Acquisition Resources

National Grid is to acquire Niagara Mohawk the New York state electricity company for £2bn which will double the size of its US business... [more]

Abbey National is to acquire Scottish Provident the life assurer for £1.8bn but Scottish Provident's 38% stake in Aberdeen Asset Management will be sold off before the deal is completed... [more]

Standard Chartered has sold its Chartered Trust leasing and motor finance subsidiary to Lloyds TSB for £627m and has also announced the acquisition of Chase Manhattan's credit card business in Hong Ko... [more]

First Choice is acquiring Crown Holidays the operator of inland waterway holidays for £21m... [more]

Bilston & Battersea Enamels the ceramics company is to undergo a £3.5m management buy-out... [more]

StepStone is acquiring Job-Today the German recruitment company for £21m... [more]

Cinven is selling General Hospitals the private hospitals group to private equity firm BC Partners £1.2bn.... [more]

British Telecom has sold its aeronautical and maritime communications division to Stratos Global of Canada for £157m as part of a strategy to reduce debt by selling non-core operations... [more]

Great Universal Stores has acquired Jungle.com the online retailer for £37m which will enable it to sell a wide range of office products through a number of channels... [more]

Wickes has accepted a £289m takeover offer from Focus Do It All creating a combined group with a 10.7% market share in DIY retailing. ... [more]

ED&F Man is to acquire Glenwood Group the US fund management company for £76m... [more]

£65m.2000AI Group has acquired the mechanical components operation of Stafford-based Alstom T&D Protection & Control for about £2m which will involve the transfer of 150 staff... [more]

Kerry has made a takeover approach for Bush Boake Allen the US food ingredients company and has also announced the acquisition of Harald-Industria e Comercio de Alimentos of Brazil and a US chocolate ... [more]

Rentokil Initial is acquiring Tru-Green Interior Plantcare the US tropical plants business for £30m... [more]

EBC Group has acquired FR Bartlett the Yeovil-based building contractor from Hunting Gate for a nominal sum... [more]

Jarvis Newman the building fit-out specialist has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms... [more]

Telecom Potential the Bristol-based customer service group has been acquired by iSKY of the US to create a combined group with 1400 staff operating from six locations... [more]

Checkpoint the e-commerce software company is being acquired by Bottomline Technologies of the US for £53m... [more]

Anglo American is to sell Tarmac America to Titan Cement of Greece for £430m... [more]

British Mohair the textile and engineering company has agreed a £21m takeover offer from Camellia Investments... [more]