25 Acquisitions Listings


Hardy's Underwriting, the Lloyd's of London insurer, is to be acquired by CNA Financial of the US for £143m. 22-March


Expro has sold its connectors and measurements manufacturing business to Siemens of Germany for £397m, with the transfer of 450 staff in Cumbria, Norway, Brazil, Malaysia and the US. 21-March


Britannia Hotels has bought the Royal and Clifton hotels in Scarborough out of administration. 21-March


Manheim has bought the Motors.co.uk online car sales business from Daily Mail & General Trust. 21-March


Crashpadder, the online accommodation provider, has been acquired by Airbnb of the US for undisclosed terms. 21-March


TD Travel, the corporate travel firm with 60 staff in Wilmslow, Hull, Leeds and Liverpool, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LDC for undisclosed terms. 21-March


Professional Indemnity Protect, the Manchester-based insurance firm, has been acquired by Barbican Group Holdings of Guernsey. 21-March


Capita Symonds has acquired Northcroft, the construction consultancy with 150 staff in ten offices, for undisclosed terms. 20-March


First Group has sold its Northumberland Park bus depot in London to Go-Ahead for £14m, including 130 vehicles and 400 staff. 20-March


Misys, the banking software firm with 4,000 staff, has accepted a £1.3bn takeover offer from Vista Equity Partners of the US. 20-March


Insurance Partnership has bought the Leeds office of Riverbourne Group out of administration for £2.5m, taking its total workforce to 175. 20-March


HH Valves, the Wigan-based valve manufacturer, has been acquired by Hangzhou Jiujiu of China for undisclosed terms. 20-March


KMZ Industries of Ukraine has acquired the assets of Bedfordshire-based Brice Baker's grain storage and processing equipment manufacturing business. 20-March


AC Williams Coaches has been bought out of administration by a private investor, securing 25 jobs at its Lincolnshire-based coach firm. 20-March


Red Arrow Entertainment of Germany has acquired a majority stake in Endor Productions, the independent TV production company. 20-March


TVC Group, the London-based marketing and PR agency with 50 staff, has been acquired by The Economist Group for undisclosed terms. 15-March


KPMG has sold a further 30 former Peacocks fashion stores out of administration to Poundland, Poundworld and Iceland. 15-March


Corac Group is to acquire Wellman Hunt Graham and Wellman Defence, the manufacturers of heat exchangers and air purification equipment with 67 staff in Manchester and 54 in Portsmouth, for £11m. 15-March


Scotia Travel, the Glasgow-based cruise and golf holiday firm, has been acquired by US-based Protravel International for undisclosed terms. 15-March


SafeTIC UK, the manufacturer of digital fingerprint readers with 39 staff in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh, has been bought out of administration by Butler Capital Partners for undisclosed terms. 15-March


Labelgraphics, the Glasgow-based label manufacturer, is to be acquired by Multi-Color Corporation for £16m. 15-March


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Raytec, the Ashington-based lighting manufacturer with 45 staff, has been acquired by Optex Technologies of Japan for undisclosed terms. 14-March


Omnova Wallcovering, the Hemel Hempstead-based wallpaper manufacturer trading as Muraspec with 200 staff, has been acquired by A2e Venture Catalysts for £7m. 14-March


Gordon Lamb Group has acquired a Skoda car dealership in Derby from Clock Garage, and will eventually relocate the business to a new site. 14-March


Phoenix Learning & Care, the Barnstaple-based special needs education provider, has undergone a management buy-out backed by a £3.4m investment from Ashridge Capital. 14-March


LAS Claims Management is to acquire Waylett & Co, the Bristol- based building repairs firm with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms. 14-March


Cardone Industries of the US has sold its car parts manufacturing business in Wednesbury and Belgium to Borg Automotive of Denmark for undisclosed terms. 14-March


Axa UK has acquired Health-on-Line, the Bournemouth-based online health insurance provider with 170 staff. 13-March


Ebiquity is to acquire Fairbrother Lenz Eley, the London-based media auditing firm with about 70 staff, for up to £11m. 13-March


Lupus Capital is to sell Gall Thomson Environmental, its Norfolk-based oil services division, to Copper Bidco for £75m. 13-March


Rivington Street has sold Formjet Innovations and Ability Software International to a management team for a nominal sum. 13-March


Stagecoach has acquired the North Devon bus operations of First Devon & Cornwall for £2.8m, including 30 buses and about 100 staff. 13-March


Molecular Technology, the Wolverhampton-based supplier of electrocoating products, has been acquired by Coventya of France for undisclosed terms. 13-March


Manroland GB has sold the sheetfed division of its Surrey-based printing press manufacturing business out of administration to Langley Holdings, securing the future of 37 jobs. 8-March


Synchronica, the mobile telecoms technology firm, is to be acquired by Myriad of Switzerland for £24m. 8-March


Mercury Recycling, the Manchester-based battery recycling firm, is to undergo a £14m reverse takeover with Sylvania Group, in order to acquire iron ore mining rights in South Africa. 8-March


Nicolas UK, the London-based chain of 43 wine stores, has been acquired by the owner of Spirited Wines for undisclosed terms. 8-March


Chime Communications has acquired McKenzie Clark, the London-based sports marketing firm with 70 staff, for up to £3.4m. 8-March


Peverel has been bought out of administration by Chamonix Private Equity and Electra Partners for £62m, securing the future of 4,200 jobs at its Hampshire-based property management services business. 7-March


Yeomans, the chain of 90 outdoor equipment stores, is reported to have been sold to John Kinnaird for undisclosed terms.7-March


Judges Scientific has acquired Global Digital Systems, the Hampshire-based manufacturer of scientific instruments, for £7.6m. 7-March


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