Mitie Group makes bid for Lord Ashcroft-founded Marlowe Business Mitie Group has made a £366m offer for Lord Ashcroft-founded Marlowe, as revenue surged 13 per cent at the outsourcing giant. The FTSE 250 firm said the takeover of the AIM-listed testing and inspection group would deliver £30m of cost synergies as part of its full-year results today. “Adding Marlowe’s 3,000 highly respected colleagues to [...]