Acquisition Resources

Trillium, the outsourcing business currently owned by Land Securities, has chosen a final list of bidders to continue to the second round of the auction.The second round is expected to last eight weeks, after which Land Securities will choose a preferred bidder.The bidders include: Apax, Charterhouse Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs and Telereal.Macquarie and HBOS might be allowed to submit offers in the second round, despite neither making it past the first round.