Allied Healthcare International Inc., a leading homecare provider of health and social care in the United Kingdom and Ireland, announced Tuesday that its U.K. subsidiary, Allied Healthcare Group Limited, has acquired the entire issued share capital of BiJu Limited.
Allied expects this acquisition to be accretive to its earnings. Allied has acquired BiJu for maximum total

Nordic Capital Fund VII has acquired The Binding Site Corporation Limited, a privately-owned specialist diagnostics company, from its founder, Jo Bradwell. The transaction price was not revealed.
Post the acquisition, Professor Bradwell will retain a small share of Binding Site, and remain on the Board. Binding Site, based in Birmingham, UK, specialises in the research, development,

U.S. based pharmaceutical developer of novel cancer therapies, SuperGen Inc. and Astex Therapeutics Limited, a privately held; U.K. based Biotechnology Company developing targeted therapies for oncology and virology, entered into a definitive agreement to merge the two companies.
However, the merger is still subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and shareholder approvals. The combined entity,

TAKE Solutions announced Friday the 100 % acquisition of UK headquartered WCI Consulting Group through its subsidiary.  TAKE Solutions is an international business technology company with products and solutions backed by a strong domain expertise in Life Sciences and Supply Chain Management. TAKE has been looking to establish a greater capability in Patient Safety and

In a bid to expand its business in the UK, Saga has acquired Nestor Healthcare Group for an estimated 124 million pounds. Saga reiterated it expects the move to enable it establish a nationwide care network. Nestor provides a range of managed social and primary care services including domiciliary care.
The acquisition is expected to enable

The Hut Group reported it had acquired the UK’s biggest online Health and Beauty retailer, the Lookfantastic Group. Hut Group paid around 19.4 million pounds for the retailer, in a move in line with its strategy to position itself as one of Europe’s biggest online players. Under the terms of the deal, Lookfantastic shareholders will

British health and fitness chain, Virgin Active could be mulling a possible sale of its business. The Richard Branson majority owned company is reported to be in talks with potential private equity firms that might buy the business at an estimated £1 billion.
Reports emerged Sunday in London’s Sunday Telegraph that the Branson Company had already

British Healthcare services provider, Healthcare Locum announced Friday that it successfully taken over Orion, a specialist nursing and healthcare company. The investment deal will see Locum acquire all of Orion’s share capital, inclusive of the company’s business, LML Ltd’s, a staffing company assets and Redwood Health Ltd, a specialist nursing locum placement market will contribute