Acquisition Resources

Aquilo Plc, the provider of solutions to insurers and insurance brokers, has announced that it has terminated discussions over the sale of the whole company. However, it is continuing to explore offer... [more]

Diamond Lifestyle, the Cambridgeshire-based provider of advice and brokering finance to council house tenants with 80 staff, is to be acquired by Enterprise North for up to £9m.... [more]

It has been reported that a sale of Resolution Life, the closed life assurance consolidator, could prompt its rival Pearl Group, controlled by Hugh Osmond, to consider a sale. Pearl's embedded value h... [more]

Resolution plc, the UK-listed administrator of closed life insurance funds, has acknowledged recent speculation over a possible merger or sale of the company and confirmed that it is in “very early di... [more]

National Australia Bank has stressed that its UK operations are not for sale as it announced results for the 2006 financial year showing a 17 per cent rise in profits despite a 46 per cent increase in... [more]

Liverpool Victoria, the British friendly society, has retained Fenchurch Advisory Partners to look into a possible sale. In the event that the business sold its banking operations it could realise £75... [more]

Commoditrade, the UK-listed commodities investment company, is said to have put itself on the market. It is understood that the Management are holding for a 60p per share offer. The company's market c... [more]

Healthcare Locums is to acquire Blue Group International Holdings, the social work agency, for up to £14m.The payment will be structured so that HCL pay £10m cash on completion of the deal, and a fur... [more]

The managing director of UK compliance consultancy Qdos Consulting has said that the company would be receptive to offers for the business. Ron Gould revealed that the company receives regular approac... [more]

Catlin is to acquire Wellington Underwriting, the London-based insurance company, for £591m. The deal will create the biggest insurer on the Lloyd's of London market.Catlin, which moved to Bermuda in... [more]

Premium Credit, the specialist finance provider owned by the Bank of America, is up for sale for around £300m. Bank of America acquired Premium Credit in 2005 as part of its $35bn takeover of credit c... [more]

Footman James, the specialist car insurer, has been put up for sale by Alchemy Partners, its private equity owners. Alchemy have hired Deliotte to manage the sale, and interest is expected from both p... [more]

Wilmington Group has acquired Mercia Group, the Leicester-based accountancy training company with 70 staff, for up to £11.5m. Wilmington has acquired 87 per cent of Mercia through its Central Law Trai... [more]

Parasol, the Warrington-based accountancy outsourcing company with 80 staff, has undergone a £24m management buy-out and plans to expand its workforce to 110 over the next few years. The buyout was s... [more]

Global Trader, the UK-listed online spread betting company, may be put up for sale after receiving several approaches from potential buyers.... [more]

Morgan Stanley, the US investment bank, has put its UK investment management business, Quilter, on the market with an asking price of £210m.... [more]

Standard Chartered, the UK and HKSE-listed bank, is conducting a strategic review with a view to selling its Indian asset management business. ... [more]

Seymour Pierce Ellis, the Crawley-based private client agency stockbroker with 21 staff, is to be acquired by Dowgate Capital for £4.6m. Neil Ivor Badger, a director of Seymour Pierce Ellis, will join... [more]

Cazenove analysts have suggested that Resolution Life, a company chaired by Clive Cowdery that invests in life assurance funds that no longer write new policies, could put itself up for sale. Althoug... [more]

Consumer finance group Homebuy has fallen into administration despite announcing record profits only a few weeks previously. The UK company failed to secure the funding needed to continue trading from... [more]