Industry News

Boots fears OFT will delay £7.5bn tie-up with Alliance

The Office of Fair Trading will decide this week whether to trigger a Competition Commission probe into the £7.5 billion merger between Boots and Alliance Unichem

Murdoch offers presses to arch-rival - Telegraph

Frank Kane Sunday February 5, 2006 The Observer

News International, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, has offered to print the daily and Sunday editions of its arch-rival the Telegraph Group, owned...

Whitbread eyes Travelodge - Matthew Goodman

WHITBREAD leisure group, owner of the Premier Travel Inn budget-hotel chain, Costa Coffee and the David Lloyd Leisure fitness clubs, is woa £1 billion bid for rival Travelodge. The leisure giant is believed to have approached the...

Asda’s design for Living- Richard Fletcher

ASDA, Britain’s second-largest supermarket chain, is to roll out its non-food format across the country, following a successful 18-month trial. Andy Bond, chief executive of Wal-Mart-owned Asda, will unveil the plans this week at...

Daily Mail - Coffee Break

Today sees the launch of the four-page Coffee Break, the Daily Mail's new daily pull-out featuring what the mid-market tabloid promises are "more Sudokus, puzzles and quizzes than any other newspapers".