Acquisitions News: November 2009

Thu, 26 Nov 2009: Henry Riley has bought Graves Partnership, the Birmingham-based property advisory firm with ten staff, out of administration....
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009: Perspective Financial has acquired Professional Investment Management Services, the Kent-based financial adviser, for undisclosed terms....
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009: Capita Symonds has acquired Multi-Tech Contracts, the engineering consultancy with 150 staff in Warrington, Bridgend, Birmingham and Edinburgh, for un...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009: Multiple pub operator Mercury Inns has entered administration after Barclays refused to extend its lending to help it pay its tax bills. BDO Stoy Hayw...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009: Private hospital group Cawston Park Limited has been placed in the hands of Deloitte. One hundred members of staff are to lose their jobs. In June, the group's former chief executive Andrew Breeze and former finance director Dominic Wilson were found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS of &p...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009: CitySprint has acquired On The Dot, the Warwickshire-based courier firm, for undisclosed terms....
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009: Bayer MaterialScience is to acquire PolyBioMed, the Sheffield-based supplier of polymer coatings and surface treatments for medical devices....
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009: Shield Service Group has acquired Aureate Cleaners and Insatiable Cleaners, two London-based cleaning companies, for £0.2m....
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009: CScape has sold its ITM Graphics and ITM Publishing Services subsidiaries to management for up to £0.2m....
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009: Intercytex has closed its operation in Cambridge, as part of a restructuring of its stem cell business which includes the sale of its Axordia subsidia...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009: PricewaterhouseCoopers has acquired Paragon Consulting Group, the London-based management consultancy with 90 staff....
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009: Millers Oils has acquired Falcon Lubricants, the North Yorkshire-based supplier of oils and greases with 13 staff....
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009: Welcomm Communications has acquired Dialect, the mobile technology firm, for undisclosed terms, and the 13 staff will relocate from Northampton to Mar...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009: MBL Group is to acquire Global Media Vault, the London-based digital media distribution firm, for £0.8m....
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009: Plymouth City Council is to sell Plymouth CityBus to Go-Ahead for £20m, with the transfer of 485 staff....
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009: Endemol has expanded its TV production business with the £30m acquisition of Tiger Aspect, Tigress and Darlow Smithson from IMG....
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009: RCapital has bought 28 nightclubs and bars from 3D Entertainment Group, as part of a company voluntary agreement that will save 340 jobs....
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1494258?UserKey=...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009: BSW Group has acquired Howie Forest Products, the Dalbeattie-based supplier of timber pallets and packaging, for £30m....
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009: Crimson Hotels has acquired the 214-room Park Inn hotel in central London out of administration for about £45m....
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