Companies in the news: AG Barr & Britvic

Drinks groups AG Barr and Britvic will not be getting together. Phil Oakley looks at what this means for investors.

Drinks groups AG Barr (LSE: BAG)and Britvic (LSE: BVIC)will not be getting together.

This is a shame for Barr's shareholders, as its management could have made a great success of Britvic and struck a great price. A Competition Commission enquiry cleared the deal, but it has taken too long: a change of leader at Britvic has seen the firm move on on its own.

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Phil spent 13 years as an investment analyst for both stockbroking and fund management companies.

 

After graduating with a MSc in International Banking, Economics & Finance from Liverpool Business School in 1996, Phil went to work for BWD Rensburg, a Liverpool based investment manager. In 2001, he joined ABN AMRO as a transport analyst. After a brief spell as a food retail analyst, he spent five years with ABN's very successful UK Smaller Companies team where he covered engineering, transport and support services stocks.

 

In 2007, Phil joined Halbis Capital Management as a European equities analyst. He began writing for MoneyWeek in 2010.