Acquisition Resources

TG21 is to sell its Sextons in-car entertainment and satellite navigation systems business to Car Electronics of Leicester for about £0.6m.... [more]

HSBC has sold its Marbles and Beneficial credit card operations to SAV Credit for £385m.... [more]

Publisher Pearson has reportedly put its image-scanner manufacturing unit up for sale. The unit, which supplies scanners which "read" educational test papers and scripts, is part of the Pearson Assess... [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]

Vp has acquired the business and assets of Vp 's Glasgow-based small plant division for £1.2m, in order to expand its Torrent Trackside rail infrastructure equipment division.... [more]

Trinity Mirror plc has announced the sale of its Sports Division and the decision to retain its assets in the Midlands and remaining assets in the South East. This enables the Group to move forward wi... [more]

Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pubs firm, has said that it will consider a demerger of its managed Spirit division, following lower profits than expected due to the wettest summer on record. ... [more]

Findel is to buy the Peterborough-based music wholesaling division of ChoicesUK out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing 330 jobs, and the business will be sold on to Webb Group.... [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]

Grupo Ferrovial is set to announce new asset sales within the next six to nine months, and are considering a disposal of BAA's duty free business among them. A sale of the World Duty Free division, de... [more]

Hampson Industries has sold its precision industrial division, which makes components and assemblies for the glass bottle and container manufacturing industry, to a new company called Lattimer Holding... [more]

Thomas Lloyd Group, the UK financial services firm, has announced the sale of its 80 per cent stake in DKM Asset Management Wertpapierhandelsbank AG, its German subsidiary, following a strategic revie... [more]

Merlin Packaging has sold its Glasgow division out of administration to The Boxshop, while the Elderglade Packaging division has been sold to Custompak and John Baldwin Packaging Services to Corrugate... [more]

UK listed pork processor and pet food company Cranswick has been the subject of rumours that it would be willing to sell if offered the right price. Its Pet Product division could a likely divestment ... [more]

Elementis is to sell its global pigments division to Rockwood Specialities Group of the US for £70m, in order to reduce debt.... [more]

Weir is to sell its Glasgow-based Weir Pumps division to Clyde Blowers for £45m, with the transfer of 600 staff.... [more]

GMAC Insurance, the insurance business of GMAC Financial Services, announced that it has agreed to acquire Provident Insurance, the UK-based automotive insurance division of Provident Financial PLC. ... [more]

The manufacturing division of Alliance Boots could be sold if Kohlberg Kravis Roberts succeeds in its takeover of the group. According to reports, KKR intends to conduct a strategic review of the manu... [more]

UK computer-services company Northgate Information Solutions is rumoured to be seeking a buyer for its outsourcing division, according to several reports. Analysts have estimated the unit to be worth ... [more]

AstraZeneca, the UK-listed pharmaceuticals group, is considering selling the vaccines arm of MedImmune according to rumours. Apparently the group would make one final attempt at marketing MedImmune's ... [more]