The parent company of Argos, Great Universal Stores (GUS), has swooped in to rescue troubled mobile internet portal breathe.com. Keeping 80 of the 140 staff at the firm for a technical and service development team, GUS has purchased the assets and technology of breathe.com for pounds 1.4 million. John Peace, chief executive of GUS, said: 'Breathe.com has been very advanced in developing multi-device access to the internet, with ease of use the top most priority.'
GUS buys breathe.com assets in pounds 1.4m rescue bid
The parent company of Argos, Great Universal Stores (GUS), has swooped in to rescue troubled mobile internet portal breathe.com. Keeping 80 of the 140 staff at the firm for a technical and service development team, GUS has purchased the assets and technology of breathe.com for pounds 1.4 million. John Peace, chief executive of GUS, said: 'Breathe.com has been very advanced in developing multi-device access to the internet, with ease of use the top most priority.'
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