Peter Chapman
Columnist at The Grower
Over 20 years working in the retail food industry. Through consulting, speaking & facilitating I help people understand retailers and consumers.
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3 weeks ago |
insurancejournal.com | Peter Chapman
Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog into its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it opened a so-called Phase 1 inquiry, a procedural step that gives the regulator up to 40 working days to assess the transaction’s potential impact on competition. The deadline for this stage is July 10.
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3 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Peter Chapman |Upmanyu Trivedi
The Direct Line website. (Bloomberg) -- Aviva Plc faces a review by the UK’s merger watchdog of its plan to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it’ll asses whether the deal could result in “substantial lessening of competition” in the relevant UK markets.
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4 weeks ago |
canungratimes.com.au | Peter Chapman
THE Canungra Show’s move to introduce a Rural Ambassador award program last year continues to prove a resounding success. Shale Sutherland, 26, was named the show’s first Rural Ambassador and she has now moved on in the regional judging to be named the top ambassador in SEQ. The latest win puts her in the running for the Queensland title which will be announced at this year’s EKKA.
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1 month ago |
canungratimes.com.au | Peter Chapman
IF you take a stroll along Main Western Road you may well be delighted to hear the sounds of someone tinkling the ivories of a 1920 Chicago stand up piano. The opportunity is now open for anyone with any ability to sit down and perform on Tamborine Mountain’s first ever public piano. Well known local musician Ludek Nemecek is the man budding pianists can primarily thank for the opportunity.
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1 month ago |
thegrower.org | Peter Chapman
During my time in this industry, I have never experienced a consumer shift in buying preferences as swift and dramatic as the one we see today. Consumers are comparing notes with each other in stores as they peer at country-of-origin labels. And they are active online. Retailers have had a lot of challenges in the first quarter of 2025.
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