Acquisition Resources

Huntleigh Technology has acquired the cardiovascular and obstetric analysis and monitoring operations of VIASYS Healthcare for £4m.... [more]

Anglia Vale has bought Paramount Plastic Productions, the Ely-based injection moulder, out of administration.... [more]

Sanctuary is mulling the sale of its classical music roster and its books operations in an attempt to pay down debt, a report in The Times said. The UK-listed music company's chief executive, Andy Tay... [more]

Financing arrangements relating to Spirit Group, the private equity-owned UK pub group, makes it more difficult for the group to be broken up or to interest financial buyers, sources with knowledge of... [more]

Ineos Silicas of Warrington, UK, a silicates manufacturing subsidiary of Ineos, is reportedly for sale and drawing interest from competitors. A report in Chemical Week said the Ineos subsidiary has hi... [more]

Avanti Capital, the UK private equity company, is advancing discussions with a number of parties regarding the sale of Po Na Na. Shareholders will have noted that a number of larger estates in the sec... [more]

Compel Group is to acquire The Brewton Group, the IT rental company that trades as Hire IT and has 58 staff in Bracknell and London, for £3m.... [more]

Alsters Kelley Solicitors, the Coventry-based law firm with 185 staff, has merged with Richards, Heynes & Coopers.... [more]

Smart & Cook has acquired Hammon Osborne, the Northampton-based insurance broker with about 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Solectron has acquired ServiceSource Europe, the computer parts supplier with 200 staff at sites in Warrington, Reading, London, Bristol and Dublin, for an estimated £12m.... [more]

Goodmarriott & Hursthouse, the electrical contractor with more than 200 staff in Nottingham and Leeds, has been acquired by Imtech of the Netherlands.... [more]

Chime Communications is to acquire VCCP, the London-based advertising agency with 90 staff, for £30m.... [more]

Synergy Healthcare is to acquire Shiloh, the supplier of healthcare products, for £8.7m.... [more]

House of Fraser has agreed to acquire the Beatties chain of 12 department stores for £69m.... [more]

Sendo, the British mobile phone maker, is hoping to be sold "within weeks", according to chief executive Hugh Brogan, quoted in the Financial Times. The company had taken on Lehman Brothers in 2004 to... [more]

Spirax-Sarco Engineering has acquired EMCO Flow Systems, the US flow measurement company, for £2.5m.... [more]

Dipford Group has acquired Kings Business Transfer, the Manchester-based business broker, for £2.1m.... [more]

Meggitt is to acquire Avery-Hardoll, the Dorset-based manufacturer of fluid handling products with 52 staff, from Cobham for £8m.... [more]

Walton Hall, the stately home near Stratford-upon-Avon, has been acquired by Dawnay Shore Hotels for £15m, and £10m will be spent converting it into a 200-room hotel with conference facilities.... [more]

The BBC is to sell its BBC Broadcast transmission business to Macquarie of Australia for £166m.... [more]