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Article: Housebuilder Yuill Homes is sold to Irish firm Taggart
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- February 8, 2006
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NORTH-EAST housebuilder Yuill Homes last night confirmed it had
been acquired by an Irish-based property developer for an undisclosed
sum.
Family-run company Yuill, which employs 200 people across the
region, has been bought by Taggart Homes.
Despite the change of ownership, Yuill said last night that there
were no plans to relocate from its Hartlepool base and the management
team would remain intact.
The jobs of its 200 workers are also secure, the company said.
Neither party would release figures, only saying the deal was
"substantial".
Phillip Yuill, former chairman and son of the company's founder
Cecil Yuill, said: "The acquisition of Yuill Homes by Taggart
Holdings offers the company ...