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...Richard Bethell, the first Baron Westbury, was approaching his 70th birthday when he tried his hand at asset management. The politician had served as lord chancellor, overseeing Britain’s legal system....
...Photographs: National Trust Images/Stephen Robson/nationaltrust.org.uk; National Trust/James Dobson; Alamy; GAP Photos/Andrea Jones; Richard Semik/Getty Images; Dan Kitwood/Getty Images...
...Paul Westbury, chief executive, Buro Happold, the engineering consultancy. Roger Williams, MP. OFFICER, OBE Lisa Appignanesi, writer. Max Arthur, military historian....
...This is an essential part of investing, says Ian Gunn of the Westbury Waddlers investment club at Bristol....
...Homebuilder Westbury gained 6.2 per cent to 494p and confirmed after the market close it had received a bid approach....
...Persimmon has agreed to buy Westbury, another housebuilder, for £643m. Strong first half figures from British Land but disappointment that they weren’t even better knocked the stock back a bit....
...In housebuilders, Persimmon’s deal to buy smaller rival Westbury is likely to propel the UK’s largest housebuilder into the FTSE 100....
...“The arrival of a public approach puts the company into play with every chance of competing bids,” said Richard Rose of Oriel Securities: “While there is no guarantee that this deal will go ahead, we would...
...Westbury rose 5 per cent, Bovis Homes gained 3.2 per cent, Redrow added 3.6 per cent, and Bellway moved 2.8 per cent higher....
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