Acquisitions News | october | 2005

Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Pro-Bel has acquired Vistek Electronics, the supplier of television signal equipment, for £8.5m....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Genus is to acquire Sygen International, the Oxfordshire-based pig breeding company, for £187m....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: GUS has sold Wehkamp, its Dutch home shopping business, to Industri Kapital for £265m....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: ERM, the environmental consultancy, is to be acquired by Bridgepoint for £302m....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Dalgleish, the property agent with 93 staff, is set to be acquired by CB Richard Ellis for £27m....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Peacocks, the Cardiff-based chain of 843 discount clothing and fragrance stores, is to undergo a £404m management buy-out....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Noble Fund Managers has acquired Sitka, the London-based development capital firm, for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Graham's Dairies has acquired Scottish Milk Dairies from First Milk for undisclosed terms, after rival firm Robert Wiseman dropped its bid....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Mezzo Studios has acquired Keyframe, the Leeds-based animation, graphics and new media specialist, for undisclosed terms....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Trutex, the Clitheroe-based supplier of school wear with annual turnover of about £14m, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Alexandra has acquired de Baer, the supplier of tailored corporate clothing, and its UK-based subsidiary Rimac for £4.5m....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: ARM has acquired Keil, the provider of software development tools for the microcontroller market with 23 staff....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: SMC Group is to acquire DTR:UK, the architecture and design company with offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham, for an initial £...
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Amec has acquired Compagnie Industrielle de Montage et d'Entretien, the French nuclear technical services company with 160 staff....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: PSD Group is to acquire Odgers, Ray & Berndtson, the executive search firm with 230 staff at seven offices, for an initial £23m....
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Mon, 31 Oct 2005: Telephone Maintenance Group has acquired Westcom Technical Services, the telephone systems specialist, for £0.9m....
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Fri, 28 Oct 2005: Baylea Homecare, the Hull-based care home operator with 70 staff, has been acquired by Springfield Homecare of Leeds for undisclosed terms....
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Fri, 28 Oct 2005: Nottingham Volkswagen has acquired the Newbolds Garage in Mansfield, and has also announced plans to relocate one of its Nottingham sites from Vernon ...
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Fri, 28 Oct 2005: Avecia is to sell its pharmaceutical synthesis business to Nicholas Piramal India for £9.5m, involving the transfer of 350 staff at sites in Hud...
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Thu, 27 Oct 2005: Abacus Group is to acquire Deltron Electronics, the supplier of electromechanical components, for £28m....
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