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Previously on "First the AA, now the RAC."
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Private Equity firms? Don't know anything about them, but this one is also associated with Habitat, Borders, Woolworth, etc
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I'm starting to think that US companies should be banned from buying any UK company. From Mars bars to old people's homes, football clubs to insurance, everything gets shut down, asset stripped and wrecked.
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First the AA, now the RAC.
Another one bites the dust:
RAC breakdown service: Will £1bn sale mean AA-style cuts | Mail Online
Private Equity Companies are so wonderful.
Just ask Philips Semiconductors, Freescale, Southern Cross etc etc etc.
The private equity lot are worse than asset strippers.
The company gets loaded with debt that the scumbags used to buy it in the first place.
Shooting is too good for 'em.
Here's another casualty:
Moben Kitchens and Dolphin Bathrooms sink with 3,000 jobs facing the axe | This is Money
The company, owned by private equity group Sun Capital PartnersLast edited by zeitghost; 2 May 2017, 09:01.Tags: None
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