Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on December 15, 2014 Just when you thought they couldn’t get more widespread or expensive, the medical device mergers-and-acquisitions of 2014 continue to astound. Allergan ...
Tags: DNA sequencing market, lab products, Health
Carpetright plc has announced its interim results for the 26-week trading period ending 25th October 2014. In the UK, the group saw like-for-like revenues increase by 6.5%. The retailer's estate of stores was reduced by a net of nine ...
Tags: trading period, Furniture
Gerald White, CEO Berforts Group, plans to carry on the good work that has gone before in his new role as BPIF President. Tony Garnish, Chief Executive, ASG Europe, and previous President recently stepped down. He commented that, ...
Tags: printing sector, Office Supplies
The BPIF are delighted to announce Charles Jarrold as their new CEO effective from January 5th 2015. Charles has been involved in the print and media sector since the early 1990s. Qualifying as an accountant with Ernst and Young, he ...
Tags: print, media sector, Office Supplies
Danish brewer Carlsberg has partnered with British beverage can maker Rexam to launch limited edition Christmas cans of Tuborg Pilsner beer. Through the partnership, Carlsberg's Tuborg Pilsner beer will be available in Rexam's 1 litre ...
Tags: Beer, Christmas cans, Agriculture
Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on December 11, 2014 2014 has turned out to be a pretty decent year for the world’s 40 largest medical device companies: Only six of them have seen their stock prices decline, and ...
Tags: Medical Device, Health
Sports Direct International Plc reported group revenue rose 6.5 percent to .43 billion in the 26 weeks ended Oct. 26. The UK-based retailer, which has been acquiring retailers across Europe, reported revenues at its Sports Retail division ...
Tags: Premium Lifestyle, Sporting Goods
Avantha Group Company CG (Crompton Greaves) will be opening a new facility at Grenoble in France to produce, test and calibrate over 2 million ZIV smart meters per year. CG has chosen Grenoble to open this new facility, so as to cover the ...
Tags: G3-PLC technology, Electrical
American-style cheese manufacturer Glanbia Foods is set to invest $82m in a bid to expand its manufacturing and production plants in Gooding and Twin Falls, Idaho, US. With this investment in manufacturing processes, Glanbia aims to ...
Creative Steps magazine has revealed the winners and highly commended entries across all 21 categories, including Toys and Games and Role Play. The results of the 2014 Creative Awards are in. After months of testing, Creative Steps ...
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) London Branch officially declared its opening for business on Monday night, marking the first branch of a Chinese bank from the Chinese mainland approved to be established in Britain since the ...
Tags: ICBC, London Branch
Southeast Asian online retailer, Lazada has raised €200 million in a new funding round led by Singapore investment company Temasek . In a statement, Lazada said Temasek joined existing investors including Verlinvest, Kinnevik and ...
Tags: Online Retailer, Apparel
Global beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company has made a deal with South African multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller to acquire its Appletiser drinks brands on a worldwide basis, and acquire or be licensed rights to a further ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Sabmiller, Agriculture
Three down, two to go when it comes to major regulatory hurdles that Medtronic and Covidien need to clear for their proposed $43 billion merger. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the European Union and Canada’s Competition Bureau ...
UK based, Coats plc, a leading industrial thread producer and marketer, has launched a new fibreglass coated yarn, Glasmo SM VO, designed for use in telecommunication cables. “Its unique adhesion properties and inherent strength ...