Acquisitions News | may | business sale | 2003

Fri, 30 May 2003: Securicor is to sell Securicor Cash Machine, the operator of 1,232 ATMs, to Cardpoint for up to £10m....
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Media Square has acquired Le Fevre Communications, the regional public relations company with offices in London and Oxford....
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Aegon UK has acquired Elliott Bayley, the Surrey-based independent financial adviser with 43 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Hydrex has acquired Hughes Rail, the Fareham-based rail plant hirer, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 28 May 2003: Wood Group has acquired Korndorffer Contracting International, the Dutch provider of design engineering services to the oil and gas industry with 45 s...
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Tue, 27 May 2003: Velo, the Marlow-based fleet car management company, has been acquired by West Private Equity for about £10m....
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Tue, 27 May 2003: GVA Grimley is to acquire Saxon Law, the London-based property company, which will involve the relocation of 35 staff from Bruton Street to GVA's...
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Tue, 27 May 2003: Britannic, the insurer, has confirmed it is in currently talks with Paragon regarding the sale of its Britannic Money specialised mortgage lending sub...
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Fri, 23 May 2003: Graham's Dairies has bought Stevenson Dairy Farm at Cumnock in Ayrshire, increasing its headcount from 165 to 190....
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Fri, 23 May 2003: Nord Anglia Education has acquired the Leeds-based skills training provider Yorkshire Post Training, in order to expand its Lifetime Careers subsidiar...
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Fri, 23 May 2003: Baltimore Technologies, the internet security provider, has put itself up for sale and given a deadline of June 30 for potential buyers to submit firm...
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Thu, 22 May 2003: Redbridge Holdings has acquired H Goodall, the Wolverhampton-based fresh produce wholesaler with 15 staff....
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Wed, 21 May 2003: Cardfair has acquired Card Warehouse in a £45m deal, creating a new company called Greeting Card Group with more than 400 shops....
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Tue, 20 May 2003: Powderject, the vaccine maker, is to be acquired by Chiron of the US for more than £540m....
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Mon, 19 May 2003: Mushroom Records is being acquired by Warner Music of the US for an estimated £15m....
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Mon, 19 May 2003: Omnico has acquired PL Plastics, the supplier of plastic building products with branches in Preston and Wigan, for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 19 May 2003: Beckett Group has acquired Hose Somers, the Thetford-based insurance broker, and is now in discussions with four other regionally-based brokers....
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Mon, 19 May 2003: Powderject Pharmaceuticals, the vaccines company, is poised to accept a £500m takeover bid by Chiron Corporation of the US....
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Fri, 16 May 2003: BBA Group is to acquire the Midcoast Aviation Fixed Base Operation at St Louis Lambert International Airport in the US for £6m, in order to expa...
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Fri, 16 May 2003: Nomura is recruiting a new chief executive for Endeva, the television repair and delivery business it owns with Granada. Nomura and Granada hope to s...
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Business Sale Acquisitions News: May 2003