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Acquisitions News: August 2003

Wed, 20 Aug 2003: Lookers has acquired the Savoy Honda car dealership in Warrington from Mainland Investments for £2m....
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Tue, 19 Aug 2003: WT Foods has acquired Marston Valley Foods, the manufacturer of chilled ready meals, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 19 Aug 2003: Tellings Golden Miller is to acquire the Dartford operations of Crystals Coaches, as part of a strategy to expand its bus and coach network in the sou...
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Tue, 19 Aug 2003: Scarlett Retail, owner of Allders department store group is in talks to aquire a stake in House of Fraser and may make a full scale takeover bid for i...
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Tue, 19 Aug 2003: Alizyme, the biotechnology group, has effectively been put up for sale a week after it sealed a $42m licensing deal in Japan for its anti-obesity drug...
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Tue, 19 Aug 2003: Cobham has signalled it is putting its Westwind semiconductor machinery unit up for sale as it announced plans to streamline its operations. Westwind...
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Tue, 19 Aug 2003: BHP Billington, one of the worlds largest mining groups, is preparing a bid for Drax, the UK's biggest power station. The coal fired power stati...
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003: Swiss Life is to sell its UK-based group income protection and critical illness division to UnumProvident of the US, with the loss of a significant nu...
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003: Close Brothers Growth Capital is backing a £11m management buy-out at Walker Group, the operator of 13 bingo clubs in the Midlands and north....
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003: David Fabb Holdings' administrators have sold the Brockway Conveyors division in Stourbridge to an undisclosed buyer, securing 20 jobs....
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003: Watershed Plastics of Durham has acquired HydroFlow Solutions, in order to expand its drainage equipment business into Ireland....
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003: United Carlton, the Gateshead-based digital copying and printing company, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and is now plannin...
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003: Xenova has announced a £8.5m takeover bid for KS Biomedix, and expects to raise at least £9m in a share issue to fund the development of K...
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003: Hickson & Welch, the Castleford-based chemicals manufacturer with 300 staff, has undergone a £21m management buy-out backed by Dunedin Capit...
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003: Dykes Naylor, the Nottingham-based architect, has undergone a management buy-out and the new company will be named DNA....
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003: Sovereign, the Manchester-based manufacturer of shower screens, has undergone a £5m management buy-out along with sister company Woodmet Anodisi...
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003: Eden Industries, the Aberdare-based shelving manufacturer with 200 staff, has undergone a £5m management buy-out backed by NMB-Heller....
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003: John Howitt Group is to sell its Channel Print offshore printing business to a management buy-out....
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003: Dubbed the Tartan Tatler the glossy Scottish lifestyle title Caledonia remains on the block. With a turnover supposedly around the £1 million-ma...
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003: Barkbury Interiors, the Leamington Spa-based fit-out and joinery company, has undergone a management buy-out....
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