Acquisitions News: 2003

Fri, 12 Dec 2003: Cobham has sold Westwind Air Bearings Group, the Poole-based supplier of air bearing spindles with 350 staff, to GSI Lumonics for £21m....
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Fri, 12 Dec 2003: United Central Bakeries has acquired Fords the Bakers, the Scottish retail baker with 150 staff at Prestonpans, from Lyndale Foods for £2m....
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Fri, 12 Dec 2003: Elequip, the Leicestershire-based manufacturer of electrical control products, has been bought out of receivership by Allenwest Integrated Solutions o...
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Fri, 12 Dec 2003: Perivan White Dove, the Essex-based catalogue printer, has been bought out of administration by former staff for undisclosed terms, securing the futur...
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Northgate Information Solutions is to acquire Rebus, the payroll software company, for £150m....
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Londis, the convenience store chain owned by 1,956 individual store owners, has received a £40m takeover approach from Musgrave of Ireland....
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Johnson Service has acquired Alex Reid, the distributor of packaging and consumables to the clothes care market, for £4.3m....
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Gilbertson & Page has sold Wear Valley Aerosols, the Bishop Auckland-based manufacturer of environmentally-friendly spray cans, to a management bu...
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: ASD, the Leeds-based steel stockholder, has bought Vernon Stainless of Blackburn out of receivership for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 90 ...
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Hareclive Vehicle Rental, the Bristol-based car hire company with 20 staff and 320 vehicles, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Internet bank Egg will be forced to keep the champagne on ice over the festive season after failing to meet a year-end deadline for the sale of its loss-making French business. The group had hoped to complete negotiations on a possible joint venture or "other transaction" for the French arm by the end of th...
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Northgate Information Solutions is to acquire Rebus, the payroll software company, for £150m....
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Londis, the convenience store chain owned by 1,956 individual store owners, has received a £40m takeover approach from Musgrave of Ireland....
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Johnson Service has acquired Alex Reid, the distributor of packaging and consumables to the clothes care market, for £4.3m....
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Gilbertson & Page has sold Wear Valley Aerosols, the Bishop Auckland-based manufacturer of environmentally-friendly spray cans, to a management bu...
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: ASD, the Leeds-based steel stockholder, has bought Vernon Stainless of Blackburn out of receivership for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 90 ...
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003: Hareclive Vehicle Rental, the Bristol-based car hire company with 20 staff and 320 vehicles, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003: Dixons Group has sold its Codic International European property development business to a group of Belgian investors for £23m....
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003: Tellings Golden Miller has acquired the remaining 63% of Burtons Coaches, the East Anglia-based bus and coach operator with 42 vehicles....
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003: RPS Group has acquired Woods Warren, the Milton Keynes-based provider of infrastructure advice with 49 staff, for up to £2.9m....
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