Kingsmill and Hovis have agreed to a £70m merger to create Britain’s biggest bakery, testing the competition watchdog’s resolve after pressure from Rachel Reeves to approve more deals.

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Leeds-based private equity firm, Endless, has today confirmed it has reached an agreement to sell Hovis Group to Associated ...

Associated British Foods, owner of Kingsmill, has agreed to buy Hovis in an estimated £75 million deal, aiming to create the ...

Britain's biggest bread brand is on the brink of being created after Kingsmill's owner agreed to buy rival Hovis Group.

BRITAIN’S oldest bread brand has been sold to the owner of Primark in a historic merger. Associated British Foods (ABF) is to ...

ABF told investors on Friday that the deal will ‘combine’ the production and distribution activities of Hovis and its Allied ...

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