Merger Acquisitions News: 2000

Wed, 13 Sep 2000: Bonhams is to merge with Brooks to create a combined auction house called Bonhams & Brooks and the London-based business will employ 200 staff...
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Mon, 24 Jul 2000: Linklaters is to merge with Oppenhoff & Radler of Germany consolidating its position as one of Europe's leading law firms specialising in mer...
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Tue, 18 Jul 2000: Diageo has confirmed plans to merge its Pillsbury food division with General Mills of the US and to combine its UDV spirits business with its Guinness...
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000: Smith-Woolley is to merge with Smiths Gore to create a combined chartered surveying business with 370 staff and 25 offices...
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000: HLM Architects and Osprey Communications are planning to merge to create a combined architectural and communications group called RockArchimedia...
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Fri, 14 Apr 2000: Lax & Shaw of Leeds is to merge with Gregg & Co of Knottingley to create Allied Glass Containers a combined glass containers company with sale...
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000: Northern Leisure is in merger talks with Luminar to create a £600m group with 225 nightclubs...
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Tue, 22 Feb 2000: Ocean Group has announced plans for a £3.2bn merger with NFC in order to create a major new logistics group called Exel...
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000: CGU and Norwich Union are planning a £18bn merger to create a leading supplier of general insurance life and pensions and up to 4000 job losses ...
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Fri, 18 Feb 2000: Unigate has agreed to merge its dairy and cheese operations into Dairy Crest leaving it free to focus on the expansion of its convenience foods busine...
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Mon, 14 Feb 2000: Finelist has recommended a £159m takeover offer from a group of private equity funds and the business will be merged with French car parts distr...
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000: InterX is to merge with Cromwell Media in a £226m deal in order to gain access to software tools for the development of its hardware distributio...
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Fri, 04 Feb 2000: Vodafone AirTouch has agreed a £113bn merger with Mannesmann of Germany will create the largest telecoms group in the world...
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