Acquisitions News: 2003

Mon, 22 Dec 2003: Associated British Foods has acquired G Costa, the speciality food company and owner of the Blue Dragon brand, for undisclosed terms....
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Fri, 19 Dec 2003: United Business Media has acquired Eurisko, the Italian market research company, for £23m....
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Fri, 19 Dec 2003: British Gypsum has sold its industrial paper sack manufacturing operations in Aberdeen and Bangor to Frantschach Industrial Packaging and Clondalkin r...
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Fri, 19 Dec 2003: United Business Media has acquired Eurisko, the Italian market research company, for £23m....
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Fri, 19 Dec 2003: British Gypsum has sold its industrial paper sack manufacturing operations in Aberdeen and Bangor to Frantschach Industrial Packaging and Clondalkin r...
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: Filtronic is to sell parts of its US-based electronic warfare business to Teledyne for £7m....
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: ComputerLand UK is to acquire the hardware maintenance business of Information Technology Solutions for £1.7m....
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: Johnson Service has acquired Jongor North, the catering equipment hire company, for £2.4m....
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: Intertek has acquired Amtac Certification Services, the Manchester-based provider of quality and management systems audits and certification services ...
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: Filtronic is to sell parts of its US-based electronic warfare business to Teledyne for £7m....
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: ComputerLand UK is to acquire the hardware maintenance business of Information Technology Solutions for £1.7m....
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: Johnson Service has acquired Jongor North, the catering equipment hire company, for £2.4m....
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: Intertek has acquired Amtac Certification Services, the Manchester-based provider of quality and management systems audits and certification services ...
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003: Davis Service is to sell its HSS tool hire business to a management buy-in backed by 3i for £145m....
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003: Rathbones has acquired three investment management companies - Astonlake, Dalenorth and Trendon - for a total £0.8m....
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003: Berkeley Burke has acquired Macartney & Dowie, the Romford-based insurance broker with eight staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003: Davis Service is to sell its HSS tool hire business to a management buy-in backed by 3i for £145m....
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003: Rathbones has acquired three investment management companies - Astonlake, Dalenorth and Trendon - for a total £0.8m....
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003: Berkeley Burke has acquired Macartney & Dowie, the Romford-based insurance broker with eight staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 16 Dec 2003: Edison International, the US utility company, has put up for sale some of Britain's biggest power generating assets, including two hydro-electric power stations in Wales, as part of a £1.5bn disposal plan. The giant Dinorwig hydro-electric power station, its neighbouring Ffestiniog plant, and a stake in Derwent, a natural gas plant in Derby, are being sold by Edison Mission Energy, the energy arm of Edison International. The company has hired Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers, the investment banks, to advise on the sales which include assets in Spain, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. The entire portfolio is expected to fetch ove...
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