Acquisition Resources

TXU Europe, the UK power supplier, has gone into administration. The company has debts of more than £3bn.... [more]

Canvas Holidays, the Dunfermline-based camping and mobile home tour operator, is to undergo a £25m management buy-out backed by 3i.... [more]

Brandon Hire has acquired Loadtite, the lifting gear business with 40 staff at depots in Avonmouth, Cardiff, Hayes and Barking, from the receivers of Baldwins Industrial Services.... [more]

Northern Precision Engineering has acquired Stevens Rowsell, the Hastings-based metal engineering company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Lind Automotive Group has expanded its East Anglian car dealership business with the acquisition of the Osborne Group, which includes Osborne Garages and Neep BMW in Colchester.... [more]

Bodycote International has announced the £8m acquisition of two Italian businesses - materials testing company Centro Triveneto Ricerche and heat treatment company Gamma.... [more]

Fitness First, the health and fitness chain, has put itself up for sale. Several potential bidders are interested in the business, valued at £156m.... [more]

Gordons Cranswick is to merge with Sugden Spencer of Bradford, creating a combined Yorkshire-based law firm with more than 200 staff.... [more]

William Sinclair Holdings has sold its SAHC pet products business to management for £6.2m, including 130 staff at sites in Gainsborough and Wickenby.... [more]

Casema, the Dutch cable operator owned by France Telecom, is for sale again after the collapse of talks with Liberty Media. Several companies are thought to be interested in the business, which was du... [more]

PNC Telecom, the mobile phone distributor, has effectively put itself up for sale. The company has appointed Seymour Pierce to look into ways of maximising shareholder value.... [more]

Aer Lingus has again been put up for sale by the Irish government. It is expected to report profits of over 50m Euros. The company was valued at over £500m two years ago.... [more]

Bayer AG, the German drugs and chemicals group, is in talks over the sale of its pharmaceuticals division. The business, which invented aspirin over a century ago is valued at around 10 billion Euros... [more]

]Montgomery Litho has bought Hunter & Foulis, the Haddington-based printing company, out of receivership, saving 40 of the 70 jobs.... [more]

Ultraframe has sold its Ultraspan commercial glazed enclosure operation to a management team for £0.2m.... [more]

Lastminute.com has acquired eXhilaration, the provider of adventure experiences to both individual and corporate customers, for an initial £1m.... [more]

World Travel Holdings is to acquire Select Line Holidays and Select Travel International in an all-share deal, in order to expand its LeisureHunt travel promotion business.... [more]

Dataform has acquired Print Directive of Dudley for undisclosed terms, increasing its workforce to 115.... [more]

Edinburgh Woollen Mill, the chain of 285 knitwear stores with 3,400 staff, is to undergo a £67m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.... [more]

Peel Holdings is to acquire Clydeport, the Glasgow-based port operator, for £184m, which will result in Clydeport's management taking over the running of the Manchester Ship Canal.... [more]