British finance giant Lloyds Banking Group today announced a deal worth up to £35.4m (€38.6m) to offload part of its private client fund management business.

THE American Richard Rodgers — of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame — wrote over 900 songs for 40 Broadway musicals but he could never have imagined any of his compositions being chorused at a wintry GAA pitch in Carrick-in-Shannon.

British supermarket group Morrisons said today it would save about 400 jobs by taking over part of the collapsed Rathbones Bakeries operation for £15.5m (€22.9m).

Greencore Group has announced that it has sold off its remaining UK bread activities, which trade as Rathbones Bakeries, to Finedon Mill for €30m. Rathbones is a private label bakery supplier operating eight bakeries in England and Wales.