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Hewden Stuart has sold its hoists business to HTC Plant for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 75 staff at three sites, including Glasgow. 07-Jan-2008 Speedy Hire is to acquire the tool hire division of Hewden Stuart for £115m, including 188 depots and 1,200 staff. 15-Jun-2007 McCormick Macnaughton has acquired the Northern Ireland construction equipment rental business of Hewden Stuart. 31-Mar-2003 PC Harrington has acquired Hewden Tower Cranes from Hewden Stuart for undisclosed terms, and the business will be relocated from Castleford to Sheffield. 09-Oct-2002 Carillion has announced the £9m sale of the hoists, accommodation and general plant operations of Maxxiom, its plant hire joint venture with P&O, to Hewden Stuart. 10-Sep-2002 Hewden Stuart, the construction equipment hire group, is to be acquired by Finning International of Canada for £322m. 30-Nov-2000 Hewden Stuart, the Glasgow-based plant hire company, has received a number of takeover approaches, and DB Capital is said to be one of the potential bidders. 25-Oct-2000 Hewden Stuart is planning to open 10 tool hire outlets this year, and has restructured the business to make it more able to respond to national contracts. 20-Apr-2000 Hewden is to close its rail services division, which employs 40 staff at seven depots, due to insufficient demand for the supply of equipment to the track maintenance market. 06-Apr-2000 Hewden Stuart has opened new tool hire depots at King's Cross, Harrow, Hemel Hempstead, Basildon and Bridgwater, as part of a nationwide expansion. 03-Feb-2000 Hewden Stuart has acquired Elmore Plant Services, the Mitcham-based subsidiary of Wates Construction, for £7.4m. 09-Sep-1999 Hewden Stuart has acquired PW Plant, the Middlesex-based plant hirer, for £0.5m. 29-Apr-1999 Hewden Stuart has sold its contracting division to a management team for £1.3m, and has also acquired the tower crane division of Elmore Plant. 22-Oct-1998 Hewden Stuart is planning to set up a nationwide network of tool hire branches by making acquisitions in southern England. 01-Oct-1998 Hewden Stuart has acquired Michael Bowyer, the Wokingham-based plant and tool-hire company, for £2.5m. 25-Aug-1998 Ennstone has acquired two quarries in Fife from Hewden Stuart for £1m. 19-Aug-1998 Hewden Stuart, the equipment hire company, has sold three subsidiaries - Scot JCB, Gunn JCB, and Stewart Plant - to management for £11m. 06-Jun-1998 Hewden Stuart, the plant hire company, is planning to refocus its business away from low-margin activities towards the provision of outsourced services to large companies, and has already agreed the sale of its merchandising operations to management. 03-Apr-1998 Hewden Stuart, the construction equipment company, is acquiring Agent Plant from Kvaerner Construction for £9.4m. 29-Oct-1996 Hewden Stuart has acquired WH Price, the Birmingham power tool hire concern, for £5.6m, increasing its number of tool hire outlets from 136 to 150. 28-Dec-1995
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