IT'S FEEDING TIME

摘要

It was a busy time in the fish tank last year. Balfour Beatty and Carillion began chasing Mowlem, MJ Gleeson faced a hostile takeover from venture capitalist Castle Acquisitions, Persimmon gobbled up Westbury for £643m and French materials giant Saint-Gobain bought UK plasterboard firm BPB for a cool £3.9bn. So, entering 2006, Building thought it would be interesting to speculate on which companies would be chasing a good meal, and which would be trying to escape their jaws. As well as the three sectors of contracting, housebuilding and materials, we have consulted far and wide, on the acquisition plans of consultants.