Acquisition strategy pays off for Ashtenne

By James Whitmore and James Whitmore1 April 1999

The key to the uplift was a 64% increase in pre-tax profits to £12.5m. Joint chief executives Ian Watson and Morgan Jones continued their strategy of buying at high yields, improving the property and then selling at low yields. Acquisitions of £40m were made last year at an average yield ...

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