Acquisition Resources

Melville Craig the recruitment agency with 260 staff in Scotland has been acquired by TMP Worldwide the US owner of the Monster.com jobs website... [more]

Industrial Cooling Systems the Hampshire-based supplier of cooling equipment to a wide range of industries has undergone a £22m management buy-in backed by Lloyds TSB... [more]

Past Times the chain of 74 gift shops has been bought out of administration by Accelerator an investment group that is planning to create a multi-channel retail business... [more]

MacLaurin has been acquired by Hatch-Group a new company backed by Bridgepoint Capital that is planning to create a Europe-wide public relations agency... [more]

Rolls-Royce is to acquire Intering the German developer of marine power systems with 30 staff... [more]

Tribal Group is to acquire Austin Mayhead the supplier of consulting services to the public sector for £1m... [more]

Eason the Irish bookseller and newsagent has acquired all 16 NPO outlets in Northern Ireland ... [more]

Isoft has acquired the UK and Australian operations of Eclipsys the US healthcare software solutions company... [more]

Management Consulting Group is to acquire Czipin & Partners for an initial £11m in order to expand its management consultancy business into Austria and Germany... [more]

Centrica has acquired a 60% stake in Humber Power the owner of a gas- fired power plant in Stallinborough in a £52m deal that will see TotalElfFina take the remaining 40%... [more]

Spudulike is to expand its chain of baked potato fast food outlets with the acquisition of Fat Jackets FJ Cools and the Serious Sandwich Store for undisclosed terms... [more]

Carphone Warehouse is to acquire Communications de Mobile Cellulaires the French telecoms firm for £54m. ... [more]

Capita is to acquire McLarens from McLarens Toplis for £33m in order to provide claims management outsourcing services to the insurance industry... [more]

WPP has acquired Communique Public Relations the Manchester-based public relations company with 35 staff in order to expand its Burson- Marsteller business... [more]

IFG Group is to acquire Fair Isle Investments the Fareham-based corporate pensions company for £3m... [more]

Carpetright is to acquire seven retail sites from Carpetworld for £7.2m in order to expand its presence in the north of England... [more]

Gemini Genomics is to be acquired by Sequenom the US gene sequencing company for £140m... [more]

GE Capital is to acquire iGroup the mortgage lender for £200m as part of a strategy to expand its European financial services business... [more]

WPP is to acquire Finsbury the public relations company for an initial payment of about £15m... [more]

Howle Holdings is to acquire Innotek Precision tool supplier to the metal packaging industry for £0.4m.... [more]