Acquisition Resources

John Menzies is acquiring Ogden Ground Services of the US for £79m in order to expand its global aviation services business... [more]

United News & Media is to sell Miller Freeman Europe the operator of more than 100 trade shows to Reed Elsevier for £360m... [more]

Wolstenholme Rink the supplier of chemicals to the printing industry has accepted a £49m takeover offer from Rutland Trust and the business will be split into two separate entities - pigments and prin... [more]

Kier has bought the trading name of the James Longley construction group from the receivers for a nominal sum in order to strengthen its presence in Sussex... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Trade Exhibitions which includes ten of Australia's leading consumer and trade shows for undisclosed terms... [more]

H Roberts & Son the Leicester-based supplier of precision measuring equipment has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms... [more]

Linklaters is to merge with Oppenhoff & Radler of Germany consolidating its position as one of Europe's leading law firms specialising in mergers and acquisitions work... [more]

ITG is acquiring Targeted Transaction Management Services the Sussex-based supplier of mobile telephone vouchers for £12m... [more]

Tanner Foods has acquired the long-life milk business of Lancashire Dairies and production will be moved to its site in Essex... [more]

Standard Engineering the Leicester-based shoe machinery specialist has acquired rival Whitfield Wylie for undisclosed terms... [more]

Eurocopy has acquired Apex Business Products the Warrington-based photocopier and fax supplier for £0.6m... [more]

Industrial Control Services the manufacturer of safety and control systems is to be acquired by venture capitalist Alchemy for a nominal fee in order to avoid insolvency... [more]

CLS Holdings is to acquire Citadel the property company that operates mainly in France for £36m... [more]

J&J Dyson has acquired Acme Marls the kiln equipment company for £1.9m and plans to consolidate its business onto the Acme Marls site in Tunstall by the end of next year with an unspecified number of ... [more]

RPC is to acquire WIKO the German manufacturer of packaging for the cosmetics industry for £25m... [more]

Intercare has sold its healthcare mobility business to management for £15m and the proceeds will be used to acquire pharmaceutical distributors... [more]

Umeco has acquired Richmond Aircraft Products of the US from MA Hanna for £24m... [more]

Alpha Telecom the telecoms reseller with 240 employees has been bought out of receivership by investment vehicle Fusion for £20m... [more]

Seymour Pierce is to acquire PFM the asset management group for up to £13m... [more]

John Wood Group is planning to acquire 80% of Mustang Engineering the US oil engineering and design company for £74m... [more]