Archive for July 6th, 2012
UK factory gate prices down 0.4%
The prices charged by UK manufacturers fell by 0.4% from May to June this year, compared with a fall of 0.2% between April and May, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported today. This is the largest monthly fall since …
UK sponsor CVC to exit Danish personal care retailer Matas
British private equity firm CVC has engaged Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and Nordea Bank AB (STO:NDA-SEK) to assist it with the sale of its Danish personal care retail chain
New car sales in UK market increase by 3.5% in June
New car sales in the UK continued to rise last month, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reported. The organisation announced on Thursday that new car
Associated British Foods acquires Premier Food’s ethnic flour business
UK-based food, ingredients and retail group Associated British Foods plc (LON:ABF) on Friday said it was buying the Elephant Atta ethnic flour business of Premier Foods Plc (LON:PFD)
UK insurance firm Aviva sells more Delta Lloyd shares due to strong demand
British insurer Aviva Plc (LON:AV), a 41.3%-owner of Delta Lloyd NV (AMS:DL), will sell 37m shares of the Dutch insurance firm, more than initially planned, due to favourable
Private equity firm KKR agrees to acquire German coffee machines maker WMF
US private equity major Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (NYSE:KKR) unveiled on Friday plans to buy German coffee machines and kitchen- and tableware maker WMF Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik
US newspapers increasingly outsource journalism to the Philippines
Newspapers across the United States of America are outsourcing the production of local news to low-paid researchers and writers in the Philippines, radio progamme This American Life has
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