Acquisitions News | division sale | 2003

Wed, 31 Dec 2003: KPMG has begun the process of selling the Londis convenience store chain in the UK, by contacting interested parties to set out arrangements for recei...
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Wed, 31 Dec 2003: Archant has acquired a further 15 weekly newspapers in London and Kent from Independent News & Media for up to £10m....
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Wed, 31 Dec 2003: Freshbake Foods is to acquire a factory on the Oakesway Trading Estate in Hartlepool from the receivers of Hibernia Foods, securing the future of 380 ...
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Tue, 30 Dec 2003: Wilmington Group has acquired Agence de Presse Medicale International, the French provider of a health information service, from Reuters for £5....
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Tue, 30 Dec 2003: Chrysalis and Eckoh Technologies have sold their Rivals Digital Media internet business to UKbetting for £2m....
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Mon, 29 Dec 2003: THE laboratory where Dolly the sheep was created is to be sold off. The Roslin building, which has been operated by PPL Therapeutics as its head offi...
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003: William Ransom is to acquire the natural healthcare brands portfolio of J Pickles of Harrogate for £0.6m, but Pickes will continue to manufactur...
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003: Northern Foods is to sell its Batchelors and Beck Smith canned food operations in Ireland to Barry's Tea for £67m....
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003: AWG is to sell its Powermarque vehicle leasing business to Venson Holdings for £34m....
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003: Johnson Matthey has put two-thirds of its colours and coatings business up for sale to fund acquisitions in its fast-growing catalysts business. Chris...
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003: Milestone Group is to sell its Time FM and Fusion 107.3 FM radio stations in London to Sunrise Radio for £1.2m....
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003: Tarsus Group is to sell its French magazines division to Action Commerciale for a nominal sum....
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003: Anite Group is to sell Anite Benelux, its Dutch IT consultancy business, to a local software company for £1m....
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003: Brammer is to sell its calibration and equipment management services business in continental Europe to Air Liquide for £22m....
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: BT is to acquire the UK operations of NSB Retail Systems for £17m, which will involve the transfer of 148 staff to a new division called BT Expe...
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: Abbey National has sold Royal Saint Georges, its French mortgage business with 66 staff, to General Electric for £39m....
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003: Xansa is to sell its IT services business in Belgium and the Netherlands to Ewycksgroep for a nominal sum....
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Fri, 19 Dec 2003: British Gypsum has sold its industrial paper sack manufacturing operations in Aberdeen and Bangor to Frantschach Industrial Packaging and Clondalkin r...
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003: Filtronic is to sell parts of its US-based electronic warfare business to Teledyne for £7m....
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