Outlook: Amersham bidders uninterested in Sir William's vision thing.(Business) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: October 9, 2003| Author: Warner, Jeremy | COPYRIGHT 2003 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: JEREMY WARNER

MRS THATCHER'S first privatisation, a great British success story and something to do with diagnostics - but what is it exactly that Amersham does and what binds it together? Sir William Castell, the chief executive, often seems to have as much difficulty explaining it as the rest of us do in understanding it, and he's never entirely managed to convince the City of Amersham's raison d'etre.

In his last chief executive's review, Sir Willia...

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