Acquisitions News | may | 2005

Tue, 31 May 2005: International Power is to acquire the Saltend power station near Hull from Calpine, in a £500m deal with Mitsui....
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Tue, 31 May 2005: Cardinal Packaging has secured a £6m investment to fund the expansion of its carrier bag manufacturing business in Ebbw Vale, with the creation ...
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Tue, 31 May 2005: Eicom has acquired Job Channel, the interactive job advertising channel, from Multimedia Television for an initial £0.1m....
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Mon, 30 May 2005: Infast, the component services company, is to be acquired by Anixter for £39m....
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Mon, 30 May 2005: Scottish & Newcastle is to sell the UK distribution rights for Beck's beer to InBev in a £67m deal, and the proceeds will be used to ad...
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Mon, 30 May 2005: International Greetings is to acquire Anker International for up to £35m, in order to expand its giftwrap and stationery business....
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Mon, 30 May 2005: Friends Provident is to sell Isis Equity Partners to its 37-strong investment staff for up to £10m....
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Mon, 30 May 2005: Avebury Taverns has sold 253 pubs to Admiral Taverns for about £70m, and the remaining chain of 450 pubs is now expected to be put up for sale....
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Mon, 30 May 2005: The Entertainer is planning to buy the Gadget Shop name out of administration and open between five and ten pilot stores....
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Mon, 30 May 2005: Somerfield has sold its Mace wholesale operations in Scotland to Palmer & Harvey McLane, which is expected to lead to the closure of the Aberness ...
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Fri, 27 May 2005: Chameleon Skaife has acquired Concorde Tape Solutions of Bradford for £1m, creating a combined spool winding contractor with 37 staff....
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Fri, 27 May 2005: David Powell Bakeries of Hampshire is to be acquired by the Kidderminster-based subsidiary of Rich Products Corporation of the US....
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Fri, 27 May 2005: Formpro has merged with Mail Marketing International to create a combined commercial printing business with sites in Cheddar, Bristol and Weston-super...
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Fri, 27 May 2005: Go-Ahead is to acquire Southern Vectis, the operator of 150 buses on the Isle of Wight and in Hampshire, for £14m....
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Fri, 27 May 2005: Huntsworth is to acquire Neisser Communications, the Austrian communications company, for up to £0.8m....
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Fri, 27 May 2005: Carclo is to sell its ECC Card Clothing business, including operations in the UK, France, Italy, Turkey, Canada, India, China and the US to NV Bekaert...
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Fri, 27 May 2005: Hydro International has acquired Vexamus Water, the Ely-based supplier of water treatment equipment, for under £0.2m....
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Thu, 26 May 2005: Davis Service is to sell its Elliott modular buildings business to a management buy-out backed by TDR Capital for £166m....
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Thu, 26 May 2005: DDD Security Systems of Coventry has undergone a £0.7m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland, and the 15-strong workforce is expected to...
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Thu, 26 May 2005: Bondvend, the Wirral-based sportswear company trading as The Soccer Kit Company, has undergone a £1.6m management buy-in....
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