Glasgow packaging firm seals first deal after Covid
Macfarlane has made a further latest acquisition By Scott Wright GLASGOW-based Macfarlane Group has clinched its first acquisition since the pandemic took hold, lifting shares up more than six per cent. The acquisitive packaging company has struck a deal to take over GWP Group of Wiltshire, a protective packaging manufacturing and distribution business, in a cash deal worth up to £15.1 million. It is the first deal to be sealed by Macfarlane since the addition of Armagrip in January 2020, and the fourteenth to be completed by chief executive Peter Atkinson since he joined the group i...