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Mouchel Parkman buys HBS

Support services group Mouchel Parkman has entered the business process outsourcing market after buying Hyder Business Services (HBS). The acquired company was sold by private equity firm Terra Firma for £46.2 million.

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Third Space makes room for £22 million buy-out

The former finance director of a health and fitness club in Soho is to open new outlets across London after buying the business for £22 million.

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Hexagon acquires Archer Mathieson

Interim management and executive recruitment firm Hexagon Human Capital has bagged its first acquisition since launching on AIM this year.

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Graphite Capital backs health club MBO

Soho health and fitness club The Third Space Group has been bought by its management for £22 million.

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UK engineer on track with trio of deals

Engineering and construction group Balfour Beatty has completed a trio of acquisitions. The group is buying two British companies and one from Sweden for £9 million.

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Berwin Group stretches its reach

Custom compounder Berwin Group has increased its turnover to some £35 million after buying Watts Industrial Polymers from Watts of Lydney for an undisclosed sum.

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Altor buys queuing management company

Altor Fund II has bought Q-matic, a Swedish developer of queue management systems for an undisclosed sum.

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AIM ahead of stock market pack

AIM's success in attracting high numbers of IPOs during 2006 helped to grow its average number of listed companies by more than 300, according to a recent survey.

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Altor buys queuing management company

Altor Fund II has bought Q-matic, a Swedish developer of queue management systems for an undisclosed sum.

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AIM ahead of stock market pack

AIM's success in attracting high numbers of IPOs during 2006 helped to grow its average number of listed companies by more than 300, according to a recent survey.

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Crucible pots snooker hall acquisition

Snooker and pool hall operator Rileys is to be bought by institutional investors in the US and UK.

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Delta fund buys healthcare firm

The UK’s leading specialist care provider for adults, Care Principles, is to be bought by Qatar's Delta Fund in a £270 million deal.

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Tech M&A market stalls

The value of acquisitions in the European technology sector for the first half of 2007 fell to $184 billion (£90.6 billion), 17 per cent down on the same period last year, according to research from investment bank Regent Associates.

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Irish financial crime specialist buys US counterpart

Norkom, which supplies anti-fraud software to the financial services industry, has made its first acquisition since listing on AIM last summer.