November 18, 2005 | posted by Michael Baxter in Uncategorized |

As expected, the St Gobain purchase of plasterboard manufacturer BPB has been confirmed. The trouble is BPB’s boss, Richard Cousins, made such a robust defence against the bid, clearly not to the liking of St Gobain’s management, that it is difficult to see how he could work with the new owners moving forward. Sure enough, yesterday it was confirmed that Mr Cousins, who has led the company threw a period of rapid growth, is to leave once the takeover has gone through.