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Division Sale Acquisitions News: 2001

Mon, 31 Dec 2001: The founder of restaurant chains Bella Pasta and Pizzaland, Michael Guthrie, is said to be amongst the bidders for a portfolio of 154 Bella Pasta and ...
[more: The founder of restaurant chains Bella P...]
Mon, 31 Dec 2001: BT intends to dispose of its stake in Eutelsat, the satellite operator whose owners also include France Telecom, Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Telekom....
[more: BT intends to dispose of its stake in Eu...]
Mon, 24 Dec 2001: Intercare has acquired Federa France, the French contract manufacturer of injectable pharmaceuticals with 137 staff, from Fresenius Kabi for £0....
[more: Intercare has acquired Federa France, th...]
Mon, 24 Dec 2001: Leeds Group is to sell Langholm Dyeing and Schofield Cloth Finishers to the UK Dyeing Division management team for £6m, as part of a strategy to...
[more: Leeds Group is to sell Langholm Dyeing a...]
Mon, 24 Dec 2001: Clan Douglas, the Hawick-based cashmere manufacturer, and sister company Murray Allen of Innerleithen have been sold by Toyoboshi Kogyo of Japan to Bi...
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Mon, 24 Dec 2001: William Baird is to sell its Dannimac raincoats business to Signature Brands of London for £3.1m....
[more: William Baird is to sell its Dannimac ra...]
Mon, 24 Dec 2001: Compass has completed the £41m acquisition of three catering companies from the parent of Swissair - Restorama, Rail Gourmet and parts of Gourme...
[more: Compass has completed the £41m acquisit...]
Mon, 24 Dec 2001: It seems that major rivals have shunned the chance to buy Whitbread's Pelican restaurants, including Cafe Rouge, which were put on the market las...
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Mon, 24 Dec 2001: Global Crossing, the worldwide communications group which acquired Racal Telecom in 1999 for £1bn, has put the UK business up for sale for up to...
[more: Global Crossing, the worldwide communica...]
Mon, 24 Dec 2001: Diageo has been forced by regulators to sell its rum brand Malibu in an auction where the brand could fetch up to £700m. Favourites to buy Malib...
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Fri, 21 Dec 2001: Unilever has sold Unipath, the Bedford-based women's health diagnostics business with 500 staff, to Inverness Medical Innovations of the US for &...
[more: Unilever has sold Unipath, the Bedford-b...]
Fri, 21 Dec 2001: Barlo Group has sold its Irish polypropylene strapping business to ITW Ireland for about £3m, in order to focus on the development of its Sealco...
[more: Barlo Group has sold its Irish polypropy...]
Fri, 21 Dec 2001: Grampian Country Foods has acquired Golden Foods International, the Thailand-based chicken products manufacturer, from Wessanen for undisclosed terms...
[more: Grampian Country Foods has acquired Gold...]
Fri, 21 Dec 2001: Marconi has sold its Gilbarco petrol pump business to Danaher of the US for £225m, and is now planning to sell its 50% stake in the Hotpoint dom...
[more: Marconi has sold its Gilbarco petrol pum...]
Fri, 21 Dec 2001: Morgan Sindall has acquired Pipeline Constructors of Corby for £16m, in order to expand its utility services business....
[more: Morgan Sindall has acquired Pipeline Con...]
Thu, 20 Dec 2001: Citigroup, the world's biggest financial conglomerate, plans to raise billions of dollars by spinning off its Travelers Property Casualty insuran...
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Thu, 20 Dec 2001: Kvaerner E&C Manufacturing Division, part of Kvaerner plc, is being sold in this month's edition of the Business Sale...
[more: Kvaerner E&C Manufacturing Division, par...]
Thu, 20 Dec 2001: Alphyra is to sell the Disposal Group to Calyx for about £7m, and the proceeds will be used to extend its terminal network across a number of Eu...
[more: Alphyra is to sell the Disposal Group to...]
Thu, 20 Dec 2001: Kalamazoo is to sell its software business to UCS of the US for £14m in order to make up a shortfall in its pension scheme, and the remaining op...
[more: Kalamazoo is to sell its software busine...]
Tue, 18 Dec 2001: Barclays is reviewing its investment management business, Barclays Global Investors, which could lead to a £3bn plus sale. BGI is the world'...
[more: Barclays is reviewing its investment man...]

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