Acquisition Resources

Betinternet.com has acquired Oddsalive, the Malta-based online betting company, for a nominal sum.... [more]

SectorGuard has acquired the manned guarding business of London Alliance Contract Services for an initial £0.5m.... [more]

Crown Sports is to sell its Winning Lines sports betting service to Last Race for £0.4m, in order to focus on health and fitness.... [more]

Bradford & Bingley is to acquire Holden Meehan, the independent financial adviser, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Equitable Life has put property up for sale worth £300m and has earmarked £1bn for sale. Property agent CB Hillier Parker has approached investors with its first property package. The London portfol... [more]

Abbey National, Britains sixth largest bank, has put its three offshore life insurance businesses up for sale with a price tag of around £100m. Abbey has appointed Hawkpoint, the boutique investment ... [more]

Selfridges, the upmarket department store chain, has instructed Merrill Lynch, the investment bank, to start a formal auction process for the group. An offer has been received by Tom Hunter, the Scot... [more]

Ambient has sold its World Market Analysis research business to the founder of Global Insight for £1.2m.... [more]

PNC Telecom has sold KJC Mobile Phones, the mobile phone retail and distribution business, and PNC Telecom Services, the fixed line telecom business, to Harthall for £2m.... [more]

Everest, the double glazing company, has undergone a £63m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.... [more]

RAC has sold its Lex Harvey and Lex Birchwood forklift trucks and mobile maintenance operations, including 18 sites and about 1,000 staff, to Finning International of Canada for £99m.... [more]

Scottish & Newcastle is to acquire HP Bulmer, the Hereford-based cider maker, for £278m, and has also announced the acquisition of Portuguese brewer Central de Cervejas.... [more]

Alstom is to sell its industrial turbines business to Siemens of Germany for £760m.... [more]

WPP has acquired Sadek Wynberg Research for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Millward Brown market research division.... [more]

Scottish and Newcastle, the brewer, is expected to put its pubs up for sale, with the Laurel Pub Company already declared as a potential bidder. The price could exceed £2bn. The brewer had been nego... [more]

MF Sealing Systems has acquired Allen Gwynnes, the process pump repair business of Teesside-based Marske Machine Company.... [more]

Trader Group, the £1bn publishing business, owned by BC Partners and Guardian Media Group have received offers for their 52% holding in the company. Trader Group owns Autotrader, Bike Trader and Truc... [more]

Wolseley is planning to acquire Pinault Bois & Materiaux, the French distributor of building materials with 5,300 staff, for £390m.... [more]

BBA Group has acquired the Premier Turbines aircraft engine repair business in the US from Sabreliner Corporation for £22m, and has also announced the sale of its Luton engineering business to Gulfstr... [more]

Strainstall Group has acquired Prolec, the Dorset-based manufacturer of safety equipment with 24 staff.... [more]