Wilson Bowden acquisition takes Barratt into FTSE 100

March 1, 2007
Barratt expects to spend £1.5 billion on land following the £2.2 billion acquisition of top ten rival Wilson Bowden. The deal put Barratt at the top of the housebuilding league table and, with the company valued at around £4.3 billion, pushed it into the FTSE 100. Barratt chief executive Mark Clare told Housebuilder: “We have a limited landbank and so …

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