Acquisitions News | march | business sale | 2003

Mon, 31 Mar 2003: McCormick Macnaughton has acquired the Northern Ireland construction equipment rental business of Hewden Stuart....
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003: Consort Resources, the North Sea gas business, has abandoned plans of a flotation following tough market conditions. The company has decided to sell t...
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Fri, 28 Mar 2003: Watermark Group is to acquire M'n'H Recycling, the Sussex-based recycler of airline amenity and other travel products, for up to £1.3m...
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Thu, 27 Mar 2003: Lastminute.com has acquired Holiday Autos, the car rental broker, for £40m....
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Wed, 26 Mar 2003: GUS has announced a £70m deal to take full control of Scorex, the Bradford-based credit solutions company, in order to expand its Experian busin...
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Wed, 26 Mar 2003: Itouch is acquire Movilisto, the provider of mobile phone services in Spain and Portugal, for an initial £24m....
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Wed, 26 Mar 2003: Kroll, the Administrators appointed to Affinity Wireless, the main trading business of Affinity Internet Holdings, said they expect to sell the busine...
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Tue, 25 Mar 2003: Clarity Commerce Solutions is to acquire Romulus Enterprises, the Edinburgh-based supplier of business intelligence analytic software, for up to &poun...
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Mon, 24 Mar 2003: Viyella, the operator of 34 fashion stores, has been acquired by Harris Watson of Birmingham for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 24 Mar 2003: Armitage, the Nottingham-based pet food manufacturer with factories in Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne, Pinxton and Dundee, has agreed to a £8.1m t...
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Fri, 21 Mar 2003: House of Fraser, the department store, has said that buyers have recently approached the company but that it is not engaged in any buy-out discussions...
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Fri, 21 Mar 2003: Smith & Nephew has agreed to acquire Centerpulse, the Swiss medical technology company, for £1.5bn, creating the world's third largest ...
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Fri, 21 Mar 2003: Cobham has acquired Orion Electronics, the Canadian supplier of GPStracking equipment for £6m, and Xybion Sensor Positioning Systems of the US f...
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003: Scott Timber Group has acquired Combine Pallets of London for £5m, creating the UK's largest pallet making group with 400 staff....
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003: Royal Liver is to acquire Park Row, the Leeds-based independent financial advice company, for £17m....
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003: Enesco is to acquire Bilston & Battersea Enamels of the West Midlands for £2.5m, in order to expand its giftware business....
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003: Propan Homes has acquired Pinemount Trading and Latchfield Investments, in order to expand its residential property and land development operations in...
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Wed, 19 Mar 2003: Leods Contracts has acquired Architectural Veneering Company, the Wakefield-based manufacturer of fire doors with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 19 Mar 2003: Following the recent bid interest at Six Continents, there has been interest in the value of individual businesses in leisure groups - Whitbread has a...
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Tue, 18 Mar 2003: M&H Plastics, the Suffolk-based manufacturer of plastic packaging with 600 staff, is to be acquired by JP Morgan Chase's private equity arm f...
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Business Sale Acquisitions News: March 2003