Acquisitions News: January 2009

Fri, 30 Jan 2009: Alliance Boots is to merge Boots Opticians with Dollond & Aitchison to create a combined chain of 690 optical outlets with more than 5,000 staff....
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Fri, 30 Jan 2009: Parity Group is to sell its IT training business to ECS of Dubai for up to £3m....
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Fri, 30 Jan 2009: Lex, which has a motoring heritage dating back to 1928, finances one-in-nine of all cars on Britain's roads, making its success essential for the health of Britain's bombed-out car makers – a sector the Government is despera...
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009: Iotech Group, the owner of Preston-based Liquid Plastics with 200 staff, has been acquired by Sika of Switzerland for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009: ISL Dardan Security is to merge with Gardwell Security to create a combined Norwich-based security group called GSL Dardan with more than 500 staff....
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009: Barleymow has acquired the 12-acre Cawood Park holiday centre in Selby for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009: Hargreaves Services has acquired the remaining 50% stake in the Coal4Energy coal supply business at Kellingley Colliery in West Yorkshire from UK Coal...
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009: Straight has acquired the assets and trade of Harcostar Garden Products from Harcostar Drums of Stockport for £0.4m....
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009: Lloyds Banking Group are reportedly preparing to sell off some of its life assurance assets to strenghten its finances. The company is receiving offer...
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009: Maternity clothes retailer Blooming Marvellous, backed by Icelandic investor Arev, has gone into administration. It has not been revealed, in the pres...
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Wed, 28 Jan 2009: Mondiale Publishing has acquired the Imagine FM local radio station in Stockport from UTV Media for undisclosed terms....
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009: Unilever has acquired TIGI, the owner of Toni & Guy hair product ranges such as S-Factor, Bed Head and Catwalk, for £295m....
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009: Goodyear Dunlop has sold 27 HiQ motoring repair centres in the Midlands to Easy Autocentres....
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009: Carrs of Sheffield has bought the assets of Nickel Blanks, the Meadowhall-based cutlery and silverware manufacturer, out of administration....
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009: Eddisons has acquired Wildheart, the Leeds-based asset management firm, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its residential property management ...
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009: Greenwoods Menswear has been sold out of administration by KPMG to the Harvest Fancy Hong Kong subsidiary of China-based Bosideng, securing the future...
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009: Discover Travel & Tours has bought the assets of Bedsearcher, the Darlington-based hotel booking service, out of administration....
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009: Amec has acquired Performance Improvements Group, the Aberdeen-based asset optimisation consultancy with 120 staff, for £19m....
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Mon, 26 Jan 2009: Henderson, the fund management group is currently in discussions over a potential offer for New Star Asset Management, though they have stressed that it is not a certainty....
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Mon, 26 Jan 2009: Natural resources mining firm Polo Resources Ltd has received an offer from Denham Commodity Partners Fund V LP. The offer is highly conditional and u...
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