‘This is not an $1.8b problem’: Fletcher hits back

‘This is not an $1.8b problem’: Fletcher hits back
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Ella Somers
Fletcher Building's chief executive, Ross Taylor, didn’t pause when asked what his first thought was of Perth builder BGC's A$1.8 billion (NZ$1.9b) claim on Wednesday around Fletcher subsidiary Iplex.“Self-serving and sensationalist,” he told BusinessDesk on Friday.Taylor had just finished a briefing to investors, analysts, and media where he'd gone through a dense presentation that disputed BGC's claims about Iplex.BGC, one of Western Australia’s biggest home builders, went public with its claims on Wedn...

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