Neil Collins

Position: Columnist, Reuters news
City Editor, The Daily Telegraph 1986-2005 City Editor, The Sunday Times, 1984-1986 City Editor, Evening Standard, 1979-1984 Director Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc, Finsbury Growth and Income Trust plc Passion: fly fishing (and wife Julia and seven-year-old twins)

Blog Posts

A Carnival instead of a wake for Cadbury

It may be fantasy M&A, but little GFI Securities has a suggestion for putting Cadbury and Hershey together without bankrupting the buyer. Compared to the blunderbuss approach from Kraft, it's elegant ...  Full Article 

M&S makes smart buy from Morrisons

The market's reaction to the defection of Marc Bolland from William Morrison to Marks & Spencer looks the right one. Morrisons has a fresh headache, and may not have internal talent of sufficient quality to plug the gap quickly. Meanwhile, Bolland's record should give him the confidence to deal with the egos at M&S.   Full Article