Laurel heads the pack for 6C pubs
27-Mar-2003
Laurel Pub Company is working on an audacious bid for the Six Continents pub division Mitchells & Butlers (M&B).The managed company is one of...
What the Sunday papers said
17-Mar-2003
The Sunday ExpressRichard North, Six Continents' finance director, looks set to be forced out of the pubs and hotels group by its largest...
Osmond goes hostile on 6C
07-Mar-2003
Serial entrepreneur tables £5.6bn bid to tempt Six Continents shareholders. By Mark Stretton.After weeks of hot air, insults and derision, Hugh...
What the Sunday papers said
03-Mar-2003
The Sunday TimesHugh Osmond will this week launch "his first shot" in a sustained assault for control of Six Continents, the hotel-to-pub giant. He...
Osmond in talks with 6C
27-Feb-2003
Hugh Osmond and Six Continents are locked in talks over the future of the hotels and pubs giant.Mr Osmond wants Six Continents to postpone plans to...
Mitchells &
13-Feb-2003
Butlers in comeback by Mike Bennett From global retailer to Victorian victualler in one fell swoop. That's the fate of the 2,000 managed houses...
What the Sunday papers said
10-Feb-2003
The Sunday TimesMitchells & Butlers is the new name for Six Continents Retail, the 2,000-strong pubs division that will be split from the leisure...
Beer's shadowlands
30-Jan-2003
One of the most eerie travelling experiences is to visit lost or deserted cities old mining towns in the Rockies, Greek settlementsin mainland...
Osmond and Johnson eye 6C Retail
16-Dec-2002
Hugh Osmond and Luke Johnson are both said to be mulling bids for Six Continents' retail pubs division, which will be demerged from the group's...
6C shuns high street for suburbia
12-Dec-2002
by The PMA Team Six Continents is to focus 75% of its pub capital investment in the "resilient-suburban" market because the high-street market is...
Six Continents goes soft on Britvic
01-Nov-2002
Six Continents is to put the soft drinks business Britvic back up for sale once it has completed the demerger of its pubs and hotels.The business,...
6C decides to split up
03-Oct-2002
businesses Six Continents is to demerge its two businesses global hotels and UK pubs and bars by next spring. The two will both be listed on...
What the Sunday papers said
30-Sep-2002
The BusinessSix Continents is poised to renew efforts to merge its pubs business with Scottish & Newcastle, once it has finalised plans for a...
What the Sunday papers said
22-Sep-2002
The Sunday TimesSir Ian Prosser, chairman of Six Continents, is to delay his retirement to oversee the break-up of the £5 billion hotel and pub...
Analyst calls for 6C and Anheuser to break up S&N
11-Sep-2002
A top analyst from WestLB Panmure has called for Scottish & Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, to be broken up through a hostile...
6C digs deep as global hotel profits crash
23-May-2002
Global hotelier and UK retail operator Six Continents will spend a further £250m developing 600 pubs and restaurants this year.The company has...
S&N and 6C in pubs merger talks
13-May-2002
Six Continents, the hotel and pub operator, has held talks with Scottish and Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, to create a £4.5bn pub company by...
Investors rally against Six Continents
22-Jan-2002
Six Continents should stop wasting money on over-priced deals and return cash to investors, according to a leading fund manager.Hermes, the vocal and...
Britvic sale scrapped
06-Nov-2001
Britvic has been withdrawn from auction after owners Britannia and PepsiCo refused to agree any of the tabled offers. The soft drinks business, which...
