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• The Thing Is: Partnerships UK

  - 2001-11-25

  That loaded phrase "conflict of interest" has again cropped up against Partnerships UK, the public-private partnership created to advise on public-private partnerships. The accident-prone Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has selected PUK to oversee the fudged renationalisation of the railways, under the guise of a company limited by...

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• INVESTMENT: STAKEHOLDER PROVIDERS

  - 2001-03-04

  Abbey National, contact local branch; AXA, 0845 300 3170; B&CE EasyBuild*, 08457 414142; Bank of Scotland, 0131 317 0313; Barclays, 0845 070 0220; Britannic, 0845 305 5559; CIS, 0800 028 2727; Clerical Medical, 0800 779090; Friends Provident, 0800 000085; HSBC, 0845 745 6127; Legal & General, 0800 027 1818; Marks...

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• ScotAm ready to name its preferred bidder

  - 1997-03-25

  Scottish Amicable is poised to announce the preferred bidder it will recommend to the society's 1.1 million members, with the Prudential yesterday emerging as the City's favourite candidate. A decision could come as early as today. The ScotAm board has to choose between the Pru, Abbey National and...

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• ScotAm confirms three firm bids

  - 1997-03-01

  Scottish Amicable the Stirling-based mutual insurance group said it had received just three firm bids, from Abbey National, Prudential and AMP, by the deadline of noon yesterday. There will now be two weeks of secret bilateral bargaining between the bidders, the ScotAm management and their financial advisers SG...

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• Abbey National to raise stakes

  - 1997-02-08

  The battle to own Scottish Amicable intensified yesterday after Abbey National said it hoped to beat off the rival bid made by Prudential for the beleaguered mutual life company by raising its own pounds 1.4bn offer. But Abbey National refused to give any further details of any likely...

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• Prudential offers pounds 1.9bn for ScotAm

  - 1997-02-06

  Scottish Amicable finally admitted the defeat of its two-stage flotation plans yesterday after Prudential stepped in to offer pounds 1.9bn for the company, trumping an earlier pounds 1.4bn bid by Abbey National. The Pru's bid terms offer pounds 400m in cash or shares, plus pounds 400m in bonuses...

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