That meeting - part 3

Regular readers will remember my piece from a couple of weeks ago about The Times follow up to my original story from last year about who attended a British Bankers Association board meeting on April 2016, 2008 and what was discussed. In case you don't, here are the links:

http://betaville123.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/that-meeting.html

Retail titbits

Here are a couple of retail industry snippets I stumbled across whilst galavanting around the City (of London) today looking for stories.

First of, it would appear the sale of handbag maker Radley is progressing, with bids said to have been submitted last week.

Irish horse racing tycoons prepare to fire starting gun on sale of Marks & Spencer's juice maker

Do you remember Wellness Foods?

Well in case you don't, here is a little reminder. During the credit boom of the mid-noughties a group of Irish "tycoons" - said to include Denis Brosnan, formerly the boss of food company Kerry Group - backed Wellness via Switzerland-based Lydian Capital to consolidate Britain's health food market. So, Wellness set about gobbling up upmarket and sloaney food brands such as Dorset Cereals and Rowse Honey.

Back on Tip TV talking about Marks & Spencer, British American Tobacco and Dyax

Here is a link to today's Tip TV clip with the mixmaster Moose (AKA Nick Batsford).

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/ma-roundup-pfizer-and-ms-on-an-acquisition-trail/