Foresight Invests in RFB Containers to Support Acquisition of Forth Containers
August 1, 2023
Foresight Group has invested £2 million into RFB Containers Limited to support RFB's acquisition of Forth Containers Limited and its subsidiary Container World. The deal creates a combined multi-site container hire, sales and self-storage operator in Scotland with a hire fleet of over 2,000 containers and retains existing management at the Bathgate site.
- Buyers
- Foresight Group, RFB Containers Limited
- Targets
- Forth Containers Limited, Container World
- Sellers
- Ross Watt, Graeme Sherry
- Platforms
- RFB Containers Limited
- Industry
- Transportation
- Location
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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