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Acquisitions News: 2000

Fri, 07 Jul 2000: Access Plus the marketing services company is to acquire Software Stationery Holdings the supplier of printed products and print management services f...
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Fri, 07 Jul 2000: Centrica is to acquire Direct Energy the Canadian natural gas retailer for £406m and will use it as a platform for further North American growth...
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Fri, 07 Jul 2000: Pearson has acquired The Forum Corporation the US management training company for £60m in order to expand its FT Knowledge subsidiary and develo...
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Fri, 07 Jul 2000: Hickson International is to be acquired by Arch Chemicals of the US for £97m enabling Arch to expand its international operations and increase i...
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Fri, 07 Jul 2000: Oxford Molecular is selling Cambridge Discovery Chemistry to Millennium Pharmaceuticals for £35m in order to reduce debt...
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Fri, 07 Jul 2000: Hanson is to acquire Birchwood Concrete Products from YJL for £8.5m and YJL is expected to use the proceeds to fund future acquisitions...
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Fri, 07 Jul 2000: Albert Fisher has sold Van Soest its Dutch cold storage and frozen vegetables subsidiary to management for £6.1m...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2000: Culver Holdings the insurance broker is acquiring Aortech Systems the supplier of IT solutions to the travel industry for £4.5m...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2000: Raglan Properties is to undergo a £51m management buy-out in response to the lack of interest shown by investors in small public property compan...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2000: Eskmuir Properties is to go private in a £135m deal that will return ownership to the Laing family...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2000: Chelford is to undergo a £12m reverse takeover of SSI the developer of e-business fulfilment software...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2000: Cordiant Communications is acquiring Lighthouse Global Network of the US for £259m in order to expand its marketing services business...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2000: Orange has acquired Ananova the Press Association's new media division for £95m leaving PA to focus on the wholesale supply of news and inf...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2000: Asprey & Garrard the upmarket jeweller has been acquired by the co-chairmen of US fashion group Tommy Hilfiger for undisclosed terms and they plan...
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Tue, 04 Jul 2000: Balfour Beatty is planning to acquire Integral Technologies the US developer of security and surveillance technology for up to £33m in order to ...
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Tue, 04 Jul 2000: Cordiant Communications is to acquire Domino White & Partners the US marketing agency for up to £20m...
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Mon, 03 Jul 2000: J&J Dyson is acquiring Acme Marls of Stoke-on-Trent for £1.9m in order to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of kiln equip...
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Mon, 03 Jul 2000: Paramount is selling its chain of 145 pubs to Royal Bank of Scotland's KUC subsidiary for £20m...
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Mon, 03 Jul 2000: InTechnology has announced a £165m reverse takeover of two data storage companies - Vdata and Storm - and plans to set up more data storage cent...
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Mon, 03 Jul 2000: BCO Technologies the Belfast-based electronics company has accepted a £100m takeover offer from Analog Devices of the US...
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