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• The Lowdown: Why fool around with steak when you have hamburgers at

  - 2003-11-30

  Running a chain of motorway hotels and roadside cafes can't be most people's dream job. Motels hardly have the prestige of famous, superstar- attracting hotels and caffs will never get in any restaurant guide. But some people aren't fussed about fussy five- star luxury, and among their number is Grant...

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• Dark tales for sale.(motion picture industry becoming interested in Philip Pullman's trilogy, 'His Dark Materials')(Brief Article)

  - 2002-02-04

  Any studio seeking the next "Lord of the Rings" should perhaps look no further than "His Dark Materials," an extraordinary trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman. The thinking child's fantasy book writer, the 55-year-old Pullman made Brit-lit history last week when...

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• Granada sells off textile rentals business for pounds 136m

  - 1996-09-06

  Granada yesterday took to pounds 350m the amount it has raised from disposals since its pounds 3.9bn purchase of Forte earlier this year, announcing the sale of its textile rentals business, Spring Grove, to the Davis Services Group for pounds 136.5m. Taking together the sale of Forte's White...

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• Granada reveals timetable for disposals

  - 1996-06-13

  Granada has given itself 15 months to sell pounds 1.5bn worth of unwanted assets inherited from its pounds 3.9bn takeover of Forte, Gerry Robinson, Granada's chairman, said yesterday. The disposal programme, which includes pounds 1bn worth of Exclusive hotels, a stake in the Savoy Group, and about pounds...

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• Cash calls and CBI gloom provide pause for thought

  - 1996-01-24

  Time to take stock of events of an economic nature was the order of the day in London where dealers paid far more attention to the subdued CBI industrial trends survey than the record-breaking overnight performance on Wall Street. Shares prices were marked lower from the moment the...

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• MAM swings the battle to Granada

  - 1996-01-24

  JOHN SHEPHERD and MATHEW HORSMAN With its victory confirmed, Granada now faces the hard part: making its pounds 3.8bn takeover work. Analysts agree that it will not be easy to prune pounds 2bn worth of assets in the space of a few months, as Granada has...

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• Takeover Panel rebukes Forte on claim of support

  - 1996-01-22

  RUSSELL HOTTEN The Takeover Panel last night rebuked Forte in a final twist to the bitter two-month takeover battle with Granada. It followed comments by Richard Power, Forte's communications head and recent appointment to the main board, that the company had the support of up to 35 per...

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• Billion-pound feud over feeding the nation's millions

  - 1995-12-29

  MATHEW HORSMAN There has rarely been a take-over battle so bitter and personal. The implications of the high-stakes bid by Granada for Forte go far beyond the City's Square Mile, potentially affecting the lives of the millions of Britons who pull into motorway services, stay at budget hotels...

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• Billions at stake as Forte steps up takeover war

  - 1995-12-28

  The embattled hotels and restaurant group Forte yesterday pitched the City's highest profile takeover battle into frenzied confusion, unveiling a pounds 1bn agreed sale of its Happy Eater and Little Chef restaurant chains to brewing and catering giant Whitbread. The move, part of an increasingly desperate defence against...

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• Tetley takeover rumours intensify

  - 1995-12-28

  Whitbread yesterday ruled out a rights issue to help finance its pounds 1.05bn offer for Forte's restaurant business. But speculation was growing that the brewing and food retailing giant was poised to launch a separate bid soon for Carlsberg Tetley, in a deal that could lead to a cash call...

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