Industry Developments

BMI's company analysis model helps us make explicit those companies that we see as likely to outperform from a share-price perspective. This model is based around four key elements:... 2012-05-18

Irish drinks firm C&C is once again being talked up as a possible takeover target, with multinational brewers Carlsberg and SABMiller said to have run a ruler over the firm. The... 2012-05-17

Irish drinks firm C&C is once again being talked up as a possible takeover target, with multinational brewers Carlsberg and SABMiller said to have run a ruler over the firm. The... 2012-05-17

BMI View: Drugmakers and governments will increasingly enter agreements to provide some form of risk sharing or price protection for new drugs. As governments focus on cost containment... 2012-05-16

Italian dairy firm Parmalat has posted net sales growth of 5.9% for the first quarter of 2012. The growth was broad-based with revenues up by 2.2% in Italy, 4.1% in the rest of Europe,... 2012-05-15

Italian dairy firm Parmalat has posted net sales growth of 5.9% for the first quarter of 2012. The growth was broad-based with revenues up by 2.2% in Italy, 4.1% in the rest of Europe,... 2012-05-15

UK supermarket operator J. Sainsbury has posted steady full-year results in the face of a tough economic backdrop. For the 12 months to the end of March, Sainsbury's registered a 6.8%... 2012-05-10

State-owned Chinese food group Bright Food has purchased a 60% stake in UK breakfast cereal maker Weetabix from private equity firm Lion Capital. The deal values the business at GBP1.2bn... 2012-05-03

BMI View: The UK government's focus on cost-containment within the healthcare sector, and in particular pharmaceutical spending, highlighted by a decline in NHS pharmaceutical expenditure... 2012-04-20

French food giant Danone has reported overall like-for-like sales growth of 6.9% in value terms and 2.2% in volume terms for the first quarter of 2012. The firm reported strong growth... 2012-04-18