"John Dunsmore, the outgoing chief executive of the brewer Scottish & Newcastle, is understood to have been sounded out about the possibility of running Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the pubs operator, in the event of a merger with Spirit Group, the managed pub division of Punch Taverns."
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