Acquisition Resources

Wigan-based sheet metal manufacturer, Indmar, has been bought out of administration by Kanban Group of Lancaster for £0.25m. Indmar has 70 employees.... [more]

Ardeth Engineering has undergone a £3m management buy-in. The future of 105 jobs at its West Yorkshire-based pressure vessel manufacturing business, has been safe-guarded in the move.... [more]

Direct Group has purchased Millennium Insurance, the Midlands-based provider of insurance services to the mortgage market, for an undisclosed sum.... [more]

Intermet Refractory Products, the South Yorkshire-based metal castings supplier with 50 employees, has been bought by the owner of Sheffield Refractories for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Alphasteel, the Newport-based steel plant, is to be bought out of administration by Libala of Russia for a sum close to £50m.... [more]

Cyberview Technology, the manufacturer of gambling machines, is to be bought by US-based Game Technology for £39m.... [more]

Amec is to purchase the US environmental consultancy, Geomatrix Consultants, for £43m. Geomatrix Consultants has 500 staff.... [more]

G4S has purchased Touchcom, the US supplier of electronic security systems, for an amount close to £29m.... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), the British market researcher, plans to create the world's second largest market researcher in a £2.2 billion merger with Germany's GfK.TNS plan to save £76m over three yea... [more]

Brightside is to buy Aust Holdings, Group Direct and Injury QED. Brightside intends to expand its insurance broking and financial services business.... [more]

Office2office has acquired Accord Office Supplies, the Swindon-based office products supplier, in a deal worth £6m.... [more]

PSCA International, the magazine publisher with offices in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Royal Bank of Scotland. PSCA Inte... [more]

ECT Recycling, the waste collection business with contracts in London, Somerset and the West Midlands, has been acquired by May Gurney, for £9.8m. ... [more]

Princess Yachts International, the Plymouth-based boat builder with 1,900 employees, will be bought by Groupe Arnault of France for a sum in the region of £200m.... [more]

The property developer, Hurstwood Construction, which is part of Haslingden-based Hurstwood Group, has gone into administration. Fifteen white-collar jobs could be lost as a result.The decision was pr... [more]

Augean has bought Astec Chemical Waste Services, the waste collection and disposal company based in Rochdale, for an initial £1m.... [more]

Ultra Electronics has bought ProLogic, the US systems integration and software company with 300 employees, for an initial £25m.... [more]

United Business Media has acquired Next Level, the US provider of sales management and marketing services with 80 staff, in a deal worth £2.5m initially.... [more]

Blue Oar has purchased Astaire & Partners, the London-based stockbroker, for £1.7m.... [more]

London Scottish Bank is to sell London Scottish Invoice Finance to Hitachi Capital for £28m. The sale includes offices in Telford and Goring.... [more]