P529ORACLE 529 Mon27 Jan C4 1701:15   KIER BOSS GOES AS  BEAZER MEN ARRIVE  A boardroom shuffle has been the first mark of the new Beazer administration at French Kier group. Beazer chairman Brian Beazer is taking over the helm while fgrmer Kier boss John Mott with three other directors are leaving the company.  Metals group McKechnie Brothers has turned to the market in search of shares in its bid tar£et Newman Tonks. Paying around 136.5p a share, it has lifted its stake in the engineering and building products firm to 9.5%. City headlines 500 Newsfile 520

P529ORACLE 529 Mon27 Jan C4 1713:01  1/3  KIER BOSS GOES AS  BEAZER MEN ARRIVE  A boardroom shuffle has been the first mark of the new Beazer administration at French Kier group. Beazer chairman Brian Beazer is taking over the helm while former Kier boss John Mott with three other directors are leaving the company.  Metals group McKechnie Brothers has turned to the market in search of shares in its bid target Newman Tonks. Paying around 136.5p a share, it has lifted its stake in the engineering and building products firm to 9.5%. >>>>> City headlines 500 Newsfile 520

P529ORACLE 529 Mon27 Jan C4 1714:48  2/3  BREWERY TRADE SET  FOR FURTHER MERGER  There are signs a further link up in the brewery trade may be in the offing following the recent Wolverhampton & Dudley move for Davenports Breweries. Shares in pubs group Inn Leisure and one of the few remaining quoted independent brewers JA Devenish have been suspended pending an announcement.  Hosiery specialist Atkins Brothers has revealed it is holding talks which may lead to a full bid for the company. News of the approach sent Atkins shares 30p higher to 188p. >>>>>  City headlines 500 Newsfile 520

P529ORACLE 529 Mon27 Jan C4 1714:37  3/3  KENNEDY BROOKES  MOVES INTO HOTELS  Restauranteurs Kennedy Brookes is making a decisive move into hotels, setting up a separate hotel division trading as Distinctive Inns. Each of the group's existing premises, which all have restaurants, will be upgraded and further "character hotels" will be sought, the company says.  Kennedy Brookes is also entering into a £20m venture with Grosvenor Square Properties to redevelop the London Pavilion at Piccadilly Circus. The development, along the Trocadero lines, is likely to include a permanent Madame Tussauds exhibition. >>>>>  City headlines 500