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Acquisitions News: August 2005

Wed, 31 Aug 2005: Wade Smith, the Liverpool-based fashion retailer with 35 staff, has been sold by administrators back to its founder....
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Wed, 31 Aug 2005: CPI, the book printing company that includes Bath Press, Cox & Wyman and Mackays, has undergone a £307m management buy-out backed by Electra...
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Wed, 31 Aug 2005: Formation Group has acquired Imagealert, the Preston-based outdoor sports advertising company that trades as Richard Carpenter Associates, for up to &...
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Wed, 31 Aug 2005: Augean has acquired Proactive Waste Solutions, the Cannock-based hazardous waste treatment operator, for £8m....
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Tue, 30 Aug 2005: Pegler Holdings, the Doncaster-based plumbing products manufacturer with 500 staff, has been acquired by Dutch group Aalberts Industries for an estima...
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Tue, 30 Aug 2005: Loders Motor Group, the operator of Toyota, Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda car dealerships in Dorset and Somerset, has undergone a management buy-out for ...
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Tue, 30 Aug 2005: Nordic Holdings, the waste recycling, port terminal and document storage company with sites in Southampton, Chatham and Corby, has undergone a £...
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005: Roxboro is to sell its Solartron measurement instruments business to Ametek of the US for £42m, and has also announced plans to change its name ...
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005: PlaneStation's administrators are to sell Manston airport, which trades as Kent International, to Infratil of New Zealand for £17m, and fre...
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005: MediaZest is to acquire Touch Vision, the audio and screen subsidiary of Touch, for £3m....
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005: Pan Fish of Norway has acquired two Scottish fish farming companies - Corrie Mhor Salmon of Wester Ross for £4.7m and Murray Seafoods of Loch Fy...
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005: Inyx is to acquire Celltech Manufacturing Services, the Manchester-based pharmaceuticals development company with 300 staff, from UCB for £19m, ...
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005: Wagon has sold Hawtal Whiting, the US-based engineering consultancy, to Acro Service Corp for £0.4m....
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005: Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Zambeasy and Office Recruit for a combined £4.1m, in order to expand its Associated New Ventures div...
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005: Quantica has acquired RK Group, the Cheshire-based recruitment specialist with more than 100 staff at ten offices, for £12m....
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005: Umeco has acquired Aviation Windings, the Luton-based supplier of wound components for use in electric motors and generators with 30 staff, from The D...
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005: Stream Group has acquired Mobileworkflow for up to £7.5m, in order to expand its mobile applications business....
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005: Hammond Heat Treatment, the Darlaston-based heat treatment company, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of...
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005: Integral UK, the facilities maintenance company with 2,000 staff at 14 sites across the country, has undergone a £20m management buy-out from Gu...
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Thu, 25 Aug 2005: Punch Taverns is to sell 45 pubs to Admiral Taverns (Cygnet) for £15m....
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