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Servisair is to shed 25 of the 350 jobs at its baggage handling operation at Bristol International Airport. 12-Oct-2009 Servisair is considering plans to shed up to 60 ground staff at Birmingham International Airport. 17-Sep-2009 Servisair is to shed up to 180 ground handling jobs at Manchester Airport, and is seeking redundancies in the baggage hall, passenger services, administration, operations and despatch. 09-Sep-2008 Servisair is to shed about 160 ground services jobs at Gatwick Airport in October. 05-Aug-2008 Servisair is considering plans to withdraw its ground-handling operations at Aberdeen Airport, with the loss of 93 jobs. 03-Oct-2007 Securicor has confirmed plans for a £4bn merger with Group 4 Falck of Denmark, creating the world's second largest security services group with 340,000 staff in 108 countries. 25-Feb-2004 Securicor, the security services group, is in merger discussions with Group 4 Falck of Denmark. 03-Feb-2004 Securicor is looking to spend up to £120m on acquisitions to expand its global security services business. 25-Aug-2003 Securicor has sold Securicor Information Systems, the Chippenham-based provider of IT consultancy services with more than 500 staff, to a management team backed by Kleinwort Capital for up to £30m. 03-Jun-2003 Securicor is to sell Securicor Cash Machine, the operator of 1,232 ATMs, to Cardpoint for up to £10m. 30-May-2003 Securicor has reached agreement to sell its 50% stake in its parcels business to joint venture partner Deutsche Post for £192m, and the proceeds will be used make acquisitions in cash services, justice services and manned security. 25-Mar-2003 Securicor has closed its SafeDoor online shopping service, with the loss of up to 26 jobs. 08-May-2002 Securicor has won a £200m outsourcing contract from Alliance & Leicester, which will involve taking over the management of A&L's cash processing centre in Basingstoke. 25-Feb-2002 Securicor is considering plans to withdraw from its distribution joint venture with Deutsche Post, and is in negotiations to sell its US wireless communications business for £25m. 31-May-2001 Securicor has bought the aviation security and commercial guarding operations of AHL Services of the US for £127m, as part of a strategy to develop a leading global security business. 15-Dec-2000 Securicor is looking to spend up to £240m on acquisitions, and is particularly interested in adding cash delivery and guard services. 08-Dec-2000 Securicor is investing £7m in a new internet retailing service that will enable consumers to shop online without giving their credit card details to web retailers, and the goods will then be delivered by Securicor Omega Express. 28-Nov-2000 Securicor is looking to expand its distribution division by acquiring a UK warehouse logistics business, and is also planning to acquire a leading cash in transit company in Europe. 07-Jun-2000 Securicor is in discussions with the Home Office about a plan to locate two prison ships on the Mersey and the Tyne, in order to ease the refugee bottleneck in the South East. 20-Dec-1999 Securicor is looking to spend up to £250m on acquisitions in Europe, North America and Australia, in order to expand its security business. 17-Dec-1999 Securicor has confirmed plans to return £3bn to shareholders from the sale of its stake in Cellnet, while £130m will be spent on the development of its remaining security and distribution businesses. 24-Sep-1999 Deutsche Post is acquiring a 50% stake in Securicor for £223m, as part of a strategy to create a pan-European parcels distribution business in preparation for the liberalisation of EU postal services. 03-Nov-1998 Securicor has acquired Hays Express, the overnight parcels business, from Hays for £16.7m, and will merge it with its Omega Express division. 08-Jul-1998 Securicor is selling its telecoms systems business, which distributes branch exchange systems and handsets, to Samsung of South Korea for undisclosed terms. 02-Jul-1998 Securicor is to sell the consumer and small business subscriber bases of Securicor Cellular Services to Cellnet, in which it has a 40% stake, for £38m, and has also announced the sale of Securicor 3net to Teltrend of the US for £9m. 24-Sep-1997 Securicor Omega Express is testing a business postal delivery service in order to be prepared for any possible lifting of the Royal Mail monopoly on postal services. 02-Oct-1996 Intek Diversified Corp of the US is acquiring Securicor's Radiocoms division, which includes narrowband wireless technology and manufacturing operations, in return for 25m Intek shares. 19-Jun-1996
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