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John Menzies is to shed 600 of the 14,000 jobs in its global aviation business, including 50 ground handling jobs at Manchester, Gatwick and Luton airports. 14-Nov-2008 John Menzies has acquired Novia Sverige, the Swedish airport ground-handling firm, for £8.7m. 02-Apr-2008 John Menzies is to acquire Northport Norway and Finnhandling from the Northport Oy subsidiary of Finnair, in order to expand its Scandinavian airport ground handling business. 06-Nov-2007 John Menzies is to acquire Gray's Newsagents, the York-based newspaper distributor with gross assets of £1.9m, for undisclosed terms. 14-Jun-2007 John Menzies is to acquire Universal Air Cargo, the freight forwarder operating at 11 locations in Australasia and the US, in order to expand its aviation support services subsidiary. 24-Apr-2007 John Menzies is considering plans to transfer its magazine packing departments from Aberdeen and Inverness to Dundee in March 2007, with the loss of up to 20 jobs. 06-Dec-2006 John Menzies has acquired Express Baggage, the Heathrow-based provider of luggage services, in order to expand its Menzies Aviation subsidiary. 03-Nov-2006 John Menzies has acquired Perth Cargo Centre, the Australian cargo handling business with gross assets of £1.3m. 09-Oct-2006 John Menzies has acquired Malmo Main Air Cargo, the Swedish cargo handling and trucking services company, in order to expand its Menzies Aviation subsidiary. 23-Aug-2006 John Menzies is to acquire North West Wholesale News, the Preston-based newspaper and magazine wholesaler, in order to expand its Menzies Distribution division. 22-May-2006 John Menzies has acquired Aeroground, the US air cargo services handling company with 1,200 staff at nine airports, for £16m. 09-Mar-2006 John Menzies is to acquire Chester Independent Wholesale Newsagents, the newspaper and magazine wholesaler with assets of £8.5m. 09-Feb-2006 BBA Group is to acquire Execair, the provider of passenger handling, flight planning and ground transportation services, from John Menzies for £12m, in order to expand its Signature Flight Support subsidiary. 13-Aug-2004 John Menzies has won a £20m baggage and passenger handling contract from EasyJet at Luton airport, which will involve the transfer of 262 staff. 19-Dec-2003 John Menzies has acquired The Wyng Group, the ground handling and air cargo trucking company with annual turnover of £6.3m. 09-May-2002 John Menzies Aviation Group is to acquire Fr8, the Dutch cargo handling company with 440 staff at Schiphol and Rotterdam airports, for £4.8m. 15-Feb-2002 John Menzies is cutting 1,200 jobs in its aviation services business in the UK and US by next spring, and has also announced plans to divide up its joint venture with Lufthansa. 20-Dec-2001 John Menzies is to acquire the Sheffield and Guildford news wholesaling operations of Turners News for a reported £15m. 30-Oct-2001 John Menzies has sold its chain of Early Learning Centre toy shops to a management buy-out backed by 3i for £30m. 01-Oct-2001 John Menzies is to close eight distribution sites in southern and central Scotland and replace them with three new branches being opened in Cambuslang, Linwood and Newbridge. 17-Sep-2001 John Menzies has received a takeover approach from 3i for its Early Learning Centre chain of toy shops. 16-Jul-2001 John Menzies is seeking acquisitions to expand its aviation services division, but is expected to sell off its Early Learning Centre chain of toy shops. 24-Jan-2001 John Menzies is to close its computer games operation in Eastleigh with the loss of up to 90 jobs, having decided not to renew a distribution contract with Nintendo. 11-Dec-2000 John Menzies has sold its book, video and music wholesaling business to management for £2.5m, as part of a strategy to focus on logistics. 14-Aug-2000 John Menzies is acquiring Ogden Ground Services of the US for £79m, in order to expand its global aviation services business. 26-Jul-2000 John Menzies is paying £4.7m to Lufthansa to increase its stake in their London Cargo Centre joint venture to 80%, and the business will be renamed Menzies World Cargo. 03-May-2000 John Menzies is looking to sell its chain of Early Learning Centre stores in the next 15 months, in order to focus on transport services. 19-Jan-2000 John Menzies has acquired Aer Lingus's air cargo terminal at Heathrow for £6m, and plans to expand the terminal's capacity from 14,000 tonnes a year to 30,000 tonnes. 12-Jan-2000 John Menzies is looking to spend about £100m expanding its airport services business over the next year. 07-Jul-1999 John Menzies is to acquire BOC Cargo Services from BOC for £4.9m, in order to expand its airport services business. 04-Jun-1999 WH Smith is to spend £15m rebranding its 90 John Menzies stores in Scotland as WHS outlets, and they will focus on books, stationery and newspapers. 17-May-1999 John Menzies has won approval to set up a newspaper and magazine distribution centre at the Broadland Business Park development near Norwich, where it will employ 80 people. 11-Feb-1999 John Menzies has won a £25m passenger and baggage handling contract at Heathrow airport, through its Menzies Transport Services division. 09-Feb-1999 John Menzies is to cut 60 jobs as part of a £15m restructuring of its THE Home Entertainment business. 21-Jan-1999 John Menzies is to buy a 49% stake in Sigma Aviation, the provider of passenger services at Manchester airport, for £0.5m, in its first move into UK regional airports. 01-Dec-1998 John Menzies is planning to spend over £100m on acquisitions to expand its distribution business, and is particularly keen on the delivery market where it expects a boom in home shopping. 08-Jul-1998 John Menzies is forming a joint venture with Lufthansa Airport and Ground Services to handle all Lufthansa's cargo at Heathrow in a £21m deal. 01-Apr-1998 WH Smith has confirmed that it is planning to buy the John Menzies retail chain for £68m, which will result in some job losses and the rebranding of the Menzies stores in England and Wales. 10-Mar-1998 WH Smith is in negotiations to acquire the John Menzies newsagents chain as a way to use up the proceeds from the sale of the Waterstone's book chain. 06-Mar-1998 Concorde Express, the John Menzies transport services business, has won a £4.5m three-year contract to supply cargo handling services for the SAS airline at Heathrow. 06-Feb-1998 John Menzies is hoping to sell its chain of newsagents by April in order to focus on wholesaling and the Early Learning Centre chain of toy shops. 23-Jan-1998 The Smart loyalty card scheme is to start offering points to consumers who visit the web sites of member companies, including RAC, John Menzies, Victoria Wine, Vision Express, UCI Cinemas, Commercial Union and Shell. 13-Nov-1997 John Menzies has signed a deal to open 70 newsagent branches at London Underground stations. 23-Jul-1997 John Menzies has given up on its attempt to sell Early Learning Centre, the troubled chain of children's shops, and will instead look at ways to revive sales. 02-Jul-1997
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