Acquisitions, Mergers and Disposals

Wider lessons for public sector mergers of regulatory authorities (PDF - 143KB). Good practice section extracted from NAO report: The creation of Ofcom: Wider lessons for public sector mergers of regulatory agencies (HC 1175, 2005-06, July 2006)

Monitoring investments made with the private sector (PDF - 99Kb) The full issue of Focus magazine, issue 9, from which this article is taken, is also available (PDF - 769Kb). November 2000.

Steps for an acquirer to take (PDF - 46 Kb) This document is taken from Appendix 5 of the NAO report, The Acquisition of German Parcel (HC 858 1999-2000, August 2000).

Recommendations of the use of auctions in the public sector (PDF - 17Kb). This document is taken from page 10 of the NAO report, The Auction of Radio Spectrum for the Third Generation of Mobile Telephones (HC 233 2001-2002, October 2001)

The following articles have been taken from Focus magazine, issue 8 (PDF - 415Kb). November 1999.

• Good practice in selling publicly owned assets (PDF - 58Kb)
• Good practice in floating public sector enterprises (PDF - 58Kb)
• Good practice in trade sales (PDF - 58 Kb)
• Good practice in preparing final accounts of privatised bodies (PDF - 72Kb)