City snapshot: SSP Group’s revenues up 13.5% in first quarter

Travel food specialist SSP Group has increased sales by 13.5% in the first quarter, driven by like-for-like growth, contract wins and global expansion. Bacardi buys Patrón Spirits for $5.1bn, UK snow hits Christmas trading at Marston’s, Ocado’s shares surge 28% on Canada tie-up and all the rest of the latest news on a busy morning in the City