Acquisition Resources

Independent Living Services has acquired Perthshire-based Nurseplus and Ayrshire-based The Complete Care Company, creating an enlarged care homes group with over 1,000 staff.... [more]

GKN, the UK-based engineering company, is due to finalise plans to acquire a significant part of the manufacturing site at Filton owned by the French aircraft company, Airbus, after securing about £60... [more]

Mills Manufacturing Technology, the Leamington-based machine tool distributor with 60 employees, has undergone a £10m management buy-out supported by Barclays Leveraged Finance.... [more]

Stroud Office Interiors, the Gloucestershire-based office fit-out business with 19 employees, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Nationwide Building Society is to merge with the Derbyshire Building Society with 50 branches and 485,000 members, as well as the Cheshire Building Society, which has 45 branches and 440,000 members.... [more]

BevEx, the Coalville-based supplier of pub equipment with 12 employees, has been bought by L'Isolante K-Flex of Italy for an undisclosed amount.... [more]

Hiflex Fluidpower has sold its hose distribution and service assets out of administration to BMI Hose Europe. The sale includes 125 employees at 14 depots nationwide.... [more]

InfoBasis, the Abingdon-based HR software company with 31 employees, has been purchased by US-based Salary.com.... [more]

Halma has bought Fiberguide Industries, the US optical fibre manufacturer, for £8.2m.... [more]

Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association has merged with Brewing Research International to create a food technology organisation called Campden BRI.... [more]

Gary Dutton, the owner of Synseal, has brought in KPMG to carry out a strategic review of his business after receiving several bid approaches, according to reports.The company, which supplies window h... [more]

Events and exhibitions firm, Informa, has rejected a reduced takeover bid from a private equity consortium.The £1.87 billion offer by Carlyle Group, Providence Equity Partners and Blackstone undervalu... [more]

Crosby Asset Management will sell the former Forsyth Partners international funds research and ratings business to Old Broad Street Research for a nominal initial sum.... [more]

Lythgoe Motor Group, the Bolton-based chain of five car dealerships with 150 employees, has undergone a management buy-out for an undisclosed sum.... [more]

The construction arm of Time and Tide Homes Ltd has recently gone into administration. The owners of the apparently controversial Halton Mills site on the outskirts of Lancaster had been feeling the s... [more]

Gresham Computing has sold its Redstone Software testing and automation division to Testplant for a nominal sum.... [more]

Doson Limited, a family-run care home group, has purchased three care homes from County Durham-based Autumn Care Group for £5.15m.Doson has bought Stockton Lodge Care Home, Seaham, and Denehurst Care ... [more]

Fox Murphy, the Norwich-based marketing agency with 63 employees, has undergone a management buy-out and is now trading as Balloon Dog.... [more]

GT News, the chain of convenience stores based in South Yorkshire and the East Midlands, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Withy King has merged with Marshall & Galpin of Oxford to create a combined law firm with 340 employees.... [more]