Acquisition Resources

Accuma Group has acquired Thomas Charles & Co, the London-based consumer debt advice company with 19 staff, for an initial £2m.... [more]

Seymour Pierce, the UK broker, is set to hire Lexicon Partners to advise on a sale. Speculation about a sale has increased recently, with rumours that Seymour has been approached by a potential buyer... [more]

General Electric has raised again the prospect of selling its GE life, its UK life assurance and pensions business after saying it would be prepared to reduce the price, previously mooted, by some £50... [more]

First round bids for Barcays Leasing, the vehicle and equipment leasing unit operated by Barclays business banking, are expected in this week. General Electric, Siemens, CIT Group, Fortis and Societe ... [more]

Barclays Private Equity is set to acquire Blemain Group, the loans company, for about £350m.... [more]

Star Capital is reviewing the future of its investment fund in private finance initiative projects, the Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund (SMIF). NM Rothschild has been appointed to conduct the rev... [more]

Colliers CRE has acquired Locum Consulting Group, the Haywards Heath-based consultancy with 20 staff, for £2m. Locum is a specialist consultancy practice, advising owners, managers and developers on s... [more]

Seymour Pierce, the London-based stockbroker, is rumoured to have made an approach to a potential buyer via its financial advisors. It has been reported that the executive chairman Keith Harris has be... [more]

Smith & Williamson, the independent financial services group, have appointed corporate finance group Hawkpoint to carry out a review of the company. The review could lead to a sale or a flotation. Smi... [more]

The appointment of Lehman Brothers as the new house broker for UK bank Lloyds TSB has prompted speculation of a sale from some sources, while others believe that the move could be a poison pill agains... [more]

Man Group, the UK-listed hedge fund operator, may still put its financial unit up for sale, despite its £173m acquisition of assets from US company Refco in November 2005. Analysts believe that likely... [more]

Broker Network Holdings is to acquire the general insurance business of Towry Law for £12m, creating a new subsidiary with offices in Birmingham, Bracknell, Glasgow, Leeds, Leominster and London. The ... [more]

SMC Group is to acquire Charter Partnership, the architecture firm with 120 staff at offices in London, Bedford, Bournemouth and Ipswich, for an initial £3.6m. Aim-listed SMC will also hand over a fur... [more]

Barclays Bank is tipped to release sales memoranda for its leasing business within a week according to sources. Potential buyers linked to the sale are Siemens of Germany, Fortis of Belgium and Genera... [more]

Walter Scott & Partners, the Edinburgh-based fund management company, is to be acquired by Mellon Financial of the US. The Edinburgh firm was founded 23 years ago. Walter Scott and Partners employ ju... [more]

The London Metal Exchange, the world's premier non-ferrous metals market, is to undergo a strategic review that could result in a sale or an IPO. LME members will begin the process of demutualisation ... [more]

Swedish security company Securitas may put its UK subsidiary Loomis Cash Handling Services up for sale due to a high level of interest. The company has attracted 10 potential bidders, including privat... [more]

Home & Legacy, the UK-based insurance firm, has been put up for sale by founder Gary Burke. KPMG have reportedly been hired to source out potential bidders at this preliminary stage. Burke stands to s... [more]

Syndicate Asset Management has acquired LAinvest, the Bournemouth-based fund management and financial services company, for £1.4m. LAinvest has £70m under management. Syndicate (SAM) has attracted kee... [more]

Austrian Trade Union Federation-controlled Bagwag Bank has been officially put on the market, with US investment bank Morgan Stanley handling the sale. The bank was tainted by scandal last year when i... [more]