Acquisitions News: May 2003

Tue, 06 May 2003: Dennis Publishing is to acquire the I Feel Good publishing company for £5.1m, in order to expand its Choice Publishers division....
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Reg Vardy has announced the £11m acquisition of seven more dealerships, including Jaguar and Land Rover sites in Edinburgh, two Volkswagen sites...
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Duckworth, the independent publisher, has been bought out of administration by a group of US investors for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Protherics is to acquire Enact Pharma, the biopharmaceuticals company, for £7.9m, and has also announced plans to raise £3m in a share off...
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Rok has sold the plant hire business of recently-acquired Llewellyn to Cox Plant for £4.5m....
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Kenwood Turned Parts Engineering of the Isle of Wight has been bought out of receivership by a former director, saving 50 jobs....
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Hurst Parnell, the Bristol-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler with 70 staff, is under new ownership and finance for the deal was provided by Lloyds ...
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Sky Capital is to acquire Cardinal Capital Management, the US-based broker dealer and investment advisor, for £2.6m....
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Tue, 06 May 2003: Nettec is to sell Nettec Solutions, the supplier of content-managed corporate portals, to Aspect Internet Holdings for £0.6m....
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Fri, 02 May 2003: Parkdean is to acquire Pactrem, the owner of two caravan holiday parks in Cornwall, for £13m....
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Fri, 02 May 2003: Vale Brothers has acquired Equus Polymer, the Willenhall-based manufacturer of equestrian products, for undisclosed terms....
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Fri, 02 May 2003: Software for Sport is to acquire Chorus Application Software, the south-west of England-based supplier of financial software systems, for £1.4m,...
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Thu, 01 May 2003: Tomkins is to acquire Stackpole, the Canadian manufacturer of power train components, for £143m....
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Thu, 01 May 2003: Capital Gaming has been established to acquire the Cardiff-based gambling machine assets of Coinmaster out of receivership, saving 15 jobs from the 50...
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Thu, 01 May 2003: Mouchel has acquired Lloyd Davies Associates, the Newbury-based information management consultancy, for up to £1.7m....
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Thu, 01 May 2003: Global Group has announced that its Canterbury Foods subsidiary is to sell the Spacehire cold storage and vegetable freezing operation in Goole to Mul...
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