Acquisitions News: January 2005

Mon, 31 Jan 2005: CBRE is to acquire Nelson Bakewell, the 330-strong chain of property agents, for about £22m....
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: BAe Systems has reached agreement on a £648m deal to sell most of its avionics business to Finmeccanica of Italy....
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: United Polymers, the manufacturer of rubber and plastic products with 140 staff, has been bought out of administration by Aberdare-based UK-Euro Group...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: Cambridge Glasshouse Company, the supplier of glasshouses with 30 staff, has undergone a £1.8m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland Cor...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: Tomkins has acquired Milcor, the US-based air systems company with 350 staff, from Gibraltar Industries for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: Stream Group has acquired MChex, the provider of mobile data and SMS services, from Morse for £1.5m....
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: First Technology has sold RDI, its French component distribution business, to Axess Technology for about £3m....
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: A number of UK retailers are reported to be interested in buying the store chain of the Littlewoods group. A £500m unsolicited offer last year f...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: BAE Systems, the UK-listed defence and engineering group, has put its £300m valued aircraft business up for sale, according to reports in the pr...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: Jones the Bootmaker, the UK-based retail footwear group, has been put up for sale, according to chief executive ken Bartle, Bartle said he had not set a price for the chain, which comprises 75 stores. However, Bartle confirmed he is looking to sell, and that he would prefer to sell to an MBO team. ...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: Thames Water, the UK-based utility, will probably be broken up and sold for £1bn, according to a reports. RWE, the listed German utility which o...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: The Barclay brothers, owners of Littlewoods, the UK-based retailer and mail order group, have retained UBS to advise on the potential disposal of the ...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: Homestyle, the UK furniture group, could consider selling off its Harveys furniture division as a means to slashing its debt, according to reports. An...
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005: XKO, the listed UK software solutions company, would consider selling at the right price, finance director William Good said in a telephone interview. 'If someone wants to buy us, [and offers] the right price, shareholders would accept,' he said, adding that a takeover is unlikely to be...
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Fri, 28 Jan 2005: Bentleys Industrial Services of Hull is to sell its workwear rental division to Johnson's Apparelmaster, its linen rental business to Leeds-based...
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Fri, 28 Jan 2005: Advanced Childcare, the provider of fostering services and care homes, has undergone a £14m management buy-in and now plans to expand into the M...
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Fri, 28 Jan 2005: Interregnum has acquired Audio Visual Machines, the audio visual solutions provider, for £0.5m....
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005: International Greetings is to acquire Napier Industries, the supplier of own-label gift products, for £4.8m....
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005: Inter Link Foods has acquired Yorkshire Cottage Bakeries, the cake manufacturer with 290 staff in Bradford and Manchester, for £12m....
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005: GRP Laminates, the Cowes-based boatbuilder with about 30 staff, has been bought out of administration by Oxford-based Seighford Investments....
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