Acquisition Resources

Bounty, the UK’s largest parenting club and online community for new and expectant mums, has announced that agreement has been reached for it to be acquired by Kaboose, the largest independent, family... [more]

easyJet PLC has announced that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of GB Airways Ltd, excluding its slots at Heathrow Airport, from the Bland Group Limited, for a cash considerati... [more]

Listed UK mining investment firm Cambrian Mining is conducting a strategic review, in order to transform itself from an investment holding company into an operating mining group. The company plans to ... [more]

Newfield Exploration Company has announced the signing of a purchase and sale agreement to sell all of its interests in the UK North Sea to Centrica plc, the owner of British Gas, for $486.4 million. ... [more]

British drug and alcohol testing company Concateno has announced that it has reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for Cozart, the drug testing specialist.... [more]

The Boards of Venture and WHAM have announced that they have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended cash and shares offer by Venture for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of... [more]

Cape PLC, the international provider of essential support services to the energy sector, has announced that it has agreed to acquire the Australian based Total Corrosion Control group of companies. ... [more]

KBR has announced it has completed the sale of its interest in Devonport Management Limited to Babcock International Group plc. KBR’s ownership in DML was 51%. The gross proceeds of the sale to KBR ar... [more]

Following the announcement on 21 December 2006 of the commencement of the sale process for the Reactor Sites Management Company Limited, UK nuclear firm BNFL ihas announced that it has today reached a... [more]

US energy firm Halliburton has agreed to acquire Scottish oil services company PSL Energy Services Limited for more than £100m.... [more]

Bridgepoint has today been announced as the preferred bidder for the sale of Leeds Bradford International Airport, with Barclays Private Equity with Churchill Airports as the reserve bidder. ... [more]

Blackpool Zoo has been sold to Parques Reunidos, the European leisure operator, for £10.4m.... [more]

Economic Lifestyle Property Investment Company Ltd, the property investment company, set up by Economic Lifestyle, for the over 65's, could be put up for sale following a strategic review. The compan... [more]

Shell Energy Europe, the gas and electricity distributor owned by Royal Dutch Shell, has been tipped for a sale or closure by an insider due to tightening margins within the oil and gas industry. The ... [more]

Halladale, the property development company with offices in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, is to be acquired by Stockland of Australia for £171m.... [more]

Parkridge, the industrial property company with more than 100 staff, is to be acquired by ProLogis of the US for about £500m.... [more]

Citypoint, a London office building, is to be sold, and could fetch as much as £650m. Citypoint is London's largest office building and the third highest skyscraper in the City of London.... [more]

Alfred McAlpine is to acquire Enviros Group, the environmental company with 300 consultants in ten offices, for £30m... [more]

BP is to sell its Coryton refinery in Essex, which employs 540 staff and about 500 contractors, to Petroplus Holdings of Switzerland for about £700m.... [more]

Newgen Power Limited, the power generation specialist and owner of Yorpower Manufacturing Limited, has acquired a majority shareholding in Grantham-based Techknol Power Generation.... [more]