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Acquisitions News: April 2006

Fri, 28 Apr 2006: AP Hydraulics of Leamington Spa has been bought out of administration by Caparo Braking, securing the future of 170 jobs in its automotive braking sys...
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Fri, 28 Apr 2006: IPT is to acquire Direct Excellence of Twickenham and MPCI of West Sussex for an initial £0.5m, on order to expand its market research business....
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Fri, 28 Apr 2006: Bruce Shaw Group has sold BSFM, the Irish facilities management company, to Newcourt Group for £3.3m....
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Thu, 27 Apr 2006: Tanfield Group has acquired the powered aerial platform equipment business of UpRight for £7.3m, including operations in Ireland, Japan and the ...
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Thu, 27 Apr 2006: WILink, the online investor relations company, is to be acquired by SV Investment Partners of the US for £26m....
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Thu, 27 Apr 2006: Irwin Mitchell is to merge with Alexander Harris of Altrincham to create a combined law firm with 1,860 staff throughout the UK and Spain....
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Thu, 27 Apr 2006: Wilson Bowden has acquired Roland Bardsley Homes, the housebuilder with nine sites near Manchester, for £25m. Roland Bardsley will continue trad...
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Thu, 27 Apr 2006: Paragon Group has acquired Aiza, the Lutterworth-based print management company with 42 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 27 Apr 2006: Manugistics, the US-based developer of supply chain software with an office in Bracknell, has been acquired by JDA Software for £118m....
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Thu, 27 Apr 2006: Interface Fabrics, the textiles manufacturer with 120 staff at its Meltham factory and 100 at its Mirfield office, has undergone a £16m manageme...
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Fri, 21 Apr 2006: Interior Services Group is to acquire the Asian operating businesses of ISG Asia for about £5m, including facilities management and project mana...
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Fri, 21 Apr 2006: Mobile Streams has acquired Cyoshi Mobile, the German supplier of mobile media content, for £2m....
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Fri, 21 Apr 2006: Creston is to acquire ICM Research for up to £37m and Tullo Marshall Warren and Colombus Communications for up to £38m, in order to expand...
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Fri, 21 Apr 2006: Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Genscape, the US-based provider of real-time energy generation and transmission information, for an initi...
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Thu, 20 Apr 2006: AFI Aerial is to acquire Alan Drew, the supplier of high-rise platforms with sites in Watford, Woolwich, Milton Keynes and Loughborough, for undisclos...
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Thu, 20 Apr 2006: Essential Publishing, the Colchester-based publisher of six consumer magazines with 75 staff, has been acquired by Hubert Burda UK....
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Thu, 20 Apr 2006: Circle Technical Services has acquired Ramstud, the US portable friction-welding technology company, for undisclosed terms, and has also announced pla...
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Thu, 20 Apr 2006: Kestrel Furniture, the Norwich-based kitchen and furniture maker with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 20 Apr 2006: Keyworld Investments has bought Goldshore, the provider of employee benefit and reward schemes, out of liquidation, and has also announced plans to re...
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Thu, 20 Apr 2006: IQ-Ludorum is to acquire First Pay, the online payments company specialising in integrated debit card solutions, for £3m....
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