As Kier pares back, Willmott Dixon boss rules out acquisitions because ‘you never know what you’re buying’

By Dave Rogers2019-06-19T05:00:00

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Willmott Dixon has said it has no plans to grow its business through acquisition because firms never know what they’re buying.

Just 48 hours after Kier executive Andrew Davies blamed a drastic cost-cutting programme on that firm’s spending spree of the past few years, Willmott Dixon group chief executive Rick Willmott said it hadn’t splashed out on a rival for nearly three decades.

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