Unilever owns consumer brands ranging from Marmite and Pot Noodle to Dove soap
(Picture: PA Archive)The City was today alight with speculation that embattled Unilever could face break-up pressure after a high-profile activist investor signaled the beginning of a campaign at the Dove soap to Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream maker.
The consumer goods group shot to the top of the FTSE 100, erasing almost all of last week’s losses, after it emerged that US activist investor Nelson Peltz had taken an undisclosed position.
