Acquisition Resources

Peel Ports, the UK's second largest port company which owns the Mersey Docks and the Manchester ship canal, may be partially up for sale. Investment bank Rothschild has been hired to find potential bi... [more]

Wynnstay Group has acquired Glasson Group, the Lancaster-based distributor of animal feed materials, for £2.5m. The deal consists of £2m to be paid in cash, with the remaining £0.5 to be paid in secur... [more]

Bristol Port Company has received a number of "very high" offers from "loads" of potential buyers, according to Terence Mordaunt, the privately-owned British port operator's owner. It has been stated ... [more]

DCC has acquired Carlton Fuels, the Merseyside-based oil distribution company with 118 staff for up to £15m excluding debt. The deal comprises an initial cash payment of £9.2m, with a deferred cash co... [more]

Candover Partners is to acquire DX Services for £349m, and will merge it with Secure Mail Services to create a combined mail delivery business with 1,840 staff. The offer consists of 415p a share and ... [more]

Wyko, the privately owned UK supplier of industrial goods and services, has hired Robert Baird advisers for a potential sale, sources close to the situation said. The company has a number of industria... [more]

Office2Office has acquired Alpha Office, the East Grinstead-based office products supplier, for £2.35m. The amount includes repayment of existing debts of £1m, which will be paid from Office2Office's ... [more]

Artigiano, the UK-based clothing supplier, is to undergo a strategic review which could lead to a sale. Company founder Claire Locke has hired accountants Smith and Williamson to carry out the review.... [more]

Greenvale, the potato supplier with 700 staff at sites in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Shropshire and Berwickshire, has been acquired by Produce Investment for about £11m. The new shareholder is a holding... [more]

Kimberly Clark, the listed Texas-based consumer and medical products group, have been tipped to dispose of their European nappy business by various sources. The business, which is marketed under the H... [more]

UK-based packaging manufacturer and office products wholesaler DS Smith has been tipped to sell its plastics division as well as some or all of the remaining parts of its office manufacturing division... [more]

Wolseley UK Limited, the heating and plumming distributor and supplier of building products, has acquired Nevill Long Limited, the interior building products company, from James Latham plc for a cash ... [more]

Target Express the express delivery service is to be acquired by Rentokil Initial for £210m and will be merged with Rentokil's existing overnight parcel delivery service, City Link. ... [more]