Acquisition Resources

Gama Holdings Ltd, an international aviation group, has announced the acquisition of PrivatAir Inc, the US-arm of the PrivatAir Group.Gama, based at Farnborough Airport in the UK, was founded in 1983.... [more]

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Deutsche Bank to advise on the sale of its Condor Ferries businessRBS is asking approximately £300m for Condor, which operates ferries from the UK mainland and F... [more]

The UK property services company Erinaceous Group PLC has revealed that it is mulling a sale of its insurance services unit after a significant number of approaches.The company is looking at ways of r... [more]

Speedy Hire announced that it has acquired the tool and equipment hire business of AMEC Logistics and Support Services Limited, for £12.5m.... [more]

Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier has not managed to sell its devence conference businesses by the year end as hoped.... [more]

Johnson Service Group has announced that it is looking to sell off three non-core units as part of a restructuring plan, after a disappointing performance that has led to profit warnings. The business... [more]

National Express Group PLC has agreed to acquire Continental Auto SL, a leading operator of public transport services in Spain, from Grupo ACS for £449.7m. The transaction, which is expected to be ear... [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]

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]

Private equity firm 3i has sold the off-street, airport and railway divisions of its National Car Parks business to a Macquarie Bank European infrastructure fund for £790m.... [more]

Kall Kwik, the quick-print business owned by Irish printing group Adare, is rumoured to be up for sale after a source claimed to have seen an information memorandum for the franchise. Speculation over... [more]

Nikko Cordial Corp has sold British motorway services group RoadChef to Israeli property company Delek for £375m including debt. ... [more]

Amcor, the Australian packaging giant, is to sell all or part of its European PET bottle operations following a strategic review. The business has a significant presence in the UK, and turns over arou... [more]

Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (Liverpool Victoria) has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the CSMA’s roadside rescue provider Britannia Rescue, for around £36 million. The sale is ... [more]

TRM Corporation, the NASDAQ-listed provider of ATM machines and photocopiers, has sold its UK-based subsidiary, TRM Limited, to NoteMachine.... [more]

Storage entrepreneur Alister Jack has sold his Armadillo self-storage business to the property and infrastructure arm of HSBC for £40m.... [more]

Scapa is to sell its sealants business, which is based in Hampshire and employs 71 staff, to Hodgson Sealants for around £4.9m.... [more]

United Utilities is to sell its Vertex Data Science business outsourcing division to a private equity consortium led by Oak Hill Capital Partners for £217m.... [more]

Johnson Service has sold part of the business of Johnson Hospitality Services to Surrey-based Spaceworks Furniture Hire for £0.8m, and the remainder will be closed by the end of the year.... [more]

United Utilities has confirmed it is to divest its struggling Vertex outsourcing business following a strategic review.... [more]