Takeover windfall for florists

Around 1,850 florists in the UK were today celebrating windfalls of up to £12,000 (€17,200) after backing the takeover of Interflora.

At an extraordinary general meeting in Birmingham, members voted 87.1% in favour of a £23.3m (€33.5m) takeover of the iconic flower delivery network by private equity group 3i.