Despite a muted market, cash-flush industrial major Bidvest is actively shopping around for high-return, cash-generative acquisitions to bulk up its local and offshore operations.

The JSE-listed group, whose diverse interests span cleaning services to used cars and freight management, continued its acquisitive and capital-intensive investment strategy in the half-year to the end of December despite the “pedestrian” trading backdrop...

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