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Lastminute.com pays £40m for reality TV 'car wreck'
News UK online travel site lastminute.com has bought car rental firm Holiday Autos for £40m. Holiday Autos - the subject of a particularly unflattering reality TV show last year - adds another dimension to the travel offering of lastminute.com, which... [26 Mar 2003]
Lastminute.com staff face job cull
News Online travel firm lastminute.com is aiming to cut costs by axing 70 staff despite claiming last week that it will report a profitable quarter in November. A spokesman for lastminute.com told the Sunday Times: "There's going to be employees who'll... [23 Sep 2002]
Lastminute.com swallows food site
News Lastminute.com is buying food ordering site Urbanbite.com in an all-share deal. Lastminute's offer, valued at £140,000, is based on its closing share price of 31.5p on Friday. Urbanbite.com allows visitors to its site to place orders over the web... [16 Jul 2001]
Lastminute.com halves losses
News Lastminute.com has hit operational profitability in the UK and France three months ahead of schedule. The company said it is well-positioned to take on the European market following its acquisition of Travelselect.com last month. [10 May 2002]
Lastminute.com snaps up hotel firm for £12.1m
News Brent Hoberman, CEO of lastminute.com, said the deal represents the latest step in making "lastminute.com a part of people's daily lives". Lastminute.com has announced the £12.1m purchase of hotel booking agency First Option and sent its share... [14 Jan 2004]
lastminute.com director jumps ship
News Brent Hoberman, CEO of lastminute.com, welcomed the appointment and thanked Culhane for his work on the IPO and takeover of Degriftour. Julian Culhane, CFO at lastminute.com, is leaving the online travel agent and returning to corporate finance. [05 Jul 2001]
Lastminute.com just got .NET better
News Brent Hoberman, co-founder and CEO of lastminute.com, said .NET will enable the company to provide a more personalised service to customers. Visitors to lastminute.com will soon be enjoying the heady mix web services and last-minute travel... [03 Oct 2001]
Lastminute.com to float on US and UK stock markets
News Brent Hoberman, co-founder and chief executive of Lastminute.com, said: "The money raised will be invested in technology, in looking at new ways to distribute the service on mobile phones and digital television and for brand building and... [10 Feb 2000]
Lastminute.com gets investor green light for £59m deal
News Brent Hoberman, CEO of lastminute.com claimed the deal achieved the type of presence in the French market that would have taken two to three years to build up from scratch. Lastminute.com will pay £27.1m in cash, of which £5.9m is payable after one... [26 Sep 2000]
Lastminute.com in £16m Med Hotels purchase
News Brent Hoberman, Lastminute.com CEO, said the deal will also help the UK dot-com make the most of the trade relationships its Holiday Autos unit has in the UK and Germany. Lastminute.com has paid just over £16m for Med Hotels, a UK-based holiday... [03 Dec 2003]
Lastminute.chairman quits.com
News However, Brent Hoberman, CEO of lastminute.com, express his regret at Leighton's decision to step down and paid tribute to the work the outgoing chairman has done. Allan Leighton, non-executive chairman of lastminute.com, is to stand down from his... [26 Oct 2004]
Lastminute.com reveals lastquarter.profit
News Brent Hoberman, the company's CEO and joint-founder, believes recent acquisitions have played a major part in the strong results. Lastminute.com has announced gross profits for its first quarter of £25m - representing a 128 per cent increase on the... [12 Feb 2004]
lastminute.com splashes out €46.7m for lastminute.de
News Brent Hoberman, CEO of lastminute.com, was widely reported earlier this year as having intentions to set up a lifestyle TV operation. lastminute.com has paid €46.7m in cash and shares to two entrepreneurs for a clutch of German companies, the... [30 Jun 2004]
Video: Lastminute.com CTO on web 2.0 and hack days
Video Founded by Brent Hobermann and Martha Lane Fox the company went on to float on the stock market before being taken over by travel group Sabre Holdings, which itself has just been bought out by a private equity consortium. [12 Jul 2007]
lastminute.com sees record profit
News McGaig's appointment will allow lastminute.com's co-founders Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox (pictured) to take a step back from the day to day management of lastminute.com. Dot-com darling lastminute.com has turned in a solid performance for... [05 Aug 2003]
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