Thursday, 23 March 2017 3:43 pmThis Heineken / Punch takeover deal appears to be almost done and dusted but I did discover over lunch the other day (that's old school "journalism" for you, I guess) some more detail about the consortium Alan McIntosh was trying to put together.
Thursday, 02 February 2017 6:47 pmCombing through my copy of The Times this morning I noticed Dom Walsh's story on Punch Taverns corroberated little old Betaville's piece from a few weeks ago about how Alan McIntosh's Emerald consortium had approached the billionaire Reuben brothers to back his consortium bid for the pub company.
Monday, 09 January 2017 6:39 pmAccording to well-placed sources, the Emerald consortium has approached the multi-billionaire Reuben Brothers about providing financial backing for its £400 million plus bid for Punch.