	blue arrow to buy u s richards companies blue arrow plc said it had agreed terms to uire a group of u s companies collectively known as the richards companies which specialise in executive recruitment and management consultancy on personnel matters the total consideration will be mln u s dlrs of which pct will be payable in cash and pct by the issue of mln new ordinary shares in blue arrow the richard companies made a pre tax profit of mln dlrs in the year to end on turnover of mln dlrs with net tangible assets at the end of of mln dlrs blue arrow shares were trading p lower at this morning reuter 
