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...But BMI Healthcare, Britain’s largest private hospital provider, was sold to its smaller rival Circle for an undisclosed amount at the end of last year....
...The company last week introduced a location-specific pollen counter to help allergy sufferers, and in 2016 launched a BMI calculator....
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...Operators including BMI Healthcare, HCA and Spire Healthcare had challenged the CMA’s original findings....
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...evidenced by the outpouring of comments to the Department of Justice, Pandora stands alongside many other diverse entities in stressing the continued need for the protections afforded by the Ascap and BMI...
...Private hospital operators – which include BMI, Spire and HCA – have attacked the practice, which they say is used by a number of insurers and reduces the volume of cases they receive, eroding their ability...
...In January the regulator reduced this to nine, seven by BMI, and two by HCA....
...Virgin Atlantic would not break down how much traffic the domestic service, dubbed Little Red, was providing but Mr Kreeger said it was a significant improvement on the deal with BMI....
...The PCs and printers, which will be called HP Inc., will focus on more organic investment....
...Regulators are concerned that five companies – BMI, Spire, Ramsay, HCA and Nuffield – control the majority of Britain’s private hospitals....
...The move was necessitated by BA’s merger last year with BMI British Midland, because the latter airline’s short-haul jets had previously been an important source of transfer passengers at Heathrow for Virgin...
...Success was built on its quirky brand and friendly customer service....
...But BMI was running up losses, and facing possible closure, whereas Aer Lingus is a profitable airline that rejected Ryanair’s bid....
...Virgin hopes the new routes will provide some of the feeder traffic to its long-haul network lost when BMI became part of Virgin’s arch-rival....
...It was trumped in a bid to buy BMI British Midland this year by International Airlines Group, which owns BA and Iberia....
...A deal may be more likely now because Virgin’s challenges increased when regulators this year allowed BA to combine with BMI British Midland, to strengthen the UK flag carrier’s grip at Heathrow....
...BMI was the second-largest holder of take-off and landing slots at capacity-constrained Heathrow after BA. Virgin seeks to compete against rivals through its quirky customer service and innovation....
...Other private providers in the UK include Spire Healthcare, Ramsay Healthcare, BMI Healthcare and Nuffield Health....
...Atlantic airline has consistently punched above its weight since it was founded in 1984, emerging as a formidable competitor to British Airways, as consumers took to Virgin’s quirky brand and customer service...
.... – Lufthansa is considering shutting down its BMI British Midland subsidiary if the sale of the loss-making carrier is held up by Brussels....
...However, UBS analysts noted that Japan’s Krosaki Harima had bought Tata Refractories, Cookson’s main rival for supplying Indian steelmakers....
...It cited rising costs and technical risks as it starts mining refractory gold ore, which requires a complex extraction method....
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