Acquisitions News | may | 2007

Thu, 31 May 2007: Druckers, the chain of 42 patisserie outlets, is to be acquired by Risk Capital Partners for an estimated £20m....
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Thu, 31 May 2007: Strada, the chain of 54 pizza restaurants, has been acquired by US private equity firm Blackstone for £140m, and the business will be combined w...
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Thu, 31 May 2007: Royal Opera House has acquired Opus Arte, the classical DVD production company, for £5.7m, in order to gain control over the distribution of its...
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Thu, 31 May 2007: Last.fm, the internet radio company, is to be acquired by CBS of the US for £141m....
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Thu, 31 May 2007: Jefferies of the US has acquired LongAcre, the London-based investment bank, for an estimated £40m, in order to expand its existing London-based...
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Thu, 31 May 2007: JCT600 has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Castleford and will invest £3m refurbishing the site....
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Thu, 31 May 2007: Sills & Betteridge has merged with Jebb & Tunnard and Thimblebys to create a combined Lincoln-based law firm with 125 staff....
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Thu, 31 May 2007: Vitec Group has acquired Nucomm and RF Central, the US suppliers of wireless links for broadcast applications, for an initial £19m....
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Thu, 31 May 2007: Cobham is to acquire Patriot Antenna Systems, the US antenna manufacturer with 100 staff, for an initial £9m....
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Thu, 31 May 2007: BFS Pressroom Solutions has acquired Tyke Rollers, the Suffolk-based printing roller manufacturer, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: Monkbar, the 99-bedroom hotel in York, has been sold by Leisurepoint to Shiva Hotels for about £13m....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: Phoenix Bearings of Tewkesbury has been acquired by RBS Bearings of the US for about £2m, securing the future of 35 jobs....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: Seaeye Marine, the Fareham-based supplier of unmanned underwater vehicles with 50 staff, has been acquired by Saab for £13m....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: John Peters, the Yorkshire-based chain of 12 furniture stores, has been bought out of administration by a consortium called Business Dream....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: Expomedia has acquired Homebuyer Events, the organiser of property exhibitions, for an initial £7.3m....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: Sanctuary Group has sold its interests in Air Edel Associates and Air Edel Recording Studios to Cutting Edge Music for £0.5m....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: Formation Group is to acquire Columbia Design & Build, the London-based property development management company with 16 staff, for £19m....
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Wed, 30 May 2007: Stanelco has sold certain fixed assets and stock of its Adept Polymers subsidiary to MonoSol AF for £0.5m....
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Tue, 29 May 2007: McLaughlin & Harvey has acquired Barr Holdings, the Scottish construction firm with almost 1,000 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 29 May 2007: EADS Defence & Security Systems is linking up with ThyssenKrupp to acquire Atlas Elektronik from BAe Systems, as part of a strategy to focus on it...
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Acquisitions News: May 2007

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