Acquisitions News in the Services sector: 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008: The UK's largest housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey, is going to sell its portfolio of 350 show homes for around £100m and pay rental income to the buyer for three years, in order to reduce its debt of £1.9bn. The buyer would acquire a guar...
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008: Rentokil Initial senior independent director Peter Long has dismissed suggestions that the UK-listed services group's new management will preside over a break...
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008: Compair, the UK-based compressed air system supplier, has been put on the market by its owner Alchemy Partners....
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008: Ashtead, the UK-listed equipment rental company, has reportedly hired NM Rothschild to advise on the sale of its Ashtead Technology Rental division....
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Wed, 05 Mar 2008: Rock Steady, the Scottish security firm, will soon be sold to its global rival G4S in a multi-million pound deal....
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