Acquisitions News: November 2005

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...
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Wed, 30 Nov 2005: Rentokil Initial is to sell Initial Style Conferences, the operator of 29 training and conference venues, to Alternative Hotel Group for £325m....
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Wed, 30 Nov 2005: General Electric has confirmed it is looking for buyers for its remaining insurance operations. ...
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: P&O, the container ports and ferries group, has accepted a £3.3bn takeover offer from DP World of Dubai....
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: Hat Pin is to acquire a 70% stake in Saxton Bampfylde Hever, the executive recruitment company, in a £4.9m reverse takeover....
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: Detica has acquired Evolution Consulting, the IT services company with 105 staff, for £8.5m....
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: Spirit Group has sold ten large London pubs to Capital Pub Company for £31m....
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: Begbies Traynor has sold DW Weaver, the milk haulage company with 135 staff in Endon, Nantwich, Chester and Ashbourne, out of administration to a mana...
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: Vp has acquired Dudley Vale, the supplier of piling equipment with sites in Croydon and Oldham, from GE Equipment Services for £3.5m....
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: PlusNet has acquired Parbin, the Harrow-based internet service provider that trades as Metronet, for £1.7m....
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Tue, 29 Nov 2005: Trinity Mirror has acquired Paldonsay, the parent company of online recruitment business High Street Direct, for an initial £3.3m....
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: Man Group has sold the European operations of the recently-acquired Refco brokerage business to Marathon Asset Management of the US for undisclosed te...
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: Shed Productions is to acquire Ricochet, the Brighton-based TV production company, for £30m....
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: Syndicate Asset Management is to acquire Investment Management Holdings for about £7.6m....
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: Speciality Retail Group has undergone a £30m management buy-out backed by Gresham Private Equity, and is now planning to expand its Suits You an...
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: Morethanhotels has acquired Foremost Hotels, the operator of three Express by Holiday Inn hotels, for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: William Halley Group, the Dundee-based textiles supplier with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: Sweetmans Select Savouries, the Swansea-based bakery, has been bought out of administration by Cleary Foods Group for undisclosed terms, saving more t...
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: RSL Steeper, the UK footwear and artificial limbs group, could be up for sale, according to a short unsourced item in the Independent. The report noted a GBP 18m (EUR 26.3m) price tag for the group and said it is in sole talks with private equity group Dunedin Capital Partners. ...
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005: Urban Dining is considering putting itself on the market, according to market reports in the Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph. The AIM-listed r...
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