Danish brewer hopes to make £100m savings over five years after buying maker of Robinsons, J20 and R White’s
The £3.3bn takeover of the UK soft drinks maker Britvic by the Danish brewer Carlsberg has received the go-ahead from Britain’s competition watchdog, raising fears of job losses.
The Competition and Markets Authority said it had cleared the proposed deal, a day before the deadline for the first phase of its investigation into the takeover.