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Reckitt Benckiser Reckitt Benckiser is to acquire Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, the US pharmaceuticals company, for £1.1bn, as part of a strategy to create a global over-the-counter medicines business. 11-Dec-2007 Reckitt Benckiser is to sell Hermal, its prescription skincare business, to Laboratorios Almirall of Spain for £255m. 17-Jul-2007 Reckitt Benckiser, the cleaning products manufacturer, is said to be looking to relocate staff from two offices in Slough, having appointed DTZ to find a suitable 200,000 sq ft site in the Thames Valley. 16-May-2007 Reckitt Benckiser is to consolidate its health and personal care research and development work at its Dansom Lane site in Hull next summer, with the relocation of up to 100 jobs from a former Boots site in Nottingham. 26-Oct-2006 Reckitt Benckiser is planning to shed about 160 jobs at its pharmaceuticals factory in Nottingham by June 2007, in order to reduce the number of production lines making Nurofen and Optrex. 25-Aug-2006 Reckitt Benckiser is to relocate about 150 marketing and finance jobs from its recently-acquired Boots Healthcare International business in Nottingham to its UK headquarters in Slough. 11-Nov-2005 Reckitt Benckiser is to acquire the Boots Healthcare International consumer healthcare division of Boots for £1.9bn, which will involve the transfer of about 2,500 Nottingham-based staff. 10-Oct-2005 Reckitt Benckiser is considering plans to spend up to £1bn on acquisitions and new product launches in the personal hygiene market. 30-Aug-2002 Reckitt Benckiser has sold its Ireland-based firelighter business to Standard Brands for £29m. 04-Apr-2001 Reckitt Benckiser is to acquire Oxy, the South Korean manufacturer of household and personal care products, for £87m. 13-Mar-2001 Reckitt Benckiser is looking to acquire suppliers of household cleaning and personal care products in Asia-Pacific and Latin America. 01-Mar-2001 Reckitt Benckiser is planning to set up a new headquarters at the Delta Business Park in Swindon, which could lead to a major recruitment drive. 18-Aug-2000 Reckitt Benckiser is looking to sell off about 75 brands this year, in order to focus on its core household cleaning and personal care products. 09-Feb-2000 Reckitt & Colman is to merge with Benckiser of the Netherlands in a £5bn deal that will create a world leader in household cleaning products, and the new group will be called Reckitt Benckiser. 28-Jul-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007