SCOTTISH AND NEWCASTLE DRINKS DISTRIBUTION DEAL APPROVED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION – BRITAIN
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SCOTTISH & Newcastle's long-term bid to offer distribution services to its rivals has been approved on competition grounds by the European Commission, which has cleared the international joint venture underpinning the move. The British brewer is teaming up with Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) Logistics Ltd, part of the Switzerland-based Kuehne+Nagel Group. This subsidiary is a contract logistics provider operating in Britain, mainly in retail, telecommunications and industrial and consumer goods. The joint venture, said a Commission note, will distribute ...
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