Cornwall Ginsters worker death brings £1.28m fine for owner

Health and Safety Executive Paul Clarke, seen in the white coat behind the lorry, was new to the firm Pasty maker Ginsters’ parent company has been fined £1.28m after an employee was killed by a lorry that was delivering supplies. Paul Clarke, 40, died in hospital after he was fatally crushed by the lorry as it reversed into a loading bay at Ginsters’ plant in Callington, Cornwall on 2 December

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Race for Japanese 7-Eleven owner heats up with founding family bid By Reuters

By Ritsuko Shimizu and Kane Wu TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Seven & i Holdings has received a buyout proposal from a member of its founding Ito family, it said on Wednesday, a potential $58 billion white-knight bid as it weighs a rival offer from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard The offer for Ito-Kogyo, a company linked to Vice President Junro Ito and a top shareholder in 7-Eleven owner, is non-binding and under review

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