NEWSPAPER group Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) saw its first-half performance hit by the cost of disposals, restructuring and redundancies – but yesterday claimed annual earnings were still set to grow.
]]>PRIVATE equity firm CVC Capital Partners has sold a 21 per cent stake in Formula 1 to a group of investors for $1.6 billion (£1bn) in cash as the motor racing series gears up for a flotation next month.
]]>Holiday firm Thomas Cook sold its Indian subsidiary to a Canadian investment house yesterday, raising £94 million to help pay off its debts.
]]>MORE than 300 bed and breakfast owners have signed up to use a website aimed at giving small businesses greater access to Scotland’s £4.2 billion tourism industry by slicing through bureaucracy.
]]>SCOTLAND’S second-largest whisky distiller and one of the biggest rum brands in the Caribbean have teamed up to sponsor a Celtic food and music festival in Barbados, which has attracted a string of performers in recent years, including former Fairground Attraction singer Eddi Reader.
]]>Edinburgh’s new council leaders have been urged to axe plans for a “bed tax” as hotel revenues in the capital slump.
]]>The largest health club group in the world - Fitness First - is close to securing its future after it unveiled a debt deal with its lenders.
]]>Scottish hotels saw occupancy and revenues fall in March, underperforming the rest of the UK and highlighting the “fragility” of the sector.
]]>HELEN Campbell, who led the team behind VisitScotland’s latest tourism campaign, was last night named marketing star of the year.
]]>MEDIA group Johnston Press disclosed yesterday that digital revenues jumped by almost 14 per cent in the 18 weeks to 7 May compared with the same period in 2011 – but total advertising revenues fell 9.1 per cent.
]]>DISNEY’S Avengers superhero movie and a wet bank holiday weekend have proved to be the perfect combination for Britain’s only listed cinema operator.
]]>The UK’s biggest pub landlord said it has completed plans to dispose of a large chunk of its estate after raising £264 million from the sale of more than 1,000 venues over two years.
]]>SHARES in beleaguered travel company Thomas Cook slumped dramatically yesterday after it warned shareholders that failure to back its disposal plans would risk its collapse.
]]>MORE than a third of shareholders in events and media group UBM have voted against its executive pay plans, adding it to a growing list of companies to have suffered investor backlashes.
]]>A Canadian pension fund was today given a further extension to the deadline for it to either make a takeover offer for East Kilbride-based five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer Centres or leave the field of play.
]]>Mecca Bingo owner Rank is set to become the UK’s biggest casino operator after staking £205 million on a deal with rival Gala Coral.
]]>Thomas Cook warned its shareholders this weekend that their failure to back two disposals could lead to the firm going into administration.
]]>DESIGN firms in Scotland are being undercut by a website that allows users to outsource work to Eastern Europe and India at a fraction of the price, sparking fears that buyers will increasingly seek inferior designs at the expense of small British firms and sole traders.
]]>MARK Hollinshead, the managing director of Trinity Mirror’s national newspaper division, has signalled an interest in taking over from outgoing chief executive Sly Bailey, sources have claimed.
]]>AN OPPORTUNISTIC bid is in the offing for Goals Soccer Centres as the latest deadline looms for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to make an offer for the five-a-side football pitch operator.
]]>NEWSPAPER group Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) saw its first-half performance hit by the cost of disposals, restructuring and redundancies – but yesterday claimed annual earnings were still set to grow.
]]>PRIVATE equity firm CVC Capital Partners has sold a 21 per cent stake in Formula 1 to a group of investors for $1.6 billion (£1bn) in cash as the motor racing series gears up for a flotation next month.
]]>Holiday firm Thomas Cook sold its Indian subsidiary to a Canadian investment house yesterday, raising £94 million to help pay off its debts.
]]>MORE than 300 bed and breakfast owners have signed up to use a website aimed at giving small businesses greater access to Scotland’s £4.2 billion tourism industry by slicing through bureaucracy.
]]>SCOTLAND’S second-largest whisky distiller and one of the biggest rum brands in the Caribbean have teamed up to sponsor a Celtic food and music festival in Barbados, which has attracted a string of performers in recent years, including former Fairground Attraction singer Eddi Reader.
]]>Edinburgh’s new council leaders have been urged to axe plans for a “bed tax” as hotel revenues in the capital slump.
]]>The largest health club group in the world - Fitness First - is close to securing its future after it unveiled a debt deal with its lenders.
]]>Scottish hotels saw occupancy and revenues fall in March, underperforming the rest of the UK and highlighting the “fragility” of the sector.
]]>HELEN Campbell, who led the team behind VisitScotland’s latest tourism campaign, was last night named marketing star of the year.
]]>MEDIA group Johnston Press disclosed yesterday that digital revenues jumped by almost 14 per cent in the 18 weeks to 7 May compared with the same period in 2011 – but total advertising revenues fell 9.1 per cent.
]]>DISNEY’S Avengers superhero movie and a wet bank holiday weekend have proved to be the perfect combination for Britain’s only listed cinema operator.
]]>The UK’s biggest pub landlord said it has completed plans to dispose of a large chunk of its estate after raising £264 million from the sale of more than 1,000 venues over two years.
]]>SHARES in beleaguered travel company Thomas Cook slumped dramatically yesterday after it warned shareholders that failure to back its disposal plans would risk its collapse.
]]>MORE than a third of shareholders in events and media group UBM have voted against its executive pay plans, adding it to a growing list of companies to have suffered investor backlashes.
]]>A Canadian pension fund was today given a further extension to the deadline for it to either make a takeover offer for East Kilbride-based five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer Centres or leave the field of play.
]]>Mecca Bingo owner Rank is set to become the UK’s biggest casino operator after staking £205 million on a deal with rival Gala Coral.
]]>Thomas Cook warned its shareholders this weekend that their failure to back two disposals could lead to the firm going into administration.
]]>DESIGN firms in Scotland are being undercut by a website that allows users to outsource work to Eastern Europe and India at a fraction of the price, sparking fears that buyers will increasingly seek inferior designs at the expense of small British firms and sole traders.
]]>MARK Hollinshead, the managing director of Trinity Mirror’s national newspaper division, has signalled an interest in taking over from outgoing chief executive Sly Bailey, sources have claimed.
]]>AN OPPORTUNISTIC bid is in the offing for Goals Soccer Centres as the latest deadline looms for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to make an offer for the five-a-side football pitch operator.
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