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This also makes interesting reading, I know its dated march but serves to indicate just how large these companies are.
Taylor Woodrow & Whimpy merger £6billion, will make the new company Taylor Whimpy Developments bigger than Barrett Developments. So why are the two largest house builders developers interested in
1. Barrett - building 59 houses on the pickle factory site
2. Taylor Whimpy - seeking planning permission for gate access to a field off stanhill road.
Is the building trade so bad at the moment that these two giants of the building world need these small developments to keep them going, or are they both after a foothold in Hyndburn to become a preferred developer for the land created off Blackburn road.

Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow plan merger - Times Online