

(Adds detail) LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K. government's decision to freeze alcohol and tobacco duty was welcomed by the tobacco and pub sectors T...


LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K. government's decision to freeze alcohol and tobacco duty was welcomed by the tobacco and pub sectors Tuesday, while a ris...


Footsie's morning gains evaporated over the lunchtime session after much worse than expected US sales figures were released. US retail sales had bee...


Though miners and banks are in the doldrums the market is making headway and, unusually, the advance is being led by BP. The oil giant yesterday rep...


A revival by BP has started Footsie off on the front foot this morning after a surge by oil stocks on Wall Street overnight. BP is the best performer...


0714 GMT [Dow Jones] Greene King (GNK.LN) agrees to buy four pub restaurants from Punch Taverns (PUB.LN) for GBP5.3M. Seymour Pierce says Greene King ...


There is a bit of a beer theme ahead of opening time for London markets, with cask ale brewers Greene King and Fuller's both making a splash. Pub gr...


Bury St. Edmund's based brewer and pubs group Greene King has bought four freehold pub restaurants from cash constrained competitor Punch Taverns. Gr...