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Jarvis is acquiring Trafiroad, the Belgian road marking and maintenance company, for up to £8.5m, as part of a strategy to expand its facilities management business into continental Europe.
31-Dec-1999


WS Atkins has acquired Benham, the Oklahoma-based architectural company, for £32m, which will increase its US headcount from 60 to 800.
11-Dec-1999


Hanson has acquired two US companies - aggregates producer Olin Jones Sand and sand producer Brewer - for a total £34m.
10-Dec-1999


Peterhouse, the construction services company, is to acquire Eve, the access systems hirer, for £40m.
10-Dec-1999


Plymouth City Council has approved a £2.8m plan to expand the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at the Tamar Science Park, with the creation of 175 scientific jobs.
09-Dec-1999


Thomas Vale Construction of Stourport is recruiting 100 extra workers, having won contracts worth more than £8m.
09-Dec-1999


White Young Green has bought the consulting engineering business of Irish company Gibson O'Connor, and will create a new subsidiary called White Young Green Ireland.
06-Dec-1999


Evans Concrete, the Derbyshire-based concrete company, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and expects to create 10 new jobs.
29-Nov-1999


Barlows, the Chester-based property developer, is acquiring Hallamshire Investments for £12m.
29-Nov-1999


Hanson is planning to acquire Pioneer International, the Australian aggregates group, for about £1.5bn.
29-Nov-1999


Benchmark Building Supplies has acquired Bolton-based Crompton Building Supplies, in order to expand its business in the Greater Manchester area.
26-Nov-1999


Clugston Construction has acquired Ferro Monk Systems, the Yorkshire-based drainage specialist, for undisclosed terms.
25-Nov-1999


Finlay Block Making Equipment is planning a £2.9m expansion at its factory in Tyrone with the creation of about 40 jobs.
24-Nov-1999


Caradon is to sell its 94% stake in Weru, the German doors and windows business, to management for £78m, in order to focus on plumbing, aluminium extrusions, electrical products and cheque printing.
23-Nov-1999


Pascon, the Hampshire-based plant hire company, has undergone a £17m management buy-out and is changing its name to Selwood Group.
18-Nov-1999


Interframe is to expand its windows and doors factory in Paignton with the creation of 20 new jobs, and has just undergone a management buy-out.
16-Nov-1999


MEPC is planning a £70m joint venture with local developer Intercity JIS to build two industrial parks in Liverpool, with the creation of about 4,000 jobs, and it will target motor component and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
16-Nov-1999


Hanson is acquiring two US companies for £45m - aggregates producer BR DeWitt and concrete producer Superior.
16-Nov-1999


WS Atkins has acquired Yeoman & Edwards, the quantity surveying practice, for £1.3m.
16-Nov-1999


RMC has launched a £896m takeover bid for the Rugby cement group, which will strengthen its position in the UK and Poland and add a presence in Australia.
09-Nov-1999


Tarmac has agreed a £1.2bn takeover bid from Anglo American, the South African mining company, and the combined group will seek acquisitions in continental Europe.
06-Nov-1999


Kingspan has sold Ratby-based Bennett Windows and Cannock-based Thomas Lowe Joinery to a management buy-out for £4m.
04-Nov-1999


Hartington Conway of Coventry has acquired Ritchlight, the manufacturer of architectural rooflights, for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-1999


Birse has sold the Aberdeen-based engine refurbishment division of its plant hire subsidiary to Rentair for £2.5m.
04-Nov-1999


Palgrave Brown has acquired the Allan Brothers joinery business in Berwick from Rugby Group for £2.7m.
04-Nov-1999


Aggregate Industries has reorganised its US aggregates business by acquiring Golden's of Colorado for £37m and by selling Commercial Products of North and South Carolina to RMC for £7m.
02-Nov-1999


Tamdown, the Braintree-based groundworks contractor with 300 employees, has undergone a management buy-out.
30-Oct-1999


Tilbury Douglas has sold its Hevilifts jacking and propping business to Hydratight Sweeney for undisclosed terms.
29-Oct-1999


Travis Perkins is acquiring Sharpe & Fisher for £76m, in order to strengthen its chain of builders merchants in the west of England and south Wales.
26-Oct-1999


Tarmac has acquired Moffatts, the operator of quarries in the west of Northern Ireland, for £6m.
25-Oct-1999


Withey Group of Borehamwood has acquired contractor CJ Smith in order to complement its construction and shopfitting business.
21-Oct-1999


Rugby Group is to merge its US building materials supplies business with Huttig, a subsidiary of Crane, and the new company will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
21-Oct-1999


James Latham is to sell its timber and building supplies operation to Grafton for £8m, in order to focus on timber importing and distribution.
14-Oct-1999


White Young Green has acquired Tilney Simmons for £2.3m, in order to expand its mechanical and electrical consulting business in the south of England.
14-Oct-1999


Blue Circle is selling its heating division to Baxi Partnership for £480m, and has also announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in Heracles Cement of Greece for £388m.
11-Oct-1999


Delancey Estates, the property company, is planning a £150m joint venture with the JER International investment fund in order to clear the way for its takeover of Milner Estates.
11-Oct-1999


GAP Group has acquired Munro Tool Hire of Elgin for undisclosed terms.
08-Oct-1999


WS Atkins has acquired Ventron Technology, the Stockport-based process engineer, for £2.3m.
08-Oct-1999


Aggregate Industries has acquired Concrete Services, the US concrete supplier, for £12m.
08-Oct-1999


Norcros, the building materials and chemicals supplier, has agreed a £171m management buy-out.
07-Oct-1999


Miller Group is to acquire Cussins Property Group for £23m, as part of the Edinburgh-based company's strategy to expand its housebuilding business throughout the country.
06-Oct-1999


Wragge & Co has acquired the Neil F Jones firm of Birmingham to create one of the country's largest construction law practices.
05-Oct-1999


P&O is selling its Bovis construction business to Lend Lease of Australia for £285m, having decided not to proceed with plans for a flotation.
05-Oct-1999


Tarmac has acquired Situsec, the Greenwich-based asphalt company, for £9.5m.
04-Oct-1999


SLD Genlite, the Leeds-based plant hire company, has merged with SLD Pumps and Chiller Rental Services in a £80m management buy-in deal backed by NatWest Equity Partners.
01-Oct-1999


Ennstone's Natural Building Materials subsidiary is to acquire Burford Quarrying of Oxfordshire for £4m.
30-Sep-1999


Haslam Homes is relocating its East Midlands headquarters from Alfreton to Kegworth with the creation of up to 30 jobs, as part of a strategy to expand its housebuilding business in the region.
24-Sep-1999


Pascon has sold its Palmers scaffolding division to Thyssen UK for up to £30m.
23-Sep-1999


Ainscough has acquired Plant Installations, the Glasgow-based machinery removal company, for undisclosed terms.
16-Sep-1999


Tarmac has bought Marley Paving, the concrete block and paving business, from Brussels-based Etex for £26m.
16-Sep-1999


Hewden Stuart has acquired Elmore Plant Services, the Mitcham-based subsidiary of Wates Construction, for £7.4m.
09-Sep-1999


Interior Services Group has acquired Care Services, the facilities management company, for up to £12m.
04-Sep-1999


Baldwins Industrial Services is to acquire Phillips Crane & Rigging of the US for £7.8m.
04-Sep-1999


Whitecroft has sold Leaderflush & Shapland, the Nottingham-based safety doors business, to management for £14m.
03-Sep-1999


Heywood Williams has acquired BCE Cellular Extrusions, the supplier of PVCu building products, from Rugby Group for £11m.
03-Sep-1999


Bett Brothers has sold its precast concrete division to the Hillhead Quarry Company for £1.1m.
02-Sep-1999


Hanson is to acquire the European brick operations of Boral for £59m, in order to strengthen its business in Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.
01-Sep-1999


Kean Kennedy, the Scottish quantity surveyor, has been acquired by Corderoy.
26-Aug-1999


Red Bank, the Derbyshire-based clay tile manufacturer, has acquired Weatherwell Roof Tile for undisclosed terms.
26-Aug-1999


White Young Green has acquired Mason Pittendrigh, the Teesside-based consulting engineer, and expects to create up to 30 jobs in order to deal with highways, environmental and rail projects.
25-Aug-1999


Weatherseal Windows is to create 200 jobs at its headquarters in Winsford, Cheshire, and there will be vacancies in the factory, office and a new call centre.
25-Aug-1999


P&O is selling Laing Property of Canada to Cambridge Shopping Centres for £206m, and is now looking to float its Bovis construction business and sell its Earl's Court Olympia exhibitions business.
20-Aug-1999


RMC is spending £63m on a series of acquisitions to expand its concrete and aggregates business in the US, Malaysia and Northern Ireland, as well as two sand and gravel operations in Leicestershire.
17-Aug-1999


Mears is acquiring Haydon, the building maintenance company, from Johnson Controls of the US for up to £6m.
11-Aug-1999


Meyer International is to acquire Graham Group, the builders' merchant, for £269m, which will lead to the loss of about 150 administrative jobs.
09-Aug-1999


Building & Property Group is selling its Unicorn Consultancy Services division to management for £37m.
09-Aug-1999


S Harrison Construction of Yorkshire is seeking an additional 150 employees over the next six months, as it prepares to double its turnover to £25m this year.
06-Aug-1999


Bovis is acquiring Tanvec, a Surrey-based consultancy that designs building work for the pharmaceutical industry.
05-Aug-1999


Meyer International has acquired Tudor, the tile distribution company, in a £12m deal.
04-Aug-1999


Bovis Construction has acquired WR Adams, the US healthcare facilities group, for undisclosed terms.
04-Aug-1999


Pisani Natural Stone is re-opening the Westhill Granite Works in Aberdeenshire with the creation of 30 jobs.
03-Aug-1999


Caradon is set to acquire Easco, the US aluminium extrusions company, for about £100m.
28-Jul-1999


Birkby is to merge with Mentmore Abbey, the storage space company, in order to benefit from the growing trend among European companies to outsource property-related activities.
28-Jul-1999


William T Eden, the Kent-based panel products distributor, has been acquired by Sylvan International of Doncaster for about £15m.
27-Jul-1999


Wolseley has bought four companies for a combined £46m in order to expand its building and plumbing products business, including two in the US, one in Italy and one in the UK.
27-Jul-1999


Blue Circle is acquiring Iligan Cement of the Philippines for £32m, as part of an ongoing expansion in east Asia.
21-Jul-1999


Mitie, the building services group, is to create up to 500 jobs on Merseyside over the next two years by expanding its cleaning and air conditioning businesses.
20-Jul-1999


Rugby Group is to sell its joinery operations in the UK and Australia to Jeld-Wen of the US for £86m, and the proceeds will be used to reduce debt and expand its cement business.
20-Jul-1999


WS Atkins has acquired Richard Long Associates, the water industry consultancy.
15-Jul-1999


Meek Group, the Bristol-based plant hirer, has undergone a £21m management buy-in with the backing of 3i and Barclays Bank.
15-Jul-1999


Clugston Construction has acquired GL Quine, the Doncaster-based civil engineer, for undisclosed terms.
15-Jul-1999


Alba Windows is building a double glazing factory in Inverness, which will create an additional 25 jobs.
09-Jul-1999


CRH is acquiring Thompson-McCully, the US aggregates and asphalt supplier, for £218m, in order to gain a base in the mid-west.
09-Jul-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


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


Hanson is acquiring Tidewater Sand & Gravel, the US sea dredger, for £30m.
07-Jul-1999


CRH has acquired two US aggregate companies - Millington Quarry and Dell Contractors - for £91m, and hopes to benefit from an increase in federal highway funding in New Jersey.
06-Jul-1999


Hepworth is selling its bricks business to Ibstock Building Products for about £10m.
05-Jul-1999


Amey is acquiring Comax, the support services business spun off from the government's defence research agency, for £86m, as part of a strategy to move away from its traditional construction activities.
02-Jul-1999


Gateshead Council and the Employment Service have teamed up to recruit the 900 construction workers required for the £400m regeneration of East Gateshead.
29-Jun-1999


Ulster Fireclays, the Northern Ireland-based producer of clay pipes for the building industry, has been acquired by Schiedel of Germany.
28-Jun-1999


Spring Ram, the kitchens and bathrooms company, has recommended a £82m takeover bid from US Industries, as part of a strategy by the US company to expand into the UK building products market.
25-Jun-1999


Artisan is acquiring Joseph Driver, the Tring-based contractor, for about £1.7m.
24-Jun-1999


Robinson Low Francis, the construction consultant, has merged with Hart Gilmore Associates and is now seeking further acquisitions.
24-Jun-1999


Prowting Homes is relocating its regional headquarters from Surrey to the Crossways business park in Kent, where it will employ 60 people.
21-Jun-1999


WS Atkins is to acquire Lambert Smith Hampton, the property consultant, for £50m, as part of a strategy to offer an integrated property service covering everything from land acquisition to demolition.
18-Jun-1999


Camstruction, the Aberdeen-based building contractor, has acquired the granite building works specialist George Simpson & Co, for undisclosed terms.
16-Jun-1999


Baldwins Industrial Services is to create about 40 jobs at its Middlesbrough depot over the next year due to growth in its heavy cranes business.
14-Jun-1999


Henry Boot has acquired Quicklift, the Rotherham-based equipment hire company, for £2.7m.
10-Jun-1999


Meyer International has acquired RentX Industries, the US tool hire company, for £61m, and has also announced plans to launch a catalogue in the UK in October in order to reach new customers.
10-Jun-1999


Rugby Group has sold its Abbseal glass business to a management team for £11m.
09-Jun-1999


Cala, the housebuilding and property group, is to be sold to a management buy-out for £95m, as Miller Group has now withdrawn from the bidding.
02-Jun-1999


Blue Circle has acquired Calcemento International for £401m, which gives it a controlling stake in two Greek cement companies - Heracles General Cement and Halkis Cement.
01-Jun-1999


Modern Engineering is to merge with sister company Billington Structures in order to create a combined structural steel company called Billington Modern Structures, and 50 jobs will be created as it improves facilities at its Bristol site.
27-May-1999


Swan Hill is to sell Carter Commercial Developments, which specialises in obtaining planning consent for food retail developments, to management in a £8m deal, and the proceeds will be invested in its housing division.
25-May-1999


YJ Lovell is selling Lovell Partnerships to Morgan Sindall for £15m in order to invest the proceeds in its construction business, and it will also change its name to YJL.
25-May-1999


Quintain Estates & Development is acquiring Chesterfield Properties for £139m, and has also announced the sale of the Curzon cinema chain and a number of theatres to the chairman of Chesterfield.
25-May-1999


JP Corry of Belfast has acquired RK Timber, the timber distributor, from Raab Karcher Shareholdings of Germany for undisclosed terms.
19-May-1999


Capita Group has acquired MPM Adams, the project management company, for £4m.
13-May-1999


CRH has acquired two Finnish cement and aggregates businesses from Scancem of Sweden for £273m, and is now looking to expand into the Baltic states and eastern Europe.
11-May-1999


Scientifics, the Derby-based research company, has acquired the Glasgow-based bridge monitoring division of Stanger Science, which is owned by Tarmac.
10-May-1999


Wolseley, the building materials company, is to acquire British Fittings for £40m, in order to expand its distribution business.
08-May-1999


Property Asset Holdings is acquiring Northacre, the London-based residential property developer, for £14m, and will adopt the Northacre name.
05-May-1999


SGB is selling Comabi, its French manufacturing operation, to Zarges Tubesca for £5.5m in order to focus on the development of a European branch network for the rental of access products.
04-May-1999


Hewden Stuart has acquired PW Plant, the Middlesex-based plant hirer, for £0.5m.
29-Apr-1999


Ainscough has acquired Cardon Crane Hire of London for undisclosed terms.
29-Apr-1999


Travis Perkins is to acquire Keyline, the builders' merchant, from CRH for £181m, in order to expand its business in Scotland and the north of England.
29-Apr-1999


Milner has acquired the Professional Construction Management group of companies in order to expand its corporate building consultancy division.
22-Apr-1999


Quintain Estates & Development is to acquire English & Overseas Properties for £33m, and plans to close the E&O head office and press ahead with its property development plans.
20-Apr-1999


Amec has completed the sale of its Fairclough Homes division to Centex of the US for £109m.
17-Apr-1999


Sharpe & Fisher has acquired Malvern Building Supplies for £2m, as part of a strategy to expand its regional network of branches.
16-Apr-1999


Hills Electrical is opening an office in the centre of London, as part of an expansion plan that will create 500 jobs by 2003.
16-Apr-1999


IMI is to acquire Polypipe, the building materials concern, for £337m, which will enable it to sell Polypipe's products into continental Europe.
16-Apr-1999


British Ceramic Tiles is seeking 200 workers for its new factory in Newton Abbot, which is due to open later this month.
15-Apr-1999


Avonside, the building services company, is to be sold to its managing director and Alchemy Partners in a £22m deal.
10-Apr-1999


Cardiff Bay Development Corporation has appointed Denvale Trade Parks to develop a £5m trade park with 11 trade counters for the building industry, and 100 jobs will be created.
09-Apr-1999


BICC is to sell its energy cables division to General Cable of the US for £275m, in order to focus on its Balfour Beatty construction business.
08-Apr-1999


Caradon is to sell its three remaining North American doors and windows operations to Nortek for £41m.
07-Apr-1999


Baldwins Industrial Services has bought Loadtite, the Bristol-based crane equipment hire company, in a £1m deal.
06-Apr-1999


Hanson has acquired FC Precast Concrete from Wilshaw for £3.7m, and plans to expand the concrete box culverts factory in Derby.
06-Apr-1999


Hanson is acquiring North American Brick Group from Jannock of Canada for £160m.
03-Apr-1999


Cleveland Trust, the property company, has recommended a £33m takeover bid from Ashtenne Holdings.
03-Apr-1999


M Holleran has bought Eade Pipelines, the utilities contractor, out of receivership, and about 275 jobs have been saved.
01-Apr-1999


RMC is acquiring two US concrete companies - Jobe Concrete Products and Reno Sparks Ready Mix - for a total of £72m.
01-Apr-1999


WSP Group is acquiring HJT, the structural consulting engineer, for £1.6m.
31-Mar-1999


The government has announced plans to set up two multi-million pound science parks at Magee and Coleraine Universities creating up to 700 jobs, as part of a £30m science park package.
30-Mar-1999


Highland Window Company is opening a sales office and showroom in Nairn, with the creation of 10 jobs.
23-Mar-1999


Wernick Hire, the building hire company, has acquired UK Cabins for £2.4m.
18-Mar-1999


Charter has sold its Wirth tunnelling and drilling business in Germany to management for £7m.
16-Mar-1999


Hepworth has sold its door parts business Henderson Hardware for £4.2m.
15-Mar-1999


Meadowstone is expanding its building stone factory in Somercotes and expects the workforce to rise from 110 to 140 over the next three years.
09-Mar-1999


Caradon is to acquire an 85% stake in Termo Teknik, the Turkish radiator company, for £30m, and is selling its UK windows and doors business to Bardox Group for £40m.
08-Mar-1999


Everwhite Plastics is investing £2m in an extension at its building products factory in Aberdare, South Wales, and 65 jobs are being created.
04-Mar-1999


Huntingdonshire District Council has approved plans from Marshall's Mono Limited for the construction of a concrete factory in St Ives, which will create 80 jobs.
04-Mar-1999


Ruberoid has acquired Kingsnorth Bitumen Products for £1.2m, and has also announced the closure of its roofing felt factory in Dundee.
04-Mar-1999


Wainhomes, the housebuilder, is to undergo a management buyout for £88m.
04-Mar-1999


The government has selected London Bridge City in Southwark as the site for the headquarters of the Greater London Authority, and the project will include retail, restaurant and recreational facilities and create about 10,000 jobs.
27-Feb-1999


Ashtead, the industrial hire company, has acquired UK Plant for £20m.
26-Feb-1999


Pemberstone, the residential property company, is to undergo a £32m management buyout.
25-Feb-1999


Corby Windows has bought Janus Windows of the West Midlands out of receivership, and the 48 workers will be re-employed to make windows and doors.
22-Feb-1999


Wolseley has acquired five businesses for a total £38m, including heating and plumbing products in Ireland, wall panels in the US, and a sanitary ware distributor in Lancashire.
19-Feb-1999


Ibstock is selling its 76% stake in Caima Ceramica e Servicos, the Portuguese building products company, to two CGS directors for £22m.
19-Feb-1999


Interior Services Group has acquired the H Waters property management company for an initial £3.5m.
16-Feb-1999


Blue Circle is to sell Brotje, its German wholesale heating business with 27 outlets, to GC Group for £41m.
13-Feb-1999


ABB Steward, the building services company, is planning to create more than 200 jobs in the East Midlands over the next three years, and has opened a new regional office in Derby.
12-Feb-1999


Chesterfelt, the Chesterfield-based roofing felt company, has been sold to a management buy-in team assembled by venture capital group 3i, for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-1999


HE Services of Kent has bought the BCP Plant Hire business from Finning for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-1999


Southern Electric Contracting has acquired Connect South West, the Exeter-based street lighting contractor.
11-Feb-1999


Ennstone has acquired Cooper Sand & Gravel, the US quarry business, for £1.6m.
11-Feb-1999


Aggregate Industries has acquired the aggregate and trucking operations of Hammer Group of the US for £11m.
10-Feb-1999


Shepherd Consulting is acquiring GRC Consultants, the Hampshire-based process engineering company, for undisclosed terms.
04-Feb-1999


Blue Circle has sold its bathrooms division, which includes nine UK factories employing 2,200 people, to American Standard for £253m.
03-Feb-1999


Caradon has sold Terrain, a plastic pipes subsidiary, to Geberit of Switzerland for £27m, and a number of other disposals are expected soon.
03-Feb-1999


Solmek of Middlesbrough has merged with Leeds-based Pro-Soils Surveys in order to offer land reclamation services nationwide.
28-Jan-1999


Stadium Group has acquired Dextroplast, the Sutton-on-Trent building materials company, for £0.4m.
28-Jan-1999


Kemp Stroud, the Aldershot builder, has been acquired by Leonard Field of Southampton.
28-Jan-1999


Polypipe has acquired Rickmans, the Essex-based manufacturer of conservatory roofing, for £0.75m.
28-Jan-1999


The Prison Service has applied for planning permission to expand Hull Prison, with the creation of up to 150 jobs.
25-Jan-1999


Tarmac's Bilston-based Crown House Engineering division is planning to increase its workforce from 80 to 200 by the end of the year, and is seeking new premises.
22-Jan-1999


GAP is to invest £5m in the opening of new plant and tool hire depots in Leicester, Coventry and Doncaster, with the creation of 50 jobs.
21-Jan-1999


Industrial Contract Services has merged with Thomas Vale, the design and build contractor, to form ICS-Vale.
21-Jan-1999


The Lewis Harris Group has acquired Niwel, the Manchester-based builder with annual sales of £12m.
21-Jan-1999


Regus is to set up 30 business centres in the UK this year, which will help to create 1,000 jobs, and a further 100 centres will be set up in other countries.
18-Jan-1999


Tecroc has acquired Appleby Building Products and will set up a southern distribution centre at Appleby's site in Ditton, Kent.
15-Jan-1999


VHE has acquired West Cumberland Engineering, the steel fabricator and insulation contractor, for up to £2m.
15-Jan-1999


Abbey Hanson Rowe, the architectural firm, is to merge with Holford Associates, and will then seek to expand into building surveying and environmental consultancy.
15-Jan-1999


Wolseley is acquiring Brossette, the French plumbing distributor, and four US companies, bringing its total spending on acquisitions to £178m in the first five months of the financial year.
08-Jan-1999


EBC has acquired NR Humphreys, the Reading-based building maintenance company, for undisclosed terms.
07-Jan-1999


Ainscough Group has acquired Peterhead Crane Hire for undisclosed terms, and opened a new depot in Hertfordshire.
07-Jan-1999


Meyer International has sold Pont Meyer, its Dutch building materials division, to William Pont of the Netherlands for £56m.
06-Jan-1999


Hanson has acquired Tanah Raya Group, the Malaysian aggregates company, for £16m.
06-Jan-1999


WSP Group, the consulting engineer, is undergoing a £1m management buyout to split off the project management side of the business.
06-Jan-1999


Lavendon, the powered-access hire operator, has acquired Furg Arbeitsbuhnenservice und Vermietung of Germany for £6m.
05-Jan-1999


Strutt & Parker has acquired William Hillary Leisure & Hotels, the chartered surveyor, in order to benefit from growth in the leisure property sector.
04-Jan-1999