Acquisitions News | october | 2003

Fri, 31 Oct 2003: Rok Property Solutions is to acquire the Manchester, Glasgow, Teesside, Cardiff and Ellesmere Port assets from the administrators of Ballast for up to...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2003: Astex Technology has acquired MetaGen Pharmaceuticals, a spin-out from Schering, and about eight of MetaGen's 40 staff will transfer from Berlin ...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2003: James Fisher is to acquire Air Supply of Norway for £4.8m and WM Defence of the UK for £3.1m, in order to expand its marine support servic...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2003: Rank has sold its games and slot machine businesses, which trade under the names of Leisure Machine Services and Seasonal Amusements and employ 800 st...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2003: Rok Property Solutions is to acquire the Manchester, Glasgow, Teesside, Cardiff and Ellesmere Port assets from the administrators of Ballast for up to...
[more: Rok Property Solutions is to acquire the...]

Fri, 31 Oct 2003: Astex Technology has acquired MetaGen Pharmaceuticals, a spin-out from Schering, and about eight of MetaGen's 40 staff will transfer from Berlin ...
[more: Astex Technology has acquired MetaGen Ph...]

Fri, 31 Oct 2003: James Fisher is to acquire Air Supply of Norway for £4.8m and WM Defence of the UK for £3.1m, in order to expand its marine support servic...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2003: Rank has sold its games and slot machine businesses, which trade under the names of Leisure Machine Services and Seasonal Amusements and employ 800 st...
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003: Grant Thornton has sold Unit Press, the Preston-based office chair components company, out of receivership to one of its founders, securing the future...
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003: PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold the United Milk Creamery at Westbury in Wiltshire out of receivership to a consortium of three milk co-operatives oper...
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003: East Surrey Holdings has acquired two local gas network operations from United Utilities for £3.1m, including United Utilities Gas Networks and ...
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003: Intercare, the pharmaceuticals manufacturer, is to be acquired by Cardinal Health of the US for £306m....
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003: HSBC has acquired Bank of Bermuda for £770m, as part of a strategy to expand its private banking and fund administration operations....
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003: Jarvis Hotels, the chain of 67 hotels, is planning to undergo a £153m management buy-out backed by Lioncourt Capital....
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