Acquisition Resources

Spiritel is to acquire Networks Direct UK, the provider of voice, broadband, wholesale line rental and non-geographic numbers, for £1.6m. The deal comprises an initial cash payment of £500,000 togethe... [more]

Flytxt, the mobile marketing company, has put its agency operations up for sale in a move to shift its focus to the technology side of the business. ... [more]

Carphone Warehouse is to acquire AOL UK for £370m after winning the auction for the business.... [more]

Internet search giant Google is to acquire the hit video-sharing website YouTube for $1.65bn (£883m) in shares.... [more]

Smart Telecom, the AIM-listed Irish telecommunications company, is expected to dispose of several of its non-core assets including its phonecards business. Trading in Smart Telecom's shares was tempor... [more]

Vebnet has acquired 4th Contact, the London-based employee benefits software company with 11 staff, from Star Technology for £661m. The deal consists of a cash consideration of £319,000 with the remai... [more]

Kingston Communications is to acquire Smart421, the Ipswich-based IT services company, for £24m. The acquisition will be paid for in cash. Smart421 will continue to operate smart as a separate entity,... [more]

Jersey Telecom, the telecoms company owned by the government of Jersey, is expected to be put up for sale early in 2007. The company is worth £200m and recorded pre-tax profit of £15m last year. Inte... [more]

Filtronic is reportedly considering further disposals following the sale of its wireless infrastructure division. The UK-listed electronics group is in the final stages of agreeing a sale to US compan... [more]

Italian ISP Tiscali has reportedly denied that it is to sell its UK operations following speculation of a possible approach from BT. Tiscali UK is estimated to be worth up to EUR 750m.... [more]

Access Intelligence is to acquire Management Services 2000 (MS2M), the York-based developer of compliance software for the financial services industry with nine staff, for an initial £1.95m to be paid... [more]

Radstone Technology, the Towcester-based defence technology company, has accepted a £130m takeover offer from GE-Fanuc Embedded Systems of the US. Radstone designs rugged embedded computer products fo... [more]

Smart Telecom announced it had commenced a strategic review. The process could end up in a break-up of the company. One analyst agreed that a break-up of the company's three businesses, i.e. fixed-lin... [more]

Glen Group has acquired Explore, the Edinburgh-based IT services company, for £115k. Explore focuses on the SME market, and has recently downgraded its operations significantly after completing a numb... [more]

iSOFT, the UK-listed software company, has undertaken a strategic review following several expressions of interest from potential buyers. iSOFT will look into potential bids for the company and examin... [more]

UK data-centre group TelecityRedbus is could be up for sale in 2008, according to CEO Michael Tobin. The group will look for a trade sale or flotation following expansion over the next two years. Tele... [more]

Fayrewood, the UK-listed IT equipment distributor, might attempt a full sale or sell peripheral businesses. The company is trading at just 5.9 times its revised full-year forecasts for this year. The ... [more]

Associated Newspapers has acquired SimplySwitch, the utility, broadband and phone price comparison service, for £22m. The deal consists of £16.5m in cash, with the remainder to be paid as a three-year... [more]

Exalia, the London-based web hosting company, has been acquired by the web hosting and domain management group NBT for up to £3.2m. NBT will pay an initial consideration of £2m in cash, followed by tw... [more]

Fibernet, the telecoms network provider, is to be acquired by Global Crossing of the US for £50m. Fibernet will be integrated immediately into Global Crossing's UK operations, and is expected to add o... [more]