Acquisitions News: 2001

Fri, 23 Nov 2001: WPP is to acquire Global Sportnet Beteiligungs, the German sports marketing agency with 16 staff...
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001: CSS Stellar has acquired The Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group, the London-based talent agency, for up to £22m...
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001: Torex has acquired McKeown Software, the Letchworth-based supplier of financial and procurement systems to the NHS, for £12m...
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001: Blue Band Express has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms, and plans to provide a nationwide delivery service from its 13 depots...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: John Laing is in the process of offloading its development and property division. The group now states: "John Laing has commenced initial discussions with buyers for its subsidiary Laing Property. The board of Laing believes that there is significant value in the going concern busine...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Lloyds TSB has acquired CashFriday, the Gloucester-based provider of funding and payroll services to the temporary recruitment sector, for £10m,...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Whitehead Mann is to acquire Baines Gwinner, the financial and professional services executive search firm with offices in London and New York, for &p...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Biddle, the Nuneaton-based heating manufacturer, has been acquired by Carver of Walsall for £13m...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Ferschl has acquired Cleveland Flexible Engineering, the Teesside-based manufacturer of stainless steel flexible hoses, and is now looking to increase...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Firth Rixson is selling its Enpar alloy and stainless steel distribution business in Germany to Bohler-Uddeholm of Austria for £4.7m...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Lander Carlisle has acquired the assembly department, main plant and warehouse from the receivers of Halesowen-based car components manufacturer Plast...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Tribal has acquired APD Technical for up to £10m, and is planning to raise £21m in a share placing to fund further acquisitions for its pr...
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001: Thomsons, the Manchester-based independent financial adviser, has been acquired by AWD of Germany for £31m...
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001: Scoot.com is in discussions with as many as 6 potential buyers or partners as the online directory service continues to shore up its finances. Scoot ...
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001: Highbury House Communications has acquired Millennium Magazines, the publisher of the Satellite TV Europe programme guide, for up to £ 1.5m...
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001: Maclay Murray & Spens is to acquire the private client arm of legal firm McGrigor Donald, which will involve the transfer of two partners and 15 s...
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001: Express Dairies has sold its central Scotland dairy business to Graham's Dairies of Bridge of Alan for £0.5m...
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001: Unilever is to sell its DiverseyLever commercial cleaning business to Johnson Wax Professional of the US for £1.1bn, in order to reduce debt fol...
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001: P&O Princess Cruises has announced a £4.2bn merger with Royal Caribbean Cruises, which will create a combined group with 41 ships and 40,000...
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001: Time2Learn is to acquire Intellexis International for £2.2m, in order to expand its financial and personal development e-learning business...
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