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Playtech Ltd

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:31:40 +0100

Online gaming firm - Acquiring assets from founder - Total value of 90m
The founder and largest shareholder of the online gaming technology company Playtech is selling a series of businesses and a property to the group in deals totalling almost 90m.

James Transport Limited

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:22:24 +0100

Acquired by the Potter Group - Combined Growth - Turnover £12m
Potter Group Logistics has acquired House of James Transport, the York-based logistics and pallet network operator. Simon Gill, who was managing director of House of James, will remain with the combined businesses as commercial director.

The Potter Group Ltd

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:22:24 +0100

Group Expansion - Acquisition made - Growth Strategy
Potter Group Logistics has acquired House of James Transport, the York-based logistics and pallet network operator, which will increase its turnover by about 50 per cent to 22m. Matthew Lamb is Managing Director

Page & Moy Travel Group Limited

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:58:44 +0100

Acquired by All Leisure - jobs at risk
Escorted travel specialist Page & Moy has been acquired by cruise line operator All Leisure for £4.2m. Job losses are expected as a result of the takeover.

Wolseley Plc

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:20:48 +0100

£15m Bathstore disposal - focusing on core operations
Wolseley, a distributor of products to the building trade, has sold retail chain Bathstore to private equity firm Endless. The £15m disposal is part of Wolseleys strategy to focus on core operations. In 2011 Wolseley incurred a £29m write-down to reflect the reduced value of Bathstore on its books. Wolseley recorded turnover of £13.2bn in 2011.

Mosaic Community Care Limited

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:24:03 +0100

Radcliffe Gardens Nursing Home acquired - business expansion
Lancashire based care organisation, Mosaic Community Care, has expanded through the acquisition of Fezdene, which traded as Radcliffe Gardens Nursing Home in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. Mosaic acquired the Nursing Home from administrators.

Six Degrees Managed Data Ltd

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:25:01 +0100

Acquires Firstserv and Serverstream - cloud computing expansion - jobs safeguarded
Six Degrees has acquired managed hosting and cloud providers Firstserv and Serverstream. The London-based companies will add £3m of hosting revenues to Six Degrees managed data division and are part of a strategy to expand cloud hosting services. Seventeen employees will join Six Degrees Group as a result of the acquisitions.

Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd.

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:29:35 +0100

Merger with Harper Home Mix - integration phase
Massey Bros (Feeds), which has operations in Lancashire and Cheshire, is merging with Harper Home Mix, a North Devon-based animal feed company. The two companies will retain their trading names following the merger, but finance, research and product development functions will be integrated. Massey Bros recorded turnover of £35.4m in 2011 and had 80 employees.

Pearson Plc

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:02 +0100

Acquires Certiport - expansion of professional testing business
Person Plc is acquiring US-based Certiport Inc. from Spire Capital Partners for 140m dollars. The acquisition will strengthen Pearsons professional testing business. Rapidly-expanding Certiport, which develops certification exams and practice tests of IT and digital literacy skills, recorded revenues of 48m dollars in 2011.

Airtricity Energy Supply (Northern Ireland)

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:32:13 +0100

Business expansion - 19m acquisition - Northern Ireland gas supplier to be purchased
Energy giant SSE Plc is to acquire Belfast headquartered Phoenix Supply, the largest natural gas supplier in Northern Ireland, for 19.1m. The company, which has 130,000 customers, is being acquired from its private equity owner Terra Firma. SSE has agreed a deal through its wholly-owned subsidiary Airtricity Energy Supply (Northern Ireland) to buy the entire issued share capital in Phoenix Supply and to purchase Phoenix Energy, which supplies gas in the Republics deregulated commercial supply market. Alistair Phillips-Davies is Generation and Supply Director of SSE.