Background: Privately owned company providing funeral planning and related bereavement services is looking to acquire:

• Funeral directors
• Funeral planning businesses
• Elderly insurance
• Online portals addressing the elderly

Ref: JD10641

Background: The trade and assets of a long established print management business in Scotland specialising in the management of procurement, production, storage and distribution of corporate print and promotional merchandise.

Forecast turnover for 2010 is £2.5m with gross profit of £800k. Gross margin of 32%.

Ref: JA10611

Background:

Criteria include:

• North West;
• ideally, funds under management;
• strong customer base;
• ideally retirement sale where vendors will stay for agreed period.

Ref: JD10631

Background: Speciality pharmaceutical company with strong track record of acquiring rights to prescription medicines seeks to add pharmaceutical products to its portfolio through asset or corporate transactions which match the following:

• stable history of sales;
• limited or no promotional investment required;
• primary care and hospital sales;
• post patent or generic products;
• UK and EU rights;
• ability to contribute £1 mill plus of EBIT.

Ref: JD10621

Background: Niche mail order company look at growth through the acquisition of similar mail order or internet based operations either within their niche or with a different focus.

Potential targets should:

• have turnover of £1mill plus;
• be profitable or turn round;
• have majority of sales from mail order or internet;
• have sales direct to the consumer with focus on a particular social segment or product range.

Ref: JD10611

Background: Sought in the North or North West with turnover in excess of £750k.

Ref: JD10601