GPG tells of merger benefits

The Guinness Peat Group reportedly told its annual meeting last week that a proposed merger with a small British listed company would lead to long-term tax and other benefits.

GPG moves on Trans Tasman

SIR RON BRIERLEYS Guinness Peat Group is moving to get the $1.1 billion Trans Tasman Properties wound up, with the prospect that shareholders would get more than double the present…

Trans Tasman boss gets raise

TRANS TASMAN Properties executive chairmail Don Fletchers pay packet increased $16,158 to $457,027 for the year to December, the annual report shows. Trans Tasman reported in February a tax-paid loss…

Enza seeks quick fix over deductions row

APPLE exporter Enza says it will meet Government advisers and the Crown Law Office soon as a first step to quickly resolving the row over its $54 million deductions from…

Gas competition heats up – NGC

COMPETITION is flourishing in the gas retail market in the Hutt Mana area, the Natural Gas Corporation says, and it is losing gas customers to FreshStart owned by its rival…

Brierley collects big stake in Mowbray

KEEN stamp collector Sir Ron Brierley will become the second biggest shareholder in Mowbray Collectables when Mowbray buys stamp auction house Stanley Gibbons in Australia.Sir Ron, founder of Brierley Investme

GPG wants more Time shares

Investment company Guinness Peat Group said yesterday it was seeking to lift its stake in watch and luxury goods retailer Time Products to nearly 30 per cent. GPG, the London-based…

Judge will decide today on Greymouth campaign

OIL industry minnow Greymouth Petroleum continued its campaign to turn into the shark on its corporate logo yesterday, asking the High Court in Auckland to approve a scheme of arrangement…

Sir Ron calls it a day

SIR RON BRIERLEY is retiring from the board of Brierley Investments, the company he founded 40 years ago.He will retire from the board on the anniversary of its founding, on…

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