ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL: 26 December 2015
Unlike the Kraft Cadbury takeover in 2010-11, which stretched over the Christmas holiday, the Shell bid for BG is unlikely to have families choking on their ‘Fruit & Nut’ bars.
Indeed, many people won’t even have a clue as to what BG Group – once the exploration arm of British Gas – actually does.
The only time the confusingly named group attracted public attention in recent times was when in late 2014 its board, out of touch with the public mood, proposed to hand new chief executive Helge Lund a £25million pay packet.