Acquisition Resources

Incisive Media is to acquire MSM International, the publisher of financial services magazines, for £22m. MSM is a publisher of targeted weekly and monthly financial services magazines, including Prof... [more]

Halma has acquired Tritech Holdings, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of underwater asset monitoring equipment, for an initial £8m.... [more]

IFG Group is to acquire Langtry Trust Company, the Jersey-based financial services company, for an initial £3.4m.... [more]

Ekay has acquired Wallace Barnaby & Associates, the Guernsey-based marketing and advertising agency, for £1.7m.... [more]

Alex Stewart Assayers, the metals and minerals testing company with 130 staff at its Knowsley headquarters and 50 global offices and franchises, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Close Brot... [more]

Bank Restaurant Group is to acquire the Individual Restaurant Company in a reverse takeover deal worth up to £15m, creating a combined chain of 20 restaurants.... [more]

Wilson Bowden, the residential and commercial property company, is considering a sale after appointing HSBC to find potential buyers for the business.... [more]

CVC and Permira, the private equity owners of the Automobile Association (AA), are reportedly planning a £3bn sale or flotation of the business.... [more]

3i group has appointed UBS to find potential buyers for its Care Principles business. The private equity firm led a £90m management buy-out of Care Principles in 2005, and the business could now fetch... [more]

Rumours over the potential sale of Hutchinson Whampoa's 3 network have resurfaced again following news that the company is to lay off 130 managers from its UK operations. Hutchinson have repeatedly de... [more]

Lambert Smith Hampton is to acquire Young & Butt, the property agency with 25 staff at offices in Southampton and Fareham, for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to double the size of its busine... [more]

Atisreal is to acquire Neilson Holt, the Southampton-based property agency with nine staff.... [more]

Skelair has acquired Crushing & Recycling, the Preston-based reclamation firm, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

It was previously reported that Lowdham Leisureworld, the family-owned motor home dealership based in Nottingham, Huddersfield and Reading, was thought to be considering a sale of the business. The ow... [more]

A source close to Torbay Conversions, the privately-owned supplier of leisure vehicles, has revealed that owner Roger Pattie may consider offers for the company in order to move into new areas. Torbay... [more]

Discovery Foods, the UK-based producer of Mexican foods, has hired Stamford Partners to explore a sale of at least part of the business.... [more]

InTechnology, the AIM-listed IT infrastructure group, has announced that it is in talks over the disposal of its distribution division. ... [more]

Aquilo Plc, the provider of solutions to insurers and insurance brokers, has announced that it has terminated discussions over the sale of the whole company. However, it is continuing to explore offer... [more]

UK biscuit maker Burton's Foods could reportedly be put up for sale after owners Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst hired Stamford Partners to conduct a strategic review of the business. The US private equit... [more]

Fat Face, the extreme sportswear and casual clothing retailer with over 112 stores across the UK, is believed to have appointed NM Rothschild to advise on a sale or listing of the business. Of the two... [more]