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        Wednesday, November 1, 2000, Vol. 1, No. 125


                          Headlines

B E L G I U M

SABENA:  SairGroup Talks with Belgian Government on Losses


C Z E C H   R E P U B L I C

TRANSGAS: Trade Ministry Proposes Sale of 50 Percent


G E R M A N Y

STATTAUTO AG: Faces Insolvency
DECHANT GMBH: Applies for Insolvency Proceedings
GIGABELL: Administrator Resumes Insolvency Filing


H U N G A R Y

FUZFOI PAPIR: Sees Losses Up in Third Quarter, Stock Suspended


I R E L A N D

TRANSAER: Rianta Claims 400,000 Pounds in Unpaid Landing Charges
TRANSAER: Deficit May Close to IR20 Million Pounds


I T A L Y

FIAT AUTO: Reports a Third Quarter Operating Loss of E91 Million
OLIVETTI:  Inquiry into Suspect Insider Dealing


N E T H E R L A N D S

KPN: Borrowings of Dutch Telecom Reach E25.4 Billion


P O L A N D

DAEWOO-FSO: Temporary Closure Seeks to Restructure Operations


R U S S I A

TATNEFT: To Sign Agreement on Short-Term Debt


S W E D E N

BOXMAN: Online Music Retailer to Wind Up


S W I T Z E R L A N D

MIRACLE SOFTWARE: Shares Suspended; to Declare Insolvency


U N I T E D   K I N G D O M

GAMING INTERNET:  Posts Pre-Tax Loss of 8.52 Million Pounds
EQUITABLE LIFE: Liabilities to Be Examined
MEDCREST RADIOGRAPHIC: Liquidation Proceedings
MERLINBAY LTD: Liquidation Proceedings
MILLENIUM DOME:  Pressure Grows to Demolish Dome

NIELSEN COMMERCIALS: Liquidation Proceedings
NORTH BANK: Liquidation Proceedings
RAMONA FOODS: Liquidation Proceedings
RINGASKIDDY INN: Liquidation Proceedings
S B K HEATING: Liquidation Proceedings

S BROADLEY: Liquidation Proceedings
UNITED TECHNO: Liquidation Proceedings
WHITBREAD: Brewery Poised to Sell Off Brasseries Chain
WITS END: Liquidation Proceedings
WPF HOLDINGS: Liquidation Proceedings


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B E L G I U M
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SABENA:  SairGroup Talks with Belgian Government on Losses
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Financial Times reports this week that SAirGroup, parent of
Swissair, has approached the Belgian government for help in
covering the sharply higher losses at Sabena, Belgium's national
airline. SairGroup, which owns Sabena's majority stakes, on
Sunday confirmed that it was in negotiations with the Belgian
government to cover losses. SairGroup's share price has been
battered by its exposure to several loss-making airlines, Sabena
being the largest.

Accordingly, SAirGroup signed a conditional agreement under which
it would increase its stake in Sabena to 85 percent after the
ratification of the EU-Swiss transport treaty, which is expected
to be completed by spring 2001. SAirGroup needs to find a
solution to Sabena's financial problems. Earlier this month
Sabena announced a E357m ($295m) cost-cutting program after
admitting its financial situation had "rapidly deteriorated" in
the last few months. It blamed the jump in fuel prices, the
strength of the dollar and competition.

SAirGroup bought its 49.5 percent stake in Sabena in 1995 and
wrote off its SFr267m investment the following year after Sabena
made heavy losses. Financial Times reports that under the
influence of a new senior management team led by Paul Reutlinger,
a former Swissair executive, Sabena was turned around and made a
profit of E22m in 1998 -- its first in 40 years. However, it
slipped back into the red last year when it lost E14m and in the
first six months of 2000 its losses rose sixfold to E83.6m.


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TRANSGAS: Trade Ministry Proposes Sale of 50 Percent
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CTK & Euromoney reported yesterday that the Industry and Trade
Ministry will propose to the cabinet selling a 50 percent stake
in Transgas with an option for an additional 1-16 percent
together with 34-percent FNM-owned stakes in the regional gas
distributors, according to a ministry document available to CTK.
The remaining stakes in the gas utilities would then be sold
separately. Out of the eight regional gas distributors, the
government through the National Property Fund owns majority
stakes in six companies.

The exercise of the option to the purchase of the additional 1-16
percent in Transgas would depend on meeting certain conditions to
be specified before the privatization. The strategic investor
will be selected in a tender. The remaining FNM-owned shares in
the distributor companies will also be sold in tenders but the
strategic investor will have the right, though not the duty, to
equal the highest bid if it does not make the bid itself, CTK
said.


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G E R M A N Y
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STATTAUTO AG: Faces Insolvency
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Suddeutsche Zeitung & World Reporter reports earlier this week
that Stattauto AG, Germany's biggest car sharing company is
facing insolvency. It is reported that the Berlin-based company
would have to apply for insolvency proceedings by November 10,
2000 if it fails to manage a recovery. The company, with nearly
9,000 customers and a fleet of more than 300 cars, has been a
prestige ecological project. Stattauto is set to close the year
2000 with sales of DM 6 million and accumulated debts of DM 3
million.


DECHANT GMBH: Applies for Insolvency Proceedings
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German construction company Dechant GmbH has applied for
insolvency proceedings at a court in Coburg, Suddeutsche Zeitung
& World Reporter reports earlier this week. The company's works
council said that the announcement had taken it by surprise. It
said that more than 1,000 jobs are at risk. No insolvency trustee
has been commissioned. Accordingly, the management did not
release any further details regarding the insolvency.


GIGABELL: Administrator Resumes Insolvency Filing
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Troubled German Internet services firm Gigabell's court-appointed
administrator that he would resume its insolvency filing after a
majority of the company's assets were sold for five million euros
($4.23 million) to a rival company. Gigabell, which began
insolvency proceedings in September, had hoped to find a savior
in Finnish internet service provider Jippii Group, which had
originally said it wanted to buy a 56 percent share stake in the
company. But Jippii, formerly known as Saunalahti Oy, said it
would not take an equity stake in Gigabell but instead would buy
a majority of the operations, without taking over its outstanding
debt, Reuters reports this week. It did not specify which
operations, or what percentage of the assets it was buying.

Insolvency administrator Dirk Pfeil said Gigabell's creditors
could count on 20 percent repayment of their loans from the five
million euros paid by Jippii. Talk with telecoms company World
Access, which had also expressed an interest in buying part of
Gigabell, fell through because the American firm had sought
"unreasonable" payment conditions, Pfeil told reporters. Speaking
at a news conference in Frankfurt, Pfeil said he planned to
present his report to a Frankfurt court. Gigabell has 50 million
marks ($21.62 million) of outstanding debt, which Pfeil said made
the shares "worthless." He did not elaborate.

Reuters said that shares in Gigabell were trading at 7.40 euros
on Monday before being suspended pending the news conference.
Gigabell had a market capitalization of 42.3 million euros prior
to the suspension. A Deutsche Boerse spokeswoman said it was
unlikely Gigabell would resume trading tomorrow as investors were
not yet fully informed.


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H U N G A R Y
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FUZFOI PAPIR: Sees Losses Up in Third Quarter, Stock Suspended
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Trading on Hungarian paper firm Fuzfoi Papir was suspended Monday
on the Budapest bourse after the company said its losses will
grow considerably in the third quarter, a bourse official told
Reuters. The stock was suspended for two hours, with trading to
be resumed at 1100 GMT.

Reuters reported yesterday that from the first half of the year
unfavorable trends prevailed in the third quarter. Fuzfoi said
its net losses would rise to HUF 397.6 million (USD 1.28 million)
from 316.5 million in the second quarter. The company's
profitability decreased due to high raw materials prices. It said
that its liquidity situation has deteriorated and turnover
remained below the target. Fuzfoi said its total shareholders'
capital dropped to HUF 185.1 million from HUF 266.2 million.

In early October the company's banks, together with Fuzfoi,
jointly appointed a bank commissioner to protect creditors'
interests and to ensure the company's financial stability and
continuing operation.


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I R E L A N D
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TRANSAER: Rianta Claims 400,000 Pounds in Unpaid Landing Charges
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Irish Independent reports this week that PJ McGoldrick's airline
TransAer has gone into voluntary liquidation, leading to the
immediate impounding of some of its aircraft in lieu of debts at
several airports. Dublin two Airbus jets were seized for an
estimated $50m. Accordingly, Aer Rianta claims to be owed some
400,000 pounds in unpaid landing charges. Last week, the
Independent reports the airport was buzzing with rumors of a
TransAer jet which landed in the early hours of Sunday morning,
taxied over to FLS, the aircraft maintenance company formerly
known as TEAM, and left later that night.

Irish Aviation Authority said that proper flight plans had been
filed and the aircraft had full clearance to leave for Bristol.
However the IAA said there had been a `misunderstanding' with one
of the ground crew who it seems was not aware that the aircraft
was about to take off when it did and had to unplug his
headphones rather quickly and jump out of the way.


TRANSAER: Deficit May Close to IR20 Million Pounds
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The deficit at Irish charter airline TransAer may be close IR20
million pounds, according to a Doras report this week. The figure
was quoted by the Sunday Tribune without attribution. Provisional
liquidator John McStay, who was appointed provisional liquidator
last week, faces the problem of retrieving two of the company's
aircraft seized by the Libyan authorities in Tripoli. It adds
that McStay may try to "sell" a debt owed to TransAer by U.S.
carrier TransMeridian, in which the Irish airline has an
investment. He is trying to locate aircraft spares worth an
estimated IR4m pounds that TransAer has in various locations.


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I T A L Y
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FIAT AUTO: Reports a Third Quarter Operating Loss of E91 Million
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Italy's largest manufacturing group Fiat has reported a third
quarter operating loss of E91m ($76m) in its core Fiat Auto car
division, hit by the current price cutting war in the European
car market, Financial Times noted last week. Due to the increase
in raw material costs stemming from a higher U.S. dollar and
energy prices, Fiat also reported difficulties in its Polish and
Latin American operations.

Fiat is planning to close down its Venezuelan car activities and
write-off part of its Argentine engine plant. While the situation
in Brazil was showing a small improvement, the important Polish
market for the Italian group is under heavy pressure. Fiat also
plans restructuring in its Indian car activities. The company
said difficult conditions in the car and farm equipment
businesses were expected to continue for the rest of the year, FT
said.


OLIVETTI:  Inquiry into Suspect Insider Dealing
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According to a Times report, an investigation has begun into
suspected insider trading at Olivetti, the Italian telecoms
group, following erratic movements in its share price earlier
this year. Italian stock market regulator, Consob said yesterday
that it had forwarded documents to Italy's legal authorities
detailing suspected insider dealing in non-voting shares in
Olivetti. Consob said the inquiry would focus on "anomalous"
movements in Olivetti's savings and preferred shares in the days
up to February 24, when the company announces plans to convert
the stock into ordinary voting shares. Olivetti declined to
comment on the case. Olivetti, headed by Roberto Colanino, was a
troubled computer manufacturer before going into telecoms.


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KPN: Borrowings of Dutch Telecom Reach E25.4 Billion
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Financial Times reports that while Dutch telecommunications group
KPN may only rank as 10th largest among its European peers --
with a market capitalization of E24.8bn ($20.6bn) -- its
borrowings have reached E25.4bn. The arrangement of an additional
E5bn credit facility last week could stretch the balance sheet
even further.

Next month's sale of shares in KPN's parent company should also
be followed by an initial public offering of KPN Mobile shares
next year -- at the same time as many other delayed IPOs are
expected to go ahead. KPN shares have fallen 64 percent since
March, as fears about its financial strength compounded more
general worries over the returns available from 3G.

Maarten Henderson, finance director said, "The debt level that we
have now is not what we want but there is no question of us not
being able to manage." Regulatory restrictions prevent KPN from
saying what level of debt it is aiming for, but Mr Henderson is
keen to avoid any suggestion that he is preparing to pull the
equity issue by arranging the new E5bn loan. "The latest debt
facility has nothing to do with preparing for a worst case
scenario. It is structural financing." He insists debt levels
have "peaked" but declined to speculate what might happen if the
equity issue does have to be cancelled, Financial Times said.


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P O L A N D
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DAEWOO-FSO: Temporary Closure Seeks to Restructure Operations
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The European hub of South Korean automaker Daewoo, Daewoo-FSO,
released plans for a temporary closure and a restructuring to
combat twin threats posed by its parent company's bankruptcy and
declining Polish car sales, The Wall Street Journal reported
yesterday. The closure is expected to begin Monday next week and
will continue through Nov. 17. In the short run, FSO hopes its
efforts will help it survive a near-total lack of support from
its debt-laden Seoul parent.

"The situation is very difficult and has changed a lot since
January," said Daewoo-FSO President Sung Koog Yeo, as he added,
"We must improve our market share and enhance our operations. I
will do my best to achieve our goals and I beg your support and
understanding."

Daewoo says the plan includes cutting materials costs;
consolidating 98 cost centers to 64 through mergers, sell-offs
and closures; trimming the country's Korean management team of
300 by one-third; and cutting line workers. The company also
plans to streamline its sales and service network in the hope of
boosting sinking sales in Poland, a nation of 39 million and
Daewoo's largest European market. Exact figures on cost savings
weren't available, officials said, because the plan had not been
finalized. However, the break comes in addition to the plant's
summer and December holiday suspensions.


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R U S S I A
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TATNEFT: To Sign Agreement on Short-Term Debt
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Skrin Issuer reported yesterday that Tatneft will sign an
official agreement with its creditors on overdue short-term debt.
According to the company's recent statements, the balance of this
debt is in the order of $300 million.


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S W E D E N
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BOXMAN: Online Music Retailer to Wind Up
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The Independent reports this week that failed online CD retailer
Boxman is expected to wind up after meeting shareholders and
creditors. Boxman's receivers, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Denton
Wilde Sapte, failed to find a buyer. The only remaining hope for
Boxman, at one stage Europe's third largest online retailer,
seems to be a re-launch by its original Swedish founders who set
it up three years ago but left last year.

Boxman had been tipped for a pounds 300m stock market float but
declining investor sentiment towards the Internet and the gradual
erosion of its cash reserves forced Boxman into the receivers'
hands earlier this month, The Independent said. Despite a looming
deadline for a rescuer, Boxman remained optimistic that its
750,000-strong customer base and annual sales of pounds 12.7m
would be enough to attract a suitable buyer. Other Internet
companies such as Jungle.com, the e-tailer bought by Great
Universal Stores have been the target of bids from bigger
companies.


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S W I T Z E R L A N D
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MIRACLE SOFTWARE: Shares Suspended; to Declare Insolvency
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The SWX Swiss Exchange said trading in shares of Miracle Software
AG had been halted until further notice, Reuters reported last
week. The troubled Swiss company said it was suspending its
operations and would declare insolvency in the next few days and
lay off its 320 staff.

Reuters reports that Miracle, which made enterprise resource
planning software, had been trying to sort out its finances after
it encountered problems with early users of its main product,
which had cost 50 million Swiss francs ($27.38 million) to
develop. Miracle said the final straw was a decision by Credit
Suisse First Boston not to pay out the second tranche of eight
million francs of a 23 million-franc convertible bond agreed in
August.

Miracle said last week it was planning an overhaul that would
make the company smaller and more focused, but this was based on
the premise it could secure finances. It said its management and
supervisory board had weighed many financial and strategic
options. "At its meeting, the supervisory board had to conclude
that no option delivered sufficient security to obtain the
necessary further financing," the company said in a statement.
Miracle said on October 18 it had to shed half its staff due to a
poor third quarter, Reuters said.


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GAMING INTERNET:  Posts Pre-Tax Loss of 8.52 Million Pounds
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The Times noted yesterday that Gaming Internet had first-half
pre-tax losses of 8.52 million pounds. There is no dividend.


EQUITABLE LIFE: Liabilities to Be Examined
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The chances of Equitable Life policyholders receiving significant
windfalls have receded further because prospective buyers of the
embattled UK life assurer face more uncertainty over its
liabilities, Financial Times reports this week. The latest issue
could add up to 1.8bn pounds ($2.6bn) to Equitable's liabilities,
according to one analyst. This would come on top of the costs of
guaranteed annuities, which forced the mutual to put itself up
for sale in July after losing a test case in the House of Lords.

New regulations will require all life assurers to reserve for the
guaranteed element of terminal bonuses and future growth in
annual bonuses in their unitized with-profits (UWP) products. The
mutual has already put the cost of its controversial guaranteed
annuities policies at 1.5bn pounds and analysts believe any
purchaser would wish to strengthen its life fund by a similar
amount.

The further uncertainty may explain why only two of the UK's two
largest life assurers, Prudential and CGNU, are working on final
bids for the whole of Equitable, out of the 15 companies that
initially asked for the mutual's sales memorandum. Some of the
companies that dropped out suggested any purchaser of Equitable
would have to fill a funding "hole" of close to 5bn pounds.

Equitable declined to comment. However, its actuaries are
believed to be confident they have reserved adequately for UWP
business, while accepting a purchaser might adopt a different
approach. Equitable has set a November 20 deadline for final bids
and hopes to announce its preferred bidder by early December.


MEDCREST RADIOGRAPHIC: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: Medcrest Radiographic Services Ltd
Company No: 3136722
Com. Business: Radiographic Services
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Creditors
Appointed by: Creditors and Members
Liquidators: John Russell IPno: 5544 Brian S Creber 1062
Firm Name: Poppleton & Appleby
Address: 93 Queen Street
City Postcode: Sheffield S1 1WF


MERLINBAY LTD: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: Merlinbay Ltd
Company No: SC
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Creditors
Appointed by: Creditors
Liquidators: J M Hall IPno:
Firm Name: BKR Haines Watts
Address: 9 Coates Crescent
City Postcode: Edinburgh EH3 7AL


MILLENIUM DOME:  Pressure Grows to Demolish Dome
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This Is London reports this week that the Government is under
increasing pressure to concede defeat on the Dome and agree to
its demolition. Its new boss, City troubleshooter David James,
has publicly confirmed that the Greenwich peninsula site could be
worth three times its value to a prospective purchaser with the
Dome removed. The Evening Standard was the first to reveal that
the 60-acre site could be worth up to 300 million pounds to
developers, but only about 100 million pounds if the Dome is
retained.

Mr James told BBC TV's On The Record programme: "There has to be
a possibility that unless a buyer comes along and is prepared to
see a constructive purpose to the future of the Dome, then the
Dome will have to be considered for alternative usage in some
leisure, sports or maybe business-park context."

Significantly, he added: "Alternatively, beyond that then comes
the value of the land and the development of the peninsula, the
whole Greenwich peninsula which is a vast area. It's the biggest
undeveloped area in the whole of London." The Government and
Greenwich council are committed to keeping the Dome after it
closes as a millennium exhibition at the end of its troubled
year. Japanese consortium Nomura bid to buy the Dome for 105
million pounds but then pulled out. The Government is now talking
to another consortium, Legacy plc, which wants to turn it into a
hi-tech business park. Meanwhile, 50 MPs are calling for an
emergency Commons debate over Dome funding, This is London said.


NIELSEN COMMERCIALS: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: Nielsen Commercials Ltd
Company No: SC
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Creditors
Appointed by: Creditors
Liquidators: Blair C Nimmo IPno: 8208
Firm Name: KPMG
Address: 24 Blythswood Square
City Postcode: Glasgow G2 4QS


NORTH BANK: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: North Bank Associates Ltd
Company No: 3100897
Com. Business: Estate Agents
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Creditors
Appointed by: Creditors and Members
Liquidators: Robert Valentine IPno: 3569
Firm Name: Valentine & Co
Address: 4 Dancastle Court 14 Arcadia Avenue
City Postcode: London N3 2HS


RAMONA FOODS: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: Ramona Foods (Glasgow) Ltd
Company No: SC
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Creditors
Appointed by: Creditors
Liquidators: J M Hall IPno:
Firm Name: BKR Haines Watts
Address: 9 Coates Crescent
City Postcode: Edinburgh EH3 7AL


RINGASKIDDY INN: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: Ringaskiddy Inn Ltd
Company No: IR
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Members
Appointed by: Members
Liquidators: Brendan Delaney IPno:
Firm Name: B Delaney & Co
Address: Avonleas Demesne
City Postcode: Dublin


S B K HEATING: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: S B K Heating Services Ltd
Company No: IR
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Creditors
Appointed by: Members
Liquidators: Peter Cunningham IPno:
Firm Name: Cunningham & Co
Address: 15 Sandyford Office Park Foxrock
City Postcode: Dublin 18


S BROADLEY: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: S Broadley Painters & Decorators Ltd
Company No: SC
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Creditors
Appointed by: Creditors
Liquidators: J M Hall IPno:
Firm Name: BKR Haines Watts
Address: 9 Coates Crescent
City Postcode: Edinburgh EH3 7AL


UNITED TECHNO: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: United Techno Finan Serv (Dublin) Ltd
Company No: IR
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Members
Appointed by: Members
Liquidators: M Sargent IPno:
Firm Name: Brennan Governey & Co
Address: Kildress House Pembroke House Pembroke Row
City Postcode: Dublin 2


Whitbread: Brewery Poised to Sell Off Brasseries Chain
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Ananova reports brewing group Whitbread is expected to announce
large-scale disposals of its Cafe Rouge chain when it reports
half-year results Tuesday this week. However, it is unclear how
many jobs will be lost as a result, as the company will be likely
to want to sell on the brasseries as going concerns rather than
close them completely. Attention will also focus on Tuesday on
the Beefeater chain, where a shake-up is expected, and the future
of Whitbread's Bella Pasta and Mamma Amalfi brands, while the
Dome cafe division has already been earmarked for disposal.

Meanwhile, tenanted pubs company Pubmaster is rumoured to be on
the verge of launching a bid for Whitbread's 3,000 pubs in a deal
which could be worth 2 billion pounds. Pubmaster is also reported
to be considering a bid for the whole of regional brewer
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries. But it may end up with a battle
on its hands, as Japanese bank Nomura and Punch Taverns are also
said to be considering bids.


WITS END: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: Wits End Boutique Ltd
Company No: IR
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Members
Appointed by: Members
Liquidators: Aidan Connaughton IPno:
Firm Name: Grant Thornton
Address: Ashford House Tara Street
City Postcode: Dublin 2


WPF HOLDINGS: Liquidation Proceedings
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Company Name: WPF Holdings Ltd
Company No: 2366558
Com. Business: Investment Co
Appointed on: 27/09/00
Type: Members
Appointed by: Members
Liquidators: Gerald I Rankin IPno: 5184 Nicholas E Reed 1168
Firm Name: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Address: 9 Bond Court
City Postcode: Leeds LS1 2SN



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