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Acquisitions News: August 2007

Fri, 31 Aug 2007: Sills & Betteridge of Lincoln is to merge with Walkers, Rainey & Owen of Spilsby to create a combined law firm with about 130 staff....
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007: PB Logistics, the logistics firm with sites in Leicester, Leeds, Wakefield and Keighley, has been acquired by IDS Group of Hong Kong for about £...
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007: Infinis is to acquire Scottish BioPower and Scottish BioFuel from Scottish Resources Group for undisclosed terms, and will proceed with a number of ne...
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007: W&J Dunlop, the Dumfries-based veterinary supplies firm with 450 staff, has been acquired by Henry Schein of the US for undisclosed terms....
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007: MDY Healthcare is to provide up to £3m in loan capital to finance a joint venture with William Ransom & Son, in order to supply natural heal...
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007: Balfour Beatty has acquired Cowlin Group, the regional building firm with 300 staff in Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth and Yeovil, for £52m....
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007: Carter & Carter has acquired Blackwater House, the Northern Ireland-based vocational training firm, from Component Distributors, for £1m....
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007: Menzies Hotels has acquired eight Thistle hotels in Birmingham, Swindon, Luton, Stevenage, Manchester, Gatwick, Irvine and Aberdeen from Curzon Hotel ...
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007: Avon Group Manufacturing has acquired PP Injection Mould & Mouldings of Calne, Wiltshire, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007: Causeway Technologies has acquired Elstree Computing, the Watford-based construction industry software firm with 150 staff....
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007: Swinton Insurance has acquired Rockford Insurance Brokers of Leeds, in order to improve its expertise in commercial business risks and motor trade ins...
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007: THB Group has acquired Cardinus, the East Grinstead-based software developer and supplier of online risk assessment and e-learning, for an initial &po...
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007: Bakkavor of Iceland has acquired Exotic Farm Produce, the Lincolnshire-based vegetable supplier, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007: Sparrowhawk Media, the London-based owner of the Hallmark TV channel, has been acquired by NBC Universal of the US for £175m....
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007: Diploma has acquired a 75% stake in AMT Vantage Holdings, the Canadian distributor of electrosurgery and endoscopy equipment with 32 staff, for up to ...
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007: Quarto Group has acquired MBI Publishing Company, the US book publisher, for £6m....
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007: St Andrews ChemTech International, the Fife-based chemical technology company with 16 staff, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007: CPL Petroleum, the Chesterfield-based oil distribution company with 39 depots nationwide and 481 staff, is to be acquired by DCC of Ireland for £...
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007: Dawson Holdings has acquired Marketlink Marketing Communications, the Hampshire-based marketing fulfilment services company with 70 staff, for £...
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007: Triton Group has acquired UK Project Support and sister company Subco, the Lowestoft-based suppliers of subsea equipment with 20 staff, for undisclose...
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