Division Sale Acquisitions News: 2007

Thu, 20 Dec 2007: Van Hee Transport of Gateshead has sold its haulage division to TAL Logistics of Sheffield for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of ten staff, in o...
[more: Van Hee Transport of Gateshead has sold ...]

Tue, 18 Dec 2007: Bunzl has acquired Care Shop, the Bolton-based supplier of consumables for the independent care and nursing homes market, from Verna Group Holdings....
[more: Bunzl has acquired Care Shop, the Bolton...]

Fri, 14 Dec 2007: YooMedia has sold its Dateline online dating business, including seven staff, to a consortium funded by for £0.3m....
[more: YooMedia has sold its Dateline online da...]

Thu, 13 Dec 2007: Alba is to sell Roadstar Group, the distributor of consumer electronic products with annual sales of £27m, to management for a nominal sum....
[more: Alba is to sell Roadstar Group, the dist...]

Tue, 11 Dec 2007: John David Group has acquired the Bank Stores chain of 49 fashion outlets from Phoenix Equity Partners for £18m....
[more: John David Group has acquired the Bank S...]

Tue, 04 Dec 2007: TUI Travel has reportedly confirmed that a sale is one of the options for its pan-European operator, TUIfly, following comments by its aviation direct...
[more: Sale one option for TUIfly]

Mon, 03 Dec 2007: Anglia Water Group (AWG), the UK-based utility, has put its AWG Property subsidiary up for sale. AWG is itself owned by Osprey, the private equity group....
[more: Anglia Water Group in talks]

Mon, 03 Dec 2007: Hit Entertainment, the UK-listed media group, has decided to sell its Guinness World Records (GWR) business. A figure of £60m has been suggested...
[more: Hit Entertainment to sell Sooty]

Thu, 29 Nov 2007: HR Owen is to sell its BMW and Mini car dealerships in Chiswick and Heathrow to Marsh Wall for £2.8m....
[more: HR Owen is to sell its BMW and Mini car ...]

Wed, 28 Nov 2007: ONE of East Lancashire's largest employers has been put up for sale, sparking fears for workers'...
[more: ONE of East Lancashire's largest employe...]

Wed, 28 Nov 2007: Genus is to sell its Animalcare veterinary pharmaceuticals business to Ritchey for up to £14m....
[more: Genus is to sell its Animalcare veterina...]

Wed, 21 Nov 2007: Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Elidis drinks wholesale business in France to C10 for £85m, and is also planning to close a lager bottli...
[more: Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Elid...]

Thu, 15 Nov 2007: Unilever is to sell its Lawry's and Adolph's seasonings and marinades business in the US and Canada to McCormick for £290m....
[more: Unilever is to sell its Lawry's and Adol...]

Thu, 01 Nov 2007: Invensys is to sell APV, the West Sussex-based manufacturer of processing equipment, to SPX of the US for £250m....
[more: Invensys is to sell APV, the West Sussex...]

Wed, 31 Oct 2007: TG21 is to sell its Sextons in-car entertainment and satellite navigation systems business to Car Electronics of Leicester for about £0.6m....
[more: TG21 is to sell its Sextons in-car enter...]

Wed, 31 Oct 2007: HSBC has sold its Marbles and Beneficial credit card operations to SAV Credit for £385m....
[more: HSBC has sold its Marbles and Beneficial...]

Tue, 16 Oct 2007: Vp has acquired the business and assets of Vp 's Glasgow-based small plant division for £1.2m, in order to expand its Torrent Trackside rai...
[more: Vp has acquired the business and assets ...]

Tue, 07 Aug 2007: The Board of Alba has announced that it has successfully completed negotiations for the proposed sale of the Group's leisure division. The proposed disposal is conditional upon the approval of sharehol...
[more: Alba to sell leisure division]

Thu, 28 Jun 2007: Hampson Industries has sold its precision industrial division, which makes components and assemblies for the glass bottle and container manufacturing ...
[more: Hampson Industries has sold its precisio...]

Mon, 14 May 2007: Elementis is to sell its global pigments division to Rockwood Specialities Group of the US for £70m, in order to reduce debt....
[more: Elementis is to sell its global pigments...]