Taywood's £480m Wilcon takeover

By John Theakston and John Theakston 2003-10-03T00:00:00

My take on Taylor Woodrow's £480m takeover of Wilson Connolly, as well as the feverish speculation linking just about every major housebuilder with the acquisition of a smaller rival, is that the big boys are gearing themselves up to break into the FTSE 100.

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