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19/07/2013
Govt Sells Majority Stake In Plasma Firm
A US private Equity firm has bought an 80% stake in blood products company Plasma Resources UK.
Bain Capital paid the government £230m for the majority stake in the firm, which supplies haemophilia and immune deficiency treatments to the NHS.
Bain said they want to transform PRUK into "a UK-based life sciences champion".
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Bain Capital paid the government £230m for the majority stake in the firm, which supplies haemophilia and immune deficiency treatments to the NHS.
Bain said they want to transform PRUK into "a UK-based life sciences champion".
(MH)
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15 August 2014
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03 April 2008
Brickies Banned From Wolf-Whistling
Bristol brickies have been banned from wolf-whistling at women. Leading building firm George Wimpey Bristol has outlawed the custom of builders whistling their appreciation of women walking below the scaffolding, for fear of putting off "savvy and sophisticated" buyers visiting sites.
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Bristol brickies have been banned from wolf-whistling at women. Leading building firm George Wimpey Bristol has outlawed the custom of builders whistling their appreciation of women walking below the scaffolding, for fear of putting off "savvy and sophisticated" buyers visiting sites.
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