Acquisitions News | june | business sale | 2003

Mon, 30 Jun 2003: Rank has acquired Disctronics, the CD replicator with factories in Blackburn, Crawley, France and Italy, for £34m, in order to expand its Deluxe...
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Mon, 30 Jun 2003: Ennstone, the quarry products group, is expected to announce soon that it has appointed Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein to conduct a strategic review w...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2003: The UK Competition commission has stated that WM Morrison would be the only bidder among the four supermarket operators vying for Safeway that would b...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2003: Ennstone has acquired T&T, the Doncaster-based limestone quarry operator, for £2m...
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Fri, 27 Jun 2003: Tribal Group is to acquire Hacas, the social housing consultancy, for £45m...
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Thu, 26 Jun 2003: Eliza Tinsley Group, the engineering company that closed its Chesterfield plant this year, has put the property up for sale to raise around £1.5...
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Thu, 26 Jun 2003: Bena Pri, the Bulgarian soft drinks producer, is to be put up for sale by state receivers in September this year according to local press reports. The...
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Wed, 25 Jun 2003: Portman Building Society is to acquire the Staffordshire Building Society for undisclosed terms, gaining 42 branches and a wider product range...
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Wed, 25 Jun 2003: Huntsworth is to acquire Hatch Group, the public relations company with offices throughout the UK, for £1.6m...
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003: National Starch & Chemical is to sell its Plasticoat cheese coatings business to DSM for undisclosed terms...
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003: Hoseasons, the self-catering holiday company, has been acquired by private equity firm HgCapital for £40m....
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003: Severn Trent has acquired Hales, the landfill company, from RMC for £141m, in order to expand its Biffa waste business...
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003: Bomfords has acquired Gerber Fresh Produce for undisclosed terms, in order to strengthen its position in legumes, vegetables, salads and fruits...
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003: Lakeland Dairies has acquired Pritchitt Foods, which includes a milk processing plant in Newtownards and an office in Bromley, for £13m...
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003: SectorGuard has acquired First Response Security Services, the provider of manned guarding services at buildings in London and the Midlands, for an in...
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003: Eldridge Pope, the Dorset pub operator, is unlikely to be bought by Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries. The reason is the price. However, Eldridge P...
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Fri, 20 Jun 2003: WPP has agreed to acquire Cordiant Communications for £266m, which will strengthen its position in marketing services, Latin America and Asia...
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Fri, 20 Jun 2003: GB Liners has acquired International Moving Company, adding four new sites to its nationwide network of removals and storage branches...
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Thu, 19 Jun 2003: Fairplace Consulting has acquired Eris, the Italian provider of outplacement services, for £0.7m...
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Wed, 18 Jun 2003: Winchester Entertainment is planning to acquire Cobalt Pictures, the film financing and marketing company...
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Business Sale Acquisitions News: June 2003