Division Sale Acquisitions News in the Medical And Educational sector

Mon, 15 Jan 2007: Co-operative Group is to acquire 21 pharmacies from Alliance Boots, including branches in County Durham, Northumberland, Devon, Somerset and East Angl...
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Tue, 12 Sep 2006: Daily Mail & General Trust has sold its Study Group International language training business to CHAMP Private Equity and Petersen Investments for ...
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Thu, 06 Apr 2006: Granada Learning, the educational publishing business owned by ITV has been sold to private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson. The deal will consist of an up-front payment of £35m, with a further £18m subject to Granada’s performance over the next two years. ITV has made over £300m of divestments since 2004, including O21 television. In a company statement, Veronis Suhler Stecenson partner Marco Sodi commented "Granada Learning products and brands are amongst the most recognised in UK education. Its nferNelson tests are leaders in assessment while the Letts Revision Guides, the Blackcat and Semerc software products are well known to teachers and pupils alike. We look forward to working with David Smith and the Granada Learning team to pursue the opportunities offered by the significant projected investment in t...
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Wed, 05 Apr 2006: Duke Street Capital has sold Paragon Healthcare to private equity firm Hg Capital for £322m. Paragon has over 250 care homes across the UK with approximately 1,300 residents. In a company press release, Hg said it had “a deep understanding of the specialist care sector, which has strong long-term growth prospects”. In 2002, it purchased Castlebeck Care Holdings Ltd from the 3i Group. Hg has also stated that it will invest approx. £12.2 million in Pa...
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