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Acquisitions News: 2003

Tue, 02 Dec 2003: European Motor Holdings has sold its Normand Heathrow Vauxhall dealership to Lance Owen (Kingston) for £0.7m....
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Tue, 02 Dec 2003: Wolseley has acquired Tobler Management Holding, the Swiss supplier of heating and ventilation products with 600 staff and 21 branches, for £52m...
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Mon, 01 Dec 2003: Highams Systems Services has sold its HBS financial software business to Surecomp of Canada for £0.9m....
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Mon, 01 Dec 2003: Electric Word has acquired Primary File Publishing, the educational publisher, for £1.1m....
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Mon, 01 Dec 2003: Highams Systems Services has sold its HBS financial software business to Surecomp of Canada for £0.9m....
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Mon, 01 Dec 2003: Touchstone Group has bought the Sage CRM business of Hertfordshire-based Brown & Co out of liquidation for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 01 Dec 2003: Electric Word has acquired Primary File Publishing, the educational publisher, for £1.1m....
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Mon, 01 Dec 2003: The company behind The Number, the directory enquiries business famed for its 1970s-style joggers sporting 118 118 running vests, is planning a £...
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Fri, 28 Nov 2003: Hays will initially raise £102m by selling part of its logistics business to the US venture capital group Platinum Equity. It expects to raise a...
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Fri, 28 Nov 2003: Virtue Broadcasting is to acquire Kamera Holdings, the Swedish provider of webcasting and content distribution services, for about £2.5m....
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Fri, 28 Nov 2003: Mercury Recycling is to acquire Simister Engineering Services,the recycler of fluorescent tubes and street lighting, for £0.9m....
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: The Government is expected to put the Tote bookmaking business up for sale following record half-year results. ...
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: The Government is this week expected to put the sale of the Tote bookmaking business under starter's orders on the back of record half-year res...
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: Saga, the UK’s best known provider of services for the over 50s, was put up for sale today with a price tag thought to be in excess of £1 ...
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: The British Broadcasting Corporation has unveiled plans to sell its BBC Technology arm as part of an effort to save up to 30 million pounds a year. W...
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: Hays has sold most of its logistics business to Platinum Equity of the US for £102m, and is now looking to sell its mail division and the remain...
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: Madisons has sold its chain of 27 coffee bars to Out of Town Group for an initial £2.2m, in order to focus on its Richoux restaurant format....
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: Lloyds Beal has acquired Enviroquip, the Cardiff-based supplier of waste compactors and handling equipment, and is also planning to move its own Cardi...
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: Systems Team has acquired Minerva Computer Systems, the Cheltenham-based supplier of membership administration systems with 13 staff, for undisclosed ...
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003: Goldenhill, the Preston-based supplier of human resources and payroll software with 15 staff, has been acquired by Cedar Software for undisclosed term...
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