Another FTSE firm is under attack from a US raider. Demand top dollar | Nils Pratley

The warehouse landlord Segro has a bright future, not least with datacentres, so there’s no reason to roll over Segro rejects £12.6bn offer from US rival Here we go (yet) again: another opportunistic takeover bid from the US for a UK company. The fun at easyJet isn’t even over yet, but the next target is Segro, the property firm known as Slough Estates until the branding merchants decided a slicker name was needed for a portfolio that these days extends well beyond Berkshire and deep into continental Europe. Warehouses and logistics centres stir few sentimental or patriotic feelings but Segro

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