OFT clears Harvest and Arena merger
14th August 2012
Brookside scheme for Arena Housing in Ormskirk
The Office of Fair Trading has said the merger of Harvest Housing Group and Arena Housing Group does not warrant further investigation.Manchester-based Harvest and Liverpool-based Arena agreed the deal last year ahead of a formal merger date in April.The groups said the driver behind the move was "to harness the financial strength" of both organisations. They said that both Harvest and Arena had been successful in receiving 100% of the HCA funding they had applied for in 2011, which would allow them to develop a combined 1,300 hom......for the full story register now for free or login below...




