Acquisition Resources

Contemplation Group has acquired Denehurst, the Hampshire-based chain of three learning disability homes, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Bradfords Group has acquired Totem Timber, the St Austell-based builders' merchant with 27 staff.... [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]

Meat Express has been bought out of administration by its former management for undisclosed terms, securing the future of ten jobs at its meat processing business in Newton Aycliffe.... [more]

Fratelli Sarti, the Glasgow-based chain of three Italian restaurants, has undergone a £5m management buy-out.... [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]

Mk One, the chain of 172 fashion stores, has been sold by Baugur to retail restructuring specialist Hilco UK.... [more]

Hampson Industries is to acquire Odyssey Industries and Global Tooling Systems, two US-based tooling suppliers with a combined workforce of 530, for £158m.... [more]

Merlin Entertainments has acquired the London Aquarium on the South Bank from County Hall Entertainment for undisclosed terms, and will invest £5m in improvements.... [more]

Clarity Commerce Solutions has sold Cyntergy Services, the provider of help desk and training services, to Lumos Services for up to £1m.... [more]

Hargreaves Services has announced that its Coal4Energy joint venture with UK Coal has acquired an 85% stake in Maxibrite, the Llantrisant-based solid fuel manufacturer with 40 staff, for £4.7m.... [more]

Berkmann Wine Cellars has acquired Vinoceros, the Redruth-based wine distributor, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Hornby is to acquire Corgi Classics, the Leicester-based toys and models manufacturer, for £7.5m.... [more]

Dytecna of Malvern has acquired GEL Engineering of Southampton, in order to expand its defence systems division.... [more]

Expansys has sold its Portix trading division, which distributes mobile and wireless products, to Micro Peripherals for up to £1.2m.... [more]

Manby Steward Bowdler is to merge with FBC to create a combined West Midlands law firm called FBC Manby Bowdler, with more than 300 staff.... [more]

PowerKut has acquired AJ Mare Instruments of Birmingham for undisclosed terms, in order to gain a new depot in Perry Barr for its component manufacture and verification business.... [more]

Watson Burton has merged with law firm Trevor Robinson & Co, and the Weybridge-based practice will relocate to Watson Burton's office in the City of London.... [more]

Brownhills Motorhomes, the motorhomes supplier with 365 staff at depots in Newark, Preston, Durham, Swindon and Canterbury, has undergone a £46m management buy-out.... [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]