Acquisition Resources

Hammerson is to acquire RT Group Developments, which includes a portfolio of city centre development opportunities previously owned by Railtrack, for £63m.... [more]

Michael Gerson, the removals and storage company with warehouses in North London and Daventry, is undergoing a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland Corporate Finance.... [more]

Whatman is to sell its Whatman HemaSure blood filtration business to Pall Corporation of the US for £3.7m.... [more]

Advanced Power Components is to sell its communication components manufacturing business to Bel Fuse of the US for an initial £3.5m.... [more]

SMG is planning to sell its SMG Publishing division, which includes three newspapers, 11 magazines and an online advertising business, to Gannett UK for £216m.... [more]

Bizspace has acquired Classdon, the operator of four flexible workspace centres in London Colney, Hove, Burgess Hill and Didcot, for £4.3m.... [more]

Ulster Television has acquired Lite FM, the Irish radio station operating from Dublin, for £9m.... [more]

Bunzl has acquired Thomas McLaughlin, the Irish distributor of catering equipment with annual sales of £14m, in order to expand its outsourcing services business.... [more]

Molins has acquired the smoke constituent analytical business of LGC for £1m, and will rename the business Arista Laboratories Europe and occupy LGC's laboratories in Teddington while a new site is es... [more]

British Energy has sold its 82% stake in Bruce Power of Canada to a consortium led by Cameco Corporation for £309m.... [more]

LVMH, the French luxury goods retailer, is considering selling Thomas Pink, the shirtmaker bought three years ago. It is believed that the upmarket chain does not fit in with the rest of the group's b... [more]

Deutsche Telekom has put up for sale Siris, its French telecommunications arm. Cegetel, part of Vivendi Universal is believed to be a likely bidder. Deutsche Telekom recently put up its telephone dire... [more]

Orb Estates, the Jersey-based property company, is to abandon plans to acquire Thistle Hotels. The company is currently under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. ... [more]

Virgin wishes to raise cash from a sale or flotation on the London market of up to half of Virgin's global retail and entertainment business. The proceeds from a partial sale of Virgin Retail will be ... [more]

Permira, the private equity firm, has entered the race to buy Gala Group, the bingo and casino operator. Gal has already attracted an offer from BC Partners and a joint bid from Cinven and Candover. ... [more]

Kingfisher has hired Goldman Saches to sell BUT, its French electrical goods and furniture chain. This follows Kingfisher's decision to break up its electrical businesses from B&Q, its DIY chain. The ... [more]

Anite Group is to sell its loss-making German IT consulting subsidiary, which employs 130 staff, to a management team for a nominal sum.... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Kingsway Advertising for up to £14m and Action Medical for up to £9m, in order to become one of the country's largest suppliers of recruitment advertising services to the NH... [more]

Alfred McAlpine has acquired the trade and assets of Inframan, the Cardiff-based infrastructure management company, for £5.2m.... [more]

Intelliplus has acquired the internet division of Directional Solutions for £0.4m, in order to expand its web hosting and internet access business.... [more]