Acquisitions News | october | 2001

Wed, 31 Oct 2001: VFG, the TV and film industry distributor, has sold its sales and manufacturing operations to management for £4.1m...
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Wed, 31 Oct 2001: Inver House Distillers, the Airdrie-based whisky company with five distilleries and 130 staff, has been acquired by Pacific Spirits of Thailand for &p...
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Wed, 31 Oct 2001: Chloride has acquired Continuous Power International, the Bedford-based supplier of power protection equipment, for undisclosed terms...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001: Wyevale Garden Centres has bought Fosters Nurseries, the operator of garden centres near Lichfield and Stafford, for £7.6m...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001: Berry Birch & Noble is planning a reverse takeover of the Berkeley independent financial advisory business, in a deal that values Berkeley at &pou...
[more: Berry Birch & Noble is planning a revers...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: HIT Entertainment is to expand its children's media rights business with the acquisition of the Pingu animated penguin for £16m....
[more: HIT Entertainment is to expand its child...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: Liffe, the London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange, is to be acquired by Paris-based Euronext for £555m...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001: BD Kendle Engineering, the Yarmouth-based supplier of equipment to the oil and gas industry, has been acquired by Weatherford International of the US ...
[more: BD Kendle Engineering, the Yarmouth-base...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: Scapa has acquired Cable Components, the Blackburn-based supplier of cable wrapping tapes, for undisclosed terms...
[more: Scapa has acquired Cable Components, the...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: Oxford Instruments has acquired CMI International, the US manufacturer of equipment to measure thin metallic coatings, for about £1.3m. ...
[more: Oxford Instruments has acquired CMI Inte...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: Highbury House Communications has acquired Property Mart Magazine, the publisher of magazines in the East London and West Essex areas, for up to &poun...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001: John Menzies is to acquire the Sheffield and Guildford news wholesaling operations of Turners News for a reported £15m...
[more: John Menzies is to acquire the Sheffield...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: After facing break-up calls from shareholders, directors of building materials group Novar are considering offloading its US-based security printing a...
[more: After facing break-up calls from shareho...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: Prudential's new corporate strategy is expected to be presented to the City this week, with a key feature being the proposed sale of its general...
[more: Prudential's new corporate strategy is e...]

Tue, 30 Oct 2001: TXU, Britains third largest energy supplier, has put its Nottinghamshire-based power station up for sale at a price of £400m. The 2,000kW coal-f...
[more: TXU, Britains third largest energy suppl...]

Mon, 29 Oct 2001: Thus has sold its Interactive Media & Content phone services business to iTouch for £3.5m...
[more: Thus has sold its Interactive Media & Co...]

Mon, 29 Oct 2001: Scottish & Newcastle has sold 456 leased pubs to Royal Bank of Scotland for £260m, but will continue to manage the properties under fixed- t...
[more: Scottish & Newcastle has sold 456 leased...]

Mon, 29 Oct 2001: United Co-op has acquired the Willis chain of convenience stores, which includes 12 sites mainly in South Yorkshire...
[more: United Co-op has acquired the Willis cha...]

Mon, 29 Oct 2001: Wyko Industrial Services has sold its Tufthane and PPL polyurethane product operations in Coventry and Retford to management for £3.5m....
[more: Wyko Industrial Services has sold its Tu...]

Mon, 29 Oct 2001: Interserve has sold its Dudley-based fire protection business to Tyco of the US for £12m...
[more: Interserve has sold its Dudley-based fir...]

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Acquisitions News: October 2001

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