Acquisitions News | may | 2001

Thu, 31 May 2001: Tribal Group is to acquire Austin Mayhead the supplier of consulting services to the public sector for £1m...
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Thu, 31 May 2001: Rolls-Royce is to acquire Intering the German developer of marine power systems with 30 staff...
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Thu, 31 May 2001: MacLaurin has been acquired by Hatch-Group a new company backed by Bridgepoint Capital that is planning to create a Europe-wide public relations agenc...
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Thu, 31 May 2001: Past Times the chain of 74 gift shops has been bought out of administration by Accelerator an investment group that is planning to create a multi-chan...
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Thu, 31 May 2001: Industrial Cooling Systems the Hampshire-based supplier of cooling equipment to a wide range of industries has undergone a £22m management buy-i...
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Thu, 31 May 2001: Melville Craig the recruitment agency with 260 staff in Scotland has been acquired by TMP Worldwide the US owner of the Monster.com jobs website...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: GE Capital is to acquire iGroup the mortgage lender for £200m as part of a strategy to expand its European financial services business...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Gemini Genomics is to be acquired by Sequenom the US gene sequencing company for £140m...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Carpetright is to acquire seven retail sites from Carpetworld for £7.2m in order to expand its presence in the north of England...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: IFG Group is to acquire Fair Isle Investments the Fareham-based corporate pensions company for £3m...
[more: IFG Group is to acquire Fair Isle Invest...]

Wed, 30 May 2001: WPP has acquired Communique Public Relations the Manchester-based public relations company with 35 staff in order to expand its Burson- Marsteller bus...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Capita is to acquire McLarens from McLarens Toplis for £33m in order to provide claims management outsourcing services to the insurance industry...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Carphone Warehouse is to acquire Communications de Mobile Cellulaires the French telecoms firm for £54m. ...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Spudulike is to expand its chain of baked potato fast food outlets with the acquisition of Fat Jackets FJ Cools and the Serious Sandwich Store for und...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Centrica has acquired a 60% stake in Humber Power the owner of a gas- fired power plant in Stallinborough in a £52m deal that will see TotalElfF...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Management Consulting Group is to acquire Czipin & Partners for an initial £11m in order to expand its management consultancy business into ...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Isoft has acquired the UK and Australian operations of Eclipsys the US healthcare software solutions company...
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Wed, 30 May 2001: Eason the Irish bookseller and newsagent has acquired all 16 NPO outlets in Northern Ireland ...
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Fri, 25 May 2001: Bodycote International has acquired Oy Galvano the Finnish metal treatment company with annual sales of £2.3m...
[more: Bodycote International has acquired Oy G...]

Fri, 25 May 2001: Howle Holdings is to acquire Innotek Precision tool supplier to the metal packaging industry for £0.4m....
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Acquisitions News: May 2001

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