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Acquisitions News: February 2005

Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Malcolm Group, the Scottish road transport group, is to undergo a management buy-out for £70m...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Bartercard, the trade exchange, has been acquired by Universal Direct for £65m...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Goadsby & Harding has acquired Palmer Fry, the Southampton-based property agent, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with 55 staff...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Wembley is planning to sell its six greyhound racing tracks to Risk Capital Partners for £50m...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Travelex, the foreign exchange group with 670 branches worldwide, is to be sold to Apax Partners for £690m...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Thompson Plastics Group has bought Polymer Engineering, the Crewe-based manufacturer of vehicle mouldings with 50 staff, out of administration for und...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Caledonian Petroleum Services, the oil industry fabrication group with 50 staff, has been acquired by Sovereign Oilfield Services for undisclosed term...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Pimpernel International, the Consett-based tablemat manufacturer with 187 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Hodgson & Hodgson has acquired Salex Acoustic Materials, the Braintree-based supplier of acoustic components with 50 staff, from Wellman Engineeri...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005: Tech Assemblies has been bought out of administration by a new company called Cu Tech, securing the future of 43 jobs at its automotive components bus...
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005: Tenon has acquired Convyclark, the Kirkcaldy-based accounting firm, for undisclosed terms...
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005: Baltic Pine, the timber conservatory manufacturer, has been acquired by West Country Investments, and more than 150 new jobs will be created by settin...
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005: Morris Packers & Warehousing Services, the Swansea-based contract packing company with 12 staff, has undergone a management buy-in...
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Thu, 24 Feb 2005: Ernst & Young has sold the eight remaining Cox Plant hire depots out of administration to its former directors...
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Thu, 24 Feb 2005: Bamford Roofing, the Liverpool-based roofing contractor, has been sold by Kelpie Properties to Apex of Birmingham for undisclosed terms...
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Thu, 24 Feb 2005: Bristol Water has sold its Bath-based Walter Lawrence civil engineering business to Daniel Contractors of Warrington for an initial £0.5m...
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Wed, 23 Feb 2005: Planned Packaging has sold its UK flexible packaging operations to a newly-created company called Planned Packaging Films...
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Wed, 23 Feb 2005: Micap has acquired Rendel & Scherer, the German developer of microencapsulation solutions, for up to £0.7m...
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Wed, 23 Feb 2005: Huntsworth is to acquire Sinclair Mason, the Leeds-based public relations company, for an initial £1.1m...
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Wed, 23 Feb 2005: Quintessential Hotels has acquired Midmint, the owner of the Hanover International Hotel in Warrington, for £23m, and plans to make further acqu...
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