Acquisitions News in the Wholesale And Distribution sector: 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007: Findel is to sell its Home Farm Hampers business, which has 7,500 agents and a £8m order book, to Park Group for £0.3m....
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Wed, 14 Feb 2007: Proel, the Italian distributor of musical instruments, has agreed to acquire Turbosound in the UK for an undisclosed sum....
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Wed, 07 Feb 2007: Murray Metals has acquired Newton Steel Stock, the Somerset-based steel company with about 100 staff, for about £25m....
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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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Thu, 18 Jan 2007: Woolworths is to acquire Bertram, the Norwich-based book distributor, for about £29m, in order to expand its Entertainment UK wholesaling subsid...
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Thu, 18 Jan 2007: Michael Ward, the Bolton-based refrigerated transport company with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Wed, 17 Jan 2007: Amtrak Express Parcels, the West Midlands-based parcel delivery company with almost 1,000 staff, has been bought out of administration by Netfold....
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Mon, 15 Jan 2007: Redbridge Holdings, the Peterborough-based fresh produce company with 668 staff, has been acquired by Total Produce for up to £12m....
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Thu, 11 Jan 2007: Delcam has acquired Crispin Systems, the Leicester-based supplier of CADCAM systems to the footwear industry, for an initial £0.5m....
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007: Carr's Milling has acquired Johnstone Fuels & Lubricants, the oil distribution company with three depots in Dumfries, Castle Douglas and Newt...
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