Acquisition Resources

Cannock Gates has sold the goodwill and assets of its gate business out of administration to the Peart Group of Hartlepool for undisclosed terms, securing 50 jobs at its factory in Cannock.... [more]

National Grid is to sell its UK Wireless business, which provides network infrastructure to mobile operators, to Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures for £2.5bn.... [more]

Rolls-Royce has acquired the assets of SOFCo-EFS Holdings, the US developer of fuel cells, from McDermott International for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems divi... [more]

CNA International of Castle Donington has sold its consultancy division to MA Consulting International for undisclosed terms, in order to focus on executive search and recruitment.... [more]

Brambles Foods, the sandwich maker, has been sold by NBGI Private Equity to Heathrow-based Food Partners for £22m.... [more]

UK-listed lender Northern Rock has confirmed that it is "engaging with third parties" over the sale of its £1.56bn commercial secured loan book. It was said in a trading statement released by the bank... [more]

American Standard Companies Inc. has announced completion of the sale of their Venesta Washroom Systems business in the UK to RS Building Products for approximately $165m. The sale represents an after... [more]

Centex Corporation announced it has completed the sale of its commercial construction division, Centex Construction, to Balfour Beatty PLC, the leading UK-based international engineering and construct... [more]

Premier Foods has sold MBM Produce, its Norfolk-based fresh produce division, to a management team operating under the name of Abbanoy Produce.... [more]

Hargreaves Services has acquired Simon Bulk Warehousing & Distribution from Humber Sea Terminal for £4m, with the transfer of 28 staff.... [more]

The British division of Borders, the book chain being sold by its American parent, has reportedly attracted interest of entrepreneur Richard Branson. A newspaper report said Branson had requested deta... [more]

British business services company Rentokil Initial Plc announced an offer from US conglomorate United Technologies Corporation for its electronic security division. UTC’s cash offer values Initial Ele... [more]

Man Group, the world's largest listed hedge fund, plans to sell its brokerage business, Man Financial, to concentrate on money management. The company has conducted a financial review and "believes th... [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]

UK-listed financial services group Schroders is rumoured to be considering a sale of its asset management division. Analysts have tipped investment banks Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Citigroup as pote... [more]

Tate & Lyle is believed to be close to a full or partial sale of its food and industrial ingredients business. The UK-based company has announced that an announcement over the sale would be made “with... [more]

ITIS Holdings has sold its NavTrak vehicle tracking subsidiary to Cobra Automotive Technologies for an initial £2.2m, in order to focus on traffic information.... [more]

UK media group Emap Plc has announced that it is considering selling its Ireland-based radio stations, TodayFM, FM104 and Highland Radio, as part of a company-wide review. It has cited tough trading c... [more]

Private equity firm 3i is rumoured to be considering a sale of its UK-based recruitment company Prime Time Recruitment. 3i backed a management buy out of the business in 1998, and since then Prime Tim... [more]

Northbridge Industrial Services has acquired the trade and assets of Loadbank Hire Services of London from TGC International for £0.9m.... [more]