Metcash in $300 million cash call to fund Superior Food, bolt-ons
The proceeds will fund the purchase of Quadrant Private Equity’s Superior Food Group, as well as a couple of bolt-on acquisitions.
Source: afr.com
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Metcash confirms bid for Quadrant's Superior Food Group
Metcash’s shares were halted from trading on Thursday morning, as the company confirmed Street Talk’s revelation of its bid to buy Quadrant’s Superior Food Group.
Source: afr.com
SDT issues joint highest-ever fine in anti-money laundering crackdown
The SDT has fined Clyde & Co £500,000 and former partner Edward Mills-Webb £11,900 following a slew of anti-money laundering breaches.
Source: legalbusiness.co.uk
How legal disclosure failures disrupted the Post Office Horizon inquiry
The ongoing hearings in the UK Post Office’s Horizon software scandal drilled down into an area rarely addressed in detail by the courts or inquiries – the topic of legal disclosure of documents and evidence. With the ITV drama bringing home the real human cost of the scandal there have been renewed calls for prosecutions and the Met Police are now formally investigating potential fraud on the part of the Post Office. Attending the hearing on the 12th January I had the honour of talking with some of the subpostmasters affected. Clearly jaded by the long running inquir...
Source: computerweekly.com
ANDREW PIERCE: How can Ed Davey not have known the law firm he worked for was prosecuting postmasters when his brother had been a senior partner there?
ANDREW PIERCE: While Davey says he had no inkling the law firm had been hired, creating an obvious conflict of interest, his plea of ignorance about its involvement seems surprising.
Source: dailymail.co.uk