Acquisitions News | november | 2002

Fri, 29 Nov 2002: Computacenter has acquired GE CompuNet, the German IT services company, for an initial £36m....
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Fri, 29 Nov 2002: Invensys has sold Fasco Motors to Tecumseh Products of the US for £266m, as part of a strategy to focus on product management and energy managem...
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Fri, 29 Nov 2002: Vantis has acquired the non-audit business of London-based Crompton & Sherling for up to £0.6m....
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Fri, 29 Nov 2002: Isoft has acquired Revive, the supplier of e-booking systems to the NHS, for an initial £1m....
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Fri, 29 Nov 2002: Medical Solutions is to sell its pharmaceuticals division to Ecolab of the US for £16m and its Cellpath business to Clinicare Products for &poun...
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: Spring Grove is to acquire Robert Hawkins, the building maintenance company, from Fairholme Estates for £0.9m....
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: Aegon UK is to acquire a 60% stake in Positive Solutions, the Newcastle-based financial adviser with 10 business centres, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: Connor Group has acquired Surtech Interconnection, the Basingstoke-based electronics manufacturing company, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: WPP has acquired Media Club, the Italian independent media agency with 86 staff....
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: Kier has acquired Partnerships First from Belan, in order to create a new social housing division called Kier Partnership Homes with four offices in D...
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: Xpertise is in negotiations to acquire the Power Education IT training business of Lynx....
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: Abbey National is to sell all non-core businesses and shrink its wholesale bank in order to concentrate on its retail banking and mortgage operations....
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002: Powderject Pharmaceuticals has rejected a bid offer of £410m from Chiron of the US. The company, which had a £19.3m interim pre-tax profit...
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Wed, 27 Nov 2002: Scott Wilson has acquired KPL, the construction consultant with 150 staff at offices in Derby and Ashford....
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Tue, 26 Nov 2002: Northgate Information Solutions has acquired Prolog, the provider of HR and payroll outsourcing services with 110 staff at offices in Sheffield and Ba...
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Tue, 26 Nov 2002: Sky Capital is to acquire Everett Financial, the London-based private client stockbroker, for £1.6m....
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Tue, 26 Nov 2002: Bousfield, the supplier of printing equipment, has been acquired by Openshaw of Todmorden, creating a combined group with about 500 staff....
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Tue, 26 Nov 2002: Pubmaster is to acquire Heritage Pub Company, the operator of 55 pubs in the East Midlands, for £19m, taking its total estate to about 3,200....
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Mon, 25 Nov 2002: Associated Co-operative Creameries has acquired the Southern Co-op's retail milk business, which includes a dairy in Portsmouth and three distrib...
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Mon, 25 Nov 2002: S Black has acquired Universe Ingredients, the food ingredients supplier, and will merge the two businesses at its Hertford head office....
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