Acquisition Resources

Tandem Group is to acquire Pot Black the snooker table company and Two Wheel trading the distributor of bicycle accessories for a total £1.6m... [more]

Kvaerner is selling its building and civil engineering operations to Skanska of Sweden for £356m and the deal will include about 5000 employees in its UK construction business... [more]

IMI has acquired Flow Design the US manufacturer of flow control products for £14m... [more]

Goldshield is to acquire Achievers Unlimited the US marketer of slimming and nutritional products for up to £6.3m and is now seeking acquisitions in the UK pharmaceutical market... [more]

Linguaphone has acquired two interactive learning companies - CD Live and Interactive Language Teaching - and received a £2.8m investment from ProVen Private Equity and Quester... [more]

Sherman Cooper the shirt manufacturer has undergone a £120m management buy-out with the backing of venture capitalist 3i... [more]

Mason Coatings has sold its transport coatings and graphics activities to Akzo Nobel for £9.4m which is expected to lead to job losses at its Derby factory... [more]

Interlube Systems of Plymouth has undergone a management buy-out from Invensys and plans to create up to 30 skilled engineering jobs... [more]

Madison Filter has acquired Southwestern Wire Cloth of the US for £25m to create a global industrial screening and separation business. ... [more]

Ann Street Group has expanded its chain of Lionheart restaurants to 30 with the £10m acquisition of six Bluebeckers and five Edwinns outlets... [more]

Billiton has announced a £1.4bn agreed takeover offer for Rio Algom the Canadian mining group in order to increase its share of the world copper market... [more]

Qualceram of Ireland is to acquire Shires the sanitary ware company for £34m and the business will be renamed Qualceram Shires... [more]

Carphone Warehouse has bought 27 French stores from Multiples for £8.7m and they will be rebranded as The Phone House... [more]

Granada Media is to acquire the broadcast programme production and international distribution business of United News & Media in a £1.75bn deal that includes the Meridian Anglia and HTV franchises... [more]

Incepta is to acquire DVL Smith Group the strategic research company for up to £7.5m... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Forum Verlagsgruppe the German education and recruitment publisher for £18m... [more]

Incepta has acquired Cunningham Communications the US agency that focuses on technology for £49m... [more]

Glynwed has acquired Mono the Swansea-based bakery equipment manufacturer in a deal thought to be worth more than £11m... [more]

Tibbett & Britten has acquired Logis International which includes two logistics businesses operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia as part of a strategy to expand across central and eastern Europ... [more]

CGNU is to sell General Accident Versicherung its German general insurance business to Gerling-Konzern Lebensversicherung for undisclosed terms... [more]