Charterhouse Group
1966 With Linpac Containers acquired 35 percent of a Spanish maker of corrugated board[1]
1966 Through its subsidiary, Newage Engineers Ltd, acquired P. R. Motors
1982 Led a consortium which acquired 90 percent of Coloroll[2]
1982 Leader of a consortium which acquired a large part of the shareholding of F. W. Woolworth and Co; there was no property companies or retail groups in the consortium; it announced it had no intention of asset stripping.[3]
1984 Management buyout of 9 industrial companies, including Coloroll and Newage Transmissions, from Charterhouse Group; the companies were put together in a new company called Paragon[4]