Age seems to be no barrier in the world of big business in Leicestershire these days.
Less than a week after 25-year-old Aiyawatt 'Top' Raksriaksorn fronted the Thai consortium which took control of Leicester City, 70-year-old Peter Tom went and bought the UK's sixth-biggest quarry business.
The charismatic Leicester Tigers chairman has been looking for a way back into the industry after retiring as head of Bardon's Aggregate Industries following its £1.8 billion sale to Swiss group Holcim in 2005.
Mr Tom's stock market-listed investment vehicle Marwyn Materials has bought Ennstone, of Breedon-on-the-Hill, from Barclays and its pension fund for £2.25 million, and has raised another £50 million to pay down some of its debt and fund further acquisitions.
Ennstone, which had been owned by Breedon Holdings, will be renamed Breedon Aggregates.
It comes after last year's Barclays-led buyout of the debt-laden business through a pre-pack administration.
Annoyingly, Mr Tom's deal was announced the day after I'd written a piece about Breedon Holdings' improving financial situation on the front of the Business. Chief executive Ciaran Kennedy had even spoken to me on Monday afternoon, clearly aware of the imminent takeover but not giving any indication it was about to happen. I only found out when the announcement was made the next morning.
It was just a coincidence that the company's latest accounts had just become available on Companies' House. When I rang Ciaran I wasn't even expecting to get hold of him so easily.
Whether that will be the last time I speak to him in that role, we shall see.
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