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UK leads the merger and acquisition market for deals and value in Europe
UK companies were the subject of more merger and acquisition deals on 2009 than those of any other country in Europe and second only to the US in the world, according to research by Zephyr. The value of 6,119 M&A deals involving British targets was £196.1 billion. The comparable US...
National mental health care group in acquisition of North West hospital
The renowned Priory Group, which runs 50 hospitals, schools and care homes throughout the UK, has added to its portfolio through the acquisition of Affinity Healthcare, owner of Cheadle Royal Hospital in Cheshire and Middleton St George Hospital, Darlington. The corporate deal, whose value...
Brothers' finance group plans AIM float for acquisition funds
A North West business which provides asset valuation and sale services to insolvency practitioners, Winterhill Asset, is planning to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and will use the £6m raised for capital and to acquire commercial debt collector Wakefield-based Legal and...
Acquisition helps Virgin Money move into retail banking
Richard Branson's Virgin Money has acquired a UK retail banking business with its £12.28m purchase of Church House Trust, following clearance by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Yeovil-based Church House, which also has an office in Leeds, will also benefit from £37.3m of new...
North West has highest corporate insolvency rate but more deals are being done
The north of England is the area with the highest corporate insolvency rates because it has a higher proportion of traditional manufacturing industries than elsewhere in the UK and this sector has been hardest hit by the economic downturn. Manufacturing businesses in the UK had a total turnover...
Historic quarterly low for recorded UK merger and acquisition deals
The lowest number of merger and acquisition deals in the UK in one quarter since records began in 1987 were filed in the third quarter of 2009 at just 49, consisting of 32 acquisitions of independent companies and 17 transactions by company groups involving their subsidiaries. The figures from...
Acquisition should add £10m to North West car dealership turnover
North West car dealership group BCC aims to increase turnover to £60m through the acquisition of a Bolton branch of Lythgoe Motors. BCC Motor Group has bought the Citroen dealership out of administration to add to its existing network of sites at Bury, Bolton, Blackburn, Preston and...
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