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  1. Rowntree takeover (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Lord Young, Trade and Industry Secretary, on his decision not to refer the hostile takeover bids for chocolate manufacturer Rowntree by Nestle and Suchard to the Monopolies Commission. On possible effect on...

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  2. Scottish & Newcastle brewers bid (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Trade and Industry Secretary, Lord Young (David Young) on a hostile takeover bid for Scottish and Newcastle breweries by Elders IXL, the makers of Fosters lager. The bid has been referred to...

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  3. Lord Young on GEC-Siemens takeover bid for Plessey (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Trade and Industry Secretary, Lord Young (David Young) confirms that the joint takeover bid by GEC and Siemens for the Plessey company, which supplies electronics to the Ministry of Defence, will be referred...

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  4. Leon Brittan on GEC-Siemens takeover bid for Plessey (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    John Fraser interviews European Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan, who has ordered an inquiry under common market law into the proposed takeover of Plessey by GEC and Siemens. The commissioner argues that the...

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  5. Edward du Cann on House of Fraser takeover battle (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Danny Bowers interviews Edward du Cann, Lonrho, about the Monopolies and Mergers Commission’s report on the controversial takeover of the House of Fraser stores group by the Egyptian Al Fayed brothers. The...

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  6. House of Fraser takeover (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Michael Cole, spokesman for the Al Fayed brothers, following a press conference chaired by Lonrho chairman, Edward du Cann, about the Monopolies and Mergers Commission’s report on the...

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  7. Young on pub sell-off plans (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Trade Secretary, Lord Young (David Young), about proposed Government measures to curtail the monopoly of Britain’s top six brewing giants with the promise of cheaper beer in pubs. Lord Young...

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  8. Satellite TV networks merger (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    The Government is being urged to stop the merger of the country’s two satellite TV networks, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting. Labour’s broadcasting spokesman...

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  9. Satellite TV networks merger (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    As British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plan a merger of satellite TV networks, John Allen reports on how BSB has been fraught with problems since its beginnings. Includes actuality of Sky TV...

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  10. Telecoms monopoly to end (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Report on a Commons debate between Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Lilley and shadow Industry Secretary Gordon Brown about plans to end the BT and Mercury monopoly of the telecommunications industry in...

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