Gilbert steps down as chairman of struggling FirstGroup amid rights issue

Anna Fedorova
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Martin Gilbert, the chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, has announced he is to resign from his role as chairman of beleaguered transport business FirstGroup, on the day the group also announced it is undertaking a rights issue.

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