Acquisitions News: 2003

Wed, 10 Dec 2003: Elan Corporation, the Irish pharmaceuticals firm, yesterday admitted it is in talks to sell the bulk of its European operations in a transaction that could raise up to $200m (£115m). The division up for auction is primarily the sales and marketing operations in the UK, France, Italy and Spain, which together employ about 200 people and have revenues of $110m. Research and development operations are understood to be excluded from the s...
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003: Leeds United have revealed they are in discussions with several parties interested in buying the Elland Road club. Leeds confirmed to the Stock Exchan...
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003: Benchmark Group, the London property development and investment company expects a strategic review to be completed by the end of this month. The group...
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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: 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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Tue, 09 Dec 2003: Systems Union Group has acquired Foundation Systems, the business software supplier with 50 staff, for £2.5m....
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Tue, 09 Dec 2003: Vitec is to sell ALU, the manufacturer of retail fixture systems, to Manfrotto of Italy for £12m....
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Tue, 09 Dec 2003: Winstanley & Co, the Pershore-based engineering company with 64 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 09 Dec 2003: Systems Union Group has acquired Foundation Systems, the business software supplier with 50 staff, for £2.5m....
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Tue, 09 Dec 2003: Vitec is to sell ALU, the manufacturer of retail fixture systems, to Manfrotto of Italy for £12m....
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Tue, 09 Dec 2003: Winstanley & Co, the Pershore-based engineering company with 64 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: Staffing Ventures is to acquire Parys Snowdon Payroll Services, which has 165 staff at offices in Bangor, Glasgow, Leicester, Norwich and Oxford, in a...
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: Satterthwaite Brooks & Pomfret has merged with Bridgegate Corporate Finance, creating a combined accountancy firm with nine partners and 40 staff ...
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: M&S Motorcycles has expanded its Newcastle-based motorcycle dealership with the £1.7m acquisition of Ken's Motorcycles, creating a chai...
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: Hogg Robinson is to acquire the business travel business of Kuoni of Switzerland for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: Zurich Financial Services, Europe's third-largest insurer, has put Dunbar Bank, a specialist lending business, up for sale with a price tag of ab...
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: Countrywide Assured, Britain's biggest estate agency chain, is aiming to raise up to £100m by selling or demerging its closed life insurance business, it disclosed yesterday. The company said it is talking to four potential buyers about a trade sale. If the business is sold, the proceeds will be returned to Countrywide shareholders...
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: Staffing Ventures is to acquire Parys Snowdon Payroll Services, which has 165 staff at offices in Bangor, Glasgow, Leicester, Norwich and Oxford, in a...
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Mon, 08 Dec 2003: Satterthwaite Brooks & Pomfret has merged with Bridgegate Corporate Finance, creating a combined accountancy firm with nine partners and 40 staff ...
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Fri, 05 Dec 2003: Comeleon is to acquire Tanfield Holdings, the Durham-based provider of manufacturing solutions with 178 staff, for £4.7m....
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