acquisitions

Horiba acquire UK group Mira

A Japanese industrial group has swooped on Mira, the British automotive company that is a pivotal player in the future of driverless cars. Horiba announced on Tuesday that it had […]

Solera acquire 100% of Identifix

Solera acquire 100% of Identifix Solera today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% ownership of Identifix, an industry leading data-driven software company within the $8 billion vehicle […]

Volvo acquire 100% of Polestar

Premium carmaker Volvo has acquired 100 per cent of Polestar, the Swedish high performance car company, including the Polestar brand. Polestar will now be used as the model name for […]

ABRA Auto Body acquire KAB

ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a leading damaged vehicle repair company in the US, closed today on the agreement announced last month to acquire all 23 Kadel’s Auto Body locations […]

Enterprise acquires City Car Club

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has announced the acquisition of independent car sharing company, City Car Club. The purchase reinforces Enterprise’s capabilities as one of the UK’s leading providers of mobility solutions to […]

Carlyle to acquire Nationwide for £43.2m

Carlyle Group has reached an agreed deal to acquire Nationwide Accident Repair Services for £43.2 million. In a separate statement on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Nationwide said it […]

Nationwide acquires Seward group

Nationwide has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Seward Accident Repair Centres Ltd. The total net cash consideration is £3.8m and will be funded from the group’s own […]

Innovation wins European motor contract

The Innovation Group has announced that it has secured a new client win with a tier one European motor brand. This contract is the first of a number of expected […]

esure completes Gocompare acquisition

esure has announced that the acquisition of Gocompare is now complete. Further to the announcement on 8 December 2014 that esure Group had conditionally agreed to acquire the outstanding 50% […]

Quindell confirms Slater and Gordon sale

Quindell has today entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to dispose of the Professional Services Division to Slater and Gordon Ltd for an initial cash consideration of £637 […]

Karl Vella acquires fifth bodyshop

Accident repair company The Karl Vella Group, based in Lancashire, has announced the acquisition of its fifth bodyshop. The bodyshop, in Workington, Cumbria, had previously been trading as Millican Motors […]

Markerstudy eyes up Chaucer deal

Post Online has reported that Markerstudy is in pole position to tie-up a deal for Chaucer’s UK motor business after a $300m (£203m) bid backed by private equity house Apollo […]