Acquisition Resources

Stralfors UK has acquired DPS Direct Mail of Orpington for £8m, creating a combined transactional printing business with annual turnover of £28m.... [more]

Wayzgoose, the Lincolnshire-based greetings cards and general commercial printer with 60 staff, has announced a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Widney has bought the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wolverhampton car parts factories of Vickers Pressings out of administration, securing the future of 250 jobs.... [more]

Mondas has acquired Blue Curve, the London-based software solutions company, for up to £3m.... [more]

GSH Group has acquired De Jongh Groep, the Dutch installation and renovation company with 37 staff, for £0.8m.... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired Plus REMARK, the Turkish market research company, for £4m.... [more]

SEAC, the Leicester-based fasteners manufacturer with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Halma.... [more]

Persimmon has agreed to acquire Westbury, the Cheltenham-based housebuilder, for £643m.... [more]

Restaurant Group is to sell 53 of its 58 Caffe Uno outlets to Paramount Restaurants for £33m, and the remaining five will be rebranded.... [more]

Erinaceous has acquired Mount Street Holdings, the property services company with 700 staff, from Regis Capital for up to £56m.... [more]

ILX Group is to acquire Mount Lane Training & Implementation Solutions, the Reading-based training company, for an initial £2.2m.... [more]

The Scott Trust, owner of The Guardian newspaper, is considering selling its £1bn magazine arm. According to Sir Robert Phillis, the independent trust's chief executive, the trust reviews its strategy... [more]

The Hilton Group plans to sell its Hilton London Metropole Hotel. The 1000-room hotel has a book value of £233m after refurbishment over the past two years. Further hotels are being put up for sale by... [more]

Travelsphere is being put up for sale by its three founders and HG capital, the private equity group. The auction is expected to value the business at £200m. The sale will include Page & Moy which sp... [more]

InterContinental Hotels Group is to put up for sale a £600m property portfolio. Landmark hotels are to be included in the sale, such as the Carlton in Cannes, the Amstel in Amsterdam, and the InterCon... [more]

AssetCo Group, the asset management services company with 402 staff in Belfast, Reading, London and Papworth, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Sagitta Asset Management has been acquired by Fleming Family & Partners for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of ten staff.... [more]

ADVFN is to acquire Equity Holdings, the equity research company, for up to £1.5m.... [more]

Stagecoach is to sell its New Zealand bus and ferry operations to Infratil for about £100m.... [more]

IMI has acquired GT Development Corporation, the US supplier of pneumatic and electronic controls, for about £15m.... [more]