Posts tagged: Garda World

G4S, the bid battle and the potential auction...

Thursday, 28 January 2021, 10:00 am

There is speculation circulating the London market that the Takeover Panel and the various advisers working on the G4S bid battle may be preparing for a unusual weekend auction process.

That's because both Canada-based Garda World and America's Allied Universal have extended their respective offers after a very limited of amount of investors have accepted their respective bids...

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Brexit...who cares, say French Canadians - Part 2

Thursday, 11 April 2019, 9:31 am

There is an old saying in (British) journalism: "three makes a trend".

I guess, then, we are half way there when it comes to the French Canadians and British businesses.

Several week's ago Saputo - based in Montreal, Canada - paid £1 billion for London-listed cheesemaker Dairy Crest.

And yesterday it emerged Garda World, whose headquarters are also in Montreal, is weighing a £3 billion takeover of accident-prone security company G4S...

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