A new chief executive at Enterprise Inns?
Ted Tuppen is poised to announce a £1 billion debt refinancing for Enterprise Inns in a move that could trigger a boardroom succession plan, according to Dominic Walsh. The group, which has about 7,100 tenanted and leased pubs, is believed to be close to agreeing a new facility with its existing banking consortium on the outstanding amount, estimated at between £600 million and £650 million. The deal will allay fears that Enterprise might have to issue fresh equity and is expected to lead to the appointment of a new chief executive to succeed Mr Tuppen within the next 12 to 18 months. Mr Tuppen, 58, an accountant, is tipped to move up to chairman, with Simon Townsend, his highly regarded chief operating officer, seen as a shoo-in to step up to chief executive as part of an orderly sucession - The Times
Junk food and sugary drinks could be hit with 'fat taxes' in an effort to combat obesity and help fill the black hole in Government finances. The Food Standards Agency is planning to consult on whether such taxes would help make people eat healthier food. If imposed, the taxes would operate on the same principle as those on tobacco and drink to change behaviour and raise money - Daily Mail
Only three days after the light aircraft he was flying in crashed, Nigel Farage was back in the place he loved best yesterday - his local pub. The former leader of UKIP was released from hospital on Saturday and returned home to Kent, where regulars were only too happy to buy him a pint at the George and Dragon - Daily Mail
Ten or twenty years from now, if you believe the scientists, wild fish will be something that only the very rich will be able to eat. For the rest of us, the menu will feature reconstituted fish bites made from algae and jellyfish - Daily Mail
A dad has won more than half-a-million pounds compensation after a hospital blunder left him acting permanently drunk. Iain Wordsworth, 60, wrongly injected with a double dose of powerful antibiotics, sees double, staggers and often falls over. And he'll be that way for the rest of his life because his condition cannot be cured. Iain said: "Some might think it would be nice to seem as if you are always on the booze, but my life has been ruined - Mirror
