C&C Group not affected by cybersecurity attack on subsidiary
The attack has been suffered by Matthew Clark Bibendum, which shut down all its IT systems
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C&C Group is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded cider, beer, wine and soft drinks. Its portfolio of owned/exclusive brands include: Bulmers, the leading Irish cider brand; Tennent’s, the leading Scottish beer brand; Magners the premium international cider brand; as well as a range of fast-growing, super-premium and craft ciders and beers, such as Heverlee, Menabrea and Orchard Pig.
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The attack has been suffered by Matthew Clark Bibendum, which shut down all its IT systems
Cost savings measures across the group left it with €315mln of liquidity at the year-end
“It is encouraging to see the business return to profit alongside the reopening of the on-trade in July," said interim executive chairman Stewart Gilliland
The Bulmers, Magners and Tennant's brands have all seen a significant increase in 'off-trade' sales whilst the pubs were closed for the pandemic.
The German bank's analysts believe C&C’s funding levels should remain sufficient to weather the coronavirus crisis, despite undoubted immediate-term stresses
Barclays cut its valuation to 170p from 310p, but it raised its recommendation to ‘equal-weight’ from ‘underweight’ on the Irish maker of Magners and Bulmers cider
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Britain's blue-chip index finished down 10.87% at 5,237. It has plunged over 30% in the last three weeks
Earnings grew 21% last year following the “transformational” acquisitions of Matthew Clark and Bibendum from Conviviality, and C&C is guiding for something similar this time around
C&C snapped up drinks suppliers Matthew Clark and Bibendum from the collapsed Conviviality last April, while bosses acknowledged the impact of last summer’s “exceptional” weather
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The Footsie closed out at 7,334 - up around five points, while mid-cap index was firmly lower- down 129 points at 19,307
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Economists are expecting the consumer price index to be well below the recent growth in average earnings at around 1.8% year-on-year in April
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The Week Ahead will also bring news from power firm SSE and water groups Severn Trent and United Utilities, plus the latest UK inflation and retail sales numbers
Matthew Clark and Bibendum, which C&C salvaged from the Conviviality wreckage last April, have helped to drive the outperformance
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The FTSE 100 closed up around 92 points at 7,182. FTSE 250 also gained..
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Trading updates from Glaxo, Standard Chartered and Next are likely to be the highlights
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Aside from the oil majors, the slew of blue-chip updates due in the coming week will include global banks HSBC and Standard Chartered, and drugs firms GlaxoSmithKlne and Shire
C&C Group, the owner of Bulmers and Magners, said trading since March 1 has been “positive across all our key markets”
Volumes at its new trendier ranges such as Orchard Pig cider and Heverlee lager rose by 41%
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It might not be Friday but it could be a messy one in the Square Mile nonetheless, particularly for the pub chains, which are likely to have felt the force of the ‘Beast from the East’
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Week ahead includes updates from drugs giant AstraZeneca, mobile phones operator Vodafone Group, British Gas-owner Centrica, and postal delivery firm Royal Mail Group