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Acquisitions News: January 2007

Wed, 31 Jan 2007: Finsbury Food is to acquire Lightbody, the Hamilton-based cake manufacturer with about 1,000 staff, for £37.5m....
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007: Bowdlers is to merge with Manby & Steward to create a combined law firm with more than 130 staff at offices in Shrewsbury, Telford, Bridgnorth and...
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007: HFL, the Newmarket-based sports forensic testing company with 130 staff, has been sold by the Horserace Betting Levy Board to the Quotient BioResearch...
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007: Volante Transportation Systems of County Durham has been bought out of administration by Gloucestershire-based Invertec for undisclosed terms, securin...
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007: Aegis Group has acquired Interview-NSS, the Dutch market research company with gross assets of £5.3m....
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007: Anite Group has acquired Invenova Corp, the US provider of software for WiMAX device testing, for an initial £3.1m....
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007: Newgen Power Limited, the power generation specialist and owner of Yorpower Manufacturing Limited, has acquired a majority shareholding in Grantham-ba...
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007: Holidaybreak has acquired West End Theatre Bookings, the London-based ticket agency, for up to £3.2m....
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007: DeepStore has acquired Interactive Records Management, the document retrieval service with 22 staff at two sites in London, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007: Jarrold Publishing, the Norwich-based book publisher with 22 staff, has been acquired by NPI Media....
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007: Cello Group has expanded its online market research business with the £3m acquisition of a 75% stake in Rosenblatt and a 51% stake in Digital Pe...
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007: Travis Perkins has acquired Passmore Drywall & Insulation, the supplier of insulation products with depots in East London, Basildon, Cannock, Chri...
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007: Marston's is to acquire Sovereign Inns, the Leicester-based chain of 33 tenanted pubs, for £19m....
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007: Archant Life has acquired Living Edge, the Cheshire-based magazine with seven staff, from publisher Silk Press....
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007: Digital Marketing Group has acquired Cheeze, the media planning company with offices in Ipswich, London and Leeds, for £9.5m, as well as Jaywing...
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007: Conder Environmental has sold Vikoma International, the Isle of Wight-based pollution control systems business with 50 staff, to Energy Environmental ...
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Fri, 19 Jan 2007: Friary Press, the Dorset-based magazine printer with 85 staff, has been acquired by Media & Print Investments....
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Fri, 19 Jan 2007: Bespoke Envelopes of Sidcup has merged with Barking-based Direct Envelopes to create a combined envelope manufacturing group with 50 staff....
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Fri, 19 Jan 2007: Bibby Line has acquired MHL Support, the Staffordshire-based employment law and health and safety consultancy with 140 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 18 Jan 2007: Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Courage beers business to Wells & Young's Brewing for an estimated £10m, and production will tr...
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