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Babcock International is to acquire Peterhouse, the rail and telecoms maintenance company, for £106m. 23-Mar-2004 Peterhouse has sold Eve Shorco, its piling and trench support equipment rental business with sites in Glasgow, Andover and the Midlands, to Vp for £2.1m. 16-Mar-2004 Peterhouse is to sell Jackson Civil Engineering, the Ipswich-based civil engineering contractor with 300 staff, to a management buy-out for £5.5m. 05-Mar-2004 Peterhouse has sold Anglair, its compressed air and pneumatics engineering operation, to Airchannel for £1.5m. 20-Jan-2004 Peterhouse is to shed about 200 jobs in its infrastructure business, including 40 from Eve Transmission, 60 from Eve Trakway and 30 from the health and safety division. 04-Sep-2003 Peterhouse has been selected by Network Rail as preferred bidder for a £250m contract to renew railway lines in the north-west and Scotland. 24-Jun-2003 Peterhouse has acquired Digital Surveys, the Newcastle-based provider of survey and data services to the rail and water sectors, for £0.4m. 31-Jan-2003 Peterhouse has sold its Propencity division, which includes Jackson, Totty and Dean & Bowes, to a management team backed by Bank of Scotland for £23m. 08-Jan-2003 Peterhouse is planning to acquire First Engineering Holdings, the Glasgow-based rail infrastructure provider, for £65m. 13-Sep-2002 Peterhouse has acquired Hemingford Park, the Huntingdon-based shopfitter with 118 staff, for £0.3m. 08-Aug-2002 Peterhouse has acquired AMT International, the Bedfordshire-based provider of management training in health and safety, for £1.7m. 02-Aug-2002 Peterhouse is to acquire EPS Event, the German events infrastructure company, for £4m. 20-May-2002 Peterhouse is considering plans to demerge its construction business through a management buy-out, and is looking to spend up to £100m on the acquisition of a facilities management company. 13-Sep-2001 Peterhouse is looking to spend up to £100m on acquisitions to expand its building services business. 21-Mar-2001 Peterhouse, the construction services company, is to acquire Eve, the access systems hirer, for £40m. 10-Dec-1999 Peterhouse is aiming to triple the size of its construction services business over the next nine months, by acquiring companies in areas such as health and safety, rail contracting, and environmental services. 15-Sep-1999 Peterhouse is acquiring ESS, the Wellingborough-based safety equipment and training company, for £3m, in order to build up its services division. 08-Jul-1999 Peterhouse Group is to acquire Jackson Group, the civil engineering company, for £18m. 12-Dec-1998 Shorco Group Holdings, the supplier of steel storage cabins and health and safety equipment to the construction industry, is to undergo a reverse takeover by Peterhouse Group and Lowfields Technology Group for undisclosed terms, and the new group will be called Peterhouse. 28-Jul-1997
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