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Acquisitions News: September 2003

Tue, 30 Sep 2003: Smart & Cook has acquired the insurance broking business of Adams Financial Services of Lincolnshire....
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Epyx has acquired Oasis Global Systems, the developer of IT solutions for the automotive sector, for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: High-Point Rendel, the construction engineering consulting group, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Sovereign Capital has acquired Laurel Management Services, the operator of 29 funeral homes in the Midlands, Kent, Hampshire and Hertfordshire, for &p...
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Roxspur is to acquire telecoms services company Cellular Holdings in a reverse takeover, and the new group will be called The Telecommunications Group...
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Care UK has acquired a 75% stake in Corvedale Holdings, the Shropshire-based provider of residential and educational children's care services, fo...
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: SCI Entertainment has bought the Pivotal Games computer games subsidiary of Kaboom Studios out of receivership for £2.4m....
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Dairy Crest has sold its Kidlington-based chilled juice business to Princes for about £11m....
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Forever Broadcasting has sold the Juice Liverpool radio station to Absolute Radio for £3.1m....
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Kingsbridge Holdings has sold Benson McGarvey and its Shakeit subsidiary to management for an initial £0.2m....
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Industry pundits expect Northern Foods to be pared down over the next 18 to 24 months to three core divisions - chilled ready meals, frozen food and ...
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Nationwide Mutual Insurance, the American financial services group, is planning a merger or partial sale of Gartmore, the British fund manager which i...
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: A takeover battle has broken out for music publisher Boosey & Hawkes. Two rival firms - private equity firm HgCapital and rival publisher Music Sa...
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Mon, 29 Sep 2003: Patrick Kron, The chairman and chief executive of troubled French engineering group Alstom, has indicated that he aims to plans to sell the company�...
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Sat, 27 Sep 2003: As expected, the competition commission has allowed William Morrison Supermarkets Plc alone to bid for Safeway, which put itself up for sale in Januar...
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Fri, 26 Sep 2003: Brooklyn Motors has acquired a Toyota dealership in Hereford and a Mazda dealership in Kidderminster....
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Fri, 26 Sep 2003: Bookham Technology is to acquire Ignis Optics, the US supplier of optical modules for communications networks, for £10m....
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Fri, 26 Sep 2003: Huveaux is to acquire Fenman, the Cambridgeshire-based publisher of training materials with 16 staff, for £6m....
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Fri, 26 Sep 2003: Ultra Electronics is to acquire the assets of Ocean Systems, the US-based developer of radio frequency devices, from BAe Systems for £6m....
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Fri, 26 Sep 2003: Dipford is to acquire Dowling Kerr, the national business transfer agency with offices in Holmfirth and Luton, for up to £2.1m....
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