Acquisition Resources

Next Generation Clubs has expanded its chain of health and fitness clubs with the acquisition of the Amida Club in Beckenham, the Amida Club in Hampton and the Odyssey Health Club in High Wycombe.... [more]

Countrywide, the UK property services company, has agreed a £941m management buy-out backed by private equity firm 3i.... [more]

UK-listed football club Tottenham Hotspur may be considering a sale of the business according to insiders at the club, who believe that shareholders could be looking at a sale price of over £200m. ENI... [more]

French hotel group Accor has reportedly put 90 UK hotels up for sale. The Euronext-listed company has apparently hired NM Rothschild to approach potential buyers, and is thought to be particularly kee... [more]

First Choice, the UK-listed holiday company, has announced it is in talks with a number of parties over the sale of its package holiday division, causing share prices to jump by almost 13 percent. ... [more]

Private equity group GI Partners is reportedly planning to put its Bar Room Bar chain of drinking establishments back on the market, just five months after acquiring the business.... [more]

Bank Restaurant Group is to acquire the Individual Restaurant Company in a reverse takeover deal worth up to £15m, creating a combined chain of 20 restaurants.... [more]

Derwent London, the new property company formed as a result of Derwent Valley's recent takeover of London Merchant Securities, it to put around £300m of London Merchant's portfolio up for sale. The p... [more]

Talarius Plc, the operator of the Quicksilver chain of high street gaming centres, is to be taken over by European Gaming Limited, a specially created company set up by Australian lottery operator Tat... [more]

West Ham United have today recommended an £85m takeover bid from a consortium led by Icelandic businessman Eggert Magnusson after almost four months of speculation over the future of the club.... [more]

Luminar, the UK-listed nightclub group whose brands include Liquid, Oceana and Life, has confirmed that negotiations to sell its entertainment division are at an “advanced stage”.... [more]

Screen Cinemas, the chain of seven cinemas in London and the Home Counties, has been put up for sale. Livingstone Guarantee, the corporate finance boutique, has been hired to find a buyer for the comp... [more]

Dawnay Shore Hotels, the operator of the Paramount hotel brand, has announced it is to launch a strategic review which could lead to either the transfer of its property assets into an REIT or sale of ... [more]

Cineworld, the UK cinema chain majority owned by private equity group Blackstone, is considering a sale or flotation. The company is reportedly holding talks with rival cinema chains Odeon and Vue abo... [more]

Gala Coral, the UK gaming group, has entered the frame to purchase the government-owned Tote with a £405m offer. ... [more]

Gaming Corporation, the AIM-listed online gaming company, is to put its internet and mobile gaming operations up for sale. The company has also announced that it is to rename itself Media Corporation.... [more]

Whitbread, the UK-listed leisure group, has confirmed that it has entered into “formal discussions” over the sale of its TGI Fridays restaurant chain.... [more]

Image Restaurants, the UK-listed restaurant group, is reportedly up for sale after hiring City Financial Associates and leisure property specialists Shelley Sandzer to conduct a strategic review of th... [more]

Betcorp, the UK-listed online gaming group, has become the latest firm to decide to put itself up for sale in the wake of new US online gambling regulations. Bodog Entertainment, the Costa Rican onli... [more]

Greene King, the UK-listed pub retailer and brewer, has reportedly put around 150 of its pubs up for sale. ... [more]