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Carlsberg To Buy Britvic For £3.3bn And Take Over Marston’s Joint Venture

Carlsberg has agreed to buy British soft drinks maker Britvic in a deal worth £3.3 billion in a bid to create a UK beverage company.

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the ‘stabilisation’ of the trade relationship between Ireland and the UK.

More than 20,000 Tesco employees will share a windfall profit of more than £30 million from maturing stock schemes, the retailer has said.

UK supermarket group Asda said on Friday it returned to a pretax profit in 2023 even though it lost market share to rivals in that period.

Total till sales in UK supermarkets slowed (+1.1%) in the last four weeks ending 15 June 2024 on wet weather, according to NIQ.

Doordash flagged an interest in a takeover of the UK’s Deliveroo last month, two people familiar with the matter have told Reuters.

British consumer sentiment rose to a two-and-a-half year high this month, as personal finance worries gave way to an improved economy.

British soft drinks maker Britvic has rejected a takeover proposal worth £3.11 billion from Carlsberg group, the companies said on Friday.

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