding war against rival Whitbread Plc. Allied agreed to improvements on the terms originally offered by Punch after four days of negotiations. The deal makes Punch Britain's...
- Research articles 1999-07-26
- Bass PLC to buy Carlsberg-Tetley
- The deal is subject to the approval of British regulators, but as it stands, Bass would hold 35% of the U.K. market, ahead of Scottish-Newcastle with 31% and Whitbread with 14%.Carlsberg-Tetley will hand over its 50% stake and a cash sum to the combined business, it return for a 20%...
- Research articles 1996-09-02
- OFT publishes analysis of Interbrew acquisitions.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 September 2000-UK Government: OFT publishes analysis of Interbrew acquisitions C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21092000 Summaries of the OFT's analysis of competition issues raised by the Interbrew acquisitions of the brewing interests of Bass Holdings Ltd and Whitbread plc...
- Research articles 2000-09-21
- Bass set to sell brewing ops to Interbrew
- The Bass PLC group is poised to sell its brewing operations to Belgium's Interbrew, industry sources have confirmed. The privately-held Belgian brewing giant is prepared to pay a top-end price for the Bass brewing business, said to be in the $3.3-$3.4 billion range. Interbrew appears to have beat out competition...
- Research articles 2000-06-19
- Punch Taverns
- Britain's Punch Taverns launched its $4.26 billion cash bid for Allied Domecq Plc's UK retail business, linking up with Bass Plc which will have a pick of Allied's top pubs if Punch wins. Privately-owned Punch is appealing to Allied's shareholders to accept its bid, which Allied's board has rejected in...
- Research articles 1999-06-28
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