Acquisitions News | 2005

Mon, 21 Nov 2005: Bank Restaurant Group is to acquire five Zinc restaurants from Conran Holdings for about £4m, and is now seeking a more substantial acquisition....
[more: Bank Restaurant Group is to acquire five...]

Mon, 21 Nov 2005: Marylebone Warwick Balfour is to sell a five-star hotel on Glasgow's Argyle Street to WG Mitchell Group for £52m....
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Mon, 21 Nov 2005: Vernalis is to acquire Cita NeuroPharmaceuticals, the Canadian neurology and central nervous system disorders specialist, for up to £37m....
[more: Vernalis is to acquire Cita NeuroPharmac...]

Mon, 21 Nov 2005: Red Bee Media is to acquire Australian Caption Centre, the subtitling and video services company, for £3.2m....
[more: Red Bee Media is to acquire Australian C...]

Fri, 18 Nov 2005: PNC Telecom is to acquire SIM4Travel, the supplier of mobile phone SIM cards to travellers, in a £2.4m reverse takeover....
[more: PNC Telecom is to acquire SIM4Travel, th...]

Fri, 18 Nov 2005: ArmorGroup International has acquired Phoenix CP, the Hereford-based provider of close-protection training courses, for £4.2m....
[more: ArmorGroup International has acquired Ph...]

Fri, 18 Nov 2005: MCG Graphics, the package printing company with 105 staff in Hull, London and Cumbria, has been acquired by Southern Graphic Systems of the US for und...
[more: MCG Graphics, the package printing compa...]

Fri, 18 Nov 2005: Shore To Shore has acquired John Hampden Packaging, the folding carton company, and Shore to Shore will transfer its own Nottingham division to the JH...
[more: Shore To Shore has acquired John Hampden...]

Fri, 18 Nov 2005: EndX, the Oldham-based supplier of gaming management software with 35 staff, has been acquired by Progressive Gaming of the US for £15m....
[more: EndX, the Oldham-based supplier of gamin...]

Fri, 18 Nov 2005: Cavendish Grant is to merge with Chartwell to create a combined Bath-based financial services group with 60 staff....
[more: Cavendish Grant is to merge with Chartwe...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: XenoSense, the Belfast-based biotechnology company with seven staff, has been acquired by Biacore International of Sweden....
[more: XenoSense, the Belfast-based biotechnolo...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: Strategic Thought is to acquire Line International, the Bristol-based risk management software company, for £1.2m....
[more: Strategic Thought is to acquire Line Int...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: United Business Media has acquired Black Hat, the operator of IT security conferences in the US, Europe and Asia, for £6m....
[more: United Business Media has acquired Black...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: Wyndeham Press has acquired Connect Digital Imaging, the Manchester-based flexographic printing company with 38 staff, for an initial £1m....
[more: Wyndeham Press has acquired Connect Digi...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: Seabay has acquired Quickfish, the Grimsby-based seafood importer and distributor, for undisclosed terms....
[more: Seabay has acquired Quickfish, the Grims...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: Systems Geotechnique has acquired Fondedile Foundations from Sir Robert McAlpine for undisclosed terms, and the business will move from Hemel Hempstea...
[more: Systems Geotechnique has acquired Fonded...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: VolkerWessels has acquired Laser Holdings, the civil engineering contractor with 250 staff, for undisclosed terms....
[more: VolkerWessels has acquired Laser Holding...]

Thu, 17 Nov 2005: BPB, the plasterboard company, has accepted a £3.9bn takeover offer from Saint Gobain of France....
[more: BPB, the plasterboard company, has accep...]

Wed, 16 Nov 2005: Begbies Traynor has acquired W3 Debt Solutions, the Chorley-based debt company with 15 staff, for an initial £1.4m....
[more: Begbies Traynor has acquired W3 Debt Sol...]

Wed, 16 Nov 2005: Language Line, the language interpreting service with about 670 translators and interpreters, is to be acquired by a US-based company of the same name...
[more: Language Line, the language interpreting...]

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