Mergers & Acquisitions

Westhill-based construction firm CHAP Group (Aberdeen) Ltd is expanding its civil engineering operations with the agreement to acquire A&A Civils Limited. The acquisition is expected to help boost CHAP’s annual revenues to over £80 million.

Foodservice provider Sysco GB has acquired Scottish meat and fish supplier Campbell's Prime Meat.

Scottish piling and drilling specialist Albion Drilling has been acquired by the UK's largest ground engineering contractor Van Elle in a deal worth up to 3.5 million.

Northern Accountants has acquired Dunfermline-based Empowered By Cloud, accountancy expert for the trades and construction industry, for an undisclosed six-figure sum. This strategic move adds 50 new clients and boosts Leeds-headquartered Northern Accountants' staff to 45, with a total client base o

Edinburgh-headquartered Spotless Commercial Cleaning has acquired English firm Fluid Hygiene (FH), a hospitality sector cleaning specialist which has been operating for over three decade. Based in New Malden, Surrey, FH was set up in 1993 by its managing director Alister Gregson who now joins Spotle

Document Data Group (DDG), a rapidly growing business technology provider based in Central Scotland, has acquired the assets of Fife-based Hire Tech, a specialist in printers and copiers. Bellshill-based DDG has been a force in the business process optimisation field since its inception in its curre

Scottish clean energy group D2Zero has acquired flow measurement consultancy Kelton, adding further decarbonisation expertise to its 4,000-strong workforce, as it seeks to accelerate net zero emissions. Since 1991 Kelton has been enabling leading energy businesses around the world to better understa

Accountancy, business and financial advisory firm Armstrong Watson has acquired Glasgow-based accountancy practice Parkhill Mackie & Co. The merger, which completed last week, will see Parkhill Mackie’s 11 staff, including partners Linda Parkhill and Sandra Mackie join Armstrong Watson&rsq

Accountancy firm BK Plus has acquired Cornerstone Accountants in Glasgow and FourM Accountants in Dundee, adding almost 100 staff and expanding its presence into Scotland. In just over three years since formation, the deal brings BK Plus' office count to 25 offices.

After 26 years under the ownership of Sir Peter Michael and family, The Vineyard Hotel in Newbury has been sold to Apex Hotels for an undisclosed sum. The deal marks Apex Hotels’ third country house hotel following the recent purchase of Pine Trees in Pitlochry and Meldrum House Country Hotel

Dundee-headquartered Thorntons Wealth Management, with offices in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, has acquired Edinburgh-based financial planning firm Robson Macintosh. The deal completed on 27 September and brings the combined assets under administration and management for Thorntons Wealth Management and T

Canadian decarbonised heating specialist Noventa Energy has acquired three innovative heat from wastewater assets from Scottish Water Horizons located in Glasgow, Stirling and Campbeltown, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was funded by infrastructure manager Ancala. The firm invested in Noven

Burges Salmon has guided Pandox on its financing and acquisition of the DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre, in a deal worth £49 million. The deal grows the international hotel property owner's portfolio in Scotland and adds to its Edinburgh offering where it already owns the Aparthotel

RSM’s UK and US arms have announced they are conducting merger talks, which are now at an advanced stage, subject to definitive agreements and customary legal, regulatory and other approvals. The firms' new structure would establish a partner-owned organisation spanning locations across the UK

Scottish climate tech venture studio Ventex has acquired a specialist manufacturing firm as it seeks to accelerate the global expansion of nuclear energy. Cumbria-based Rovtech is the third business to become part of Ventex, which is focussed on repurposing companies, technologies, skills and experi