Acquisitions News | may | 2004

Mon, 31 May 2004: Cable & Wireless is to acquire Bulldog Communications, the provider of broadband services, for £19m...
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Mon, 31 May 2004: Martin International, the lingerie manufacturer, is to be acquired by Crystal International of Hong Kong for £17m...
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Mon, 31 May 2004: Red Funnel, the Isle of Wight ferry operator with 400 staff, has undergone a £60m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland...
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Fri, 28 May 2004: Brahm has acquired Teamwork Marketing, the York-based foodservice marketing company, for undisclosed terms, and about 30 staff are expected to relocat...
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Fri, 28 May 2004: Tyne & Wear Development Company is to assist NewLogic in setting up a £3m business outsourcing operation at the Boldon Business Park on Tyne...
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Fri, 28 May 2004: USC, the operator of 40 branded clothing and footwear stores, has been acquired by West Coast Capital for undisclosed terms...
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Fri, 28 May 2004: Metflex, the Blackburn-based manufacturer of precision rubber components with 89 staff, has undergone a management buy-in...
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Fri, 28 May 2004: Associated British Foods is to acquire The Billington Food Group, the Ipswich-based importer of unrefined raw cane sugars with net assets of £7....
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Fri, 28 May 2004: Systems Union Group is to acquire Lasata, the Australian supplier of business intelligence software, for about £10m...
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Fri, 28 May 2004: Dixons Group is to acquire WHSU, formerly known as Micro Warehouse, in order to expand the business-to-business operation of its PC World subsidiary...
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Thu, 27 May 2004: Sondex is to acquire Geolink International, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of oil well equipment, for £31m...
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Thu, 27 May 2004: GKN is to sell its 50% stake in the AgustaWestland helicopter business to Finmeccanica of Italy for £1.06bn, and the proceeds will be used to ex...
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Thu, 27 May 2004: Business Serve has acquired Designer Servers, the Manchester-based provider of internet hosting services, for £1.9m...
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Thu, 27 May 2004: White Young Green has acquired IMC Consulting and IMC Europe of Nottinghamshire for £10m, in order to expand its project management operations...
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Thu, 27 May 2004: Group 4 Falck has agreed to sell Global Solutions, its UK-based prison management business, to Electra Partners Europe and Englefield Capital for &pou...
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Thu, 27 May 2004: Collins Stewart is to acquire Prebon Group for undisclosed terms, creating a combined broking business with 3,000 staff in 26 cities worldwide...
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Thu, 27 May 2004: Crusader Holidays, the Clacton-based holiday firm with about 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 27 May 2004: The finance arm of Welcome Break, the motorway service station operator, has been placed into administrative recceivership after a three month struggl...
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Wed, 26 May 2004: Shanks is to sell its 24 landfill sites and related power operations to Terra Firma for £227m, and the business will be merged with Waste Recycl...
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Wed, 26 May 2004: Cunningham John is to merge with Few & Kester of Cambridge, creating a combined East Anglian law firm with 23 partners called Kester Cunningham Jo...
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