Acquisitions News | october | 2004

Fri, 29 Oct 2004: Quadsect, the London-based printer, has gone into administration through Begbies Traynor with the loss of about 30 jobs...
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Fri, 29 Oct 2004: BBA Group is to acquire Airport Group International, the US airport services company, from TBI for £13m, as well as Executive Aircraft Services ...
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Fri, 29 Oct 2004: JSC, the Harrogate-based chemical industry consultancy with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms from US parent company ...
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Fri, 29 Oct 2004: Yorkshire Chemicals has gone into receivership through PricewaterhouseCoopers with the loss of 100 manufacturing jobs in Leeds, while the sales and di...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004: Frank Galliers, the Shropshire-based contractor with 100 staff, has been acquired by Pan Atlanta Developments for undisclosed terms...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004: South Staffordshire, the West Midlands water company, is to be acquired by First Islamic Investment Bank for £143m...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004: LEDA Recruitment, the Leeds-based recruitment company, has undergone a £2.7m management buy-out backed by Northern Venture Managers...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004: Independent Access Supplies, the plant machinery rental company with 75 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management buy-in...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004: Alurite, the Cardiff-based manufacturer of aluminium windows and doors with 22 staff, has undergone a £0.4m management buy-out...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004: Warner Chilcott, the Craigavon-based pharmaceuticals company, has accepted a £1.6bn takeover offer from a private equity consortium of DLJ Merch...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004: Whitbread Plc, which operates the Pizza Hut restaurant chain, plans to raise at least £800m by selling half its Marriott hotels and other assets...
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Wed, 27 Oct 2004: Kleeneze has acquired I Want One of Those, the online retailer of gifts and lifestyle accessories, for £6m...
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Wed, 27 Oct 2004: Clarion Events, the exhibitions business, is to undergo a management buy-out from Earls Court & Olympia, in a £50m deal backed by Hg Capital...
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Wed, 27 Oct 2004: Standard Chartered is to acquire the London-based project finance business of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group...
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Wed, 27 Oct 2004: Friends Provident is to acquire Lombard International, the Luxembourg-based life assurance company, for up to £414m...
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Tue, 26 Oct 2004: Morrisons is to sell 114 Safeway stores and a distribution centre in Welwyn to Somerfield and Northwharf Investments, in two deals worth £260m...
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Tue, 26 Oct 2004: Dicom has acquired Neurascript, the Cambridge-based supplier of information sorting software, for up to £8.3m...
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Tue, 26 Oct 2004: VT Group has acquired The Guidance Enterprises Group, the Yorkshire-based careers advisory company, for £2.5m...
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Tue, 26 Oct 2004: Meggitt has acquired Schreiner, the Canadian manufacturer of military vehicles, for £2.9m...
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Tue, 26 Oct 2004: Hampson Industries has acquired Texstars, the US manufacturer of aircraft parts with 250 staff, for £22m...
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Acquisitions News: October 2004

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