Acquisitions News: November 2004

Tue, 30 Nov 2004: Jubb, the Leicestershire-based plastic bottles manufacturer, has been bought of administration by BM Etchco of Birmingham for undisclosed terms, secur...
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004: Colliers CRE has acquired Campbell & Co, the Glasgow-based firm of surveyors, for £1.7m...
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004: Tate & Lyle has acquired Dolcre Food Ingredients, the South African fructose importer with net assets worth £1.4m...
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004: NHP, the operator of 192 nursing homes, is to be acquired by Blackstone of the US for £564m...
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004: Rentokil Initial confirmed investors' worst fears with a slump in profits and a warning of a likely deterioration in trading into next year as w...
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004: Focus Wickes, the DIY giant, has put itself up for sale, with a price tag of £1.5bn. The private equity groups Duke Street, which backed Mr Archer some 13 years ago, and Apax Partners, which bought in more recently, own about 70 per cent of Focus Wickes. Goldman Sachs, which is now advising the company on divestment options, tried and failed to float the business for £1.1bn in the summer of 2002 but was defeated by volatile market conditions. With annual turnover last year of £1.3bn, Focus Wickes has a 420-strong chain but that still puts it behind B&Q, o...
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004: After his recent unexpected resignation as chief executive of BBC Worldwide, Rupert Gavin is lining up a possible bid to take over the corporation...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: YooMedia has acquired Digital Interactive Television Group, the TV gambling company, for £33m...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: QXL Ricardo, the online auction company, is to undergo a £12m management buy-out...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: Wilson Storey Halliday has merged with Baxter Smith, creating a combined contract catering business known as Baxter Storey with annual sales of more t...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: Olan Mills, the chain of 73 photographic studios, has been acquired by Piper Private Equity and Graphite Capital for up to £10m...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: Bank Bottom Engineering Services of West Yorkshire has been bought out of administration by Hystat Systems of Slaithwaite, securing the future of 21 s...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: Wace, the Wiltshire-based printing company with 90 staff, has been acquired by Ringdark after briefly going into administration...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: MGMS International, the Brighouse-based executive recruitment firm with 60 staff, has been acquired by BNB Resources for undisclosed terms...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: Charles Stanley has acquired Sutherlands Group, the independent stockbroker with offices in Edinburgh and London, for £2.4m...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: Glisten is to acquire Halo Foods, the manufacturer of cereal, energy and diet bars with 450 staff at three sites in Wales, for £5.6m...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: Marks and Spencer has denied a report by the Mail on Sunday that it is planning to sell up to half of small-scale Simply Food convenience stores. &qu...
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004: The board of Canary Wharf is considering several offers for some of the buildings on its London docklands estate. The approaches are at a preliminary ...
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Fri, 26 Nov 2004: Morley Electric Motors, the Yorkshire-based manufacturer of electric motors with 125 staff, has been acquired by ATB Austria Antriebstechnik for undis...
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Fri, 26 Nov 2004: Spice Holdings has acquired the water meter installation business of Atlantic Utility Services out of receivership for £0.6m...
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