
BCA Belle Vue, ManchesterThe company operates the most important car public sale web site in Europe and auctions over 50% of all automobiles sold by public sale within the UK. In the late Nineteen Eighties, Belize-based Hawley Goodall undertook a reverse takeover of ADT Security Services, and renamed itself ADT. Focusing on security methods, ADT offered the North American and European arms of BCA in separate offers. While the residual North American arm was broken-up and offered to commerce patrons, the European arm was acquired by a consortium of some 40 private investors, including Lord Ashcroft through his Belize-based investment … Read More
