LONDON and NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R") announced today an agreement to acquire Wolseley UK ("Wolseley"), a leading specialist distributor of plumbing, ...

As can be seen from the above chart of the FTSE 100 the index has continued to decline from resistance at 4600, with the FTSE falling around 13% in the past two weeks. Mounting evidence of deepening ...

LONDON -- I'm shopping for shares again, and I'm anxious to get to the checkout. Should I pop Wolseley into my basket? Cold winds from Europe continue to send shivers through the FTSE 100, with ...

Plumbing and heating giant Ferguson has ended plans for a separate stock market listing for its UK-based Wolseley business by agreeing to sell it to a private equity firm for £308 million. Wolseley ...

Wolseley plc, the world's largest supplier of plumbing and heating products, posted a solid gain in first quarter profit as its key US market showed signs of improvement. Trading profit at the Swiss ...

BURLINGTON, Ontario, Oct. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wolseley Canada President, Kevin Fancey is set to retire from the organization at the end of October 2020. Sébastien Laforge, formerly Vice ...

(Reuters) - Heating and plumbing supplier Wolseley (WOS.L) is changing its name to match its U.S. brand of Ferguson, a business that accounts for 84 percent of its trading profit, and is also pulling ...

Wolseley, the FTSE 100 plumbers' merchant, has acquired Davis & Warshow, a residential and commercial plumbing supplier in the New York metropolitan area. The purchase was made for a cash ...

PLUMBING giant Wolseley has plugged its leaking finances after announcing a near-40% surge in profits for the last three months. The firm, which owns the Plumb Center and Build Center chains, made ...

Building and plumbing supply company Wolseley has put its Business Change Programme, which includes the group wide introduction of SAP, on a “slow down” so that the British company can conserve cash ...

Plumbing group Wolseley is hoping to plug a hole in its finances by raising £1billion from investors. The firm, which employs 15,000 at its Plumb Center and Build Center branches, saw profits plunge ...

A private equity firm connected to Sir Terry Leahy is in talks to buy one of Britain’s biggest plumbing merchants. City sources said Clayton Dubilier & Rice – which employs the former chief executive ...