Acquisition Resources

Withy King has merged with Marshall & Galpin of Oxford to create a combined law firm with 340 employees.... [more]

Enzone Plastics has expanded its Bilston-based polyurethane mouldings business with the purchase of Styleguard for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

PSL Worldwide, the Washington-based supplier of pharmaceutical, beverage and dairy plants with 28 staff, has merged with Prelude Engineering of Berkshire, creating a new group called PSL Prelude.... [more]

Nekem Partnership, the Hull-based glass packaging supplier, has been acquired by Lendlock of Chester for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with 250 staff in Chester, Bootle, Burnley, Dorset... [more]

Edward Robinson & Co has acquired Westmore Brennand of Chester, creating a combined accountancy group with five partners and 19 fee earners.... [more]

Framlingham Farmers, based in Suffolk has merged with Framlingham Farmers, creating a farming business called AtlasFram Group with annual sales of £100m.... [more]

Southern & Redfern of Bradford has merged with Watsons Building Services of Keighley, a combined building services group called Novitas has been created with more than 200 employees.... [more]

IAWS is to merge with Hiestand of Switzerland to create a combined baked goods group called Aryzta. International sites of operation will be present in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Polan... [more]

Publishing group, United Business Media (UBM), and conference organiser and publisher, Informa, are involved in talks that may lead to the creation of a £3bn media giant.Informa is considering the pro... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), the British market researcher, plans to create the world's second largest market researcher in a £2.2 billion merger with Germany's GfK.TNS plan to save £76m over three yea... [more]

PSCA International, the magazine publisher with offices in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh, has undergone a management buy-out supported by Royal Bank of Scotland. PSCA Inte... [more]

Ollerenshaw Solicitors has merged with Ian Burr & Co to become a combined law firm with 35 staff.... [more]

Brasier Harris has merged with Freeth Melhuish to become a combined commercial property agency with 47 staff in Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Welwyn Garden City, London and Tunbridge Wells.... [more]

Reuters, the news and information group is to be bought out by Thomson, the Canadian financial data provider, in a deal with a value of £8.7bn.Reuters Founders Share Company, which has the authority t... [more]

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) of Redcar is to merge with the Centre of Excellence for Nano, Micro & Photonic Systems of Newcastle. This will create a combined support organisation for the pr... [more]

Moore & Smalley has merged with Lonsdale & Partners to create a combined Lancashire-based accountancy group with 200 staff.... [more]

Network Group Holdings is to acquire a 67% stake in Pertemps People Development Group, the West Midlands-based recruitment and training firm with 650 staff, in a £18m reverse takeover.... [more]

T Jolly, the building services contractor with 188 staff in Preston, Blackpool, Bolton and Wigan, has sold a majority stake in the business to NBGI Private Equity for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Forshaws is to merge with Davies Ridgway, creating a combined Warrington-based law firm called FDR Solicitors with 150 staff.... [more]

CVS has acquired Michael Gourley, the Manchester-based chain of six veterinary surgeries, taking its total number of branches to 140.... [more]