Acquisition Resources

Augean has acquired Proactive Waste Solutions, the Cannock-based hazardous waste treatment operator, for £8m.... [more]

Formation Group has acquired Imagealert, the Preston-based outdoor sports advertising company that trades as Richard Carpenter Associates, for up to £1m.... [more]

CPI, the book printing company that includes Bath Press, Cox & Wyman and Mackays, has undergone a £307m management buy-out backed by Electra Partners and CVC Capital.... [more]

Wade Smith, the Liverpool-based fashion retailer with 35 staff, has been sold by administrators back to its founder.... [more]

Nordic Holdings, the waste recycling, port terminal and document storage company with sites in Southampton, Chatham and Corby, has undergone a £13m management buy-out.... [more]

Loders Motor Group, the operator of Toyota, Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda car dealerships in Dorset and Somerset, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Pegler Holdings, the Doncaster-based plumbing products manufacturer with 500 staff, has been acquired by Dutch group Aalberts Industries for an estimated £40m.... [more]

Wagon has sold Hawtal Whiting, the US-based engineering consultancy, to Acro Service Corp for £0.4m.... [more]

Inyx is to acquire Celltech Manufacturing Services, the Manchester-based pharmaceuticals development company with 300 staff, from UCB for £19m, and will change its name from CMSL to Ashton Pharmaceuti... [more]

Pan Fish of Norway has acquired two Scottish fish farming companies - Corrie Mhor Salmon of Wester Ross for £4.7m and Murray Seafoods of Loch Fyne for £5.5m.... [more]

MediaZest is to acquire Touch Vision, the audio and screen subsidiary of Touch, for £3m.... [more]

PlaneStation's administrators are to sell Manston airport, which trades as Kent International, to Infratil of New Zealand for £17m, and freight operations are expected to resume soon.... [more]

Roxboro is to sell its Solartron measurement instruments business to Ametek of the US for £42m, and has also announced plans to change its name to Dialight.... [more]

Stream Group has acquired Mobileworkflow for up to £7.5m, in order to expand its mobile applications business.... [more]

Umeco has acquired Aviation Windings, the Luton-based supplier of wound components for use in electric motors and generators with 30 staff, from The Deritend Group for £1.6m.... [more]

Quantica has acquired RK Group, the Cheshire-based recruitment specialist with more than 100 staff at ten offices, for £12m.... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Zambeasy and Office Recruit for a combined £4.1m, in order to expand its Associated New Ventures division.... [more]

Wolverhampton & Dudley is to acquire English Country Inns, the chain of 14 pubs, for £14m.... [more]

VI Group has acquired SMIRTware, the US supplier of die design software for the automotive industry, for £0.6m.... [more]

Punch Taverns is to sell 45 pubs to Admiral Taverns (Cygnet) for £15m.... [more]