Restaurants/Pubs

Osmond places giant personals ad

20 Feb 2003

His interest in SixCon could be rephrased: "Rich white male seeks partners". Osmond's plan to break up SixCon's hotels arm may have merits. But Osmond still needs to show the colour of his currency and spell out what price he wants to extract for himself.

Pizza Express mulls management buyout

16 Dec 2002

The UK restaurant chain turned down former coowner Hugh Osmond. Now management may be stepping in where he was stymied. Shareholders may not see a higher offer though.

Pizza Express mulls management buyout

16 Dec 2002

Six Continents demerger is right plan, wrong time

5 Dec 2002

The separation of pubs and hotels is still a good idea, even though both are performing poorly. Others should follow suit. The problem is timing. As the businesses suffer, SixCon has been stingy with promised dividend payouts.

Six Continents demerger is right plan, wrong time

5 Dec 2002

Pizza Express makes the worst of a bad market

12 Nov 2002

The UK pizza market is certainly overcrowded, but the company's solution launching new formats and products is the wrong one. It needs to focus on its core business.

Pizza Express makes the worst of a bad market

12 Nov 2002

Diageo has few alternatives to Burger King buyout

7 Nov 2002

Even though it s not a distressed seller, the spirits group will have to accept a haircut and plenty of strings attached to close the deal. What else can it do? The business isn t performing. An IPO is a nogo. And a demerger might value BK at about $1.5bn.

Diageo has few alternatives to Burger King buyout

7 Nov 2002

Continental divide

23 May 2002

A big hand for Hands

20 Mar 2002

Raising the bar

18 Mar 2002

Shop till you drop

8 Jan 2002

Last orders

16 Dec 2001

Calling Carling

10 Sep 2001