<p>Miller looks to be gearing up for further acquisitions and is said to be in talks to buy Linden Homes, the south east builder up for sale for £300 million. Following speculation that the UK’s largest privately owned housebuilder has signed a pre-bid confidentiality agreement, Miller Homes chief executive Tim Hough spoke to Housebuilder about his plans to push further into the English market and the team’s growing confidence in making large scale acquisitions after the success of its £264 million Fairclough deal.</p> <p>While Hough refused to be drawn on Linden, he said: “There are two ways for us to continue to grow: organically or through further acquisitions. The former is a slower way, compared to acquiring a ready-made business. “The Fairclough transaction gave us a boost in the midlands and north west Yorkshire, and was a very good fit for extra geographic coverage in areas where we were already operating. Now we want to grow further and we’re keeping an open mind how best to achieve that. “We have nine operating regions, but there are certain parts of the UK – the south west of England and further into the south east – where we want to build our …