IN BRIEF

■ Convenience store chain the Co-op has announced plans for a £45million distribution depot in Bedfordshire as part of a push into the South East. The new site will create up to 1,200 jobs when it opens in 2022.

■ The boss of pub giant Greene King, Rooney Anand, is to call time on nearly 14 years in the job.

■ Bookie William Hill blamed changes in betting rules and tax for a full-year profit warning issued yesterday.