Acquisitions News | business sale | 2003

Tue, 30 Dec 2003: Celsius First, the cold storage company with sites in Coleshill and Stratford, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Oregon Capital Partners....
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Tue, 30 Dec 2003: BemroseBooth, the ticket printer with 850 staff at sites in Derby, Hull and Teesside, has been acquired by Appleton of the US for £34m....
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Mon, 29 Dec 2003: Parmalat will soon have protection from its creditors, but that may not be enough to keep the global milk and cookie empire from crumbling. With &poun...
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Mon, 29 Dec 2003: Emap has acquired Print D'Or, the French jewellery trade fair, for £1m....
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003: Whitbread is to acquire Cannons Health & Fitness BV, the operator of five fitness clubs in the Netherlands, for £22m, in order to expand its...
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003: Milk Link, the farmer-owned dairy co-operative, has acquired Newlands Farm, the Liskeard-based producer of the Cornish Dairy brand, for undisclosed te...
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003: Lubrizol is to acquire Avecia Additives, the Manchester-based manufacturer of colour additives with 110 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003: Sage is to acquire ACCPAC, the US supplier of accounting and customer relationship management software, for £62m....
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003: Cyberes is to acquire Corporate Travel Holdings, the business travel agency, for £2m....
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003: Kewill Systems is to acquire TradePoint Systems, the supplier of trade facilitation software with 83 staff in the US and 15 in the UK, for an initial ...
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: Seymour Pierce is to withdraw from fund management with the termination of a contract between its Pavillion division and MGM Assurance....
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: Blick, the Swindon-based supplier of security systems, has accepted a £95m takeover offer from The Stanley Works....
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: City Centre is to acquire Ask Central, the operator of 150 pi,a and pasta restaurants, for £168m, and £13m is being raised in a share plac...
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: Clapham House has acquired The Real Greek Food Company, the operator of three London restaurants, for up to £9m, and the business is expected to...
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: Wilkin & Sons of Tiptree has acquired Passionately Cakes, the Essex-based cake manufacturer....
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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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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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Business Sale Acquisitions News: 2003

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