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Acquisitions News: 2002

Thu, 21 Nov 2002: Canvas Holidays, the Dunfermline-based camping and mobile home tour operator, is to undergo a £25m management buy-out backed by 3i....
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002: Brandon Hire has acquired Loadtite, the lifting gear business with 40 staff at depots in Avonmouth, Cardiff, Hayes and Barking, from the receivers of ...
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002: Northern Precision Engineering has acquired Stevens Rowsell, the Hastings-based metal engineering company, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002: Lind Automotive Group has expanded its East Anglian car dealership business with the acquisition of the Osborne Group, which includes Osborne Garages ...
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002: Bodycote International has announced the £8m acquisition of two Italian businesses - materials testing company Centro Triveneto Ricerche and hea...
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002: Fitness First, the health and fitness chain, has put itself up for sale. Several potential bidders are interested in the business, valued at £15...
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002: Gordons Cranswick is to merge with Sugden Spencer of Bradford, creating a combined Yorkshire-based law firm with more than 200 staff....
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002: William Sinclair Holdings has sold its SAHC pet products business to management for £6.2m, including 130 staff at sites in Gainsborough and Wick...
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Casema, the Dutch cable operator owned by France Telecom, is for sale again after the collapse of talks with Liberty Media. Several companies are thou...
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: PNC Telecom, the mobile phone distributor, has effectively put itself up for sale. The company has appointed Seymour Pierce to look into ways of maxim...
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Aer Lingus has again been put up for sale by the Irish government. It is expected to report profits of over 50m Euros. The company was valued at over £500m two years...
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Bayer AG, the German drugs and chemicals group, is in talks over the sale of its pharmaceuticals division. The business, which invented aspirin over ...
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: ]Montgomery Litho has bought Hunter & Foulis, the Haddington-based printing company, out of receivership, saving 40 of the 70 jobs....
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Ultraframe has sold its Ultraspan commercial glazed enclosure operation to a management team for £0.2m....
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Lastminute.com has acquired eXhilaration, the provider of adventure experiences to both individual and corporate customers, for an initial £1m....
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: World Travel Holdings is to acquire Select Line Holidays and Select Travel International in an all-share deal, in order to expand its LeisureHunt trav...
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Dataform has acquired Print Directive of Dudley for undisclosed terms, increasing its workforce to 115....
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Edinburgh Woollen Mill, the chain of 285 knitwear stores with 3,400 staff, is to undergo a £67m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland....
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002: Peel Holdings is to acquire Clydeport, the Glasgow-based port operator, for £184m, which will result in Clydeport's management taking over ...
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Mon, 18 Nov 2002: London Clubs International is selling its 50 St James Casino for more than £50m....
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