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Muller completes purchase of Minsterley desserts businesses

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
The Muller Dairy has completed its purchase of Greencore's Minsterley desserts business. Greencore purchased Minsterley from Uniq back in 2011 for £113 million hoping to turn its fortunes around. Some progress was made... continue reading

Sun European buys UK packaging businesses

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
Two packaging companies have been bought by Sun European Partners, it has been confirmed. The firm spent a total of £400 million in the purchase of Lincolnshire-based Paragon Print & Packaging and Rexam's cosmetics div... continue reading

IoW football ground could be sold to Asda

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 | BUSINESS SALE
The owners of Isle of Wight football club, Newport FC, are hoping to persuade supermarket giant, Asda, to buy the club’s ground for the location of their planned new store on the island, and then use the money from the sale ... continue reading

Welsh record label to be sold as going concern

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 | BUSINESS SALE
Welsh record label, Sain Records, which has published music by a large number of high profile Welsh artists since its inception in 1969, has been put up for sale. The owners of the record label said the timing of the sale is righ... continue reading

House of Fraser sale on the cards

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 | BUSINESS SALE
The owner of the House of Fraser department store group, Don McCarthy, is understood to have put the company up for sale. The entrepreneur did not comment on the sale, but did say that the interests of the shareholders will be we... continue reading

Tullow to sell North Sea gas assets

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 | BUSINESS SALE
Plans have been announced by Tullow Oil to sell off the company's assets in the UK and Dutch Southern North Sea. Collectively the assets work to generate around 18,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, with about 12,000 comin... continue reading

Arnold Clark acquires Moorland Motors

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 | BUSINESS SALE
Car sales giant Arnold Clark has acquired Blackpool-based garage Moorland Motors for an undisclosed sum. The company was founded in 1984 by Bill Swire and has been a family-run business every since. In the handover to Arnold Cl... continue reading

Cineworld buys Picturehouse chain

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 | BUSINESS SALE
Cineworld has purchased rival cinema chain Picturehouse in a deal worth £47.3 million. The sale, which was put through in an all-cash deal, will add the 21 Picturehouse cinemas around the country to Cineworld's existin... continue reading

KP Snacks sale agreed

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 | BUSINESS SALE
A sale of the British business, KP Snacks, has been agreed, marking the latest sale of a United Biscuits' brand. The firm, which makes KP nuts and Hula Hoops crisps among other snacks, has been sold to German company Intersn... continue reading

GMG in talks to sell stake in media business

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 | BUSINESS SALE
The Guardian Media Group (GMG) is understood to have held talks over the sale of its 50 per cent stake in the Trader Media Group (TMG), which publishes Auto Trader. Sky News revealed that the discussions have been held in recent ... continue reading

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