Acquisitions News | november | 2001

Thu, 29 Nov 2001: SSL International, under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office for overstating results in 1999 and 2000, has said that it might sell its Marigold ...
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001: Oliver Peyton is said to be selling his flagship restaurant, Isola. He set it up three years ago at a cost of £4m but it is understood to be av...
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001: The Body shop is again up for sale and it may receive a bid from its American Partner. Two deals have failed one with Lush and the other with Mexico...
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001: 365 Corporation, the Internet and telecoms company which was worth over £600m at the height of the dotcom boom is expected to announce a major r...
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001: Gameplay's future looks bleak now that the online video games retailer, which was backed by Dixons, BT, and Sky has failed to find a buyer. Game...
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001: Troubled Bioglan Pharma has put itself up for sale after revealing that a review of its controversial interim profits announcement had resulted in the...
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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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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: 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: WPP is to acquire Global Sportnet Beteiligungs, the German sports marketing agency with 16 staff...
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001: Louis Vuitton-Moet Hennessy, the world' s largest luxury goods group, considers its loss making retailing division which includes Duty Free Shopp...
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001: Ferraris, the medical equipment manufacturer, is preparing to sell the last of its engineering interests to fund acquisitions. ...
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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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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: 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: 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: 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: Biddle, the Nuneaton-based heating manufacturer, has been acquired by Carver of Walsall for £13m...
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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: 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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