Japanese beer maker Asahi Group said it will take on EUR7.4bn in bank loans to finance its purchase of SABMiller's former Central & Eastern European beer assets. Asahi said its board agreed to the loan, from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui and ...
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Asahi Group has agreed to acquire a group of Eastern European beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) for €7.3bn. As per the deal, the Japanese beverage giant will purchase the beer brands and their operations in Czech ...
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A new research has revealed that the number of UK breweries has increased by 8% to nearly 1,700 over the past year due to the continuous surge in popularity of craft beers. The research from UHY Hacker Young has found that the number of ...
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According to the latest research conducted by business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton UK, after a strong first quarter deal activity in the food and beverage sector has declined this quarter, due to market uncertainty in the ...
Can-Pack Group, the manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans, has launched its new Dh200m ($54.4m) manufacturing plant at Dubai Investments Park, Dubai. The 150,000ft2 facility, the group's second manufacturing plant in the area, is ...
Marks and Spencer Group plc (M&S), one of the leading British multinational retailers, has appointed Helen Weir CBE to its Board as its Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Helen is currently the CFO at the John Lewis Partnership. She joined John ...
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Brewing major SAB Miller has posted group revenues of $17.56bn in its first half (H1) ended September 2013, compared to $17.47bn in the corresponding period last year. These revenues were driven by lager volume growth of 1% on an ...
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Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems ...
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