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WPP buys London-based influencer marketing agency Goat for GroupM

(Alliance News) - WPP PLC on Wednesday announced the acquisition of influencer marketing agency Goat for an undisclosed price.

Prices of some UK groceries have 'more than doubled' in past year

(Alliance News) - The cost of some everyday UK groceries has more than doubled over the last year, consumer brand Which? has found.

UK regulator tells Asda to fix competition concerns over Co-op fuel deal

Asda paid 611 mln stg for Co-op's petrol forecourt ops in Oct

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Sainsbury's pays $524 mln for full ownership of store investment vehicles

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - British supermarket Sainsbury's said on Tuesday it would take full ownership of the Highbury and Dragon store investment vehicles, paying Supermarket Income REIT 430.9 million pounds ($524.2 million) for its 51% stake.

Sunday newspaper round-up: SVB, Melrose, Tesco

(Sharecast News) - Silicon Valley Bank's demise does not pose a systemic risk to the UK's financial services sector, Rishi Sunak said on Sunday, even as he committed himself to finding a way to keep hundreds of UK tech outfits from going bust. The US lender was believed to have "several thousand" business customers in the UK, many of which relied on their deposits at SVB to pay staff and suppliers. Ministers' concern was that many of those businesses might go under lest some sort of bail out could be thrashed out, inflicting serious harm on the country's technology sector. The Prime Minister added that the Treasury was working at pace to find a solution that would provide operational liquidity for people's cash flow needs. - The Sunday Times

Collapse of UK fraud office case raises resource, disclosure issues

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - The collapse of Britain's Serious Fraud Office's prosecution of three former executives at security company G4S on Friday raises serious questions about the agency's resources and criminal disclosure rules, lawyers and campaigners said.

Tesco sounding out candidates to succeed chair John Allan - report

(Sharecast News) - Tesco has reportedly begun sounding out candidates to replace long-serving chairman John Allan.

UK salad shortage weighs on supermarket sales -NIQ

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - A lack of availability in fresh produce categories weighed on sales growth at British supermarkets in the four weeks to Feb. 25, industry data showed on Tuesday.

Jefferies upgrades Tesco, Kingfisher

(Sharecast News) - Jefferies has upgraded Tesco and Kingfisher, as part of a wider review of its UK retailer ratings.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: DB cuts Reckitt; Jefferies likes Tesco

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

Costa Coffee raises UK staff pay for third time in a year

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Costa Coffee has followed rival Pret A Manger in raising pay for its British store staff for the third time in a year.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Numis cuts BT to 'sell'; Citigroup cuts Babcock

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning: