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Wilmington Group has acquired a majority stake in The Matchett Group, the Banbury-based financial training firm, for an initial £5.7m. 28-Nov-2007 Wilmington, the publishing and training group, is looking to sell off its design, construction, power, catering and automotive operations, in order to focus on the legal, healthcare and media sectors. 07-Jun-2007 Wilmington has sold WDIS, the Middlesex-based provider of circulation management and subscription handling services to the publishing industry, to Optima Data Intelligence Services for up to £1m. 15-May-2007 Wilmington has bought the Press Gazette trade magazine out of administration, and will invest £0.1m expanding its web presence. 06-Dec-2006 Wilmington Group has acquired Mercia Group, the Leicester-based accountancy training company with 70 staff, for £7.1m. 17-Oct-2006 Wilmington Group is to acquire Smee & Ford, the London-based provider of information on legacies granted in wills to charities, for an initial £4.3m. 10-Feb-2006 Wilmington Group has acquired Ark Group, the London-based publishing and conferences company, for an initial £5.4m. 21-Oct-2005 Wilmington has sold its drinks industry publishing division to William Reed Publishing for £2.2m, including trade magazines and events. 14-Sep-2005 Wilmington Group has acquired Quorum Training, the provider of training programmes to finance departments, for £1.5m. 20-May-2005 Wilmington Group has acquired Agence de Presse Medicale International, the French provider of a health information service, from Reuters for £5.3m. 30-Dec-2003 Wilmington is looking to spend up to £50m on acquisitions to expand its specialist media and electronic information business. 17-Oct-2000 Wilmington is to raise £28m in a share placing in order to reduce debt and expand its specialist publishing business through acquisition. 18-Feb-2000 Wilmington has acquired 81% of Central Law Group, the provider of publications, training and conferences, for £25m. 21-May-1999 Wilmington is planning to step up its acquisitions programme and believes that opportunities will arise as large media groups increase their focus on core areas. 27-May-1998 Wilmington Group has completed the acquisition of 12 titles from Macmillan Publishers for almost £1m. 09-Dec-1997 Waterlow Information Services and Wilmington Publishing are being brought together under the Wilmington name, raising about £12m with the placement of shares with institutions. 13-Nov-1995
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