3 January 2023

About the Report

The following are some of the leads included in the UK Activity Report for January 2023.

Recent Acquisitions and Expansions

• Titan Wealth acquired £750m AUA Kettering IFA, a Northamptonshire IFA firm, in its first deal of 2023.
• Lidl plans to build 12 new stores in Leicestershire as part of a £1.3 billion expansion project.
• Sojo acquired Spedal, a zero-emissions courier and logistics start-up.
• William Reed acquired Retail Week and World Retail Congress.
• Ormandy Rycroft Engineering, a Bradford-based firm, made a double acquisition.
• Wasabi is eyeing expansion opportunities in the suburbs.
• Fenice Media purchased office space in Birmingham city centre for £550,000.
• A Japanese-owned business took a majority stake in the North West auto group, HPL Motors Group.
• Pexion, a Chorley-based precision engineering group, was acquired in a £34m deal.
• Banyan Software acquired a Coventry-based firm as part of its acquisition of two companies.
• Berry Superfos Thermoforming, a Corby plastic packaging firm, is poised to close.
• Victorian Plumbing signed a deal for a new 544,000 sq ft distribution centre in Lancashire.
• McCarthy Group, a North Wales distribution firm, is undergoing a major expansion with a £1m investment that will create 10 new jobs.
• A Redditch firm is creating hundreds of new jobs as part of its growth plans.