Acquisitions News | merger | 2005

Tue, 13 Dec 2005: Lucketts Travel is to acquire Worthing Coaches, creating a combined coach travel business with 44 coaches and annual turnover of £6.8m....
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Mon, 12 Dec 2005: Digital Classics is to acquire Box TV for £6m and NBD Holdings for £1.5m, in order to expand its TV production business....
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Fri, 09 Dec 2005: Lightly & Lightly is to merge with Hawley & Partners to create LHL Group, a combined Yorkshire-based building surveying and architectural prac...
[more: Lightly & Lightly is to merge with Hawle...]

Tue, 06 Dec 2005: Tate & Lyle is to acquire Continental Custom Ingredients of the US for £40m and Celaspinia Foods of Italy for £34m, in order to expand...
[more: Tate & Lyle is to acquire Continental Cu...]

Wed, 30 Nov 2005: Intertek has acquired Lintec Testing Services for £3m and Lubricant Quality Scan for £0.4m, in order to expand its marine fuel and lubrica...
[more: Intertek has acquired Lintec Testing Ser...]

Tue, 22 Nov 2005: Aspen Clean Fuels is to merge with Shield Capital in a £14m deal, creating a new group called Aspen Clean Energy....
[more: Aspen Clean Fuels is to merge with Shiel...]

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...]

Fri, 11 Nov 2005: Dassett Process Engineering is to merge with BottleTech Solutions, the Cheltenham-based manufacturer of bagging and automation equipment....
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Fri, 04 Nov 2005: BT has acquired CARA Group, the network services company with 134 staff in Ireland and Northern Ireland, in order to expand its BT Ireland subsidiary....
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Thu, 03 Nov 2005: Pentagon has acquired two Vauxhall car dealerships in Sheffield, increasing its total number of outlets to 13....
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Thu, 27 Oct 2005: Bioquell has acquired Laboratory Accreditation Services and TRL Compliance Services for £0.3m, in order to expand its Cape Engineering testing s...
[more: Bioquell has acquired Laboratory Accredi...]

Tue, 25 Oct 2005: Campbell Dallas is to merge with MacMillan & Co of Glasgow, creating a combined accountancy group with annual turnover of more than £8m....
[more: Campbell Dallas is to merge with MacMill...]

Mon, 24 Oct 2005: Johnsons Cars has acquired the Asgard Volvo car dealerships in Stourbridge and Solihull for undisclosed terms, taking its total network to 16....
[more: Johnsons Cars has acquired the Asgard Vo...]

Mon, 24 Oct 2005: BSkyB is to acquire Easynet, the internet service provider, for £211m, in order to form a new Sky Broadband division....
[more: BSkyB is to acquire Easynet, the interne...]

Tue, 18 Oct 2005: Support in Sport has acquired Palmyra, the Cumbria-based synthetic carpets manufacturer, creating a new group called SIS Manufacturing....
[more: Support in Sport has acquired Palmyra, t...]

Mon, 17 Oct 2005: Gateley Wareing is to merge with Henderson Boyd Jackson to create a combined law firm called HBJ Gateley Wareing with offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh...
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Mon, 17 Oct 2005: Experian has acquired Prediction Analytics, the US retail performance consultancy, in order to expand its Business Strategies division....
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Mon, 17 Oct 2005: Celesio is to buy 111 Cohens and Scholes pharmacies in the north-west, Midlands and Yorkshire for up to £130m, in order to expand its Lloydsphar...
[more: Celesio is to buy 111 Cohens and Scholes...]

Fri, 14 Oct 2005: Select Hardware has acquired Cardiff-based Basic Hardware and Maxi-Pax for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its hardware products wholesaling bus...
[more: Select Hardware has acquired Cardiff-bas...]

Wed, 12 Oct 2005: Petrol Express has acquired 14 petrol filling stations in the Midlands and South Wales from Texaco for £4.5m, taking its total chain to 62....
[more: Petrol Express has acquired 14 petrol fi...]

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