Two Betaville scoops confirmed on one Winter's morning

Here is something to cheer you up on a cold, grey Monday morning - a couple of my Betaville """"""exclusive""""" jackanories have just been confirmed.  

Kier Group said in a statement this morning via the UK regulatory news service that:

"In view of recent press speculation, Kier Group plc ("Kier") confirms that it has held preliminary discussions regarding a potential acquisition of Mouchel.

There can be no certainty that an acquisition of Mouchel will be completed."

The statement comes after I revealed on Tip TV on Friday and Betaville on Saturday that Kier was looking quite seriously at buying Mouchel for about £400 million. 

Also, some loyal readers may have noticed that German property company Deutsche Annington has announced it plans to buy rival Gagfah for almost €4 billion.

But for readers that don't recall, back in May I said that there was something was afoot with Gagfah and that Deutsche Annington had been taking a look at the business.

Here are links to those articles: 

http://www.tiptv.co.uk/archives/tip-tv-highlight-ben-harrington-21-05-2014/

http://betaville123.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/fortress-looks-to-completely-get-out-of.html

I took a bit of stick - you know who are you are - when Fortress placed some of its stake in Gagfah in the market after the publication of my articles. 

However, I think I have been vindicated for talking/publishing about Deutshce Annington's interest in Gagfah by today's news.

Ciao