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Liverpool Victoria races off with Highway

Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company is set to take over British motor insurer Highway Insurance Plc in a deal worth around £150 million.

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Triton finds its sea legs

Triton Group, an undersea services business, has completed acquisitions totalling £100 million since it was founded at the start of last year

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Friction-free investment for medical company

APA Parafricta, a developer of low-friction fabric for the medical sector, has secured £230,000 to help set up a global distribution network for the product. The investment comes from business angel group the Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) and Bank of Scotland Corporate.

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Serco acquires SI International

Support services group Serco has revealed its plans to acquire SI International, a NASDAQ-listed provider of information services, outsourcing, technology and network solutions to the US Department of Defense and civil government agencies, for $423 million (£229 million).

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Proventec cleans up
with German deal

Proventec Plc, a steam cleaning and coatings technologies specialist, has bought a controlling stake in a German engineering company.

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Busy month for YFM

Venture capital firm YFM has invested in two Yorkshire-based software companies through the Yorkshire & Humber Equity Fund (YHEF).

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Hill & Smith’s US window of opportunity

The board of construction products manufacturer Hill & Smith has confirmed that the latest step in its international expansion plans will be an acquisition in the US.

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Building Society mergers “inevitable” says KPMG

A report by accountant KPMG out this week will warn that the downturn in the housing market is likely to lead to an increase in mergers among building societies, as bad debts from mortgages rise and profits fall.

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Hill & Smith’s US window of opportunity

The board of construction products manufacturer Hill & Smith has confirmed that the latest step in its international expansion plans will be an acquisition in the US.

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Building Society mergers “inevitable” says KPMG

A report by accountant KPMG out this week will warn that the downturn in the housing market is likely to lead to an increase in mergers among building societies, as bad debts from mortgages rise and profits fall.

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Glanbia muscles in on US deal 

Glanbia, an international cheese and nutritional ingredients group, has moved in on the growing sports nutrition market with the acquisition of Optimum Nutrition, a manufacturer of nutritional supplements for the sports sector.

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Atlantic makes splash in UK property market

A US-based private investment and asset management firm, focused specifically on the real estate industry, is embarking on a UK acquisition spree with nearly £400 million worth of deals.

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Lone Star buys German bank IKB

German bank IKB Deutsche Industriebank, which collapsed as a result of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, has agreed to sell a 90.8 per cent stake in its business to Lone Star, a US private equity firm.

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Right prescription for Oxford John Radcliffe

HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited (HICL), a listed infrastructure investment company, has announced it has completed the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in the Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital PFI deal for £18 million.

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