UK: Takeover Panel to tighten acquisition rules
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 21 October 2010
The UK's Takeover Panel has proposed tougher rules for bidding companies and greater protection for employees in some of the biggest changes to the country's mergers and acquisitions regulations for decades.
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The UK's Takeover Panel has proposed tougher rules for bidding companies and greater protection for employees in some of the biggest changes to the country's mergers and acquisitions regulations for decades.
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