Acquisitions News | april | 2004

Fri, 30 Apr 2004: Apollo Lifts, the Romford-based lift contractor, has undergone a management buy-out and is now planning to establish an operations centre in the North...
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Fri, 30 Apr 2004: Kingston Communications has sold its Inmedia satellite and broadcasting unit to The Carlyle Group for £34m and the proceeds will be used to redu...
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Fri, 30 Apr 2004: Galen has sold its UK-based pharmaceutical sales and marketing operation to its founder for £40m and has also announced the sale of its sterile ...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Scottish & Southern Energy has acquired more than 300,000 customers from Atlantic Electric & Gas for £91m following Atlantic's move...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Cambridge Water has been sold by Union Fenosa to Cheung Kong Infrastructure of Hong Kong for £51m...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Safestore is to acquire Mentmore for £209m creating the country's largest self-storage company with 68 sites...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Clancy is to acquire TMP Parkover, the modular car parking installer, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: RMC Concrete Products has acquired Conway Concrete Products of Newport for £1.5m...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Paper 4 Print has acquired York & Ford, the Failsworth-based paper merchant with 16 staff, for undisclosed terms...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Kidde is to acquire SPI Fire Engineering, the Farnborough-based supplier of fire protection systems with 26 staff...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Ennstone is to acquire GRS (South Witham), the operator of a limestone quarry in Lincolnshire, for £1.6m...
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Thu, 29 Apr 2004: Spanish Internet company Terra Lycos has retained investment bank Lehman Brothers to explore a possible sale of its US Internet business, including it...
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Wed, 28 Apr 2004: Ciro Citterio, the operator of 52 menswear stores, has been bought out of administration by Anar of Huddersfield...
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Wed, 28 Apr 2004: Invensys is to sell its Powerware power supply systems business to Eaton Corporation of the US for £313m...
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Wed, 28 Apr 2004: Prime Business Solutions, the Newbury-based IP telephony company with 130 staff, has been acquired by 2e2 Group for £22m...
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Wed, 28 Apr 2004: J&J Haslett has sold Holmes Catering, the supplier of meals to schools and hospitals in Northern Ireland with 70 staff, to John Henderson Group fo...
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004: Laird is to acquire Thermagon, the US-based thermal management products company, for up to £25m...
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004: London Bridge Software, the developer of debt collection and credit management applications, is to be acquired by Fair Isaac of the US for £166m...
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004: Smiths is to acquire Trak Communications, the antenna manufacturer with 425 staff in Scotland and the US, from Veritas for £63m...
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004: Matrix Communications is to acquire Decorum Networks, the provider of IP telephony and messaging services, for up to £2.3m...
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Acquisitions News: April 2004

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