Interserve fights to keep contracts as rivals circle

Outsourcing firm seeks to fend off interest in lucrative deals from Mitie and SercoThe outsourcing firm Interserve is hoping to prevent a client exodus as rivals seek to cherry-pick parts of the business, which was bought out of administration by its lenders last week.The government contractor, which employs 45,000 people in the UK and manages crucial public services such as hospital cleaning and parts of the probation service, is already fending off interest in lucrative contracts from peers in