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Acquisitions News: October 2007

Wed, 31 Oct 2007: HSBC has sold its Marbles and Beneficial credit card operations to SAV Credit for £385m....
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Wed, 31 Oct 2007: Beck & Pollitzer, the engineering services firm with 275 staff at sites in Bath, Bilston, Burton, Crayford, Dartford, Stalybridge, Washington and ...
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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....
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Wed, 31 Oct 2007: WH Ireland has acquired ARE Business & Professional and SRS Business & Professional, the Bristol-based independent financial advice companies,...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2007: South Staffordshire Water, the Midlands-based water supplier with 1,400 staff, has been acquired by US infrastructure fund Alinda for an estimated &po...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2007: Vectra Group, the Warrington-based environmental consultancy with 110 staff, is to be sold by Volvere to Dutch design and engineering firm Arcadis for...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2007: Peter's Food Service, the Caerphilly-based pastry products manufacturer with 640 staff, has undergone a £20m management buy-out backed by N...
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Tue, 30 Oct 2007: Sage Group has acquired KCS Global Holdings, the supplier of personnel and payroll solutions, for £20m....
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Tue, 30 Oct 2007: Domino Printing Sciences is to acquire Control Information Technology, the German supplier of production line control software, for an initial £...
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Fri, 26 Oct 2007: Centre for High Performance Development, the management training consultancy with offices in London, Australia and the US, has been acquired by US-bas...
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Fri, 26 Oct 2007: Chase Equipment, the Bilston-based manufacturer of loading bay equipment with 34 staff, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Fri, 26 Oct 2007: Colchester Print Group has bought the goodwill and assets of Piggott Black Bear, the Cambridge-based magazine printer with 26 staff, out of administra...
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Fri, 26 Oct 2007: EasyJet is to acquire GB Airways, the Gatwick-based British Airways franchise that operates 28 routes from Gatwick and six from Manchester, from the B...
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007: Victoria Laundry, the Honiton-based laundry firm, has been bought out of administration by Laundry South West, securing the future of 20 jobs....
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007: Howorth Airtech, the Bolton-based supplier of clean environment equipment with 100 staff, has undergone a £12m management buy-in....
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007: Bond Wolfe has acquired Paul Dubberley & Co, the West Midlands-based chain of six estate agencies with 30 staff....
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007: Litho Supplies has acquired Graphica Plus, the Hampshire-based supplier of printing equipment, for an initial £0.6m....
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007: Qinetiq is to acquire Boldon James, the security software company with 70 staff in Crewe and Maidenhead, for an estimated £20m....
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007: Southampton Leisure, the owner of Southampton Football Club, has received a £40m bid for a majority stake in the business from Sisu Capital....
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Fri, 19 Oct 2007: May Gurney has acquired Willows Plant, the Warrington-based gas utility maintenance contractor with about 400 staff, for £4.6m....
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