Acquisition Resources

Coms has acquired Exchange XT, the internet telephony supplier, for £0.5m.... [more]

Retec Digital is to acquire Media 4 UK, the Bedford-based provider of hardware installation and maintenance services, for £0.2m.... [more]

Private social networking site eTribes will be up for sale within the next 18 months, revealed CEO Simon Grice. Founded in July this year, the site now has around 40,000 users and is aimed at busy adu... [more]

Northgate Information, the UK-listed IT company, has been tipped to sell its Sx3, the Northern Irish managed services business it acquired in April 2005 from Viridian. Although the business is not act... [more]

Rumours over the potential sale of Hutchinson Whampoa's 3 network have resurfaced again following news that the company is to lay off 130 managers from its UK operations. Hutchinson have repeatedly de... [more]

InTechnology, the AIM-listed IT infrastructure group, has announced that it is in talks over the disposal of its distribution division. ... [more]

Moneybookers, the UK-based ePayment provider, is up for sale with a price tag of £100m. ... [more]

The National Grid unveiled plans yesterday to spin off its wireless infrastructure business and sell Basslink, its Australian electricity interconnector following a strategic review.... [more]

BT has offered £67m to buy internet service provider PlusNet. BT said it was buying the company because "broadband is increasingly becoming more than just fast internet access and PlusNet has a strong... [more]

Phoenix IT has acquired Servo Computer Services, the Derbyshire-based hardware and software services company, for £30m. The IT support services provider agreed to pay for Servo with £28m stg in cash a... [more]

Deutsche Telekom is reportedly under pressure to sell its T-Mobile operations in the US after Laxey Partners, the UK hedge fund bought a significant stake in the company. Laxey director Colin Kingsnor... [more]

Celoxica, the UK-listed software development company, is mulling a full or partial sale, according to reports. Celoxica's house broker, Arbuthnot, has cut its 2006 sales estimate from £6.1m to £4.5m. ... [more]

The CEO of UK-listed electronics group Filtronic has announced that the group would be open to offers for its defence electronic and compound semi conductor businesses. The units are Filtronic's only ... [more]

Conchango, the business and technology consultancy with offices in London, New York and Boston, is to undergo a strategic review which is likely to lead to a flotation or a sale. The company has hire... [more]

Moneybookers, the UK-based ePayment provider, could be up for sale after appointing LongAcre Partners to conduct a strategic review of the business. The business, which has around 2.3 million account ... [more]

Ecademy, the internet networking site for the business community, could be put up for sale by its owners Thomas and Penny Power.... [more]

Armstrong Laing Group, the Knutsford-based software company, has been acquired by Business Objects of the US for £30m.ALG has grown to be a global player, described by Business Objects chief executiv... [more]

Thus Plc, the UK-based telephone network operator, has put Demon, its internet service provider, up for sale. ... [more]

Mobestar, the UK-listed mobile content provider, would be open offers for the business according to its CEO, Peter Richards. Richards would not be drawn on the size of bid that could tempt the company... [more]

Vecta Software Corporation, the Oxford-based supplier of sales intelligence software, has been acquired by Electronic Data Processing for £0.9m, payable in cash on completion. EDP has also acquired ce... [more]