Acquisitions News: February 2009

Fri, 27 Feb 2009: Hampshire-based The Packaging Factory, which offers design-to-store packaging services, has called in the administrators....
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Fri, 27 Feb 2009: West Midlands-based Castlemore Securities, the company behind the latest £200 million development of Temple Quay's in Bristol has been plac...
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: Waterside Book Services, the Southampton-based book wholesaler, has undergone a £0.3m management buy-out from ArgentVive....
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: Evolutec Group has bought Nanoco Technologies, the Manchester-based manufacturer of fluorescent nano-crystals, in a reverse takeover that creates a co...
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: Thompson Plastics, the Hull-based components manufacturer, has been sold out of administration by PKF to Redspar, securing about 50 of the 200 jobs....
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: BLP, the Doncaster-based manufacturer of cabinet doors, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing more than 100 jobs....
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: Total Audio Solutions, the Worcestershire-based supplier of broadcasting equipment, has been rescued from liquidation by a new company called Total Au...
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: Baker & Spice, the London-based bakery chain with four outlets and 80 staff, has been bought out of administration by Risk Capital Partners....
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: Blooming Marvellous, the chain of 14 maternity wear stores, has been sold out of administration by MCR to the owner of the Ethel Austin chain for undi...
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: QV Foods has acquired the retail and foodservice unit of MBM Produce, the potato supplier, with the transfer of up to 140 jobs in Cambridgeshire, Norf...
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: Countrywide Homes Ltd, the owner of a large Wolverhampton industrial estate has gone into administration, leaving small businesses hanging in the bala...
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Thu, 26 Feb 2009: UK independent studio Atomic Planet has gone into administration after announcing that it would make redundancies in January to reduce costs due to pr...
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009: Zircotec, the Harwell-based manufacturer of high-performance coatings with ten staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009: Cobra Holdings has acquired Thornway Insurances, the Manchester-based general insurance broker, for £1.1m....
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009: G4S has acquired Secura Monde International and Shiremoor International Engineering, the providers of technology services to the banknote and high sec...
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009: Carr's Milling Industries is to acquire Hans Walischmiller, the German robotics and materials handling company with 70 staff, out of administrati...
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009: The owners of a five-star hotel in Yorkshire have gone into administration. The administrator for City Retreats, MCR, is currently reviewing options for the company. The hotel itself is continuing to operate as normal as it is run by a separate company - Pantin Hotels....
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009: Several private sector media players have made their interest in Channel 4 known, including Channel 5-owner RTL, Lord Carter communications minister h...
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Tue, 24 Feb 2009: Hudson & Middleton has sold the business and assets of its Stoke-based pottery out of administration to a new company called Hudsons Fine Bone Chi...
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Tue, 24 Feb 2009: Paragon Data Services has acquired Galloway Electronics, the Hull-based supplier of public address systems and evacuation systems....
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