UK’s biggest private hospital provider Spire in talks on sale to private equity

Shares in FTSE 250 company jump as it reveals Bridgepoint and Triton are among groups interested in takeoverBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s biggest private hospital provider, Spire Healthcare, is in talks about a sale to private equity that could lead to it being delisted from the London Stock Exchange.The company, which owns the Claremont hospital in Sheffield and the historic St Anthony’s hospital in south London, said on Monday that Bridgepoint Advisers and Triton Investments Advisers were “amongst the parties” with which it was in talks. Continue reading...