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Acquisitions News: August 2009

Thu, 27 Aug 2009: Lloyds TSB Development Capital has invested £42m in the acquisition of a controlling stake in 1st The Exchange, the financial services technolog...
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Thu, 27 Aug 2009: Lincat of Lincoln has sold Mercury Appliances, the domestic range cooker manufacturer, to Aga Rangemaster for £0.4m....
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Wed, 26 Aug 2009: John Hall Associates, the West Sussex-based energy procurement firm with 40 staff, has been acquired by London-based Energy Quote....
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Wed, 26 Aug 2009: Harpers Waste Management has acquired UK Resource Management, the Teesside-based waste management firm with 26 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 26 Aug 2009: Wood Holmes, the business consultancy with 17 staff in Newcastle, London, Manchester and Singapore, has undergone a management buy-out and is now look...
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009: Melrose has sold Crisplant, the supplier of warehouse sorting solutions formerly known as FKI Logistex Europe, to Beumer Group for £26m....
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009: Energy Technique is to acquire the building services maintenance division of SIAS Building Services out of administration for £0.3m, securing th...
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009: Eve Trakway has acquired Anglia Traffic Management Group, in order to expand its temporary roadways and walkways business in Cambridge, Kent and Scotl...
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009: AS Fabrications has bought the Glentworth steel and glass balustrades manufacturing business in West Yorkshire out of administration, saving 20 jobs....
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009: Home Delivery Network has acquired G&M Distribution, the Airdrie-based delivery company with 100 vehicles, for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009: Argent Energy has sold an estimated 50% stake in its Scottish biodiesel production business to Souter Investments, which is owned by the founder of th...
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009: Centrica is to acquire Venture Production, the North Sea oil and gas company, for about £1.3bn....
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009: Alliance Pharma is to acquire the worldwide rights to the Buccastem and Timodine prescription brands from Reckitt Benckiser for £7.5m....
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009: Interactive Publishing has acquired Marine Media, the publisher of a sailing magazine, from Sterling Securities International for £0.2m....
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009: Sheldon & Clayton has acquired Tipton Transport, the West Midlands-based haulage firm with 23 staff, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009: Garrad Hassan has merged with Germanischer-Lloyd to create a global project management and renewable energy group with more than 600 staff....
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009: Boddingtons has acquired Acorn Planting Products, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of mesh guards to protect plants with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms...
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009: Mailway of Bradford has acquired Perpack, the Wakefield-based flow-wrapping company....
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Wed, 19 Aug 2009: James Fisher & Sons has acquired MB Faber, the Leyland-based nuclear and aerospace engineering firm with more than 120 staff, for up to £5.2...
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Wed, 19 Aug 2009: Onyx Group has acquired Moffatt Communications, the London-based provider of IT services to hedge funds, for undisclosed terms....
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