Acquisitions News | january | 2003

Fri, 31 Jan 2003: Cirrus Technologies, the Redditch-based car industry service company with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Fri, 31 Jan 2003: Z-Finishing, the Cheshire-based print finishing company, has been bought out of receivership by a new company called Z-Card, saving most of the 156 jo...
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Fri, 31 Jan 2003: Peterhouse has acquired Digital Surveys, the Newcastle-based provider of survey and data services to the rail and water sectors, for £0.4m....
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Fri, 31 Jan 2003: BP has agreed to sell the Fosroc Mining chemicals division of Burmah Castrol, including 13 manufacturing sites in seven countries, to a management buy...
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Thu, 30 Jan 2003: Wolseley has acquired four companies in the US and Canada for £37m, including three heating, plumbing and valve businesses and a lumber business...
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Thu, 30 Jan 2003: John Fredericks Plastics has acquired S&J Marketing, the Northampton-based conservatory roof manufacturer, for £3m....
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Thu, 30 Jan 2003: Planit Holdings has acquired Lignatec, the developer of stair manufacturing software, for £0.3m....
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Thu, 30 Jan 2003: Wallace Arnold, the coach tours business, may be sold by 3i. It has been approached by several interested parties. The business reportedly carries a p...
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Thu, 30 Jan 2003: Hays, the business services group, is considering the sale of its logistics operations, valued at between £250m and £400m. It could signal...
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003: The London Stock Exchange has acquired Proquote, the Cheshire-based supplier of online trading and market information software, for £13m....
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003: DCC has acquired Shannon Environmental Services, the Irish waste chemical treatment company, for about £4m....
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003: Gaskell is to sell its tile division, including sites in Lancashire and London, to Low & Bonar for £17m, while its carpet factory in Kidderm...
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003: Cosalt, the industrial services and leisure products group, hinted that its loss making lighting division may be for sale. Operating losses at Cosalt ...
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003: Suez, the French utility, is exploring the sale of Northubrian Water in what could be the company's first large asset divestment under its debt r...
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Tue, 28 Jan 2003: Energy Power Resources has acquired Sondel International for about £5m, thereby increasing its stake in Fibrowatt, the operator of three East An...
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Tue, 28 Jan 2003: Bako North Western has acquired the bakery sundries business of John Morley's of Congleton for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 28 Jan 2003: Inter-Alliance is to pay up to £2.5m for certain fixed assets and the net commission of Heartland Independent Advisers, which has offices in Bi...
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Tue, 28 Jan 2003: Tomkins has sold Milliken Valve, the US-based valve manufacturer, to the Henry Pratt Company for about £5m....
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Tue, 28 Jan 2003: Walker Greenbank is to sell Textile Wallcoverings International, the US distributor of wallcoverings, to Thybony for £0.9m....
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Mon, 27 Jan 2003: Leeds United has sold its business travel division to World Travel Management for a nominal sum....
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Acquisitions News: January 2003

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