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Tilbury Douglas is planning to change its name to Interserve to reflect its increasing focus on support services. 15-Feb-2001 Tilbury Douglas is to acquire Building & Property, the facilities management company that was previously part of the government's Property Services Agency, for £75m. 15-Dec-2000 Tilbury Douglas is selling its Rapid Hire tool-hire business to Speedy Hire Centres, the Allen subsidiary, for £3.9m. 10-Oct-2000 Tilbury Douglas has won a £200m contract to supply building services to British Telecom. 02-Oct-2000 Tilbury Douglas is launching a new company called Interserve to provide a one-stop shop for the worldwide industrial services market. 13-Jul-2000 Tilbury Douglas has sold its Scottish house building business to Persimmon for £23m, in order to focus on service-related activities. 24-Feb-2000 Tilbury Douglas has sold its Hevilifts jacking and propping business to Hydratight Sweeney for undisclosed terms. 29-Oct-1999 Tilbury Douglas is planning to close the Kwikform scaffolding factory in Birmingham with the loss of 85 jobs, and the equipment will be sourced from elsewhere. 17-Sep-1999 Somerfield has awarded a £25m contract to Tilbury Douglas for the construction of a distribution depot at Sherburn-in-Elmet in Leeds. 22-Jul-1999 Tilbury Douglas is to acquire Bandt, the scaffolding and industrial services company, for £75m, as part of a strategy to diversify away from contracting. 08-Jul-1999 Rover is planning a £5m extension at its Land Rover panel pressing plant in Solihull, and Tilbury Douglas is expected to win the construction contract. 20-May-1999 Tilbury Douglas has won a £6m contract to build a retail complex in Milton Keynes on behalf of Central Business Exchange II. 25-Feb-1999 Glan-y-Mor NHS Trust has selected a Tilbury Douglas-led consortium as preferred bidder for a £450m hospital project at Port Talbot. 21-Jan-1999 Tilbury Douglas is planning to expand its property maintenance business in the north of England into a nationwide service. 24-Sep-1998 Tilbury Douglas's facilities management division has won a £30m contract to supply support services such as catering and security to the five hospitals of the St Helier NHS Trust. 08-Jun-1998 Tilbury Douglas is acquiring How Group, the facilities management and engineering services concern, for £47m. 14-May-1998 Tilbury Douglas has been selected as preferred bidder to build a £55m prison near Salford. 01-Dec-1997 Philip Holzmann of Germany is to sell its 29% stake in Tilbury Douglas, the UK construction company, to institutions in order to raise about £64m. 07-Jun-1997
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