Acquisition Resources

Motion Media, the communications provider, is to undergo a reverse takeover by Scotty of Austria... [more]

United Co-operatives has acquired Cheers Shropshire, the Oswestry-based chain of 12 Neighbours convenience stores with 200 staff... [more]

Integrated Dental Holdings, the chain of 130 dental practices, has agreed terms for a £12m management buy-out... [more]

Abbey National has effectively put up the "for sale" sign after admitting it has received a takeover approach that is expected to flush out other bidders for the high street bank. As Spain's Banco San... [more]

Alliance & Leicester achieved a 22 per cent rise in interim pre-tax profit in spite of a fall in net interest margins as the bank took on large volumes of mortgage lending. The former building society... [more]

TVR, the Blackpool-based sports car manufacturer with 400 staff, has been acquired by a Russian businessman, and a substantial investment is expected to expand the company into North America... [more]

Ailing retailer WH Smith has mapped out its strategy for reinvigorating the business after seeing a potential bidder walk away from a takeover. The group, which recently discovered private equity firm... [more]

Insurer Prudential is expected to report robust first-half results, but a failure to find a buyer for online bank Egg will distract investors from the numbers, say analysts. The country's second-large... [more]

Glisten has acquired a toffee production line in North Shields from House of York for £0.1m... [more]

British Vita has acquired the remaining 50% of its Canadian foam products business for £15m... [more]

Virtue Broadcasting is to merge with World Television Group, in a £18m deal designed to increase their share of the corporate communications market... [more]

Abbey National is to be acquired by Santander Central Hispano, the Spanish bank, for £8bn... [more]

Jarvis is poised to stave off collapse by engineering a standstill agreement with its banks and outlining a sell-off plan to raise cash. Profit warnings, hefty write-downs and management reshuffles ha... [more]

Santander Central Hispano's takeover of Abbey National could trigger a series of mergers and acquisitions across Europe. Analysts say several of the bigger institutions are likely to be involved in ca... [more]

Conrad Black has been attempting to sabotage the sale of the Daily Telegraph and has labelled as "fascists" those trying to investigate his business dealings, according to court documents filed in the... [more]

The Carlyle Group, an American private equity group with close links to the Bush administration has emerged as a leading contender to acquire the shipbuilding business of BAE Systems, Britain's larges... [more]

Tenon Group is to acquire Premier Strategies, the tax planning company, for an initial £2m, as well as business services practices in Rochdale and Bacup... [more]

Johnson Matthey is to sell its pigments and dispersions business, which has 280 staff in the UK and Australia, to Rockwood Specialties for £27m... [more]

Whitbread has acquired the Premier Lodge chain of 141 budget hotels and 19 pub restaurants from Spirit for £536m... [more]

United Biscuits is to acquire the UK biscuit operations of Danone for about £240m, including factories in Liverpool and Leicester... [more]