On Thursday Crest Nicholson agreed to be bought for £715 million ($1.4 billion) by Edinburgh lender HBOS and the Scottish billionaire Tom Hunter. Shares in Crest Nicholson were up 3.5 pence (7 ...

SIR TOM HUNTER expanded his business empire yesterday with the £1billion takeover of housebuilder Crest Nicholson - five months after his first offer was rejected.

LONDON (Reuters) - Housebuilder Crest Nicholson agreed on Thursday to a long-awaited takeover by a consortium of HBOS and property magnate Tom Hunter, valuing it at around 715 million pounds.

LONDON (Reuters) - HBOS and entrepreneur Tom Hunter are expected to table a revised bid for housebuilder Crest Nicholson this week after their initial offer was rejected last year, the Sunday ...