Acquisition Resources

Paddy Power has bought McGranaghan Racing, the chain of eight betting shops in Northern Ireland, for around £20m.... [more]

Relax Finance, the Doncaster-based consumer loans and mortgage broker with 106 staff, has been bought by Debts.co.uk for £3m.... [more]

Chemring is due to buy Scot, the US manufacturer of aircraft components, from SMS Industries for £20m.... [more]

FuturesBetting, the Gibraltar-based financial spread betting firm, has been purchased by London Capital Group Holdings for up to £0.4m.... [more]

Stroud Metal Company has purchased Platform Pressings, the London-based components manufacturer. Its workforce has now increased from 45 to 60.... [more]

The co-owner of Nottingham-based Alliance Boots, Stefano Pessina, may consider selling the UK-based pharmaceutical wholesaler and retail chemists business.Pessina purchased Alliance Boots jointly with... [more]

Brasier Harris has merged with Freeth Melhuish to become a combined commercial property agency with 47 staff in Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Welwyn Garden City, London and Tunbridge Wells.... [more]

Expro International, the UK oil and gas exploration specialist, is on the market and has received two substantial offers.Expro had received a £1.6 billion bid from Candover and Goldman Sachs, and was ... [more]

MK One, the discount fashion chain, has fallen into administration less than a month after being sold to Hilco, the retail recovery specialist.Deloitte has once again been hired to find a buyer. It w... [more]

Borders is considering selling Paperchase, its upmarket stationery chain, in response to troubled times on the high street.JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch were appointed earlier on this year to conduct a s... [more]

Harold Tillman has appointed UBS to conduct a strategic review which could lead to a sale of his stake in the Jaeger fashion chain. He has been receiving several approaches from potential buyers about... [more]

Global Crossing, the US telecommunications company is considering selling off or merging its UK division with a rival.The potential sale of the UK arm could attract companies such as Cable & Wireless,... [more]

Bentley Jennison has acquired Chancery Group, the Northampton-based independent financial advisory firm.... [more]

Brammer has acquired Tecnoforniture, the Italian supplier of industrial components with 32 staff, for £8.6m.... [more]

Unibake, the Danish bakery, is to purchase the family-owned UK industrial bakery, Eurobuns, according to reports. Unibake acquired Eurobuns despite competition with other industry peers. Eurobuns proj... [more]

Tesco has bought 36 Homever stores in South Korea from the E-Land Group for £958m. The majority of the Homever stores were previously Carrefour hypermarkets. 21 of the properties are freehold or grou... [more]

Massive Pub Company is to be sold to Inventive Leisure, the UK-based vodka-bar operator, according to Grant Thornton.Inventive Leisure has purchased all of the estate of Massive Pub Company, according... [more]

Gullivers Sports Travel, UK-based privately owned company, has been purchased by TUI.The company recently signed an eight-year contract worth more than £50m. Gullivers, a specialist in organising cric... [more]

ITV, the UK-based TV company, has purchased the Swedish independent production company and programme formats business Silverback AB.The deal is in line with ITV's strategy to expand its production, fo... [more]

Reuters, the news and information group is to be bought out by Thomson, the Canadian financial data provider, in a deal with a value of £8.7bn.Reuters Founders Share Company, which has the authority t... [more]