Done Deals
- Melorio has acquired HB Group, a construction industry training provider, for £2.7 million.
- PHSC has acquired Inspection Services UK, a provider of equipment testing services, for £2,00,000.
- Edmund Bell, a Bradford-based supplier of fabrics to hospitals and universities, has been acquired by Redwood Distribution of Skelmersdale for undisclosed terms.
- Volvere is to acquire certain assets of Interactive Prospect Targeting, a London-based marketing company with about 80 staff, for £1.3 million.
- Dsicmm has acquired the direct communications business division of Dataforce for undisclosed terms, including print and polywrapping assets in Milton Keynes.
- Camvac, a Thetford-based plastic packaging company with 114 staff, has been acquired by GIL Investments for undisclosed terms.
- Morningstar has acquired Fundamental Data, a leading provider of data on closed-end funds in the UK, for £11 million subject to post-closing adjustments
- UK-2 Group has acquired community-focused Web host Dotable for undisclosed terms, bringing with it more than 10,000 domains to the British hosting giant.
- Centrica, owner of British Gas, has acquired Solar Technologies Group for £2.8 million.
Deals in the pipeline
- UK plastics and fibre products firm Filtrona is to acquire US foam products company Lendell Manufacturing for $35 million (£19.8 million).
- Japanese company Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp has agreed to buy a 9.9 per cent stake in UK-based Aberdeen Asset Management from existing shareholders for 20 billion yen (£107.5 million).
- DGT Steel & Cladding, a Norfolk-based contractor with 150 staff, has gone into administration through PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a buyer is being sought.
- Cattles is said to be looking to sell its Manchester-based invoice finance division.
- Flint Group is to acquire Russell-Webb, a Hertford-based printing consumables manufacturer, in order to expand its Day International division.
- Apollo Management’s Hexion Specialty Chemicals unit said it received US and European antitrust clearance for its proposed takeover of Huntsman Corp.
