Acquisitions News | may | 2003

Fri, 30 May 2003: Profile Wrappers, the contract profile laminating company with turnover of £3m, has undergone a management buy-in....
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Fri, 30 May 2003: New Look is to acquire the remaining 49% stake in NewMim, the French fashion retailer with 171 stores, for up to £30m....
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Fri, 30 May 2003: Carillion has sold The Expanded Piling Company, the Grimsby-based piling contractor, to Laing O'Rourke for £6.3m....
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Fri, 30 May 2003: Securicor is to sell Securicor Cash Machine, the operator of 1,232 ATMs, to Cardpoint for up to £10m....
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Fri, 30 May 2003: The Accident Group, the personal injury claims firm, is to shed 2,500 jobs after its parent company, Amulet Group, announced it was going into adminis...
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Cobham has reached agreement with Northrop Grumman of the US to acquire Litton Life Support, the Iowa-based manufacturer of air separation systems, fo...
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Media Square has acquired Le Fevre Communications, the regional public relations company with offices in London and Oxford....
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Thu, 29 May 2003: EQ Group has sold TV Innovations, its US-based healthcare communications division, to management, in order to focus on its UK marketing services busin...
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Aegon UK has acquired Elliott Bayley, the Surrey-based independent financial adviser with 43 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Hydrex has acquired Hughes Rail, the Fareham-based rail plant hirer, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 29 May 2003: Northern Foods looks likely to sell Fox's biscuit arm, following poor performance by the division. Fox's confecionery, including Glacier Min...
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Thu, 29 May 2003: It is rumoured that Lloyds TSB may be selling its National Bank of New Zealand subsidiary for as much as £2.4bn to Australia's ANZ bank. Th...
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Wed, 28 May 2003: Crediton Poultry Company has sold its cooking division out of receivership to the Crediton Chicken Company, saving 57 jobs....
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Wed, 28 May 2003: P&O is to sell its routes and vessels at the ports of Liverpool, Fleetwood and Dublin to Stena Line, and its recently-opened terminal at the port ...
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Wed, 28 May 2003: Tindale & Stanton, the Durham-based wholesale bakery chain with more than 300 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 28 May 2003: Mining Journal, the London-based mining industry publisher with 34 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Priva...
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Wed, 28 May 2003: Wood Group has acquired Korndorffer Contracting International, the Dutch provider of design engineering services to the oil and gas industry with 45 s...
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Wed, 28 May 2003: GUS is to sell its home shopping operations in the UK, Ireland and Sweden, as well as its Reality logistics and customer care business, to March UK fo...
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Wed, 28 May 2003: Amey has sold its Amey Vectra technical and environmental consulting business to Volvere for £2m....
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Tue, 27 May 2003: Chime Communications has sold its Smithfield Financial public relations business to management for undisclosed terms....
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Acquisitions News: May 2003

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