Acquisitions News in the Leisure And Lifestyle sector: 2007

Wed, 28 Mar 2007: Tragus, the British mid-market restaurant chain, has agreed to buy UK Spanish-themed restaurant chain La Tasca for around £96m in cash, at 185 pence per s...
[more: La Tasca sold to restaurant chain Tragus]

Thu, 08 Mar 2007: Sportech is planning to acquire the Vernons Pools gaming business from Ladbrokes for about £50m, in order to expand its Littlewoods division....
[more: Sportech is planning to acquire the Vern...]

Fri, 09 Feb 2007: Bourne Leisure has acquired Far Grange Park, the holiday park with 100 staff and 850 pitches in Skipsea, near Hornsea, in a multi-million pound deal....
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Thu, 08 Feb 2007: Park Holidays UK has acquired the Landscove and Riviera Bay holiday parks in South Devon....
[more: Park Holidays UK has acquired the Landsc...]

Wed, 07 Feb 2007: Liverpool Football Club is to be acquired by a new US-based company called Kop Football for £219m, which will clear the way for the development ...
[more: Liverpool FC]

Mon, 05 Feb 2007: Capita Group has acquired Harry Weeks Travel & Leisure Group, the Orpington-based travel software company with 70 staff, for £21m. A further...
[more: Harry Weeks Travel & Leisure]

Tue, 30 Jan 2007: Holidaybreak has acquired West End Theatre Bookings, the London-based ticket agency, for up to £3.2m....
[more: West End Theatre Bookings]

Thu, 18 Jan 2007: Whitbread is to sell its chain of 45 TGI Friday's restaurants to Carlson Restaurants, ABN Amro Capital and British Land for £70m, in order ...
[more: Whitbread is to sell its chain of 45 TGI...]

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...
[more: Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Cour...]

Mon, 15 Jan 2007: Racoon International, the hair extensions company, has undergone an estimated £15m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Matrix....
[more: Racoon International, the hair extension...]

Wed, 10 Jan 2007: Traveller's Tales has acquired Embryonic Studios, the Bollington-based video games developer with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms....
[more: Traveller's Tales has acquired Embryonic...]

Tue, 09 Jan 2007: Western & Oriental has acquired Tropical Locations, the London-based luxury holidays company, from Bob Mortimore Travel for £0.2m....
[more: Western & Oriental has acquired Tropical...]

Tue, 09 Jan 2007: Charles Wells has acquired ten freehold pubs from Traditional Freehouses of East London for £9m....
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