Acquisition Resources

GUS has acquired PriceGrabber, the US-based online price comparison company, for £275m, in order to expand its Experian division.... [more]

Puzzler Media, the puzzle magazines publisher, has been acquired by DC Thomson for £85m.... [more]

Thomson, the French media services group, has given up on the consumer electronics market, saying it would seek a buyer for its businesses making MP3 devices, CD players, remote controls and other dev... [more]

Walmsley Furnishing, the Preston-based chain of 100 furniture stores, has been bought out of administration by a new company called Unibrook for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Pentagon has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Mansfield from Hartwells, taking its total number of outlets to 14.... [more]

Glisten has acquired Lyme Regis Fine Foods, the Hampshire-based fruit bars and cereals supplier with about 50 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Vodafone is to acquire Telsim, the Turkish mobile phone operator, for £2.5bn.... [more]

BT is to acquire Atlanet, the Italian telecoms company, from Fiat for £54m.... [more]

Ten Alps, the UK TV-production business headed by Sir Bob Geldof, has hired broker Collins Stewart that could signal that the company is considering a merger in an attempt to up the price of its share... [more]

Earls Court & Olympia Group is on the market valued at approximately £400m. The business comprises Earls Court and Olympia exhibition centres in London as well as Chiswell Street Brewery. It added tha... [more]

Wood Group has sold its ProTech oil production technology business, which has 100 staff in Aberdeen, Norway and the US, to WellDynamics for an initial £14m.... [more]

Waterman Group has acquired JP Envirosystems, the environmental management consultancy with offices in Sheffield and London, for an initial £0.3m.... [more]

ClearDebt, the Manchester-based debt solutions company, is to be acquired by Carrwood in a £3m reverse takeover.... [more]

Unidare is to sell Eland Cables, the electrical cables distribution company with sites in London and Doncaster, to a management team operating under the name of Codetrade for £4m.... [more]

William Hill is to sell a further 48 betting shops to Tote for £20m, taking Tote's total estate to more than 500.... [more]

Lucketts Travel is to acquire Worthing Coaches, creating a combined coach travel business with 44 coaches and annual turnover of £6.8m.... [more]

The Daily Mail has hoisted a "for sale" sign over its 100-strong stable of regional newspaper titles, which includes the Aberdeen Press & Journal and Evening Express, in a deal that could fetch up to ... [more]

Struggling fashion chain French Connection is at the centre of takeover speculation after Icelandic investor Baugur upped its stake in the business. Bauger, which owns clothing chains MK One and Jane ... [more]

Meat and pastry product company Canterbury Foods has announced the proposed sale of its meat products business, a frozen burger and sausage businesses operated out of the group's sites at Hull and Sto... [more]

MORE than 120 Glasgow workers fear their jobs will be axed after a property letting firm was put up for sale. At Home Nationwide, which rents luxury homes to young professionals, is being sold by the ... [more]