Acquisitions News | april | division sale | 2003

Wed, 30 Apr 2003: Crown Sports is to sell its Winning Lines sports betting service to Last Race for £0.4m, in order to focus on health and fitness....
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Tue, 29 Apr 2003: Alstom is to sell its industrial turbines business to Siemens of Germany for £760m....
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Tue, 29 Apr 2003: RAC has sold its Lex Harvey and Lex Birchwood forklift trucks and mobile maintenance operations, including 18 sites and about 1,000 staff, to Finning ...
[more: RAC has sold its Lex Harvey and Lex Birc...]

Tue, 29 Apr 2003: PNC Telecom has sold KJC Mobile Phones, the mobile phone retail and distribution business, and PNC Telecom Services, the fixed line telecom business, ...
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Tue, 29 Apr 2003: Ambient has sold its World Market Analysis research business to the founder of Global Insight for £1.2m....
[more: Ambient has sold its World Market Analys...]

Tue, 29 Apr 2003: Abbey National, Britains sixth largest bank, has put its three offshore life insurance businesses up for sale with a price tag of around £100m. ...
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Tue, 29 Apr 2003: Equitable Life has put property up for sale worth £300m and has earmarked £1bn for sale. Property agent CB Hillier Parker has approached ...
[more: Equitable Life has put property up for s...]

Mon, 28 Apr 2003: MF Sealing Systems has acquired Allen Gwynnes, the process pump repair business of Teesside-based Marske Machine Company....
[more: MF Sealing Systems has acquired Allen Gw...]

Mon, 28 Apr 2003: Scottish and Newcastle, the brewer, is expected to put its pubs up for sale, with the Laurel Pub Company already declared as a potential bidder. The ...
[more: Scottish and Newcastle, the brewer, is e...]

Fri, 25 Apr 2003: BBA Group has acquired the Premier Turbines aircraft engine repair business in the US from Sabreliner Corporation for £22m, and has also announc...
[more: BBA Group has acquired the Premier Turbi...]

Fri, 25 Apr 2003: Trader Group, the £1bn publishing business, owned by BC Partners and Guardian Media Group have received offers for their 52% holding in the comp...
[more: Trader Group, the £1bn publishing busin...]

Thu, 24 Apr 2003: Kingfisher is to sell Reno-Depot, its Canadian chain of 20 home improvement stores, to RONA for £155m....
[more: Kingfisher is to sell Reno-Depot, its Ca...]

Thu, 24 Apr 2003: World Travel Holdings has sold Netfaresonline, its Canadian consolidated fares distribution business, to Logiciels OpenFares for £0.2m....
[more: World Travel Holdings has sold Netfareso...]

Wed, 23 Apr 2003: Misys has acquired Crossmar Matching Service, the developer of software for foreign exchange transactions, from Citicorp for £8.3m....
[more: Misys has acquired Crossmar Matching Ser...]

Tue, 22 Apr 2003: AC Ward has acquired the Saxton grocery wholesale business of BWG, and will relocate its own operation to the Saxton depot at West Thurrock....
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Tue, 22 Apr 2003: Walter Kielholz, the new chairman of Credit Suisse, has dismissed suggestions that Switzerland's second biggest bank is set to withdraw from inve...
[more: Walter Kielholz, the new chairman of Cre...]

Tue, 22 Apr 2003: Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, is auctioning a clutch of toothpaste and other businesses worth up to $300m. The sale includes househ...
[more: Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods...]

Tue, 22 Apr 2003: Lawrence, the industrial group, is looking to streamline its operations. The first expected event is the well flagged sale of its pets accessory busi...
[more: Lawrence, the industrial group, is looki...]

Thu, 17 Apr 2003: Linden has acquired the Fairfield housebuilding joint venture between Wiggins and Galliford Try for £7.2m....
[more: Linden has acquired the Fairfield houseb...]

Thu, 17 Apr 2003: Aegis has acquired the media buying assets of Independent Media Services of the US for £5m....
[more: Aegis has acquired the media buying asse...]

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Division Sale Acquisitions News: April 2003