Acquisitions News: August 2003

Mon, 11 Aug 2003: Vodafone is to acquire Singlepoint, the mobile phone services subsidiary of Caudwell, for £405m....
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Mon, 11 Aug 2003: Northgate Information Solutions has acquired Hays Consulting & Solutions for £5.5m, and will close the Hays office in Milton Keynes with the...
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Mon, 11 Aug 2003: Molins is to acquire Sasib, the Italian manufacturer of cigarette packing machinery, for £11m....
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Mon, 11 Aug 2003: Radstone Technology is to acquire Interactive Circuits & Systems, the Canadian developer of military radio systems, for £21m....
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Mon, 11 Aug 2003: Jordison, the Redcar-based printing company with 14 staff, has been acquired by one of its former employees for undisclosed terms....
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Sun, 10 Aug 2003: Swedish private equity group EQT is believed to be in discussions with a number of interested parties regarding a sale of the group's European fr...
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Fri, 08 Aug 2003: Lydney, the manufacturer of steel security units with 80 staff at a factory on Merseyside and 140 in Gloucestershire, has undergone a management buy-o...
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Fri, 08 Aug 2003: Bodycote International has acquired five laboratories in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from Carillion for £1.3m, in order to expand its mate...
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Fri, 08 Aug 2003: Planned Storage Systems, the Swindon-based provider of storage solutions, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms...
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Thu, 07 Aug 2003: Alcan Packaging has decided to find a buyer for its UK packaging company Fibrenyle. The decision is part of a plan by Alcan to sell its non-core businesses. Fibrenyle's customers include household names such as Lever Fabergé, Sara Lee Household & Body Care and Unilever. The firm employs 620 staff at four sites. Its products include blow moulded bottles and containers, and injection moulded clos...
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Thu, 07 Aug 2003: Bethell Building Services has undergone a management buy-out, creating a new group with 325 staff called White Building Services...
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Thu, 07 Aug 2003: Eckoh Technologies is to acquire Intelliplus, the provider of telecoms services, for £8.9m...
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Thu, 07 Aug 2003: Amec has acquired Wrights Engineering, the Ellesmere Port-based provider of repair services for bulk storage tanks with 130 staff, for undisclosed ter...
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Wed, 06 Aug 2003: Ambrosia, the company famed for its tinned rice pudding and custard, is to be sold off by its owners - because it is too English. The food giant Unile...
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Wed, 06 Aug 2003: Standard Chartered has bought 20twenty, the South African online bank, out of liquidation...
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Wed, 06 Aug 2003: Vodafone is to acquire Project Telecom, the Newark-based provider of mobile phone services, for £155m...
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Wed, 06 Aug 2003: Clarity Commerce Solutions has acquired Pacer CATS, the supplier of software solutions to the cinema market, from Ticketmaster for about £2m...
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Wed, 06 Aug 2003: WH Ireland has acquired Carr Sheppards Crosthwaite's private client investment management and stockbroking business in Cardiff...
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Tue, 05 Aug 2003: Advanced Power Components has acquired Silver Birch Marketing and GO Technology, the Cambridgeshire-based distributors of electronic components...
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Tue, 05 Aug 2003: Watermark Group has acquired Media on the Move, the distributor of newspapers and magazines to the airline industry...
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