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When Philip Bowman was unexpectedly appointed chief executive of Scottish Power at the beginning of this year, the utility said he would bring a 'fresh perspective' to the Glasgow-based company. [...]

Going by the numbers, the food and drink industry has seenbetter years for deal-making. The value of global mergers & acquisitions has fallen sharply in 2006, with some Dollars 29.3bn [...]

When Philip Bowman became chief executive of Allied Domecq in 1999, it was understood that his job would be to reinvigorate the UK wine and spirits company in preparation for [...]

Diageo would be willing to help finance an offer for drinks giant Allied Domecq, either from Pernod Ricard or the consortium led by Constellation Brands, in order to acquire certain [...]

The Takeover Panel yesterday gave Constellation Brands, the US drinks group, a June 29 deadline to proceed with a formal counter-offer for Allied Domecq, the spirits company that has agreed [...]

LONDON -- The UK's Takeover Panel has given a consortium led by Constellation Brands of the US a deadline of June 29 to decide whether it wants to proceed with [...]

PARIS -- Allied Domecq has received an indicative proposal from a consortium led by Constellation Brands that is understood to value the UK company at about Pounds 7.7bn or 695p [...]

Francesco Caio, chief executive of Cable and Wireless, is to take up a non-executive role at Allied Domecq and join the board's audit and remuneration committees. The appointment comes as [...]

Philip Bowman, chief executive of Allied Domecq, the distiller and wine maker, saw his total remuneration package rise roughly 25 per cent last year to more than Pounds 2m, with [...]

Byline: Lisa Clifford in London British drinks group Allied Domecq plc's chance of acquiring Peter Lehmann Wines Ltd. looked increasingly remote Wednesday following a decision by the Australian winery to [...]

Byline: Josey Puliyenthuruthel Switzerland-based Hess Group AG on Tuesday, Sept. 23, increased by 10% its cash offer for Australia's Peter Lehmann Wines Ltd. (http://www.peterlehmannwines.com/article.aspx?p=11) , to A$3.85 a share, matching [...]

Byline: Lisa Clifford in London Britain's Allied Domecq plc is poised to bid for Peter Lehmann Wines Ltd., the Australian company already under offer from Hess Group AG of Switzerland. [...]

Byline: Nicola Hobday and Jonathan Braude From pummeling pizza dough and pulling pints, British entrepreneur Hugh Osmond came a long way to make an ill-fated pound sterling5.6 billion ($8.7 billion) [...]

Allied Domecq, the distiller and wine maker, may have to inject Pounds 40m into its pension schemes this year - more than twice as much as expected - because of [...]

Oh, the mysteries of a night on the town: the seamless way 'a quick one' can degenerate into several; the ease with which some late arrivals can enhance or kill [...]

Allied to list in New York Allied Domecq, the spirits and wine group, is to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange to boost its profile in North [...]

Allied Domecq, the drinks group, is today expected to announce that it has appointed Cordiant Communications to handle all global advertising and marketing for Malibu, its coconut-flavoured rum brand. The [...]

Economic conditions are improving, so some brave investors may be tempted to gamble that share markets are due for a sharp recovery. If so, one of the cheapest ways to [...]

Gerry Robinson, who has often said he would quit business to play golf and pursue his career as an amateur painter by the time he was 55, appears to be [...]

Alex Benady has highlighted a decision which I hope illustrates the growing trend among large corporates to 'Spend Smart' (CB November 13). In a time of economic downturn, companies will [...]

While rivals pausedfor breath, Philip Bowman, chief executive of Allied Domecq, has been snapping up drinks brands across the globe. In little more than three months, Allied has bought winemakers [...]

MADRID and LONDON -- Allied Domecq, the UK drinks group, continued to stock up on brands yesterday when it announced plans to buy Bodegas y Bebidas, Spain's largest wine producer, [...]

Allied Domecq, the UK drinks group, is taking on the parochial German spirits market with the DM398m (Pounds 128m) purchase of Kuemmerling, a family-owned distiller little known outside Germany. Despite [...]

WELLINGTON -- Allied Domecq, the UK drinks company, yesterday said it was concerned at the sale by brewer Lion Nathan of a 19 per cent stake in New Zealand winemaker [...]

WELLINGTON -- Lion Nathan, the Austral-asian brewer, yesterday announced plans for a legal challenge to New Zealand Stock Exchange rulings against it in the acrimonious NZDollars 1bn (USDollars 418m) battle [...]

WELLINGTON -- Lion Nathan's attempt to gain a controlling stake in Montana Wines, New Zealand's biggest winemaker, has suffered a setback with a ruling from the country's takeover panel. Acting [...]

Perhaps a parody of a wine reviewer's purple prose is the best way to describe the tortuous takeover battle for Montana, New Zealand's dominant winemaker - 'hints of skulduggery, ample [...]

WELLINGTON and LONDON -- Allied Domecq, the UK drinks group, has been offered a second chance to win control of Montana after the bid battle for the New Zealand wine [...]

WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand Stock Exchange panel charged with penalising Lion Nathan, the brewer,for regulatory breaches in its NZDollars 1bn (USDollars 412m) battle for Montana Wines, yesterday said it [...]

Montana dispute hits crucial stage A New Zealand Stock Exchange committee is expected to meet today to decide a crucial stage of the dispute over the future of Montana, the [...]

WELLINGTON and LONDON -- Allied Domecq, the UK-based drinks group, has signalled its determination to win Montana, New Zealand's biggest wine company, by increasing its stake to 26.8 per cent. [...]

WELLINGTON -- Allied Domecq, the UK drinks company, must wait a month to find out whether it will be able to relaunch its NZDollars 1bn (USDollars 422m) takeover bid for [...]

Allied Domecq, the drinks group, reported a higher-than-expected increase in underlying interim profits yesterday, but faced concerns over the quality of its growth after a meagre rise in advertising spending. [...]

SYDNEY -- The independent directors of Montana, New Zealand's largest wine group, have made a formal request to the country's stock exchange to investigate the circumstances in which Lion Nathan, [...]

SYDNEY, WELLINGTON and LONDON -- A battle for control of New Zealand's largest winemaker broke out yesterday when Lion Nathan, the Australasian brewer, topped a NZDollars 4.40 a share offer [...]

Never mix grape with grain may be wise advice to a novice drinker - it is often said that a severe hangover will be the result. But if Allied Domecq's [...]

Philip Bowman may have been busy as the Seagram drinks auction has rumbled on. But not too busy. It turns out that the chief executive of Allied Domecq has been [...]

Philip Bowman is only too aware that he is at a crossroads. The chief executive of Allied Domecq - a company that used to inspire only despair in the hearts [...]

Allied Domecq, the drinks and fast-food group, is doubling its spending on product development this year as it tries to find a 'blockbuster' ready-to-drink product to compete with its rivals. [...]

Allied Domecq, the drinks and fast-food group, yesterday warned that continuing shortages of the agave cactus - the core raw material for tequila - would slow growth in the second [...]

The largest, most integrated, arts sponsorship of recent years has been the relationship between the Royal Shakespeare Company and Allied Domecq, the drinks company. It is scheduled to end in [...]

Philip Bowman is a man who by his own admission likes a challenge. 'I'm not very good with routine and things that run too smoothly,' he says. That could be [...]

Allied Domecq, the drinks and fast-food group, sought to calm expectations of imminent deals in the spirits sector yesterday by saying that it had received no approaches from any of [...]

Mixing drinks, especially spirits, is not something most drinkers recommend. But investors seemed keen yesterday to try an as-yet unnamed cocktail of Scotch whisky, gin and pastis. Allied Domecq shares [...]