Acquisition Resources

Centaur Media, the publisher of The Lawyer and Mortgage Strategy, is set to implement a review of the business which may result in an MBO. ... [more]

British banking group HSBC is mulling a sale of its train-leasing division, HSBC Rail. HSBC is under increasing pressure to offload noncore assets in order to generate cash, after huge write-downs res... [more]

The chief executive of Standard Life, Sandy Crombie, has suggested that the insurer may sell off its underperforming banking business, which has been experiencing liquidity problems as a result of the... [more]

Asda, the Wal-Mart owned UK supermarket chain, is seeking a buyer for Gazeley, its global property development business, in a deal worth £400m.Gazeley is one of the biggest industrial property develop... [more]

The UK’s biggest property group, Land Securities, started an auction for its Trillium outsourcing business recently. The business could sell for up to £1.5bn. The property group has had many approache... [more]

HSBC has decided to sell a large part of its French retail banking business, the move would mirror demands by a rebel investor that it reduce its presence in countries where it has little chance of ga... [more]

The debt collection and finance group, London Scottish Bank (LSB), may sell its invoice finance business, in order to repair its capital base after breaching regulatory rules last year. NM Rothschild ... [more]

UK-based mortgage broker John Charcol is thought to be up for sale with a £50m asking price. ... [more]

Equitable Life has decided to put itself up for sale after receiving takeover approaches, according to reports. The insurance mutual, which sensationally collapsed in 2000, was once worth £26bn. Today... [more]

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business has announced it has acquired the GEE portfolio of compliance products from Thomson Legal and Regulatory’s Sweet & Maxwell division. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, part o... [more]

Winterflood Securities, the stockbroking business owned by Close Brothers, could be put up for sale as a defence against a £1.4bn takeover bid for Close by Cenkos Securities. Winterflood, the largest ... [more]

Bradford & Bingley has agreed to sell a portfolio of commercial property loans of £2.0bn to GE Real Estate, following a review of the growth potential and capital utilisation of these assets.... [more]

According to reports British phone and credit-card protection-plan provider CPP is conducting a review of the business, which could result in a sale. ... [more]

According to reports sales information memoranda have now been distributed for UK-listed bank Northern Rock. ... [more]

HSBC is looking to sell Marbles, one of the first online credit card businesses, which it acquired along with Household International in 2003. ... [more]

Personal insolvency specialist Debtmatters may have effectively put itself up for sale, after announcing a suspension of all direct advertising and a strategic review of the company, looking at option... [more]

Europe’s largest independently owned insurance intermediary, Towergate, has announced the largest ever deal in its 10 year history with the acquisition of Open International Limited, the UK & Ireland’... [more]

Standard Chartered PLC has signed an agreement to acquire American Express Bank Ltd. AEB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Express Company, is a leading international bank present in 47 countries... [more]

UK Casino and bingo hall operator Rank Group is said to be exploring its options regarding a sale of the assets and liabilities for its £700m pensions scheme. Should a sale be completed, it will be th... [more]

American Express has put its private banking business up for sale according to reports, after a protracted anti-money-laundering case with the US Dept. of Justice was settled earlier in the month. ... [more]