Acquisitions News | october | 2003

Thu, 09 Oct 2003: QC Supplies has acquired Wheatley Dyson, the Huddersfield-based office equipment supplier with 20 staff, and transferred the business to its Halifax h...
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Thu, 09 Oct 2003: Air Music & Media has acquired the Original Record Company, the owner of the New Sound 2000 record label, for up to £3m....
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Thu, 09 Oct 2003: IMI has acquired Artform International, the Loughborough-based supplier of merchandising systems with 425 staff, for £47m....
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Thu, 09 Oct 2003: Dataflex Holdings is to sell the business of Dataflex Design Communications to a management team and place its remaining operations into liquidation....
[more: Dataflex Holdings is to sell the busines...]

Thu, 09 Oct 2003: Brett Landscaping has acquired a Loughborough-based concrete products business from Lafarge for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 08 Oct 2003: Express Site Services, the Llandarcy-based pipework company with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Wed, 08 Oct 2003: WPP is to acquire Mungenast Dialog Marketing, the German direct marketing agency with 50 staff....
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Wed, 08 Oct 2003: Merchant Investors, the Bristol-based life assurer with 130 staff, has been sold by Allianz to Sanlam of South Africa for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 08 Oct 2003: Aegis is to acquire Isis Research, the supplier of healthcare research services, for £16m....
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Wed, 08 Oct 2003: Granada and Carlton have won government approval for a £4.5bn merger, which will help the ITV companies compete with the BBC and BSkyB....
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Wed, 08 Oct 2003: The Paramount chain of luxury local hotels have been put up for sale by venture capitalist Alchemy, owner of 90% of the business since 1998. Property ...
[more: The Paramount chain of luxury local hote...]

Wed, 08 Oct 2003: ARC International, the semiconductor and software licensing company forecasts another third quarter pre-tax loss of £4.7m. The whitling through ...
[more: ARC International, the semiconductor and...]

Wed, 08 Oct 2003: Run by Ian Payne, the publicans' publican, the Laurel Pub Company was outgunned at the eleventh hour in the tussle for S&N's 1,400 pubs ...
[more: Run by Ian Payne, the publicans' publica...]

Wed, 08 Oct 2003: Leading sportswear designer and soccer kit manufacturer Umbro has been reportedly put up for sale with a £300 million price tag by Buyout firm D...
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Tue, 07 Oct 2003: Trustseal, the Worksop-based highway maintenance company with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Tue, 07 Oct 2003: Harlands, the Hull-based labels manufacturer with 57 staff, has undergone a £4m management buy-out....
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Tue, 07 Oct 2003: Royal Bank of Scotland is acquiring First Active, the Dublin-based mortgage lender, for £617m, creating a combined chain of 263 branches across ...
[more: Royal Bank of Scotland is acquiring Firs...]

Tue, 07 Oct 2003: Epwin has acquired HIS, the Rhymney-based window manufacturer with 40 staff, out of receivership....
[more: Epwin has acquired HIS, the Rhymney-base...]

Tue, 07 Oct 2003: Scottish & Newcastle has sold its S&N Retail chain of 1,406 pubs, restaurants and lodges to a consortium of Spirit Group, Texas Pacific Group,...
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Tue, 07 Oct 2003: Glisten has acquired Sunya, the chocolate confectionery manufacturer, from Renshaw Scott for £0.8m, and production will transfer to its Blackbur...
[more: Glisten has acquired Sunya, the chocolat...]

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