Thursday 24th July 2008
Deal Round-up (24.07.2008) Birchall Blackburn has purchased rival law firm Ward Dewhurst, while the management of software company SSP has bought the company for £162 million.
Done deals:
Chorley-based Birchall Blackburn has purchased rival law firm Ward Dewhurst (Source: Chorley Guardian)
Scott Wilson Group Plc, an international design and engineering consultancy, has acquired Benaim Enterprise, a Mauritius-based civil, structural and geotechnical consultancy, for £5.5 million
The management at software company SSP Holdings has bought the company for £162 million and taken the company private (Source: The Business Desk)
Finch Commercial Insurance Brokers, backed by NatWest, has acquired BIAB, trading as Ashcombe Border Insurance Brokers (Source: Insurance Times)
Stone Technical Services has bought EP Services in order to bolster its restoration and maintenance services for historical sites (Source: nebusiness.co.uk)
IT consultant Bestoutcome has purchased ISA, a supplier of business software applications (Source: IT Backbones)
Deals in the pipeline:
The chief executive of Belfast camera supplier Andor Technology is preparing to lead a management buy-out at the firm, according to local reports (Source: Irish News)
Diversified investor Drury Lane Capital has agreed to buy clinical support software provider Adastra Software for £12.2 million, constituting a reverse takeover (Source: Money AM)
Icomera, a Swedish supplier of internet connectivity to trains, is set to acquire Moovera Networks, a manufacturer of fixed and mobile communications systems (Source: Computer Business Review)
Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences is to receive £23.5 million from the Welsh Assembly Government and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (Source: Aberystwyth Today)
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