Acquisition Resources

Entertainment Rights, the company behind Basil Brush and Postman Pat, is considering the sale of its American children's character assets, Big Idea, as it looks to reduce £107 million worth of debt.Ni... [more]

Eat, the UK-based sandwich chain, is to be put up for sale for £120m to £150m according to reports. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has been appointed by Eat and its shareholders to conduct a strategic ... [more]

James Walker Group has purchased a 59% stake in Devol Engineering, the plastics moulding firm. Devol has sites in Greenock and Edinburgh.... [more]

Miller Graphics has bought Corniche Fine Arts, the Yorkshire-based printing firm, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Tindale & Stanton has been bought out of administration by Hobson Foods. The future of almost 160 bakery jobs in Burnopfield and Gateshead have been secured.... [more]

The Chorley-based supplier of vehicle components, Imperial Multipart, with more than 200 staff, has undergone a £20m management buy-out.... [more]

The Newport Pagnell-based supplier of kitchen work surfaces, Sylmar Technology, with 40 staff at a factory in Somercotes, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Tenon.... [more]

Estate agency chain, Humberts which is over 150 years old, went into administration in early June. The estate agents has already been bought out by a business restructuring group that jointly owns Che... [more]

Vantis has sold SP Packaging & Plastics of Basildon out of administration to Shalam of Israel. The future of 30 jobs has been secured.... [more]

Inisoft, the Glasgow-based software company with 20 staff, has been purchased by the Response call centre division of Murray International for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

The Manchester-based online gaming company with 20 staff, Million-2-1, has been bought by American company International Game Technology in a multi-million pound deal.... [more]

Faber Maunsell has bought Hamilton & McGregor, the Scottish environmental and building acoustics business.... [more]

Co-operative Travel Management has purchased Parador Travel Management, the London-based travel services firm. A nationwide network of 16 offices has been created out of the move.... [more]

Around 800 customer service jobs are likely to be saved after Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) agreed to buy Barclaycard's Goldfish call centre that had been threatened with the axe.Barclaycard purc... [more]

AssetHouse Technologies, the Guildford-based software developer has been bought by Amino Technologies for £1.4m.... [more]

Adventis Group has purchased Second2, the Thames-based technology marketing agency, for up to £10m. The 38 employees are to relocate to the Adventis office in Beaconsfield.... [more]

Humberts has handed over Blenheim Bishop Estate Agents of London back to its original owner for £1m. BTFL, the Kent-based rural and commercial estate agency, has been sold for a nominal sum.... [more]

Tullow Oil has sold a 52% stake in the Hewett Unit gas fields in the North Sea to Eni of Italy in a deal worth £210m. The sale includes the onshore Bacton terminal.... [more]

The Luton-based business-class airline, Silverjet, is expected to be bought out of administration by Kingplace of Switzerland.... [more]

It is understood that LK Bennett, the chain of about 70 fashion stores, is to be bought by Phoenix Equity Partners for an amount up to £100m.... [more]