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Countryside chairman quits after housebuilder forced to put itself up for sale

By 2022-07-13T07:47:00

Countryside Highfield development, Lingfield, Surrey

The chairman of housebuilder Countryside Partnerships has stepped down a month after the board caved into pressure from an activist investor to seek a sale of the group.

John Martin, non-executive chairman of Countryside, has quit the firm with immediate effect.

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