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 UNITED KINGDOM FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Mar/Apr 2002
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Carrefour denies Safeway interest. Europe's top retailer
Carrefour has denied it has any interest in bidding for Safeway, the
country's fourth-largest supermarket chain. .... 30 Apr, 2002
M&S sets out stall for big girls. Marks & Spencer plans
to take on Arcadia's Evans chain in the battle for big women. The
retail giant is launching a dedicated clothing range for outsize ladies,
starting at size 20 and going up to size 28. .... [more]
29 Apr, 2002
Burger King set to return to US ownership. Burger
King, the world second ranking hamburger restaurant chain, is set
to return to US ownership. .... [more]
26 Apr, 2002
Burger King auction is a rare opportunity. Diageo's
sale of the fast food chain is the year's highlight for private equity
bidders, say Peter Thal Larsen and Neil Buckley. .... 26 Apr, 2002
Structuring your business. Whether buying a franchise
or running a limited company, you need to decide on a business structure
for legal and accounting purposes. Peter Davy gives some pointers.
.... [more]
25 Apr, 2002
Deep panned pizza. David Page, chief executive
of PizzaExpress, yesterday expressed surprise at the market's reaction
to a bearish "sell" note from Numis. .... [more]
20 Apr, 2002
Diageo seeking more than dlrs 2 billion for Burger King
unit. Britain's Diageo PLC is seeking bids of more than dlrs
2 billion for Burger King Corp. by the end of next week, sources familiar
with the matter said Friday. .... 19 Apr, 2002
Top Shop owner's profits soar. Arcadia, the retail
group which owns familiar High Street names such as Top Shop and Burton,
has reported a big increase in profits and sales. .... [more]
18 Apr, 2002
Brown smiles on small firms. Small firms have
once again been the main target of tax breaks announced by Chancellor
Gordon Brown in his Budget. .... [more]
17 Apr, 2002
Debenhams reports jump in profits. Department
store chain Debenhams today reported a 14% jump in profits as it kept
up with its retail rivals. .... [more]
16 Apr, 2002
Car dealers expect windfall. Bank of Scotland
is understood to be the bidder ready to pay £100m or more for Dixon
Motors, the network of car and motorbike dealerships founded by a
father and son team from Doncaster. .... [more]
16 Apr, 2002
RELATED - UK shoppers hit six-year record. The
UK's retail sales recorded their strongest growth in six years during
March, according to the latest figures. .... [more]
15 Apr, 2002
M&S reports strong sales. The UK's leading clothes
retailing chain, Marks & Spencer, has reported a stronger than expected
rise in sales and predicted strong performance in the months ahead.
.... [more]
10 Apr, 2002
M&S set to reveal recovery. High street giant Marks
& Spencer is set to reveal further evidence of its recovery under
Belgian boss Luc Vandevelde this week. .... [more]
7 Apr, 2002
Caffe Nero buys rival coffee chain. The Aroma coffee
house name is to disappear from UK High Streets, after Caffe Nero
agreed to buy the chain from food giant McDonalds. .... [more]
2 Apr, 2002
McDonalds enters animal cruelty debate. Shareholders
in fast-food giant McDonalds are to be given the chance to vote on
whether the chain should introduce animal welfare standards worldwide.
.... [more]
2 Apr, 2002
Relaunch delays at Claims Direct will push loss to £22m. Claims
Direct, the troubled no-win, no-fee personal injury specialist, yesterday
warned losses would widen this year despite reassuring investors last
year the worst was over in the company's turbulent history. .... [more]
29 Mar, 2002
Abbey National moves into Homebase stores. Abbey National
is to take banking direct to the hoards who spent their weekends doing
DIY by opening branches inside Homebase outlets. .... [more]
25 Mar, 2002
M&S completes per una roll-out. Marks & Spencer is
completing the roll-out of its per una clothing range - opening in
stores ranging from Wakefield in Yorkshire to East Kilbride in Scotland.
.... [more]
25 Mar, 2002
Cross-channel underwear war. The French fashion house
Yves Saint Laurent has objected to the latest lingerie plans of the
UK retail giant Marks & Spencer. .... [more]
19 Mar, 2002
Diageo gets offers for Burger King. Diageo said it
has received 'some approaches' for its Burger King fast food chain
but declined to confirm if Bain Capital Inc, Blackstone Group and
Texas Pacific Group were on the list. .... [more]
19 Mar, 2002
Stalker gives up hunt for Arcadia. Baugur, the Icelandic
firm that has spent months stalking retailer Arcadia, is throwing
in the towel. .... [more]
18 Mar, 2002
M&S aiming to get it Perfect. High Street stores group Marks
& Spencer is spending up to £2m on a new advertising campaign for
its 'Perfect' clothing range. .... [more]
11 Mar, 2002
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