Whitbread sells David Lloyd gyms
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Leisure company Whitbread is to sell its David Lloyd gym chain to a private equity firm and bank for Â£925m.
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Franchisees will have a new landlord in National Retail Properties.
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Insurance giant Swiss Re sells off 'the Gherkin' its landmark building in the heart of the UK financial district for Â£600m.
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US fast-food giant McDonald's, often accused of catering to expanding waistlines, has a new item on its menu for kids -- gyms.
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Financial group HHG today announced the Â£1.03 billion sale of its UK life insurance business, which includes the Pearl and London Life brands.
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IBM has signed a Â£500m, seven-year deal with Lloyds TSB to enhance the bankâs voice and data services. IBM is acting as the Lloyds TSBâs strategic technology partner, as the bank builds a new national
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Hotel operator Wyndham International Inc.  has sold six hotels and partial ownership of its Summerfield Suites by Wyndham chain to Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners, the companies said on Thursday.
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The Devon hotel which inspired the classic BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers is sold for about Â£1.5m.
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WHITBREAD&#39;S new chief executive Alan Parker today made his first mark on the leisure giant, unveiling Â£800m of disposals and plans to sell its historic brewery on Chiswell Street.
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Wyndham International Inc. on Thursday said it agreed to sell six Summerfield Suites hotels and a stake in the Summerfield brand to a unit of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
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The move means Lloyds TSB has now salted away Â£360m for customers sold endowment mortgages. The products, designed to pay off home loans by investing in financial markets, were popular in the 1980s and 1990s
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British building materials merchant Travis Perkins Plc said on Thursday it agreed to pay Â£950 million ($1.84 billion) for home-improvement chain Wickes, sending its shares down nearly 3 percent.
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Business & money: Deal could trigger takeover bid for seller Whitbread.
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J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc  as potential bidders continue to circle the retailer.
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âIsnât it sweet to shop at a store where members of the sales staff not only know their stock inside and out, but donât hesitate to recommend a less expensive product when itâs appropriate?â Thatâs what Bob Levitus (Houston Chronicle) wonders in an article about the Apple Store and three new programs it recently introduced. âThe one I find most compelling is the new One to One personal training service. For a mere $99 a year you get unlimited access to expert trainers at the Apple Store.â Levitus considers that âquite an amazing deal.â
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COLWYN Bay-based Computer Solutions Cymru is to hold free seminars at the Quay Hotel, Deganwy, on March 6 starting 2.30pm and 5.30pm, to showcase a new electronic point-of-sale system for retailers and others from Sage UK. Ring 01492 535000 or e-mail Ieuan@compsoluk.com.
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David Whelan, the founder of JJB Sports, sells his 29% holding in the sporting goods firm for Â£190m.