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Brambles has sold Cleanaway UK, its waste disposal business with 7,500 staff and two recycling facilities in Greenwich and Rainham, to Veolia Environnement of France for £595m. 03-Jul-2006 Brambles Industries has sold its Northern Hemisphere industrial services business to Harsco Corporation of the US for £133m. 30-Dec-2005 Brambles is to close the headquarters of its Cleanaway waste business in London's Docklands with the loss of about 20 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Belgium. 11-Aug-2004 Brambles Industries has sold the Serviceteam repair and maintenance business of its Cleanaway waste management division to AWG Facilities Services for an initial £7.6m. 31-Mar-2003 Brambles Industries is to shed up to 400 jobs in its Chep Europe pallets business over the next 18 months, and £21m will be invested in the reorganisation of its depots. 27-Feb-2003 Brambles Industries has sold its US equipment rental business to National Equipment Services for £84m, and the proceeds will be used for bolt-on acquisitions and to boost capital spending. 03-Jan-2002 Brambles Industries has sold its European rail wagon rental business to Hapag-Lloyd for £222m, and the proceeds will be used to fund bolt-on acquisitions for its information management and waste management operations. 16-Nov-2001 Brambles Industries is considering plans to relocate to a new head office following the group's creation from the merger of the Brambles support services business with the industrial services division of GKN. 08-Aug-2001
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