takeover bid
Councillors welcome Cadbury expansion at Bournville
Bournville Councillors Tim Huxtable and Nigel Dawkins have been speaking to bournvillevillage.com about the planned closure of Kraft’s Cheltenham offices and the prospect of staff being moved to its Bournville offices along with the plans to make Bournville a centre for Kraft’s research and development operations in the UK.
Cadbury to be election battleground
As the 2010 general election campaign gets into gear it’s emerging that Kraft’s takeover of Cadbury will play a key part in shaping the policies of the parties vying for the votes of Bournville residents come May 6th.
Kraft agree to meet new community group
Senior management from Kraft have agreed to meet with a newly established community group from Bournville set up to ensure the takeover of Cadbury by Kraft is a positive development for the Bournville community.
Kraft called before MPs
The subject of Kraft’s takeover of Cadbury is set to become centre stage once again when the Business Innovation and Skills Parliamentary Committee holds an evidence session on Tuesday 16 March at which senior Kraft personnel are expected to appear.
Cadbury takeover – local reaction
At 4.50pm today Kraft announced to the Stock Exchange that their offer to buyout Cadbury had been accepted by 71.7% of the shareholders. At the same time bournvillevillage.com made its way to Bournville Green to get some reaction from local businesses.
Cadbury takeover – live
Ahead of the takeover deadline for Cadbury at 1pm we’ve set up a live blog to help guide you through the last couple of hours of Cadbury being indpendent. Below we’ll offer some live commentary and bring you newsfeeds from across the globe. We’ll be inputting live at midday today. Cadbury Takeover
Catch the bus to support Cadbury
The Unite union are organising a bus trip to lobby the government and MPs as part of their campaign to protect jobs and investment at Cadbury’s Bournville factory and other their other UK facilities. Tomorrow is the day that a majority of shareholders are likely to agree to Kraft’s takeover. Unite fear that the debt [...]
Cadbury debate and more on the BBC
The BBC have written to us to draw attention to their coverage of the Cadbury takeover story. As they were good enough to link to our coverage we’re happy to return the favour:
Cadbury workers protest against takeover
A group of Cadbury workers made their feeling known about the takeover of Cadbury today by staging a protest on Bournville Village Green.
Residents speak out at Debate
Bournville Village has compiled a short video showing some of the debate at last night’s BBC Radio WM Cadbury debate at Rowheath Pavilion. Although the debate saw a packed audience tackle wider issues such as the decline in British manufacturing and the impact on Birmingham’s economy most were worried about the impact on the Bournville [...]
