Acquisition Resources

Strategic Team Group, the private construction, property and maintenance company based in the UK, is considering its options and exit strategy according to founder Charles Tweed. Tweed, who co-founded... [more]

The Irish building group McInerney has acquired Bowey, the Tyneside-based housebuilder, for £24m. Founded in 1907, Bowey operates in the Newcastle, Northumberland, Sunderland, Durham and Consett areas... [more]

Ennstone has acquired Jackson Precast, the East Midlands-based precast concrete manufacturer with 34 staff, for £6m. Jackson will now operate within Ennstone's building products division, Ennstone Bui... [more]

Jarvis, the ailing UK-listed rail and road infrastructure firm, confirmed it is in discussions with potential bidders to sell parts of its roads business, Recent statements from Jarvis have been that ... [more]

Kier, the UK construction, development and service group, has acquired Hugh Bourn Developments, the Lincolnshire-based housebuilder, for £53m. Kier will pay an initial £20m in cash for the business, w... [more]

McCarthy & Stone, the retirement homes builder, is to be acquired by a consortium led by HBOS for £1.06bn.... [more]

GAP Group has acquired J&S Plant of Lincoln for £1.3m, taking its plant hire network to 56 sites. Gap will pay £550k for equity, £350k for goodwill and will assume £450k of debt. J&S Plant is the plan... [more]

Rok has acquired Kingfisher Building Company, the West Midlands-based social housing company with about 50 staff, for £4.5m. The deal comprises a £3.4m cash consideration, of which £1.1m is subject to... [more]

MJ Gleeson has sold Concrete Repairs, its Surrey-based division with 200 staff, to a management buy-out for £3m. The consideration will be paid for in cash. The management have created a new company, ... [more]

Foster Yeoman, the Somerset-based building materials company with 700 staff, is to be acquired by Holcim of Switzerland for an estimated cash offer of £300m. Holcim, one of the world's leading cement ... [more]

Ferrovial, the Spanish construction company, may have to dispose of UK airports following its £10bn takeover of BAA. Ferrovial has already hinted that it will dispose of non-UK airports, including not... [more]

UK housebuilder McCarthy & Stone is in talks with private equity consortia Permira/ Barclays Capital and Augusta Capital over the sale of the company. McCarthy & Stone is estimated to be worth over £9... [more]

Spice Holdings has acquired Breval Technical Services, the Glasgow-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning company, for £8.4m. The consideration is subject to adjustment based on the net asset... [more]

Ferrovial, the Spanish construction giant currently involved in negotiations to purchase UK airport operator BAA, may have to sell a number of its local airports to do finance the purchase. Sources ha... [more]

MJ Gleeson, the listed UK construction company, has given an update on the Concrete Repairs and Engineering division. In a statement, it said that it is in advanced discussions regarding the sale of C... [more]

Troubled Tyneside shipbuilder Swan Hunter may be sold by its owner Jaap Kroese to prevent bankrupcy. The company, which is 146 years old and built both the Mauritania and the Carpathia, was rescued fr... [more]

Wilson Bowden has acquired Roland Bardsley Homes, the housebuilder with nine sites near Manchester, for £25m. Roland Bardsley will continue trading under its own name. Wilson Bowden is also taking on ... [more]

HomesHomes, owned by entrepreneur Tony Colbourne is to be put up for sale. It is expected to achieve an asking price of between £15m and £20m, and the sale will be handled by accountancy firm Baker Ti... [more]

MyHome.ie has completed its strategic review and apparently rejected the idea of acquiring another business. IBI Corporate Finance, which carried out the review, recommended that the Irish property we... [more]

Thermal Transfer, a subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy, has been acquired by EDTE, the electrical contracting/ maintenance unit of French construction and telecoms giant Bouyges. EDTE offered ... [more]