Division Sale Acquisitions News in the Services sector

Fri, 14 Nov 2008: The UK's largest housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey, is going to sell its portfolio of 350 show homes for around £100m and pay rental income to the buyer for three years, in order to reduce its debt of £1.9bn. The buyer would acquire a guar...
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008: Ashtead, the UK-listed equipment rental company, has reportedly hired NM Rothschild to advise on the sale of its Ashtead Technology Rental division....
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Wed, 17 Jan 2007: Scapa is to sell its sealants business, which is based in Hampshire and employs 71 staff, to Hodgson Sealants for around £4.9m....
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Tue, 16 Jan 2007: United Utilities is to sell its Vertex Data Science business outsourcing division to a private equity consortium led by Oak Hill Capital Partners for ...
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Wed, 20 Dec 2006: Johnson Service has sold part of the business of Johnson Hospitality Services to Surrey-based Spaceworks Furniture Hire for £0.8m, and the remai...
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Thu, 14 Sep 2006: Johnson Service Group has announced it is to consider a number of offers for its high street dry cleaning division. Analysts believe that Johnson had ...
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Tue, 18 Jul 2006: Terra Firma is to sell the waste disposal business of Waste Recycling Group to FCC of Spain for £1.4bn. The acquisition is the largest ever made...
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Tue, 23 May 2006: Business Post Group, the UK-based mail delivery company, could dispose of its palletised delivery, known as UK Pallets, subsidiary according to some s...
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