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145 jobs saved as Black Sheep Brewery is bought in rescue deal
Deals
Great British Drinks Company has acquired the Yorkshire brewing giant and will invest £2m in the business
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Young's to quit AIM for London main market with FTSE 250 ambitions
Retail & Consumer
Wandsworth-based Young's, which operates nearly 300 pubs across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, said it would apply to join the main market of the London Stock Exchange as it targets eventual FTSE 250 eligibility
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Coffee, sugar and butter prices drive food inflation up
Food and Drink
Food inflation reached 4.5% in December, with sugar and confectionery prices up 10.2%, behind the surprise rise in º£½ÇÊÓƵ inflation to 3.4%
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Wetherspoon profits hit as pub giant warns of soaring bills
Food and Drink
Shares in the FTSE 250 firm slumped in morning trading after it warned on profits, blaming higher energy, wage and business rates costs
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Prima Cheese to create jobs as boss talks of ambition to inspire other North East firms to go global
Food and Drink
Nagma Ebanks-Beni, co-CEO of the international exporter, said growth will come across Prima's London and County Durham operations
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Food giant Greencore completes £1.2bn Bakkavor takeover
Deals
The firms had to address concerns from the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s competition regulator and have now received approval
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Pub groups Mitchells & Butlers and Fuller's cheer 'exceptionally strong' Christmas
Food and Drink
Both pub groups shrug off cost-of-living concerns
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Coca-Cola 'scraps Costa Coffee sale' after bids fall below target
Costa Coffee
Offers from private equity firms including Asda owner TDR Capital for coffee chain fell short of expectations
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M&S confirms opening date of flagship Bath store
Marks & Spencer
The branch will include food, fashion and home and beauty, and will have a 140-seater coffee shop with views across the city
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Popular sandwich shop hints at 1,000-sarnie giveaway for launch of first grab-and-go branch
Food and Drink
Fast-growing chain Sandwich Sandwich is preparing to open its fourth store in London in two years
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City centre restaurant planning saga could be ending as steak chain plans launched
Food and Drink
Group has lodged plans for site that was proposed for Thai restaurant group
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Air fryer boom helps SharkNinja's European sales rocket past £1.2bn
Food and Drink
SharkNinja Europe, the º£½ÇÊÓƵ-based subsidiary of the US consumer appliance maker, posted turnover of £1.2bn in 2024
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Majestic Wine slams Rachel Reeves' tax policies as profits nearly halve to £7.7m
Food and Drink
Watford-based wine retailer says Chancellor's Budget and tax policies among factors behind profit falling from £14.3m to £7.7m in latest financial year
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Waitrose to create 550 jobs in Bristol as it eyes expansion
Employment
Waitrose is planning to hire around 550 staff to work at its new warehouse in Bristol as the upmarket grocer eyes expansion in the region.
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Prima Cheese investments pay off as turnover and profits grow
Company Results
The family run business described a year of "change and innovation"
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One pub shut permanently in England and Wales every day in 2025
Food and Drink
The largest declines were seen in the East Midlands, North West and Yorkshire & the Humber
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Farmers facing 'uncertainty' in 2026 but inheritance tax change brings 'huge sense of relief', says NFU boss
Food and Drink
Tom Bradshaw said the agricultural sector had experienced one of its "toughest years on record"
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Six South West companies to watch in 2026
South West
From technology, to mining to food, here's our pick of the businesses to look out for over the next 12 months
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Inside the 100-year-old Cotswold flour mill that featured on Clarkson's Farm
Food and Drink
Bertie Matthews, an eighth-generation owner, talks to BusinessLive about bringing his family business back from the brink and his hopes for regenerative farming in Britain
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Competition regulator launches probe into ABF's Hovis acquisition
Food and Drink
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a phase one investigation
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The 100 biggest companies in Cornwall ranked
South West
The county's largest private firms by turnover have been revealed in a new report compiled by Grant Thorton
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Blackpool restaurant again told it must pull down extension after latest refusal
Retail & Consumer
Eatery had seen support from an online petition
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Top Cheltenham restaurant headed by Michelin-star chef employs robot waiter
Food and Drink
The Nook on Five is overseen by British chef and television personality John Burton-Race
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Pubs warn of widespread closures and job cuts over Budget tax increases
Food and Drink
Pub chiefs held an emergency meeting and called on the Government to introduce 30% business rates relief
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