Business Sale News in the Wholesale And Distribution sector

German cement mixer HeidelbergCement plans to dispose of non-core parts of Hanson, the UK building materials supplier business, in an effort to rein in its debt of Euro 11.3bn. [more]

UK-based component distributor, Abacus Group plc, has received a number of approaches for the company as it warned of difficult market conditions and falling sales. [more]

The UK brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has finally agreed to be bought up by Carlsberg and Heineken for £7.8bn ($15.3bn). The company will be be split between Carlsberg and Heineken when the takeover [more]

TA Associates, a leading growth private equity and buyout firm, today announced it has completed a majority investment in M and M Direct Ltd, the leading online and mail order retailer of discounted lifestyle, fashion and sports apparel and footwear in the UK.  M and M was formerly majority owned by its founders and ECI Partners.  Terms of the transaction were not dis [more]

Premier Farnell plc, the leading multi-channel, high service distributor of essential products and services to millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Hynetic Electronics Pvt Limited to acquire the assets and business carried on by Hynetic in India as an existing authorised distributor of Farnell's produ [more]

Wolseley plc, the world’s largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building materials, has announced five bolt-on acquisitions for an aggregate consideration of &po [more]

Veterinary supplies company W&J Dunlop, one of South West Scotland's biggest employers, has been bought by US firm Henry Schein Inc, one of Europe and North America's largest providers of healthc [more]

WA Developments, the owner of UK haulage company Eddie Stobart could sell the business after hiring BDO Stoy Hayward to examine strategic options. [more]

UK educational products supplier DKL would entertain serious offers for the company despite the fact that it is not actively for sale, according to ma [more]

SigmaKalon, the European paint supplier, is expected to be put up for sale in 2007 for around £1.3m. Owners Bain Capital bought the business in [more]

A source close to Torbay Conversions, the privately-owned supplier of leisure vehicles, has revealed that owner Roger Pattie may consider offers for t [more]

UK caravan dealer Glossop may consider putting the business up for sale in the long term due to succession problems according to insiders. The two own [more]

English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS), the UK's largest rail operator of freight services, could be up for sale following reports that the main shareholders have agreed to sell the gr [more]

Bristol Port Company has received a number of "very high" offers from "loads" of potential buyers, according to Terence Mordaunt, [more]

Wyko, the privately owned UK supplier of industrial goods and services, has hired Robert Baird advisers for a potential sale, sources close to the sit [more]

Artigiano, the UK-based clothing supplier, is to undergo a strategic review which could lead to a sale. Company founder Claire Locke has hired account [more]