28/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Merger: Kew Green Hotels Limited/ Barclays Bank/Bank of Scotland. On 28 February 2011, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to the acquisition of Kew Green Hotels Limited of the UK, which runs 21 hotels in the UK as a franchise, by British companies Barclays Bank plc and Bank of Scotland plc (the latter controlled by Lloyds Banking Group plc (LPG - UK). LPG and Barclays Bank own shares in many companies in the hotel and catering industry and the deal,...