Acquisitions News | may | 2008

Fri, 30 May 2008: Cambrian Mining is currently planning to purchase Coal International, the coal mining group, for £56m....
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Fri, 30 May 2008: Cheshire-based provider of mental health care services, St George Healthcare, has undergone a management buy-out that will help fund a new project at ...
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Fri, 30 May 2008: Ollerenshaw Solicitors has merged with Ian Burr & Co to become a combined law firm with 35 staff....
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Fri, 30 May 2008: Oxford Instruments has acquired Link Analytical, the Swedish distributor of analytical instruments, for an initial £600k....
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Fri, 30 May 2008: Servoca has purchased Day To Day Teachers out of administration. The sale includes four teacher supply branches and 12 staff....
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Fri, 30 May 2008: Europe Steel, the steel products trader based in London, will be bought by FMC for £6.4m....
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Fri, 30 May 2008: Wincanton has bought Product Support Holdings, the defence logistics firm with 25 support centres and 422 employees, for £27m....
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Thu, 29 May 2008: the South Wales-based chain of nine transport depots with 462 staff, Rhys Davies Freight Logistics, has gone through a management buy-out....
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Thu, 29 May 2008: Masterobjective, based in Manchester has purchased Bernard Kaymar, the Preston-based screen and lithographic printing firm with 19 staff ....
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Thu, 29 May 2008: WTL International, the manufacturer of wood flours with 45 staff based in Macclesfield, has been bought out of administration by Manchester based, Bod...
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Thu, 29 May 2008: Speedy Hire has bought Carillion Asset Management, the portable and modular accommodation business, for £11m. The sale includes three depots and...
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Thu, 29 May 2008: Scott Wilson is due to buy Terence Lee Partnership, the London-based mechanical and electrical building services consultancy, for around £1.3m....
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Thu, 29 May 2008: Somerset-based Riverside Packaging Printers has been bought out of administration by Riverside Flexible Packaging. The future of 59 jobs have been sec...
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Thu, 29 May 2008: Bradford-based carton printer with 160 staff, Storey Evans, has undergone a management buy-out from MSO Group....
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Wed, 28 May 2008: Stroud Metal Company has purchased Platform Pressings, the London-based components manufacturer. Its workforce has now increased from 45 to 60....
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Wed, 28 May 2008: FuturesBetting, the Gibraltar-based financial spread betting firm, has been purchased by London Capital Group Holdings for up to £0.4m....
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Wed, 28 May 2008: Chemring is due to buy Scot, the US manufacturer of aircraft components, from SMS Industries for £20m....
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Wed, 28 May 2008: Relax Finance, the Doncaster-based consumer loans and mortgage broker with 106 staff, has been bought by Debts.co.uk for £3m....
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Wed, 28 May 2008: Paddy Power has bought McGranaghan Racing, the chain of eight betting shops in Northern Ireland, for around £20m....
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Wed, 28 May 2008: Mk One has sold 100 of its 172 fashion stores out of administration to a former director of the company....
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Acquisitions News: May 2008

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