George Wimpey is rumoured to have pipped a management buyout offer to the post and finally bought John Laings housing division for £250m, overtaking Persimmon as the largest volume housebuilder in the UK.
Wimpey said it would not comment “until a deal was finalised”.
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EDITOR’S COMMENT In September, after 17 years in the role, Mark Preston will step down as chief executive of Grosvenor. He will continue in his role as executive trustee, advising…
The firm will occupy entire Kova KX development
The firm buys HQ for £1.8m
