Contractor set to remain in overseas ownership with management rejig planned by would-be buyer

ISG’s chairman has told staff its deal to sell the business “continues to progress” more than two weeks after he said a sale would be wrapped up “within days”.

The firm’s US owner Cathexis is in negotiations to sell the contractor to a South African businessman but no announcement has been made despite Matt Roche, who is also the chief operating officer of Cathexis, promising on 5 July a deal was “very near”.

In his latest update, seen by ǿմý, Roche said international deals “of this scale and complexity take time to go through”.

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