Acquisitions News: 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008: House builder Premier Properties has gone into administration due to increasing cash and trading pressures. The administrators KPMG are managing the s...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2008: GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire Genelabs Technologies, the US biopharmaceuticals company, for £35m....
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Fri, 31 Oct 2008: Griffin Group is to acquire Alexander David Holdings, the stockbroker, in a £4.8m reverse takeover, and will then change its name to Alexander D...
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Fri, 31 Oct 2008: Albatross Travel Group, the wholesale travel firm with about 100 staff at offices in Kent and Derbyshire, has undergone a management buy-out for undis...
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Thu, 30 Oct 2008: Kellpak, the Glasgow-based packaging supplier with 26 staff, has been sold out of administration to a new company called W&M Watson Packaging....
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Thu, 30 Oct 2008: Mobilis has acquired SKF Services, the West Sussex-based supplier of physiotherapy equipment with 20 staff....
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Thu, 30 Oct 2008: Begbies Traynor has sold Laser Broadcasting, the owner of radio stations in Bath, Warminster, Bridgwater and Minehead, out of administration to the ow...
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Thu, 30 Oct 2008: BMI British Midland, the Castle Donington-based airline with hubs at Heathrow and Manchester, is to be acquired by Lufthansa of Germany for £314...
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Wed, 29 Oct 2008: York Pharma has bought the assets of Celltran, the Sheffield-based biotechnology company with two wound care products, out of administration....
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Wed, 29 Oct 2008: Charles Taylor Consulting is to acquire Westminster Motor Insurance Association, the provider of motor insurance to taxi drivers that is now closed to...
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Wed, 29 Oct 2008: BG Group is to acquire Queensland Gas Company of Australia for £2.2bn, in order to benefit from rising demand for LNG....
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Wed, 29 Oct 2008: Carpetright is planning to acquire the chain of 94 Sleepright bed concessions for less than £1m....
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008: Norcot Engineering, the aircraft parts manufacturer with 82 staff in Ashton under Lyne and Bedford, has undergone a management buy-out backed by priva...
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008: Ham Baker has acquired Adams of York, the water industry equipment supplier with 120 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008: Jackson Keay has acquired APS Cellar Gas, the Southwell-based supplier of gas cylinders, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008: FMG Support of Huddersfield has sold its vehicle rental operation to Nexus Vehicle Rental of Leeds for undisclosed terms, but is also planning to crea...
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008: Porterbrook Leasing, the owner of passenger rail rolling stock, is to be sold by Abbey National to a consortium led by Deutsche Bank for an estimated ...
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008: Cosalt is to sell its Cosalt Holiday Homes division in Hull to Endless Group for a nominal sum, in order to focus on the marine safety sector....
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Mon, 27 Oct 2008: Leicestershire-based Grange Garden Centre has gone into administration due to the credit crunch. FA Simms & Partners of Lutterworth have been hired to be the company's administrators. The company is still trading and has 20 e...
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Mon, 27 Oct 2008: Entertainment rights is putting together a list of disposals in order to reduce its £127m debt. The company behind Basil Brush and Ghostbusters,...
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