Acquisition Resources

£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]

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]