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Division Sale Acquisitions News: August 2003

Sun, 31 Aug 2003: J Sainsbury is still trying to sell its specialist property development arm. The group put the division on the block in January this year to focus on...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003: Vivendi Universal is seeking to offload its majority (55%) stake in Monaco Telecom in an attempt to reduce debt after an ill-fated expansion into the...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003: Proctor & Gamble is understood to be sounding out possible buyers for its snacks business, which makes Pringles crisps. Also up for grabs would be...
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Thu, 28 Aug 2003: Shares in business parks developer Slough Estates lost ground in the last week of August as it reported a fall in half-year pre-tax profits, 5.8% to &...
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Thu, 28 Aug 2003: E2V Technologies has acquired the microwave sensors business of Dynex Semiconductor, which will involve a number of staff relocating from one Lincoln ...
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Thu, 28 Aug 2003: International Academy, the Cardiff-based provider of soccer training camps and skiing holidays, has been sold by Leisure Ventures to Thomson for up to...
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Thu, 28 Aug 2003: Brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle is poised to begin the process of further whittling down bids for its £2.3bn pubs business. The deadline ...
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Wed, 27 Aug 2003: Heywood Williams has sold Coldseal, its Nottingham-based double glazing subsidiary with 500 staff, to newly-formed Coldseal Group in exchange for a 19...
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Wed, 27 Aug 2003: Struggling Pizza Express has put the For Sale sign up at fourteen of its outlets, according to Property Week magazine. The company, acquired last mont...
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Tue, 26 Aug 2003: According to reports, US industrial group United Technologies which acquired UK security firm Chubb in June, is contemplating the sale of parts of the...
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Tue, 26 Aug 2003: NTL are understood to be restructuring their financing arrangements and as part of this are considering offloading their communications towers busines...
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Fri, 22 Aug 2003: The BBC should be made to sell its most popular programmes to its commercial rivals and concentrate more on its public service obligations, the chief ...
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Fri, 22 Aug 2003: Rexam is to sell its medical flexible packaging division to Amcor of Australia for £135m, which will involve the transfer of more than 1,000 sta...
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Thu, 21 Aug 2003: Po Na Na's administrators are to sell 28 of its 45 bars to Avanti Capital for about £7m....
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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: 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: 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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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: David Fabb Holdings' administrators have sold the Brockway Conveyors division in Stourbridge to an undisclosed buyer, securing 20 jobs....
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003: PHS has acquired the washroom services division of Johnson Service for £14m....
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