Acquisition Resources

Akzo Nobel, has hired Greenhill, to be their advisors on the sale of its UK paint brand, Crown Paints, according to reports. The sale was part of the remedies required to quickly approve the Dutch com... [more]

Baugur, the Icelandic private equity group, is rumoured to be considering a sale of its Criminal clothing brand, with retail experts tipped to be the most likely acquirers. A sale could result in the ... [more]

The Board of Alba has announced that it has successfully completed negotiations for the proposed sale of the Group's leisure division. The proposed disposal is conditional upon the approval of shareho... [more]

Edinburgh-based David Flatman Ltd, owner of bargain book chains Bookworld, Bargain Books and bw!, has been bought out of administration by specialist books, arts and crafts retailer The Works for an u... [more]

Gerald Ratner, the British entrepreneur, has revealed that he would consider a sale of his online jewellery business, GeraldOnline, if a suitably high offer materialised. Separately, he also commented... [more]

Robert Tchenguiz, the Iranian property tycoon, is tipped to put nine Welcome Break service stations up for sale with an asking price of £365m. Tchenguiz is thought to have hired DTZ to handle the sal... [more]

US company Myriad is auctioning off its UK Adams childrenswear business, with five bidders thought to remain in the third and final round. It was hoped that the struggling company would fetch £50m, ho... [more]

Aga Foodservice Group, the UK oven maker, has announced it is considering the sale of its US division, Domain.... [more]

Administrators at Wigan-based television retailer H Plumb and Son say they may be able to sell part of the business after the company went into liquidation. ... [more]

Private equity group Bridgepoint Capital has reportedly hired PriceWaterhouseCoopers to conduct a strategic review of its Adams childrenswear business, with a view to putting the company up for sale.... [more]

Photo-Me International, the UK-listed photo booth operator, is set to dispose of its three main businesses in 2007, and will return capital to shareholders.... [more]

Alexon is to sell Dolcis, the shoe retailer with 67 shops and 132 concessions, to Hamsard 3032 for £2.7m.... [more]

Peacock Group has sold its chain of 92 fragrance shops to a consortium including the owner of Manchester-based perfume distributor Per Scent for £20m.... [more]

Private equity firm 3i have been tipped to sell ladies clothing retailer Hobbs. The group is thought to be hiring Hawkpoint to advise on a sale, which would be estimated to fetch at least £100m. 3i bo... [more]

Signet, the specialist jewellery retailer with operations in the US and UK, is under fresh pressure to sell its UK businesses after an informal approach from an unnamed private equity company. The com... [more]

Gerald Ratner, the British entrepreneur, could reportedly sell off Ernest Jones, his high street jewellery business, if he succeeds in acquiring the British arm of Signet. Ratner has announced that he... [more]

Harris, the US-based investment firm which owns a 13% shareholding in Signet, the UK-listed jewellery retailer, said that although it was pleased that Signet's bid discussions with the buyout groups ... [more]

UK retail group AWG Property is rumoured to be reviewing the options for Shawlands, the shopping mall it acquired in July. Tesco, Asda and Waitrose are all tipped to be interested in the Glasgow devel... [more]

DSG International is tipped to sell its struggling retail chain The Link to O2 following another month of disappointing sales for the company. Mobile phone company O2, which already owns a 40% stake i... [more]

French private equity firm PAI Partners is looking at buyers for European retail giant Vivarte, which runs the Kookai franchise in the UK. A number of approaches were made to the firm at the start of ... [more]