Retail
19 October 2017
A minimum of 75% of votes are needed in favour of the offer for the deal to be secured so the deal is by no means certain. If the offer is accepted the Co-op has committed to a payment of £20,000 per shareholder, a deferred payment of up to £1,654 per share and up to 1% of reb...
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By:
Steve Rodell
Managing Director - Retail
Childcare & Education
19 October 2017
Clearly the larger providers such as Busy Bees and Bright Horizon have a track record of operating on more of a global level and this was evidenced further over the summer by the Busy Bees acquisition of BrightPath Early Learning Inc, a leading Canadian childcare provider with...
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By:
Rosie Adlem
Associate Director
Childcare & Education
16 October 2017
After the election results, the market began to gear up again and made up for the lull at the beginning of the year evidenced by our instruction to market many new settings across both the East and West Midlands. Our completion rate was also up, having since completed on vario...
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By:
Tim Bloomer
Business Agent - Childcare & Education
Pubs
25 September 2017
Firstly, the industry was just coming to terms with the ramifications of the sale of 3,200 pub business Punch Taverns to Patron Capital in a £1.8bn deal in late August (with 1,900 sites sold on to Heineken for their tenanted Star Pubs & Bars estate), when Admiral Taverns owner...
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By:
Ramzi Qattan
Associate Director
Childcare & Education
25 August 2017
While you may have bought and sold ‘family homes’, selling a business can be a first for many, and a life changing experience at that. Having the right team around you is imperative. Many owners see their childcare business as part of their ‘family’, having grown the business ...
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By:
Sofia Beck
Business Agent - Childcare & Education
Hotels
24 August 2017
This weakened pound has also benefited UK hoteliers on the basis that it has encouraged greater levels of domestic 'staycations' within the UK. Consequently, greater domestic and foreign tourism within London has resulted in positive growth across many hotel KPI metrics, as re...
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By:
Justin Davies
Broker - Hotels
Dental Practices
22 August 2017
While it appeared to be, no other parties had been introduced and there was no way therefore that anybody could say whether or not it was ‘market value’. This is a common occurrence in the dental sector with companies (not surprisingly) targeting practice owners direct and try...
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By:
Simon Hughes
Managing Director - Medical
Restaurants
09 August 2017
Over the past few years, we have seen the pop up restaurant market sprout rapidly – especially in London where rents are higher than the rest of the country so taking out a more temporary space presents a far smaller risk for budding entrepreneurs.
Whether it’s an online ca...
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By:
William Langton
Business Agent - Licensed
Retail
03 August 2017
"As we’ve seen with the Tesco Booker merger this year the market continues to consolidate with the big 4 supermarkets branching further in to the convenience and wholesale sectors. But what does this mean for the rest of the market?
It’s already clear that there will be...
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By:
Steve Rodell
Managing Director - Retail
Care
26 July 2017
Christie & Co welcomes today’s announcement that the government has temporarily suspended enforcement activity and is waiving historical penalties against employers concerning sleep-in shift pay in the social care sector.
The social care sector is currently facing a myri...
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By:
Michael Hodges
Head of Consultancy - Care