Acquisition Resources

ABB, the Swiss engineering group has raised doubts over its ability to regain investor confidence by reporting a sharp fall in fourth quarter orders. ABB is now hoping to raise $2bn of much needed fun... [more]

Sly Bailey, the newly installed chief executive of Trinity Mirror, has not ruled out the sale of the group's national newspapers, including the Daily Mirror. ... [more]

WS Atkins, the support services group, has rejected a £160m buyout approach. The approach was backed by CVC, the private equity group, and involved Michael Jeffries, Atkins' executive chiarman. Non-ex... [more]

Hartest Holdings is to sell its Haverhill-based laboratory furnishings division to management for up to £3.3m, in order to focus on medical services and instrumentation.... [more]

InVision has acquired Yxlon, the airport security company, from Botts & Co for £24m.... [more]

Laxey Partners is seeking to break up British Land. Laxey has suggested that a full break up of the UK's second largest property company could yield shareholders up to 728p per share. ... [more]

Hill & Smith has sold the pressure measurement and calibration activities of its SI Pressure Instruments subsidiary to GE Druck for £3m.... [more]

Bell Group has acquired Maas Systems, which includes hi-tech security operations in London and the Netherlands, from Maas International Europe for £1.3m.... [more]

Eyretel, the call centre software company, is to be acquired by Witness Systems of the US for £37m.... [more]

Novar has acquired Alterton Technologies, the US supplier of electronic building controls, for £38m, and has also announced plans to shed 500 jobs in its building materials business in 2003.... [more]

J Sainsbury said it planned to sell its specialist property development arm to focus on its core supermarket activities. The arm with a book value of £141m and annual profits of £15m employs nine out ... [more]

Invensys is considering a new disposal programme if growing pension liabilities and falling sales combine to lead it to break its banking covenants. The largest disposal would be the sale of the Devel... [more]

Geest is to acquire Genevieve Langlais, the French supplier of prepared salads, for £11m.... [more]

RH Group of Nottingham has acquired the business of Enterprise European Roadfreight out of administration, including sites in West Thurrock, Bristol and Milton Keynes.... [more]

Fitzhardinge is to acquire Gooch Webster, the London-based property consultancy with 240 staff, for £8.1m, and Fisher Wilson, the Scottish retail property specialist with 14 staff, for £2.5m.... [more]

Bunzl has acquired Enterprise Incorporated, the US distributor of supplies to food processing plants, from ConAgra Foods for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Abbey National has received a series of expressions of interest in Porterbrook, the train leasing operation. Abbey bought Porterbrook from Stagecoach in 2000 for £1.5bn. Abbey National is expected t... [more]

Tussauds Group, the owner of the waxwork museum chain and Alton Towers, is to be put up for sale by Charterhouse Development Capital, its venture capital owner, on the back of record results. The com... [more]

Arterial Motors, the Derby-based transport firm with 28 buses and 30 staff, has been acquired by TransLinc of Lincoln for undisclosed terms.... [more]

BSS is to acquire Tricom Group, the Bedford-based distributor of heating and plumbing products, from Isis Equity Partners for £16m.... [more]