Overalls hire firm Johnson Service Group has bought upmarket London dry-cleaners Jeeves of Belgravia.

Merseyside-based Johnson specialises in hiring workwear and industrial matting but also runs the Johnsons Cleaners chain which has about 500 branches across the UK.

Jeeves, which operates out of 12 Central London branches as well as its own central processing unit also located in the capital, will be run as a separate business.

Johnson bought Jeeves - which has an annual turnover of £3.7 million - from Minit Holdings - a subsidiary of UBS Capital.

Tuesday May 13 2003