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...M&B’s share price was down 5.1 per cent to just above 128p in early morning trading in London....
...M&B, which operates 1,482 pubs nationwide, reported a 0.9 per cent increase in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to July 16. Drink sales were down 1.3 per cent over the period....
...Mitchells & Butlers, the UK’s largest listed pub group, said on Thursday that cost pressures presented a “major challenge” to the business and the wider hospitality sector....
...Mitchells & Butlers, the UK’s largest listed pub group, fell to a £200m loss in the six months to April 10, as closures and restricted trading weighed on sales....
...Phil Urban, chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers, which operates 1,700 pubs across the UK, said that despite “two good days” on the back of the “euphoria” of restrictions being eased on May 17, he was...
...“Clearly all of this will put M&B on a very sound financial footing, although, in our view, it is to the detriment of minority shareholders.”...
...BUY: Asos (ASC) Asos has plenty of cash to invest, even after its landmark acquisition of Topshop this year, writes Oliver Telling....
...For when we are allowed to see a friend again “The Pleasures of Friendship” by Stevie Smith On healing humour “Celia Celia” by Adrian Mitchell To share with a child “The Land of Counterpane” by Robert...
...Meanwhile, Peel Hunt’s gone to “buy” from “add” on pub operator Mitchells & Butlers with a 300p target....
.../ From Jim Russell Universities pay dividends only metaphorically / From Lee B Boyar...
...If anyone can pull off this celebration of exotica, it’s Oliver Knussen, conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus....
...(iii) Brexit (see below)."...
...Oliver Knussen composed in 1995 for the 300th anniversary of his death....
...New rules including Basel III, the Dodd-Frank law in the US, and the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (Emir) all mandate the use of central clearing....
...Norwegian by Night , by Derek B Miller, Faber, RRP£12.99 Bostonian writer Derek B Miller’s discursive but richly written Norwegian by Night‘s Jewish-American anti-hero is the 82-year-old Sheldon, fearing...
...Yes, it might, possibly by accident (assisted by the French) (b) should people worry about the consequences? I’m not sure....
...A particularly elaborate Cuccagna monument was built to celebrate the birth of King Charles III’s first son in 1747....
...Mr Lodge is more supportive of this proposal, arguing that Ucits funds “can be much racier than they were”, thanks to the investment freedoms embodied in the Ucits III directive....
...xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… FROM: Martin.Lukes@IF.co.uk on 20/07/2010 TO: Oliver.Warner@IF.co.uk SUBJECT: An explanation Hi Oliver – I fear you may be inclined to jump...
...But then move to cuts in payroll taxes as in the US, especially for the young Oliver Marc Hartwich, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney In truth, Osborne’s plans could only ever pass as the necessary...
...Oliver Marc Hartwich, The Centre for Independent Studies: Deficit reduction has barely started. It is beyond me how anyone could claim it was going too far or too fast....
...Oliver Marc Hartwich, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney The greatest risks: a) An uncoordinated collapse of the euro with unpredictable consequences for trade within the EU....
...(iii) The government must rethink its NHS policies and stop the slide in financial chaos that will ensue from radical decentralisation to GPs....
...Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich, The Centre for Independent Studies The biggest risk to the UK economy is the state of its public finances....
...Hopefully, things will be better in 2011 when the real fiscal squeeze starts (though there is no guarantee that this will be case – see risk (iii) above)....
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