Acquisition Resources

SME Insurance Services, the Leeds-based insurance broker with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Stiller Group has acquired James Durrans Transport, the South Yorkshire-based bulk powder transport division of James Durrans & Sons.... [more]

Oran Waste UK, the Stirling-based waste recycling firm with 11 depots, has been acquired by Response Group of Ireland for undisclosed terms.... [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 reports. Private-equity house and 40% shareholder Hutton Collins have retained Hawkpoint to handle the disposal. The potenti... [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]

Chadwick Lawrence has bought Lister Croft Solicitors, with the aim of creating a combined West Yorkshire-based law firm with 220 staff.... [more]

Five Star Fish has bought A Kalkman, the Lowestoft-based fish processing company, for around £2m. The 28 staff are to be offered the chance to relocate to Grimsby.... [more]

Massive Pub Company has agreed to sell 33 of its pubs out of administration to Bridgehouse Capital for an estimated £8m.... [more]

TAL Logistics has purchased Phillips (Seahouses), the Northumberland-based haulier with 13 vehicles. The move is part of a plan to double the logistics business in size over the next 18 months.... [more]

Ultralase has acquired AllClear Eye, the Belfast-based eye clinic, for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

RBS has recently initiated a sale process for all or part of its insurance division, which includes Direct Line and Churchill.Chief executive, Sir Fred Goodwin, said the insurance arm had already attr... [more]