£7.8bn offer wins over S&N
The UK's largest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), has accepted a £7.8 billion takeover deal from Carlsberg and Heineken.
The UK's largest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), has accepted a £7.8 billion takeover deal from Carlsberg and Heineken.
Danish brewer Carlsberg has confirmed that it has secured the funding and financing to buy rival UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N).
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has agreed to enter takeover negotiations after Carlsberg and Heineken upped its offer to 800p per share.
Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), Britain's biggest brewer, has again rejected a £7.6 billion takeover bid from Carlsberg and Heineken today.
Loan star Michael Husbands could have made his last appearance in an AFC Telford United shirt after suffering suspected ligament damage. Loan star Michael Husbands could have made his last appearance in an AFC Telford United shirt after suffering suspected ligament damage. Striker Husbands is due to complete his month's loan from Macclesfield with Saturday's trip to the Blue Square North's bottom club Leigh RMI. But the 24-year-old, who has scored in both of his last two outings, is looking a big doubt for that one after sustaining the injury in Tuesday's 4-2 defeat at Nuneaton in the Setanta Shield. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
It brings a fresh meaning to the term "rock garden". Shropshire's Chris Woodward is so passionate about pop music that he is staging a Suzi Quatro concert for thousands of fans . . . in his own back yard.
The Wok 'n' Roll restaurant in Kidderminster is drumming up its own fan club with its take away meal deals for under a fiver, writes Sol Buckner.
All good things must come to an end, and sadly Salop's erm . . . inspiring six-match unbeaten run ground to a halt on Saturday with a 2-1 reverse at Peterborough. Due to complete and utter laziness, I didn't venture to London Road and instead opted to listen to Messrs Dunn and Bloomfield's commentary on Radio Shropshire.
Telford Tigers got their pre-season preparation under way with a weekend of on and off-ice training.