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Tie-up would have created company with 14,000 staff and 1,000 estate agency outlets
LSL Property Services has abandoned a proposed merger with its rival Countrywide that would have brought together well-known brands such as Hamptons International and Your Move.
In a brief statement to the stock exchange, LSL said it “does not intend to make an offer for Countrywide”, less than a month after the companies confirmed they were in talks about a deal, which at the time would have been a £470m all-share merger.
Continue reading...Some say they would rather let company collapse than accept £405m Anglo American offer
The future of a £4bn mine under the North York Moors is hanging in the balance after an investor rebellion that threatens to derail the £405m takeover of Sirius Minerals, the company developing it.
During a fractious shareholder meeting, at which security guards were drafted in to monitor “credible threats” against directors, investors branded members of the board “stupid” and called the takeover a “bloody disgrace”.
Continue reading...Chinese firm says it is happy to go ahead with sale despite delay in decision on Hayange
The Chinese firm buying British Steel promised “a new chapter in British steelmaking” as it edged towards the rescue of a company that has been funded by the government since it plunged into insolvency ten months ago.
Jingye, run by a former Communist party official, expects to complete the takeover next week, despite lingering uncertainty over whether France will permit the sale of one of British Steel’s most profitable assets, the Hayange plant in north-east France.
Continue reading...Jingye sends contract offers to 3,200 staff, with 400 told they would be made redundant
The sale of British Steel to Jingye is to be finalised next week, after the Chinese industrial firm sent contract offers to 3,200 staff and told 400 they were no longer needed.
Nearly 10 months after British Steel collapsed into insolvency, a rescue deal is on the verge of completion. Staff who are to be made redundant have been told this will take effect when the transaction completes on Monday.
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