Acquisition Resources

Anite, the UK-based IT solutions company, is currently undergoing a strategic review of its public services division.Anite has been assessing options for its public services division since late last y... [more]

Natalie Massenet, founder of the online fashion retail business, Net-a-Porter.com, is thought to have ordered a strategic review of the business that might lead to a sale.Natalie Massenet is a former ... [more]

Mobile bulk messaging group, Dynmark, is undergoing a review of its business which may lead to a sale.Grant Thornton has been hired to manage the review and the possible sale or IPO.Dynmark, establis... [more]

Diageo, drinks company, is to announce restructuring plans for its Irish Guinness business. This plan might include closing down a large part of its tourist attraction brewing site in Dublin.Half of t... [more]

British media group, Fresh Media Group [FMG], has decided to sell Ceros, its online interactive magazine platform division which was set up three years ago. FMG will sell either a majority stake or ... [more]

Gatwick is seen as a likely candidate for a sale, as the Competition Commission could decide, this summer, to break up Spanish-owned BAA. The Competition Commission believes that BAA's ownership of Lo... [more]

JDR Distribution, based in Tamworth, has gone into administration less than a year after it rebranded as a 24-hour delivery service called moved4u. Cooper Parry LLP, Insolvency practitioner, have been... [more]

Engineering company, Bodycote, have decided to sell its materials testing business for around £400m.Bodycote has begun a strategic review, with the aim of increasing shareholder value. The business, ... [more]

Tesco is discussing a sale of its online property business. A chain of estate agents is due to purchase it.Tesco Property Market was established in June last year by the supermarket, with a £199 servi... [more]

HBOS, the UK-listed banking group, might decide to make disposals to boost its capital. According to analysts non-core operations could be disposed of, which would enable the group to focus on its mor... [more]

A part-owner of James Hull Associates has hired sale advisers according to newspaper reports. Private-equity house and 40% shareholder Hutton Collins have retained Hawkpoint to handle the disposal. Th... [more]

Independent Clinical Services (ICS), the nursing-staff supplier formerly called Thornbury, is under strategic review. Deloitte have been hired by Duke Street Capital and a sale is expected. Duke Str... [more]

Warrant Group, the Liverpool-based freight forwarding company has undergone a management buy-out supported by Royal Bank of Scotland. Warrant has 86 staff.... [more]

Inchcape has bought a 75% stake in Musa Motors Group, the Russian car dealer with 16 franchised retail centres, in a deal worth £100m.... [more]

James Jack Lifting Services has been purchased by Ainscough Crane Hire for an undisclosed amount. James Jack, the crane hire, haulage and warehousing firm has depots in Aberdeen, Invergordon, Dundee ... [more]

Trillium, the outsourcing business currently owned by Land Securities, has chosen a final list of bidders to continue to the second round of the auction.The second round is expected to last eight week... [more]

SatCom Group is to purchase SDN Global, the US provider of connectivity and data continuity solutions, for an initial price of £1.7m.... [more]

GlaxoSmithKline is due to buy Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, the US drug discovery company, for £362m.... [more]

Instant Mobility has purchased the operations of the former Prestige Mobility scooters business in Bangor, Gwynedd, effectively securing 70 jobs.... [more]

Ferschl Group, the hydraulic manufacturing company with 110 staff in Gateshead, Ashington, Middlesbrough and Peterlee, has gone through a management buy-out.... [more]