Mergers & Acquisitions 2007 - Company News Summary

Donatantonio, the Hertfordshire-based food ingredients importer, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Beringea and Venture Structured Finance for undisclosed terms.
31-Dec-2007

Simmons Gainsford is to merge with Silver Altman to create a combined London accountancy practice with about 120 staff.
31-Dec-2007

Medical House is to sell its Eurocut subcontract engineering subsidiary to Semes for up to £3.7m, in order to focus on its drug delivery division.
28-Dec-2007

Alfred McAlpine has sold its slate quarry operations in North Wales to Rigcycle for £31m, including sites in Penrhyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Cwt-y-Bugail and Pen-yr-Orsedd.
28-Dec-2007

Fabricant, the home furnishings company with sites in London and North Yorkshire, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.
28-Dec-2007

Two Wests & Elliott, the Chesterfield-based supplier of mail order garden accessories, has undergone a £0.6m management buy-out.
28-Dec-2007

Shared Value, the London-based capital markets communication consultancy, has been acquired by International Marketing & Sales Group for an initial £2.3m.
24-Dec-2007

AssetCo has acquired TVAC, the provider of engineering solutions to fire and rescue services, for an initial £2.1m, as well as UVM, the ambulance manufacturer, for an initial £0.7m.
24-Dec-2007

Braemar Shipping Services has acquired an 80% stake in Fred Olsen Freight, the Ipswich-based freight forwarding company with 50 staff, for £1.3m, in order to expand its Cory Brothers Shipping Agency subsidiary.
24-Dec-2007

Petards, the developer of advanced surveillance systems, has sold its UK government and commercial software business to BAe Systems Integrated System Technologies for £2.5m.
24-Dec-2007

Instore has bought 33 Ponden Mill shops out of administration for £3.8m, in order to expand its Poundstretcher subsidiary.
24-Dec-2007

Latitude Group, the Warrington-based internet search engine marketing company with more than 100 staff, has undergone a £55m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners.
24-Dec-2007

ESS Steels Holdings, the manufacturer of components for the oil industry with sites in Sheffield and Rotherham, has undergone a management buy-out backed by £35m from Yorkshire Bank and £12m from Baird Capital Partners Europe.
24-Dec-2007

Reuters is to acquire Gissing Group, the London-based data technology company with gross assets of £1.8m.
24-Dec-2007

ArgentVive is to acquire Solcara, the Middlesex-based search technology firm, for £4.5m.
24-Dec-2007

Pharmalicensing, the York-based life sciences and biopharmaceutical technology transfer firm, is to be acquired by UTEK Corporation for £1m.
24-Dec-2007

Augean has acquired Hitech Equipment, the Paisley-based waste recycling company with 40 staff, for £6.2m.
24-Dec-2007

Hyder Consulting has acquired SEIB Ingenieur, the German transport consultancy with 130 staff, for £1.6m.
24-Dec-2007

Flomerics, the supplier of engineering simulation software, is to sell its electromagnetics business to Computer Simulation Technology of Germany for £1.6m.
24-Dec-2007

Senior has acquired Capo Industries, the US manufacturer of super-alloy components, for £42m.
24-Dec-2007

Halma has acquired PP Medizintechnik, the German manufacturer of small diagnostic medical devices, for £39m.
24-Dec-2007

Willmott Dixon has agreed to acquire Inspace, the property services company, for £148m.
24-Dec-2007

Linley & Simpson has acquired the York-based residential letting and management business of Lawton Letting for undisclosed terms.
24-Dec-2007

BAe Systems is to acquire MTC Technologies, the US defence technology and logistics group with 3,000 staff, for £226m.
24-Dec-2007

Morgan Crucible has acquired Certech and Carpenter Advanced Ceramics, the US technical ceramics manufacturers, for £73m.
24-Dec-2007

Emap is to sell its business-to-business publishing division to Guardian Media Group and Apax Partners for £1.26bn.
24-Dec-2007

Northgate Information Solutions, the Hemel Hempstead-based human resources software company, is to be acquired by US private equity firm KKR for £593m.
24-Dec-2007

Abbot Group, the Aberdeen-based oilfield services company, is to be acquired by private equity firm First Reserve Corp for £906m.
20-Dec-2007

Mission Marketing Group has acquired RLA Group, the marketing agency with 60 staff in Bournemouth, Belfast and Edinburgh, for an initial £9.5m.
20-Dec-2007

Pace Micro Technology is to acquire the set-top box and connectivity solutions business of Royal Philips Electronics for £68m, with the transfer of 335 staff mainly based in France.
20-Dec-2007

Cobham is to acquire Lansdale, the US-based electronic warfare technology business with 400 staff, from BAe Systems for £120m.
20-Dec-2007

Maxima Holdings is to acquire the trade and assets of Eclectic Group, the software and support firm with 60 staff in Glasgow and Reading, from Glen Group for up to £3m.
20-Dec-2007

Derrick Services, the offshore engineering firm with 73 staff in Great Yarmouth and Edinburgh, has been bought out of administration by a newly-formed company called Derrick Structures.
20-Dec-2007

G4S has acquired Global Solutions, the prisons, transport, security and meter reading group, for £355m.
19-Dec-2007

British Nuclear Fuels is to sell Project Services, the Warrington-based nuclear services company with about 700 staff, to VT Group for up to £75m.
19-Dec-2007

UTV Media is to acquire FM104, the Irish radio broadcaster, from Communicorp Group for £37m.
19-Dec-2007

Tradus, the London-based online auction company, has accepted a £946m takeover offer from Naspers of South Africa.
19-Dec-2007

Zetar is to acquire Lir Chocolates, the Irish manufacturer of luxury confectionery with 120 staff, for up to £5.7m, in order to expand its Kinnerton subsidiary.
19-Dec-2007

JJB Sports has acquired Original Shoe Company, the chain of 60 branded clothing and footwear stores, from Sports Direct International for £5m.
19-Dec-2007

Swinton Insurance has acquired Andinsure, the insurance firm with 50 staff in Preston, Accrington, Milnthorpe and Birmingham, for undisclosed terms.
19-Dec-2007

Bunzl has acquired Care Shop, the Bolton-based supplier of consumables for the independent care and nursing homes market, from Verna Group Holdings.
18-Dec-2007

K3 Business Technology has acquired Index Computer Systems, the Surrey-based supplier of manufacturing software, for £2.7m.
18-Dec-2007

Wyndeham Visual Communications has acquired Professional Imaging for undisclosed terms, increasing the headcount at its Essex-based Colourlink printing business to 50.
18-Dec-2007

Simon Jersey, the East Lancashire-based corporate uniform manufacturer with 225 staff, has been acquired by Kwintet of Sweden.
18-Dec-2007

Gaucho Grill, the London-based chain of 11 steakhouse restaurants, is to undergo a £125m management buy-out backed by Intermediate Capital Group.
18-Dec-2007

TG21 has sold its Sigma and Toad vehicle security operations to Scorpion Electro Systems of Chorley for £1.7m.
17-Dec-2007

Develop Training, the industrial training firm with sites in York, Derby, Bradford, Warrington, Swindon, Oakham and Glasgow, has undergone a £15m management buy-out.
17-Dec-2007

Bond Bryan, the Sheffield-based architectural firm with annual turnover of about £11m, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Yorkshire Bank.
17-Dec-2007

Russell Scanlan, the Nottingham-based general insurance broker with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland.
17-Dec-2007

BaxterStorey is planning to acquire the Holroyd Howe contract catering business and the Benugo chain of delicatessens, creating a combined group with annual turnover of almost £250m.
17-Dec-2007

Maximuscle, the Watford-based sports nutrition company, has been acquired by newly-formed buy-out firm Darwin for £75m.
17-Dec-2007

Internet Business Group is to merge with TMN, the online media and advertising group.
17-Dec-2007

Nuffield Hospitals is to sell nine private hospitals to General Healthcare Group for £140m, including sites in London, Nottingham, Lancaster and Birmingham.
17-Dec-2007

Inspicio, the testing and inspection company with 5,000 staff, is to be acquired by a 3i investment vehicle for £229m.
17-Dec-2007

Kiln, the Lloyd's insurer, is to be acquired by Japan-based Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance for £442m.
17-Dec-2007

Acorn Group has acquired Concept Staffing, the Barnstaple-based recruitment firm with 16 offices across the South West, for undisclosed terms.
14-Dec-2007

Aegis Group is to acquire a 70% stake in Heartland Media Group, the Chinese media agency, for £4.6m.
14-Dec-2007

Wynnstay has acquired the goodwill and certain assets of Wrekin Country Stores, the owner of agricultural stores in Telford and Stafford, in order to expand its existing chain of 27 outlets.
14-Dec-2007

Greencore has acquired The Ministry of Cake, the Taunton-based frozen cakes manufacturer, as well as Danone's mineral water facility in Blaen Twyni, for a total £15m.
14-Dec-2007

YooMedia has sold its Dateline online dating business, including seven staff, to a consortium funded by Arc Management and Capital Ideas for £0.3m.
14-Dec-2007

Oxford Advanced Surfaces, the Oxford-based developer of materials technology, has been acquired by Kanyon for £19m.
14-Dec-2007

The Original Factory Shop, the Burnley-based chain of 84 discount stores, has undergone a £68m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Duke Street Capital.
14-Dec-2007

Alba is to sell Roadstar Group, the distributor of consumer electronic products with annual sales of £27m, to management for a nominal sum.
13-Dec-2007

Deal Group Media is to sell a 51% stake in its UK online marketing business to a management team operating under the name of Isco Technical Services for £1.5m, in order to focus on the Asia Pacific region.
13-Dec-2007

Northgate has acquired Hampsons Self Drive Hire, the Newark-based vehicle hire company with 50 staff, for £9.8m.
13-Dec-2007

Bouygues Construction has acquired Warings, the Portsmouth-based contractor with 240 staff and annual turnover of £130m.
13-Dec-2007

Multimap, the London-based online mapping company with 120 staff, has been acquired by Microsoft for undisclosed terms.
13-Dec-2007

Glencoe Mountain Resort, the Scottish skiing holiday firm, has been sold by liquidator Invocas to a management buy-out.
13-Dec-2007

Dechra Pharmaceuticals is planning to acquire VetXX, the Danish supplier of veterinary products with 165 staff, for £62m.
13-Dec-2007

Personal Screening has acquired the Over50s.com web portal for £0.1m, in order to expand its online sales of medical testing kits and other health products.
12-Dec-2007

Aegis Group has acquired SPSL, the Milton Keynes-based provider of market research and footfall services to retailers with gross assets of £4.2m.
12-Dec-2007

Spice has acquired Gas Heating UK, the Glasgow-based gas appliance installation and maintenance company with 140 staff, for £2.2m.
12-Dec-2007

Senior has acquired Absolute Manufacturing, the US manufacturer of precision machined parts for the aerospace industry, for £7.1m.
12-Dec-2007

Benson Group has acquired Integrated Packaging, the Gateshead-based chilled packaging company with 180 staff.
12-Dec-2007

Inverness Medical Innovations has acquired BBI Holdings, the diagnostic tests manufacturer with sites in Cardiff, Swansea and Dundee, for £84m.
12-Dec-2007

Samskip has acquired Icepak, the reefer logistics company with sites in Basildon, Australia and the US.
12-Dec-2007

Reckitt Benckiser is to acquire Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, the US pharmaceuticals company, for £1.1bn, as part of a strategy to create a global over-the-counter medicines business.
11-Dec-2007

John David Group has acquired the Bank Stores chain of 49 fashion outlets from Phoenix Equity Partners for £18m.
11-Dec-2007

Johnson Matthey is to acquire Argillon Group, the catalysts and ceramic materials manufacturer with 1,500 staff in Germany, Poland and Romania, for £153m.
11-Dec-2007

Biscom, the recruitment and training firm with 200 staff in Birmingham, Stafford, Walsall and Wolverhampton, has been acquired by ResCare of the US.
11-Dec-2007

Conquest Business Media, the business magazine publisher with 31 staff in Norwich and seven in London, has been bought out of administration by a new company called EZNA.
11-Dec-2007

Cartwright King has merged with Derby-based Lumb, creating a combined law firm with more than 100 staff in the East Midlands.
11-Dec-2007

Servoca has acquired International Security & Surveillance, the security firm with 150 staff and offices in Slough and Edinburgh, for about £0.7m, as well as security technology firm ISS Special Projects for £0.9m.
10-Dec-2007

ITIS Holdings has acquired Trafficlink, the distributor of traffic and travel information with 130 staff in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Middlesbrough and Edinburgh, for an initial £10m.
10-Dec-2007

RPS Group has acquired JDC, the US-based environmental consultancy that advises the petroleum refining and renewable energy sectors, for £5.4m.
10-Dec-2007

YooMedia is to acquire Fresh Interactive Technologies, the Spanish interactive TV company with 28 staff, for £13m.
10-Dec-2007

Plumbing Imports of Thirsk has acquired Hampshire-based Wilky Bathroom Solutions, in order to expand the turnover of its bathroom products business from £7.5m to £13m.
10-Dec-2007

BTWShiells is to merge with the Eric Cairns Partnership to create a combined Belfast-based property consultancy group with 150 staff.
10-Dec-2007

Radley, the handbag supplier, has been acquired by private equity firm Exponent for £130m.
10-Dec-2007

Emap is to sell its consumer magazines and radio operations to H Bauer of Germany for about £1.1bn, in order to focus on business media.
10-Dec-2007

John Turner & Sons, the construction firm with 240 staff in Preston and Manchester, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
07-Dec-2007

VantagePoint Systems, the Leicestershire-based developer of software systems for the packaging industry, is to be acquired by Solarsoft of the US for about £6m.
07-Dec-2007

South East Water is planning to merge with Mid Kent Water, leading to the creation of a new centralised customer service centre with more than 150 staff in Snodland.
07-Dec-2007

Adept Telecom is to acquire Telecom Direct, the fixed line reseller with annual turnover of £13m, for £6.4m.
07-Dec-2007

Bionostics, the Oxford-based medical diagnostics group, is to be acquired by NAV Bidco for £15m.
07-Dec-2007

ACM Shipping Group is to acquire Alchemy Trading Company, the holding company for ship broker ACM Shipping Services, for an initial £6.7m.
07-Dec-2007

HML Holdings is to acquire The Avenue Agency, the Barnet-based residential property management business, for £0.7m.
07-Dec-2007

Pubs n Bars is to acquire Moorgate Taverns, the chain of ten freehold pubs in Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, for £9.2m.
06-Dec-2007

Spice has acquired Saturn Energy, the Liverpool-based commercial energy broker with 11 staff, for an initial £3.5m.
06-Dec-2007

BT is to acquire Frontline Technologies, the Singapore-based IT services company, for about £68m.
06-Dec-2007

Brunch Box, the Belfast-based sandwich supplier with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-in backed by private equity firm Beltrae Partners.
06-Dec-2007

P14, the engineering and design group that includes Resolven-based Nidum Precision Tooling and Merthyr-based Magor Designs, has undergone a management buy-in.
06-Dec-2007

J Rainford & Sons of Chorley has merged with WA McHardy & Son of Milnthorpe to create a combined Lancashire-based egg supply business with 45 staff.
06-Dec-2007

Blue Logic has acquired Premier IT Consultants of Cleckheaton, with the loss of 13 of the 18 jobs.
06-Dec-2007

Exeter Friendly Society is to merge with Pioneer Friendly Society, the Trowbridge-based income protection specialist, to create a combined healthcare insurance business under the Exeter banner.
06-Dec-2007

Pennon Group is to acquire Grosvenor Waste Management, the Kent-based materials recycling firm, for £80m, in order to expand its Viridor subsidiary.
06-Dec-2007

Network Group Holdings has acquired R&L Executive Network, the Lincoln-based recruitment firm with nine staff, for undisclosed terms.
05-Dec-2007

May Gurney Integrated Services has acquired Southern Household Waste Recycling Centre from Environmental Waste Controls, including waste contracts with councils in Norfolk and Gloucestershire, for an initial £3.2m.
05-Dec-2007

Fishers, the laundry and textile firm with 600 staff in Perth, Aberfeldy and Cupar, has undergone a £40m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.
05-Dec-2007

Co-operative Group has acquired PCT Healthcare, the Chesterfield-based chain of 52 pharmacies with 400 staff.
05-Dec-2007

Focus Pharmaceuticals, the Burton-based supplier of prescription generic pharmaceuticals with 15 staff, has undergone a £3.2m management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity.
05-Dec-2007

Titan Travel Group has acquired Big Rock, the Cirencester-based motorcycle racing holiday firm, in order to expand its Grandstand Motor Sports business.
05-Dec-2007

Roush Technologies, the Brentwood-based automotive engineering subsidiary of US-based Roush Enterprises, has been acquired by an investor group and management team for undisclosed terms.
05-Dec-2007

Arnold Laver, the Sheffield-based timber supplier with 800 staff in 16 branches, has undergone a management buy-in.
05-Dec-2007

Wastefile UK has acquired YWM, the waste management company with 50 staff in North Lincolnshire and Cornwall, as part of a strategy to create a nationwide recycling business.
05-Dec-2007

Weir Group is to acquire CH Warman Pump Group, the South African supplier of pumps to the mining industry, for £113m.
05-Dec-2007

ITV is to acquire 12 Yard, the London-based independent TV production company, for up to £35m.
05-Dec-2007

Lees Foods has acquired Patisserie UK, the Livingston-based bakery and dessert manufacturer with 50 staff, for up to £2.5m.
05-Dec-2007

Freshwater UK has acquired The Waterfront Partnership, the public affairs and conference agency with offices in London and Belgium, for up to £2.2m.
04-Dec-2007

Ultra Electronics has acquired BCF Designs, the Cirencester-based developer of electronic test solutions for the military and civil aerospace markets with 40 staff, for £12m.
04-Dec-2007

WS Atkins has acquired Nedtech Engineering, the Dutch aerospace consultancy with annual turnover of £3.5m.
04-Dec-2007

Anderson Strathern has merged with Glasgow-based law firm Kerr & Co, with the transfer of 18 support staff working in corporate law, commercial property and litigation.
04-Dec-2007

Renault Retail Group has acquired the former Whitehouse car dealerships in Orpington and Dartford, and is now planning to expand its network from 23 to 30 sites by 2009.
04-Dec-2007

Loyalty Management Group, the operator of the Nectar loyalty card scheme with 200 staff in London, Newcastle and India, is to be acquired by Aeroplan Income Fund of Canada for £368m.
04-Dec-2007

Cannons, the chain of 52 health and fitness clubs, has been sold by Royal Bank of Scotland to Nuffield Hospitals for about £170m.
04-Dec-2007

Johnson Fellows has merged with Silk Rowson Plant of Shrewsbury to form a combined Midlands-based retail property group with 45 staff.
04-Dec-2007

GNE Group has acquired Bond Hamill, the chain of eight BP-branded petrol retailing sites in the Midlands, North East and West of England, for £8.4m.
03-Dec-2007

Veris has acquired Orange Environmental Building Services and Orange Support Services, the Hampshire-based facilities management companies, for £10m.
03-Dec-2007

Bright Things is to acquire Commonworld, the developer of online social networking systems, for £0.8m.
03-Dec-2007

N Brown, the home shopping group, is to sell its Zendor fulfilment subsidiary to GSI Luxembourg for £3.8m.
03-Dec-2007

Gemini Group of Shoreham is to merge with Beard Digital of Hove to create a combined Sussex-based printing group with annual turnover of £20m and 220 staff.
03-Dec-2007

Burren Energy, the independent oil company, has accepted a £1.7bn takeover bid from Eni of Italy.
03-Dec-2007

Shed Media is to acquire Wall To Wall, the independent TV production company, for up to £25m.
30-Nov-2007

Spice is to acquire Redbridge Management Services, the Chepstow-based infrastructure support company with 68 staff, for an initial £3.1m.
30-Nov-2007

Low & Bonar is to acquire MTX Group, the German manufacturer of technical coated fabrics with 600 staff, for £119m.
30-Nov-2007

Trinity Mirror has acquired Globespan Media, the publisher of property magazines, for an initial £0.9m.
30-Nov-2007

Tayto has acquired Sirhowy Valley Foods, the Gwent-based snacks manufacturer with 132 staff.
30-Nov-2007

Apple Pharmacy Group has acquired three pharmacies in Edinburgh, Glasgow and East Kilbride, and now employs 130 staff at 13 outlets.
30-Nov-2007

Ten Alps has acquired Multimedia Arts, the Manchester-based online video advertising production business, for less than £0.2m.
30-Nov-2007

Darwen Group has acquired Leyland Product Developments, the Leyland-based specialist vehicle design company, for undisclosed terms.
30-Nov-2007

Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired Group Tetris, the French office design and site management company with 75 staff, for undisclosed terms.
30-Nov-2007

HR Owen is to sell its BMW and Mini car dealerships in Chiswick and Heathrow to Marsh Wall for £2.8m.
29-Nov-2007

KP Renewables is to acquire Island Gas, the coal bed methane company seeking to produce gas for industrial and domestic use from onshore coal seams, and will change its name to Island Gas Resources.
29-Nov-2007

CVS has acquired Petmedics, the Manchester-based chain of three veterinary surgeries, for undisclosed terms.
29-Nov-2007

Cavanagh Group has acquired JRG, the Edinburgh-based financial consultancy with 36 staff, for up to £5.3m.
29-Nov-2007

Cartwright Black has merged with MLM to create a combined Cardiff-based law firm called MLM Cartwright with almost 50 staff.
29-Nov-2007

Howard Basford has acquired Auto & Marine, the Formby-based accident repair firm with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-Nov-2007

Essex Insulation has acquired Castle Point, the insulation distributor with branches in Witham and Amersham, for undisclosed terms.
29-Nov-2007

Amec has acquired Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, the US water resources planning company with 27 staff, for £1.4m.
28-Nov-2007

Wilmington Group has acquired a majority stake in The Matchett Group, the Banbury-based financial training firm, for an initial £5.7m.
28-Nov-2007

Produce World has acquired Marshalls Holdings, the Lincolnshire-based fruit and vegetable supplier with sites in Butterwick, Kirton and Spain, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with 1,200 staff.
28-Nov-2007

Nicholl Food Packaging has acquired Bachmann Aluminium, the German packaging supplier with 43 staff, for undisclosed terms.
28-Nov-2007

Hyder Consulting is to acquire Voigt Ingenieure, the German water, waste and transportation business with 75 staff, for £5.6m.
28-Nov-2007

Genus is to sell its Animalcare veterinary pharmaceuticals business to Ritchey for up to £14m.
28-Nov-2007

Towergate is to acquire Broker Network, the Harrogate-based insurance broker with 450 staff at 25 offices, for £95m.
28-Nov-2007

Vyke Communications is planning to acquire The Target, the retail Voice over Internet Protocol service provider, for £3.5m.
27-Nov-2007

Zamano is to acquire Red Circle Technologies, the Irish supplier of digital entertainment services for mobile devices, for up to £17m.
27-Nov-2007

Kemshell Design & Print of Wakefield has been acquired by Lick of Huddersfield, and the business will be consolidated into Lick's site next March.
27-Nov-2007

Adel Cash & Carry, the Sheffield-based hair and beauty store group with 45 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland Corporate.
27-Nov-2007

Clarkson is to sell its CFF Seine freight ferry, which currently operates in the Irish Sea, to Express Shipping for £3.8m.
26-Nov-2007

DCC Healthcare has acquired Squadron Medical, the Chesterfield-based supplier of medical and surgical products, for an initial £11m.
26-Nov-2007

North Yorkshire Timber has acquired Edmund Robson & Company, the South Shields-based timber merchant with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms.
26-Nov-2007

Ashton Pharmaceuticals, the Manchester-based drugs manufacturer with 280 staff, has been bought out of administration by Recipharm of Sweden for undisclosed terms.
26-Nov-2007

STP Group, the Derbyshire-based manufacturer of timber doors and stairs with more than 200 staff, has been acquired by Leeds-based private investment firm Endless.
26-Nov-2007

United Utilities has sold its Norweb electricity distribution business to a consortium of Colonial First State Global Asset Management and JP Morgan Asset Management for £1.8bn.
26-Nov-2007

Kelda, the owner of Yorkshire Water with 4,000 staff, is to be acquired by a consortium including GIC Special Investments and Infracapital Partners for £3bn.
26-Nov-2007

Readymix has acquired Denis Tarrant & Sons, the Irish aggregate and ready-mixed concrete firm, for about £8m.
23-Nov-2007

Northern Foods has acquired Ethnic Cuisine, the Swansea-based ready meals manufacturer with 350 staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Nov-2007

Umeco has acquired George Cole Technologies, the Manchester-based composite materials manufacturer trading as Primco, for £3m.
23-Nov-2007

Macildowie Associates, the finance and HR recruitment firm with offices in Nottingham and Leicester, has been acquired by Synetecs Group of Belfast.
23-Nov-2007

Kirkman & Jourdain, the Essex-based building maintenance contractor, has undergone a £3m management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland.
23-Nov-2007

Cobham is to acquire S-TEC Corporation, the US manufacturer of aircraft autopilots with 180 staff, from Meggitt for £19m.
22-Nov-2007

Mobile Doctors Group is to acquire Medi-fiche, the Chichester-based supplier of medico-legal reports for personal injury claims with 20 staff, for £1.2m.
22-Nov-2007

Excelsior Technologies has acquired Omni Flexibles, the Salford-based flexible packaging manufacturer, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with annual revenue of £40m.
22-Nov-2007

Templine Recruitment, the Birmingham-based recruitment company with 44 staff specialising in the distribution sector, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Key Capital Partners.
22-Nov-2007

Sutton Kersh has acquired Thomson & Moulton, the Liverpool-based property agency, creating a combined network of nine branches across the city.
22-Nov-2007

Barony Universal, the Ayrshire-based aerosol manufacturer with 100 staff, has been acquired by Arnest of Russia.
22-Nov-2007

Dron & Dickson, the offshore electrical installation firm with 150 staff in Stirling, Aberdeen, Hull, Teesside and Lowestoft, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.
22-Nov-2007

GlaxoSmithKline has acquired Reliant Pharmaceuticals, the US supplier of cardiovascular medicines, for £798m.
22-Nov-2007

VT Group has acquired Advanced Engineering & Planning Corp, the US helicopter support services firm with 450 staff, for £34m.
22-Nov-2007

Eurotel, the telecoms service provider with 300 staff at offices in Halifax and Coventry, has been acquired by Inflexion Private Equity for £44m.
22-Nov-2007

Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired Upstream, the London-based property consultancy with 30 staff.
22-Nov-2007

Helphire has acquired Cab Aid, the provider of replacement vehicles to the taxi market with 80 staff in Sutton and Manchester, for up to £5.2m.
21-Nov-2007

United Drug has acquired Procon Conferences, the Harrogate-based pharmaceutical conference services company with 28 staff, for £4.2m.
21-Nov-2007

Synergy Healthcare has acquired Vernon-Carus, the provider of infection control and decontamination services to the NHS, for £24m.
21-Nov-2007

Apollo Metals of Birmingham has been sold by Murray International Holdings to ThyssenKrupp of Germany for undisclosed terms.
21-Nov-2007

Ellisons Solicitors is to merge with PTL to create a combined Essex-based law firm with 18 partners and 40 other fee earners.
21-Nov-2007

Culina Logistics has acquired Baylis Logistics, the Bristol-based haulage firm with 50 staff.
21-Nov-2007

Wadkin, the Leicestershire-based engineering firm with 50 staff, has been bought out of administration by a former chairman of hardware chain Wilkinson.
21-Nov-2007

Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Elidis drinks wholesale business in France to C10 for £85m, and is also planning to close a lager bottling plant in Reading with the loss of 40 jobs.
21-Nov-2007

Gyrus Group, the Wokingham-based medical equipment manufacturer with factories in Cardiff, Canada and the US, is to be acquired by Olympus of Japan for £926m.
20-Nov-2007

Morson has acquired Rosta Engineering, the Stockport-based recruitment firm, for up to £1.4m.
20-Nov-2007

Intellego has acquired Copia, the Redhill-based supplier of e-learning solutions, for less than £0.1m.
20-Nov-2007

Intec Telecom Systems is to sell certain assets to VoluBill of France for an initial £1m, including its Intec DCP rating and charging products in Denmark.
20-Nov-2007

IG Group is to acquire HedgeStreet for £3m, in order to gain the regulatory approval, technology and staff needed to operate a US-based exchange that allows retail clients to trade binary options.
20-Nov-2007

Powell Insurance Brokers has sold Powell Financial Management, its Liverpool-based independent financial advice business with nine staff, to a management buy-out.
20-Nov-2007

Safecall, the Sunderland-based company that enables employees to report workplace problems, has been acquired by the LDC Trust Management subsidiary of Law Debenture Corporation.
20-Nov-2007

Oval Group has acquired Ward Mitchell Partnership, the Leicester-based independent financial adviser with 16 staff, for undisclosed terms.
20-Nov-2007

Quality Kernels, the Brierley Hill-based supplier of nuts, seeds and dried fruits, has been acquired by Matthews Group of Harrogate for undisclosed terms.
20-Nov-2007

Motivcom has acquired Protravel, the supplier of travel and entertainment promotional solutions, for £1m.
19-Nov-2007

Southern Cross Healthcare has acquired three specialist learning disability care homes in Shropshire, in order to expand its Active Care Partnerships business.
19-Nov-2007

Logistics Business Systems, the Preston-based software firm with 40 staff, has been acquired by The Product Development Company of the US.
19-Nov-2007

Trelleborg has sold Trelleborg Automotive, the Coventry-based airsprings manufacturer with 110 staff, to management for undisclosed terms.
19-Nov-2007

Vp has acquired Underground Safety Services and Pipe Testing Accessories of Ireland for £0.6m, as well as Able Safety Yorkshire for £0.7m.
19-Nov-2007

Resolution, the life insurance company, has accepted a £5bn takeover offer from Pearl Group.
19-Nov-2007

Agent Provocateur, the chain of 32 lingerie stores, is to sell a majority stake to private equity firm 3i for £60m.
19-Nov-2007

Bounty, the supplier of baby products to new parents, is to be acquired by Kaboose of Canada for £70m.
19-Nov-2007

Travis Perkins is to acquire Tile Giant, the Stoke-based chain of 29 tile stores in the North of England and the Midlands, for £12m.
16-Nov-2007

Galliford Try has acquired Kendall Cross Holdings, the Tyneside-based affordable housing contractor, for £9.3m.
16-Nov-2007

Eleco is to acquire Milbury Systems, the concrete products manufacturer with 53 staff at sites in Bristol and Lydney, for £7m.
16-Nov-2007

Ultra Electronics has acquired Atkins & Partners, the Doncaster-based supplier of software solutions for emergency planning, for £4m.
16-Nov-2007

Parthenon Entertainment, the independent TV production company, is to be acquired by Jersey-based venture capitalist Arkaga.
16-Nov-2007

Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired Hedges & Rose, the Llantrisant-based insurance firm with 24 staff.
16-Nov-2007

South Lakeland Group, the chain of nine holiday parks in the Lake District and Morecambe Bay, has been acquired by White Ocean Leisure for £125m.
16-Nov-2007

Avacta Group is to acquire Oxford Medical Diagnostics, the gas-detection technology company, for an initial £3m.
15-Nov-2007

Scottish & Southern Energy is to acquire Slough Heat & Power, the 80MW biomass energy plant in Slough with 140 staff, for £49m.
15-Nov-2007

Ennstone Johnston has acquired Waveney Asphalt, the Suffolk-based surfacing contractor, for up to £3.2m.
15-Nov-2007

Ponden Mill, the West Yorkshire-based chain of 250 home furnishings stores with more than 1,400 staff, has been acquired by Agilo.
15-Nov-2007

Greene King has acquired New Century Inns, the Teesside-based chain of 49 pubs, for £33m.
15-Nov-2007

Unilever is to sell its Lawry's and Adolph's seasonings and marinades business in the US and Canada to McCormick for £290m.
15-Nov-2007

Northern Bear has acquired Jennings Properties, the Leeds-based roofing contractor, for up to £5.1m.
14-Nov-2007

Interior Services Group has acquired Pearce Group, the Bristol-based construction firm with 350 staff, for an initial £13m.
14-Nov-2007

Media Corporation has acquired Interactive Consulting, the internet advertising firm trading as Nash Digital, for £0.2m.
14-Nov-2007

Wyndeham Press has sold its Visual Communications business to a management buy-out, including five printing and packaging design divisions with about 300 staff.
14-Nov-2007

ATG Airports has bought Alstom Airport Lighting, the Warwickshire-based manufacturer of airport lighting systems, for undisclosed terms.
14-Nov-2007

Lavendon has acquired the DK Rental powered lifting equipment business in Spain, Belgium and France for £61m, including 2,700 vehicles and seven depots.
14-Nov-2007

Domino Printing Sciences has acquired its distributor in Belgium and Luxembourg from Bopack Systems for £3m.
13-Nov-2007

FKI has bought Hunslet-Barclay, the Kilmarnock-based railway engineering firm, out of administration for £2.1m, in order to expand its Brush Traction division.
13-Nov-2007

Trust Property Management Group has acquired the residential management division of Middlesex-based Paige & Petrook for under £0.1m.
13-Nov-2007

WIN has acquired Pop-i Media, the digital TV marketing business, for a deferred consideration of up to £3.5m.
13-Nov-2007

United Business Media has acquired Portelligent, the US data analysis company, for an initial £4m, in order to expand its CMP Technology division.
13-Nov-2007

Entek, the battery component manufacturer with 135 staff in North Tyneside, has undergone a management buy-out.
13-Nov-2007

Avocet Hardware, the manufacturer of door and window hardware with 200 staff in Brighouse, has undergone a management buy-out from Masco Corporation for undisclosed terms.
13-Nov-2007

Smart & Cook has acquired Talbot Insurance Brokers, the Kendal-based firm with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
13-Nov-2007

Creative Outsourcing Solutions International has been bought of administration by Dutch firm Budelpack, securing the future of 560 jobs at its cosmetics factory near Bridgend, but up to 180 jobs will be lost in Littlehampton.
13-Nov-2007

Smartstream Technologies, the supplier of back office software to banks, is to be acquired by DIFC Investments of Dubai for about £210m.
13-Nov-2007

Tarsus is to acquire The WR Kern Organisation, the operator of business events in Dubai, for up to £17m.
13-Nov-2007

Sterling Financial Print has bought Greenaway Harrison, the London-based printing firm, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
12-Nov-2007

Smiths Group has sold Marine Systems, its Essex-based business trading as Kelvin Hughes and ChartCo with 330 staff, to KH Finance for £52m.
12-Nov-2007

Firth Rixson, the Sheffield-based aerospace metal components manufacturer, is to be acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners for £945m.
12-Nov-2007

Prudential has sold its PPM Capital private equity division to management for undisclosed terms.
12-Nov-2007

National Express is to acquire Kings Ferry, the Kent-based commuter coach company with 110 staff, for £8m.
12-Nov-2007

Chorion has acquired Copyrights Group, the children's character licensing firm, in a deal thought to be worth between £5m and £10m.
12-Nov-2007

TT Games, the Cheshire-based computer games company with 200 staff, is to be acquired by Warner Brothers for undisclosed terms.
12-Nov-2007

Noble Systems has acquired Amcat UK, the supplier of contact centre technology with offices in Manchester and Germany.
09-Nov-2007

Wincanton has acquired Swales Haulage, the Berkshire-based building materials distributor with 11 sites throughout the country, for £5.3m.
09-Nov-2007

Wolseley has announced five bolt-on acquisitions for a total £84m, including Architectural Building Supply Company, Jacobi Hardware, KBC Construction and JD's Wholesale Plumbing in the US and Sofiparts in France.
09-Nov-2007

Roto Smeets is to acquire the European operations of Quebecor World for £129m, including a printing plant in Corby and 17 other sites.
09-Nov-2007

Synexus, the Chorley-based drug trials company with 150 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm Lyceum Capital for £18m.
09-Nov-2007

Henkel is considering plans to close a number of chemical plants and shed thousands of jobs after completing the £2.7bn acquisition of the National Starch adhesives business from ICI early next year.
09-Nov-2007

Imprint, the recruitment consultancy, has recommended a £43m takeover bid from OPD Group.
08-Nov-2007

Hasgrove has bought some of the assets and trade of Amaze, the web solutions agency with sites in Cheshire and London, out of administration for £0.6m.
08-Nov-2007

Alan Boswell Group has acquired Mansbrook Brosche of Norwich, creating a combined financial services and insurance group with more than 150 staff.
08-Nov-2007

Sportech has acquired the Vernons football pools gaming business in Liverpool from Ladbrokes for £51m.
08-Nov-2007

WSP has acquired CEL International, the Coventry-based engineering consultancy with about 170 staff, for £22m.
08-Nov-2007

Ennstone Thistle has acquired The Boyne Bay Lime Company, the owner of the Portsoy limestone quarry in North East Scotland, as well as DW Gordon Blocks, the Aberdeen-based concrete block manufacturer, for a total £4.6m.
07-Nov-2007

Genus has sold HTSPE, the Hemel Hempstead-based natural resources development consultancy, to a management team for £3.2m.
07-Nov-2007

Solid State has acquired RZ Pressure Instruments Supply, the Swiss battery pack manufacturer, for an initial £0.5m.
07-Nov-2007

Pearson has agreed to sell Groupe Les Echos, the French financial newspaper publisher, to LVMH for £167m.
07-Nov-2007

Sirdar has sold its Wakefield-based yarns division to a management buy-out backed by RBS Invoice Finance for £3m.
07-Nov-2007

Paragon Group has acquired Lithotech, the French commercial printing company with annual turnover of about £42m.
07-Nov-2007

Horbury Group has acquired GBW Tool Hire of Worksop for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Magna plant and tool hire division.
07-Nov-2007

Wrap Film Systems, the Telford-based supplier of clingfilm dispensers with about 120 staff, has undergone a £21m management buy-out backed by Close Growth Capital.
07-Nov-2007

SSL International is to acquire Orthaheel, the supplier of corrective insoles, for an initial £15m.
07-Nov-2007

Parkwood Holdings has acquired DPL Holdings and its Silvanus and LSW subsidiaries for up to £1.1m, in order to expand its landscaping and maintenance operations in the South West.
06-Nov-2007

RPS has acquired Scotia, the US-based oil and gas industry consultancy, for £2.9m.
06-Nov-2007

John Menzies is to acquire Northport Norway and Finnhandling from the Northport Oy subsidiary of Finnair, in order to expand its Scandinavian airport ground handling business.
06-Nov-2007

ArgentVive has acquired Advance Warning, the social networking development company, for up to £0.5m.
06-Nov-2007

Totalduct, the Nottingham-based ventilation and ducting company with annual turnover of £1m, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Skye Corporate Finance for undisclosed terms.
06-Nov-2007

Barloworld Scientific, the Staffordshire-based laboratory equipment manufacturer with 950 staff, has been acquired by Nova Capital Management for £75m.
06-Nov-2007

Accura BD, the manufacturer of construction equipment with 73 staff in Stoke-on-Trent and 37 staff in Rotherham, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
06-Nov-2007

Lancashire Chemical Works, the Derbyshire-based chromium chemicals supplier with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-in backed by the Endless buy-out fund.
06-Nov-2007

Chemring has acquired Richmond Electronics & Engineering, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of bomb disposal equipment, for £11m.
06-Nov-2007

Alfred McAlpine is to sell six PFI concessions to Infrastructure Investors Limited Partnership for £52m, including road, healthcare and school projects.
06-Nov-2007

Unilever is to sell its Boursin cheese brand to Le Groupe Bel of France for £278m.
06-Nov-2007

Alliance Medical, the Warwick-based diagnostic imaging company with about 190 mobile and fixed scanners, has been acquired by Dubai International Capital for £600m.
06-Nov-2007

Vitesse Media has acquired Infoconomy, the London-based publisher of Information Age with 17 staff, for about £0.8m.
06-Nov-2007

Glisten has acquired Snacks Unlimited of London and Lindum Snacks of Lincolnshire for £1.5m, with the transfer of 34 staff.
06-Nov-2007

Amec has acquired Young Associates, the environmental consultancy with 18 staff in Chester and Edinburgh, for £0.5m.
05-Nov-2007

Freshwater UK has acquired Lynx Public Relations, the Leeds-based PR consultancy with ten staff, for an initial £0.5m.
05-Nov-2007

Intertek has acquired Plastics Technologies Laboratories, the US plastics testing laboratory with 20 staff, for £2.6m.
05-Nov-2007

Begbies Traynor has acquired the Leeds-based insolvency division of Bartfields UK for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 16 staff.
05-Nov-2007

Arnold Clark has acquired Patterson Motor Group, the car dealership with 370 staff at sites in Newcastle, Hexham and Shiremoor, for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2007

Parson & Crosland, the Middlesbrough-based steel supplier with 47 staff, has been acquired by Murray General Steels for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2007

R Rossa & Sons, the Leicester-based ice cream manufacturer, has been brought out of administration by a new company called Rossa Dairy Products, securing the future of 21 jobs.
05-Nov-2007

Nightingales, the Shropshire-based clothing manufacturer with 80 staff, has been bought out of administration by JD Williams & Co, and production will move to Manchester.
05-Nov-2007

Carillion has agreed terms to acquire Alfred McAlpine, the construction and support services group, for about £600m.
05-Nov-2007

Bio-Stat, the Stockport-based healthcare products group with 70 staff, has been acquired by Inverness Medical Innovations of the US for up to £24m.
02-Nov-2007

Broker Network has acquired George Williams, the Denbigh-based commercial insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
02-Nov-2007

Eaga has acquired wall insulation and heating companies Horrocks Group of Liverpool, George Howe of Durham and AF Ring of Welwyn Garden City for a total £18m, with the transfer of 300 staff.
02-Nov-2007

Tenon Group has acquired Professional Assurance Services, the financial advice company with offices in Nottingham and Leicester, for £6m.
02-Nov-2007

Augean has acquired RNA Investments, the Avonmouth-based chemicals and solvents recycling company that trades as Chemical Recoveries, for £5.8m.
02-Nov-2007

Fireline UK, the Manchester-based fireplace supplier with about 20 staff, has been acquired by Charlton & Jenrick of Shropshire for £2.7m.
02-Nov-2007

Tower Surveys has acquired 3Di International, the West Sussex-based aerial surveys specialist.
02-Nov-2007

PTL, the Telford-based polymer industry training firm, has been acquired by Next-tec of Stafford.
02-Nov-2007

Greenstar UK has acquired Verdant Group, the Sevenoaks-based waste processing firm, creating a combined group with 1,450 staff at 38 sites throughout the country.
02-Nov-2007

Invensys is to sell APV, the West Sussex-based manufacturer of processing equipment, to SPX of the US for £250m.
01-Nov-2007

WSP Group has acquired SEi Group, the US infrastructure design engineering company with 150 staff, for £11m.
01-Nov-2007

Midven, the Birmingham-based venture capitalist, has undergone a management buy-out.
01-Nov-2007

Dawbarns Pearson is to merge with Frasers to create a combined Norfolk-based law firm with more than 100 staff in Downham Market, March, King's Lynn and Wisbech.
01-Nov-2007

WH Ireland has acquired ARE Business & Professional and SRS Business & Professional, the Bristol-based independent financial advice companies, for £1.2m.
31-Oct-2007

TG21 is to sell its Sextons in-car entertainment and satellite navigation systems business to Car Electronics of Leicester for about £0.6m.
31-Oct-2007

Beck & Pollitzer, the engineering services firm with 275 staff at sites in Bath, Bilston, Burton, Crayford, Dartford, Stalybridge, Washington and continental Europe, has been acquired by Hermes Private Equity for £55m.
31-Oct-2007

HSBC has sold its Marbles and Beneficial credit card operations to SAV Credit for £385m.
31-Oct-2007

Domino Printing Sciences is to acquire Control Information Technology, the German supplier of production line control software, for an initial £2.8m.
30-Oct-2007

Sage Group has acquired KCS Global Holdings, the supplier of personnel and payroll solutions, for £20m.
30-Oct-2007

Peter's Food Service, the Caerphilly-based pastry products manufacturer with 640 staff, has undergone a £20m management buy-out backed by NBGI Private Equity.
30-Oct-2007

Vectra Group, the Warrington-based environmental consultancy with 110 staff, is to be sold by Volvere to Dutch design and engineering firm Arcadis for £6m.
30-Oct-2007

South Staffordshire Water, the Midlands-based water supplier with 1,400 staff, has been acquired by US infrastructure fund Alinda for an estimated £400m.
30-Oct-2007

PHSC is to acquire Guardian Water Treatment, the Basildon-based supplier of water hygiene products, for up to £2.2m.
29-Oct-2007

Greenstar has acquired M&B Waste Management, the Dewsbury-based waste processing company with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-Oct-2007

EasyJet is to acquire GB Airways, the Gatwick-based British Airways franchise that operates 28 routes from Gatwick and six from Manchester, from the Bland Group for £103m.
26-Oct-2007

Colchester Print Group has bought the goodwill and assets of Piggott Black Bear, the Cambridge-based magazine printer with 26 staff, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
26-Oct-2007

Chase Equipment, the Bilston-based manufacturer of loading bay equipment with 34 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
26-Oct-2007

Centre for High Performance Development, the management training consultancy with offices in London, Australia and the US, has been acquired by US-based Capital H Group for undisclosed terms.
26-Oct-2007

Southampton Leisure, the owner of Southampton Football Club, has received a £40m bid for a majority stake in the business from Sisu Capital.
25-Oct-2007

Qinetiq is to acquire Boldon James, the security software company with 70 staff in Crewe and Maidenhead, for an estimated £20m.
25-Oct-2007

Litho Supplies has acquired Graphica Plus, the Hampshire-based supplier of printing equipment, for an initial £0.6m.
25-Oct-2007

Bond Wolfe has acquired Paul Dubberley & Co, the West Midlands-based chain of six estate agencies with 30 staff.
25-Oct-2007

Howorth Airtech, the Bolton-based supplier of clean environment equipment with 100 staff, has undergone a £12m management buy-in.
25-Oct-2007

Victoria Laundry, the Honiton-based laundry firm, has been bought out of administration by Laundry South West, securing the future of 20 jobs.
25-Oct-2007

Umbro, the Cheshire-based sports kit manufacturer, is to be acquired by Nike of the US for £285m.
24-Oct-2007

Autonomy Corporation is to acquire Meridio Holdings, the Belfast-based supplier of enterprise records management software, for £20m.
24-Oct-2007

Spiritel has acquired Tdotcom, the London-based supplier of voice and data systems, for £0.3m.
24-Oct-2007

Cello Group has acquired 2CV, the London-based consumer market research consultancy, for an initial £5.4m.
24-Oct-2007

Galleon Holdings is to acquire Phoenix Investment Global, the Hong Kong-based interactive TV services company, for an initial £1.5m.
24-Oct-2007

Enodis is to acquire TRUpour, the Irish beverage dispense company, for an initial £3.5m, in order to expand its Scotsman Beverage Systems subsidiary.
24-Oct-2007

Alibone Recycling, the Northampton-based paper recycling company, has been acquired by private capital firm Reconomy for undisclosed terms.
24-Oct-2007

Ascribe has acquired Scorpio Information Systems, the Southampton-based supplier of clinical information management systems to the NHS, for £1.3m.
23-Oct-2007

Intertek has acquired Ageus Solutions, the Canadian environmental compliance consultancy with 28 staff, for an initial £0.9m.
23-Oct-2007

Cobra Holdings has acquired UK & Ireland Insurance Services, the Manchester-based general insurance broker, for £4.3m.
23-Oct-2007

Harman Technology has acquired Kentmere Photographic, the Kendal-based photographic products business with annual turnover of £5m.
23-Oct-2007

Shacklocks has acquired Partridges, the Allestree-based law firm, for undisclosed terms, and is seeking further acquisitions in Derbyshire over the next 12 months.
23-Oct-2007

Hourglass Seal, the Gloucestershire-based specialist glass company, has been acquired by Customade UK of Stonehouse for undisclosed terms.
23-Oct-2007

Autocruise, the Mexborough-based motorhome manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by Swift Holdings, securing the future of 140 jobs.
23-Oct-2007

Global Marine Energy, the Shipley-based oilfield services company, is to be acquired by EMER International of Hong Kong for £9.4m.
23-Oct-2007

Libertas Capital is to acquire Macadam Corporate Finance, the London-based specialist corporate finance advisory firm, for undisclosed terms.
22-Oct-2007

Imprint Creative Print Solutions (ICPS) has acquired Perfect Screen Print, the Tyneside-based printing firm with 35 staff.
22-Oct-2007

Aga Foodservice is to sell its commercial cooking equipment business to Ali of Italy for £260m.
22-Oct-2007

Umeco is to sell its aircraft repair and overhaul division to AMETEK for £36m, including facilities in the UK, France and Singapore.
19-Oct-2007

Balfour Beatty has acquired Covion, the Reading-based integrated facilities infrastructure services business with 600 staff, for £33m.
19-Oct-2007

The Greenery of Huntingdon is to sell five wholesale fruit and vegetable operations in Gateshead, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham to Total Produce for about £1m, with the transfer of 80 staff.
19-Oct-2007

Bradman Lake, the Norfolk-based packaging machinery supplier with 350 staff in Norwich, Bristol and worldwide, is to be acquired by Langley Holdings.
19-Oct-2007

Goulds Tissue, the Heywood-based tissue paper manufacturer with 110 staff, has been bought out of administration by Staples Holdings of Sleaford.
19-Oct-2007

Clegg Construction, the Nottingham-based construction company with about 140 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
19-Oct-2007

Construction Learning World, the Nottinghamshire-based construction industry training company, has been acquired by Melorio in a multi-million-pound deal.
19-Oct-2007

Rixons Financial Services has acquired Premier Wealth Solutions of Hessle, creating a combined Hull-based financial management group with 33 staff.
19-Oct-2007

May Gurney has acquired Willows Plant, the Warrington-based gas utility maintenance contractor with about 400 staff, for £4.6m.
19-Oct-2007

Motivcom is to acquire Zibrant, the marketing services and event management company with offices in Godalming, Derby and Canterbury, for an initial £15m.
18-Oct-2007

Harwoods has acquired Webbers, the Basingstoke-based Land Rover, Jaguar and Subaru car dealership, and is looking to relocate the business from the town centre within two years.
18-Oct-2007

Restaurant Group is to acquire the Brunning & Price chain of 14 pub restaurants in the North West for £32m.
18-Oct-2007

Data Locator Group, the marketing database provider, is to be acquired by Kaupthing of Iceland for £75m.
18-Oct-2007

Inchcape has raised £6.8m from the sale of Wilcomatic, J&S Components and its VW car dealership in Wrexham.
17-Oct-2007

Tellings Golden Miller has acquired OFJ Connections, the Heathrow-based provider of air passenger and aircrew transport with 214 staff, for £5.1m.
17-Oct-2007

Sleepdown has acquired Slumbalux of Oldham, creating a combined textiles business with more than 120 staff and turnover of £25m.
17-Oct-2007

Solvay is to sell its caprolactone chemicals business in Warrington to Perstorp Group of Sweden for £140m, with the transfer of 65 staff.
17-Oct-2007

ECUS, the Sheffield-based environmental consultancy with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
17-Oct-2007

Connaught is to acquire Water Technology, the water hygiene and treatment firm, for £9.1m.
17-Oct-2007

United Drug has acquired Alliance Healthcare Information, the US pharmaceutical sales and marketing services company with 163 staff, for £4.6m.
16-Oct-2007

Smiths Group has acquired Sartorius Bearing Technology, the German supplier of high-performance rotating equipment with 100 staff, for £14m.
16-Oct-2007

Wynnstay has acquired MVZ Farm Supplies, the Droitwich-based animal healthcare products distributor, for an initial £0.5m.
16-Oct-2007

Vp has acquired the business and assets of First Engineering's Glasgow-based small plant division for £1.2m, in order to expand its Torrent Trackside rail infrastructure equipment division.
16-Oct-2007

Hydrasun, the Aberdeen-based fluid transfer equipment supplier with 255 staff, has undergone a £75m management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity.
16-Oct-2007

Bakkavor has acquired Welcome Food Ingredients, the Nottinghamshire-based sauce manufacturer with 115 staff, for undisclosed terms.
16-Oct-2007

Ocean Media Group, the magazines and exhibitions company, has undergone a management buy-in backed by AAC Capital Partners.
16-Oct-2007

Morethanhotels, the chain of 11 budget hotels, has been acquired by JER Partners for about £115m, and JER is looking to acquire further hotels and development sites over the next few years.
16-Oct-2007

Scottish & Southern Energy is to acquire a 1,100km fibre optic network from TeliaSonera International for £12m, including ten operational repeater sites and a duct running between London, Bristol, Manchester and Leeds.
15-Oct-2007

Xploite has acquired Itheon, the Welwyn Garden City-based provider of business services assurance solutions, for up to £7m.
15-Oct-2007

Bovis Homes has acquired Elite Homes, the housebuilder with sites across the North West and Yorkshire, for £26m.
15-Oct-2007

West Cornwall Pasty Company, the Porthleven-based chain of 55 pasty shops, has been acquired by Gresham Private Equity for more than £30m.
15-Oct-2007

Nevisport, the Fort William-based outdoor clothing retailer, is to be acquired by Jacobs & Turner of Glasgow, securing the future of 80 jobs at the six remaining stores.
15-Oct-2007

BDO Stoy Hayward has acquired Chiltern, the tax consultancy with 75 staff, and will relocate the business to BDO's Baker Street office in London early next year.
15-Oct-2007

Myhome is to acquire Edwin Investments, the operator of more than 400 ChipsAway car repair franchises, for up to £20m.
15-Oct-2007

Homebase has bought 27 DIY stores from Focus for £40m, with the transfer of 720 staff.
15-Oct-2007

Innovation Group is to acquire certain assets of Nobilas Claims and Fleet Solutions from Akzo Nobel for £0.6m, in order to expand its insurance claims management outsourcing service.
12-Oct-2007

Cookson is to acquire Foseco, the supplier of consumable products for use in the foundry and steel industries with 29 production facilities in 17 countries, for £497m.
12-Oct-2007

Phoenix Medical Supplies is to acquire Nucare, the chain of 35 pharmacies and provider of purchasing, marketing and support services to independent pharmacists, for £48m.
12-Oct-2007

Bollington has acquired Greystone, the Altrincham-based insurance services firm with nine staff.
12-Oct-2007

United Business Media has acquired Energy Events UK, the owner of the Energy Solutions Expo event, for £1m.
11-Oct-2007

Biofusion has sold its 50% stakes in Cardiff ProTides and Cardiff Biologicals to Morvus Technology, leaving it with a portfolio of 23 companies from partnerships with universities in Sheffield and Cardiff.
11-Oct-2007

MKM has acquired Promodus, the London-based marketing and communications consultancy, for £0.7m.
11-Oct-2007

Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired Crosbie & Jack, the insurance broker with 60 staff at offices in Falkirk, Aberdeen, Stirling and Glasgow.
11-Oct-2007

York Pharma has acquired Derms Development, the dermatology company that owns Cheshire-based Crawford Healthcare and employs a medical sales force of 53, for £17m.
11-Oct-2007

Rybrook Holdings has acquired the Conwy Land Rover and Jaguar car dealerships in North Wales for undisclosed terms.
11-Oct-2007

Amefa UK has bought Richardson Sheffield, the cutlery manufacturer, out of administration, securing the future of 51 jobs.
11-Oct-2007

Alfred Bagnall & Sons has acquired James Hodgins & Sons, the Glasgow-based painting and decorating firm with 13 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Oct-2007

Cohort is to acquire SEA, the Frome-based systems engineering and software company, for up to £25m.
11-Oct-2007

Dexter Brown, the Milton Keynes-based property management firm, is to be acquired by Trust Property Management for about £1.5m.
11-Oct-2007

RPC Group has acquired Raytec, the Dutch injection moulding company, for £3m.
10-Oct-2007

White Young Green has acquired PH McCarthy, the Irish consulting engineer with 184 staff, for an initial £13m.
10-Oct-2007

Electric Word has acquired Speechmark Publishing, the Brackley-based book publisher, for £2m.
10-Oct-2007

Southern Water is to be sold by Royal Bank of Scotland to a consortium led by JPMorgan Asset Management of the US for £4.2bn.
10-Oct-2007

Shire is to sell a portfolio of dermatology products sold in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ireland to Almirall for £104m, in order to focus on its main biopharmaceuticals business.
09-Oct-2007

CBG Group has acquired Marcus Hearn & Co, the London-based insurance broker, for up to £2.7m.
09-Oct-2007

Macfarlane Group is to sell its foam packaging operations in the US and Mexico to Specialized Packaging Group for £3.8m.
09-Oct-2007

Wyeth is to acquire Haptogen, the Aberdeen-based biopharmaceutical therapies company with 30 staff, for an estimated £25m.
09-Oct-2007

Amber Composites of Nottingham and Technical Resin Bonders of Huntingdon have been acquired by a US-based private equity consortium for undisclosed terms.
09-Oct-2007

Swansure, the York-based financial services firm, has been acquired by Assurant Solutions of the US for undisclosed terms.
09-Oct-2007

Certex UK has acquired RopeTek, the Caerphilly-based supplier of wire rope and lifting products with annual turnover of £1m.
09-Oct-2007

George Adams & Sons, the Spalding-based meat products manufacturer, is to be acquired by Tulip of Denmark for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with about 9,000 staff.
08-Oct-2007

Merchant Securities is to acquire John East & Partners, the London-based corporate finance firm with 11 staff, for an initial £4.9m.
08-Oct-2007

Vodafone has acquired the Italian and Spanish broadband operations of Tele2 for £537m.
08-Oct-2007

Linden Foods has acquired W&K Holdings, the operator of abattoirs in North Tyneside and Gateshead, for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 60 jobs.
05-Oct-2007

Claimar Care is to acquire Complete Care Holdings, the Telford-based provider of care services with 700 carers, for £33m.
04-Oct-2007

Edwin Hill, the property services company with six offices in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Potters Bar, Heathrow and Dartford, has been acquired by Altus Group of Canada for £27m.
04-Oct-2007

Inchcape is to sell its Maranello car dealerships in St Albans, Egham and Sevenoaks to HR Owen, Sytner Group and Lancaster respectively, in a £16m deal.
04-Oct-2007

Recticel is to acquire Gradient Insulations, the Wolverhampton-based manufacturer of insulation systems with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
04-Oct-2007

Aqualux, the Wednesbury-based bathroom products manufacturer with 200 staff, has been acquired by AFG Arbonia-Forster of Switzerland for £23m.
04-Oct-2007

Lookers is to acquire Dutton Forshaw, the chain of 31 car dealerships, from Lloyds TSB for £60m, taking its total network to about 140 outlets.
04-Oct-2007

Scott Group has acquired Marlaw Pallets, the Airdrie-based pallet manufacturer, for undisclosed terms, increasing its workforce from 850 to 1,150.
04-Oct-2007

Ainscough, the Lancashire-based crane hire group with 1,000 staff and 25 depots, has undergone a £255m management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.
04-Oct-2007

Bupa is to acquire a majority stake in DCA Agedcare, the operator of about 100 care homes in Australia and New Zealand, in a deal that values the business at £535m.
04-Oct-2007

James Fisher & Sons has acquired Pump Tools, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of downhole tools and systems with 21 staff, for £7.7m.
03-Oct-2007

Finsbury Food has acquired Anthony Alan Foods, the Barnsley-based supplier of low-fat cakes, for up to £3.7m.
03-Oct-2007

Silverdell has acquired Swift, the Southampton-based asbestos remediation contractor, for £1.5m.
03-Oct-2007

Broker Network has acquired Priestley & Partners, the Altrincham-based commercial insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2007

Keller Group has acquired HJ Foundation, the US piling contractor, for an initial £24m.
03-Oct-2007

PCF Print Management, the Newport-based printing firm with 16 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
03-Oct-2007

Protocol Skills, the Ellesmere Port-based skills training company with 800 staff, has undergone a £46m management buy-out backed by Close Brothers.
03-Oct-2007

Alliance Boots has acquired Henderson Pharmacy, the Northumberland-based chain of 14 pharmacies with 120 staff, for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2007

Norfolk Lavender, the Norfolk-based fragrance supplier with 55 staff, is to merge its wholesale marketing and distribution business with Gleneagles of Edinburgh.
03-Oct-2007

Christian Salvesen is to be acquired by Norbert Dentressangle of France for £254m, in order to create a combined transport group with 29,200 staff in 13 countries.
03-Oct-2007

Imprint is to sell its regional recruitment operations in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds to management for a nominal sum plus an annual licence fee.
02-Oct-2007

RM has acquired SpaceKraft, the Shipley-based specialist education resources supplier with 45 staff, for up to £3.9m.
02-Oct-2007

Servoca has acquired the business, trade and assets of Firstpoint Healthcare, the nursing recruitment company with 21 staff, out of administration.
02-Oct-2007

Allied Healthcare International is to sell Allied Respiratory, the provider of oxygen services in the South East and Northern Ireland, to Air Liquide for £36m, in order to focus on healthcare staffing.
02-Oct-2007

Rok has acquired Avonside Services, the plumbing, heating and electrical services group with 450 staff at four offices in the North of England and Scotland, for £16m.
02-Oct-2007

Interior Services Group has acquired Interior Alpha, the provider of fit out services with offices in France, Italy and Germany, for £13m.
02-Oct-2007

BT has acquired Lynx Technology, the Chesterfield-based IT services firm with more than 500 staff.
02-Oct-2007

MWB Business Exchange is to acquire Stanhope Business Centres, the operator of two serviced office buildings in London's Covent Garden, for £12m.
02-Oct-2007

HR Owen has acquired the business and assets of the Ferrari and Maserati car franchises in St Albans from Inchcape Retail for £0.3m.
02-Oct-2007

Holidaybreak is to acquire NST, the supplier of school travel services with 256 staff and offices in Blackpool and Cambridge, for £47m.
02-Oct-2007

Carillion has sold Pall Mall and Sovereign Soft Services, its cleaning and security services operations, to Resource Services Group for £22m.
02-Oct-2007

WSP has acquired Sells, the US infrastructure engineer, for an initial £5.5m, as well as CBP, the German project manager, for £8.6m.
02-Oct-2007

BBC Worldwide is to acquire a 75% stake in Lonely Planet, the travel guide publisher with more than 600 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Oct-2007

Trinity Mirror has sold the Racing Post newspaper to Irish private equity firm FL Partners for £170m.
02-Oct-2007

Rolls-Royce has acquired Seaworthy Systems, the US naval architecture and engineering company with 58 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Oct-2007

Skipton Building Society has acquired a 75% stake in Wooljon, the owner of Reading-based independent financial adviser Parnell Fisher Child.
01-Oct-2007

Capital Pub Company has acquired Puzzle Pub Holdings, the owner of two pubs in central London, for up to £5.7m.
01-Oct-2007

Coolabi has acquired Indie Kids, the children's TV development and production company, for an initial £0.2m.
01-Oct-2007

Renewable Energy Generation has acquired Living Power and Living Fuels for a total £1.1m, as part of a strategy to utilise used cooking oil to fuel diesel generators.
01-Oct-2007

Cardpoint is to acquire Alphyra, the Irish electronic payments company, in a reverse takeover that will create a £400m group called Payzone.
01-Oct-2007

Monsoon, the chain of 858 fashion stores, is considering a bid from its founder and chairman to return to private ownership, in a deal that values the business at £755m.
01-Oct-2007

Gate Gourmet has acquired International Aviation Services and Fernley for undisclosed terms, creating a new in-flight catering and services group called Gate Aviation Services.
01-Oct-2007

CA Blackwell has acquired a majority stake in JR Masterton, the demolition contractor with offices in Falkirk and Billingham.
01-Oct-2007

Hasgrove has acquired Pavilion Communication Services, the Wilmslow-based digital marketing agency, for up to £10m, as well as Odyssey Interactive, the Manchester-based supplier of intranet solutions.
28-Sep-2007

Acal is to sell its IT solutions business to Avnet of the US for £41m, in order to focus on its electronics and parts services divisions.
28-Sep-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired ID Magasin, the Leicestershire-based retail and shopper insight consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
28-Sep-2007

Froude Hofmann, the Worcester-based engineering firm with 230 staff, has been acquired by Harris Watson, in a £2.5m deal that also included Bridon Fox Wire of Stocksbridge.
28-Sep-2007

Connaught is to acquire National Britannia, the Caerphilly-based provider of health and safety compliance services with 768 staff at 22 offices, for £91m.
27-Sep-2007

Intertek has acquired Biodata, the German food, environmental and agricultural laboratory with 32 staff, for £2.5m.
27-Sep-2007

InterQuest Group has acquired e-CRM People, the Aylesbury-based IT recruitment services firm, for up to £5m.
27-Sep-2007

Experian is to sell its Loyalty Solutions division, which supplies back office services to loyalty card programmes, to Easycash of Germany for undisclosed terms.
27-Sep-2007

Telent, the Coventry-based telecoms and IT network services firm with about 2,000 staff, is to be acquired by Pension Corporation for £398m.
27-Sep-2007

Go-Ahead has bought the County Durham bus operations of Stanley Taxis for about £1m, with the transfer of 14 buses and 21 drivers.
27-Sep-2007

Midcounties Co-operative Society has acquired the Rusts chain of ten convenience stores for undisclosed terms.
27-Sep-2007

Elisabeth the Chef, the Warwickshire-based baked goods and desserts manufacturer, has been acquired by Senoble of France.
27-Sep-2007

Spice is to acquire Mechanical & Electrical Training Company, the Rotherham-based company with 59 staff, for an initial £4m, as well as GMT Holdings, the heating systems supplier with 38 staff, for an initial £2.5m.
26-Sep-2007

Xploite is to acquire Red Squared, the Altrincham-based IT services company, for £2.8m.
26-Sep-2007

Evolution Studios, the Runcorn-based computer games developer, has been acquired by Sony for £16m.
26-Sep-2007

Camden Corporate Fleet Services has undergone a £66m management buy-out from Camden Motor Group, with the backing of Barclays Private Equity.
26-Sep-2007

ARC International has acquired Alarity Corporation, the US multimedia company with 40 software developers in Russia, for an initial £2m.
25-Sep-2007

Tarsus Group has acquired Label Expositions Private, the Indian exhibitions company, for £0.5m.
25-Sep-2007

United Business Media has acquired Decorex, the Birmingham-based interior design trade show, for £2.2m, in order to expand its CMP Information division.
25-Sep-2007

Aegis Group has acquired Metra Seis, the Spanish market research agency with 75 staff.
25-Sep-2007

Wyevale Garden Centres has acquired the Peter Barratt's chain of three garden centres in Gosforth, Beverley and Stockton, with the transfer of up to 400 staff.
25-Sep-2007

Spencers Drinks, the Swadlincote-based alcopop drinks manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by a new firm called Belarus Bottling, securing the future of 20 jobs.
25-Sep-2007

Techsil, the Warwickshire-based liquid resin distributor with 17 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
25-Sep-2007

Towergate is to acquire Open International, the supplier of software to insurance brokers, from Montagu for £276m.
25-Sep-2007

Mavinwood is to acquire Peter Cox, the damp proofing and timber preservation firm with a network of 14 branches and 210 staff, for an initial £6m.
24-Sep-2007

ArgentVive is planning to acquire AuctionAssist, the online auction services company, for £2.6m.
24-Sep-2007

Scott Group has acquired Fas-Co, the Grangemouth-based tools and equipment business with about 60 staff, for undisclosed terms, as well as parent company ROK Holdings.
24-Sep-2007

Henry Sutcliffe, the Salford-based manufacturer of wooden and plastic containers with 25 staff, has been acquired by Scott Group of Fife.
24-Sep-2007

Borders has sold its 70 book stores in the UK to Risk Capital Partners for about £20m.
24-Sep-2007

CQS has acquired New City Investment Managers for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its London-based hedge funds business.
24-Sep-2007

Country Style Foods has acquired the former RHM frozen desserts business from Premier Foods, including a 50,000 sq ft factory at Flint in North Wales.
24-Sep-2007

Killby & Gayford, the London-based refurbishment contractor with about 280 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
24-Sep-2007

Hollis Hockley of Farnborough has merged with Oliffe Newman, the Basingstoke-based property agency.
24-Sep-2007

Poupart is to acquire Norton Folgate, the Spalding-based cherry importer.
24-Sep-2007

Martin McColl has acquired Smile Stores, the Bristol-based chain of 92 convenience stores, for undisclosed terms.
24-Sep-2007

Mears Group is to acquire the majority of the social housing business assets of Makers UK for a nominal sum, including 100 staff and a number of social housing maintenance contracts in the London area.
21-Sep-2007

Firstan, the Cambridge-based packaging printer with 130 staff, has undergone a secondary buy-out from Lloyds TSB Development Capital, and is now seeking acquisitions.
21-Sep-2007

Avery Berkel, the Smethwick-based scales manufacturer with 450 staff, has been acquired by Indiana Tool Works of the US for undisclosed terms.
21-Sep-2007

Four Pillars, the Oxfordshire-based chain of five hotels with 543 staff, has been acquired by US property investment firm RREEF for an estimated £121m.
21-Sep-2007

TAAG, the Skelmersdale-based structural steel company with 90 staff, and sister company Metaldeck, which has 54 staff, have both undergone a management buy-out.
20-Sep-2007

Smollenskys, the chain of nine London restaurants, has been acquired by Shire Group of Corbridge for £6.5m.
20-Sep-2007

Footprint Handbooks, the Bath-based publishing firm with 15 staff, has been acquired by Morris Publications of the US for undisclosed terms.
20-Sep-2007

Turton Springs has acquired South Yorkshire Engineering, the Ecclesfield-based supplier of anchors to oil rigs, for about £5m.
20-Sep-2007

Aesica has finalised the acquisition of the Abbott pharmaceuticals factory in Queenborough, Kent, securing the future of 450 staff.
20-Sep-2007

Shed Productions has acquired Twenty Twenty Productions, the London-based TV production company, for up to £19m.
20-Sep-2007

Management Consulting Group is to acquire Kurt Salmon Associates, the US retail and consumer products consultancy, for £63m.
20-Sep-2007

Crosby Capital Partners is to acquire 39 fund products from the administrators of Forsyth Partners, with the transfer of Forsyth's investment management, research and distribution staff.
19-Sep-2007

Intertek has acquired National Software Testing Labs of the US for £12m and Northern Territory Environmental Laboratories of Australia for £1m.
19-Sep-2007

Weston & Bolton has been sold out of administration by Cranfield Recovery to an undisclosed firm, securing the future of ten jobs at its Leicester-based timber supplies business.
19-Sep-2007

Whitbread is planning to acquire Golden Tulip UK, the chain of seven budget hotels with a further eight under construction, for more than £40m.
19-Sep-2007

Standard Chartered is to acquire American Express Bank of the US from American Express for £430m.
19-Sep-2007

Travelzest is to acquire JMB Travel Consultants, the Worcester-based opera tours and music festival holidays company, for £0.7m.
18-Sep-2007

Humberts has acquired Thomson Currie, the London-based estate agency with offices in Islington and Clerkenwell, for an initial £2.4m.
18-Sep-2007

Cello Group has acquired Magnetic Advertising Company, the Edinburgh-based direct marketing support firm, for an initial £1.2m.
18-Sep-2007

Hargreaves has acquired Imperial Tankers, the liquid products transport firm with sites in Billingham and Immingham, for up to £7m.
18-Sep-2007

Rok has acquired the trade and certain assets of Aquilo Inspection & Reinstatement Services out of administration for £2.1m, in order to expand its property inspections and claims management operation.
18-Sep-2007

Davis Group, the Newmarket-based insurance broker, has been acquired by AXA UK.
18-Sep-2007

SciSys has acquired VCS, the German IT services firm with 140 staff, for £12m.
17-Sep-2007

Amec is to acquire Cade-Idepe, the Chilean engineering services company with 540 staff, for £12m.
17-Sep-2007

Optimisa is to acquire EQ Group, the Halifax-based market research firm, for £6.4m.
17-Sep-2007

Sanderson Group has acquired Retail Business Solutions, the Milton Keynes-based IT services firm with 74 staff, for up to £14m.
17-Sep-2007

Yes Group has acquired No Worries Loans, the loans company with call centres in Leeds and India.
17-Sep-2007

Bridgend Hire has acquired Leggat Plant, the Barrhead-based plant hire firm with 47 staff, for an estimated £2m.
17-Sep-2007

Centrica is to acquire Newfield UK Holdings, the North Sea gas production company, from Newfield Exploration of the US for £242m.
17-Sep-2007

Symington's, the Leeds-based food manufacturer, is to be acquired by a management team backed by Hermes Private Equity for about £40m.
17-Sep-2007

Virgin Megastores is to undergo a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and the 125 music stores will be rebranded under the Zavvi name by November.
17-Sep-2007

ChoicesUK has sold 59 music and DVD stores out of administration to Blockbuster, securing the future of 450 jobs.
17-Sep-2007

American Golf has acquired the South West Golf chain of seven stores in East Anglia and the East Midlands for undisclosed terms.
17-Sep-2007

Kimber Engineering, the Essex-based steelwork contractor with 50 staff, has gone into administration through Menzies Corporate Restructuring.
17-Sep-2007

DGT Steel & Cladding, the Norwich-based structural steelwork company with 150 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
17-Sep-2007

Cosalt is to acquire GTC, the Aberdeen-based supplier of marine lifting equipment, for up to £30m.
14-Sep-2007

Morse has acquired Xayce, the Manchester-based consultancy services firm with 25 staff, for an initial £3.6m.
14-Sep-2007

United Business Media has acquired Ithaca Holdings, the business events organiser, for £14m.
14-Sep-2007

Pindar Graphics has acquired Acorn E-Commerce, the Farnham-based printing firm that specialises in small retailers and the mail order market.
14-Sep-2007

Dominion Gas has acquired Global Gas Supplies, the Aberdeen-based energy services firm, for £22m, and is now planning a new Aberdeen headquarters with laboratory facilities, training academy and gas filling plant.
14-Sep-2007

Iimia Investment Group of Exeter is planning a £19m merger with MitonOptimal Group, the multi-asset manager with offices across Europe, South Africa and Hong Kong.
14-Sep-2007

Emap has sold its Australian magazine publishing business to ACP Magazines for £38m.
14-Sep-2007

Greatfleet has acquired Qualitas, the recruitment services firm with 32 staff in Edinburgh and Ireland, for an initial £3.4m.
13-Sep-2007

BT is to acquire INS Group, the Belgian network and systems integrator with 225 staff and annual revenue of about £20m.
13-Sep-2007

Sage has acquired a 70% stake in XRT, the French treasury management software company, for £30m.
13-Sep-2007

Standard Chartered is to acquire Pembroke Group, the Irish aircraft leasing, financing and management firm, from Medulla Asset Managers.
13-Sep-2007

MacNeillie has acquired an automotive parts factory in Coalville from EPM Technology for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 23 staff.
13-Sep-2007

Wallaces Express has acquired two drinks distribution depots in Dunfermline and Kintore from Woodrow's, creating a combined group with six depots and 230 staff.
13-Sep-2007

M&H Plastics, the Suffolk-based plastic bottles manufacturer with 500 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland.
13-Sep-2007

Mission Marketing Group has acquired Story UK, the Edinburgh-based marketing agency with 30 staff, for an initial £6.9m.
12-Sep-2007

Wolseley has acquired five companies for a total £87m, including T&R Electrical Wholesalers of London, ProSource Building Supply of Texas, Western Air Systems & Controls of California, Davidson Pipe Company of New York and PBS of Sweden.
12-Sep-2007

Blackett Hart & Pratt has merged with James & Baker, the Teesside-based law firm with 24 staff.
12-Sep-2007

First Logistics, the Manchester-based transport recruitment firm with 11 staff, has undergone a £1.3m management buy-out.
12-Sep-2007

Forward Foods has acquired Charlie's Larder, the fine food supplier, in order to expand its wholesaling operations in East Anglia.
12-Sep-2007

Gerald Eve has acquired Moseley & Webb, the London-based property firm, for undisclosed terms.
12-Sep-2007

Co-operative Group has sold its Shoefayre chain of shoe stores to Shoe Zone for undisclosed terms.
11-Sep-2007

Telecom Service Centres, the call centre operator with 3,000 staff at nine sites, is to merge with Hero Ites of India in a £40m deal.
11-Sep-2007

Ernst & Young has sold three PVC Group subsidiaries out of administration, including Eagley Trade Extrusions, PVC Powders and Pulse Building Plastics, securing the future of 131 jobs.
11-Sep-2007

Claimar Care has acquired Boundary Care, the Lancashire-based domiciliary care provider with 37 staff, for £0.3m.
11-Sep-2007

Voice Comms Warehouse has merged with West Sussex-based Fresh Egg Network Technologies to create a combined IT security group called VCW Security with 21 staff.
11-Sep-2007

Intertek has acquired Carnot Emission Services, the US provider of compliance testing services to engine manufacturers, for £3.9m.
10-Sep-2007

International Greetings has acquired Glitterwrap, the US supplier of gift wrap and party products, for £4m.
10-Sep-2007

Glisten has acquired Dormen Foods, the Swindon-based savoury snacks manufacturer, for an initial £7.5m.
10-Sep-2007

Botterills is to expand its chain of 46 convenience stores with the acquisition of seven D&M Edgar Spar outlets in Ayrshire and south-western Scotland.
10-Sep-2007

Peters Opal has sold its luxury boat dealerships in Chichester, Brixham and Swanwick out of administration to a new company called Opal Marine, securing the future of 30 jobs.
10-Sep-2007

RPM Print & Design has acquired The Better Book Company, the Chichester-based publishing company.
10-Sep-2007

Throgmorton Asset Management, the Leicester-based financial advice company, has been acquired by Arc Fund Management Holdings for an estimated £2.7m.
10-Sep-2007

Cairn Energy has acquired Plectrum Petroleum and MedOil for £38m, in order to expand its oil exploration activities in Tunisia.
10-Sep-2007

Domestic & General, the household appliances insurer with about 2,000 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm Advent International for £524m.
10-Sep-2007

Kenmore Homes, the residential property developer, is to be acquired by Highcross for about £20m, allowing parent company Kenmore Property to focus on commercial and industrial property.
10-Sep-2007

Mechan, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of heavy lifting gear, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
10-Sep-2007

Xploite has sold Fujin Technology, the provider of storage and security systems to mobile network operators, to management for £1m.
07-Sep-2007

WS Atkins has acquired Intelligent Space Partnership, the London-based transport and urban development consultancy with 18 staff.
07-Sep-2007

Stonelea Healthcare, the County Durham-based care home operator, has been acquired by Public Service Properties Investments of Guernsey for £24m.
07-Sep-2007

Smart & Cook has acquired Smith Grayburn Young, the Hull-based insurance services firm with 17 staff.
07-Sep-2007

Bunzl is to acquire DG Distributors & Vendors, the Irish distributor of foodservice disposables that trades as Irish Merchants and has annual revenue of £30m.
06-Sep-2007

Capita Group is to acquire Higham Dunnett Shaw, the pensions administration firm with 260 staff in London, Edinburgh, Telford and Leeds, for £15m.
06-Sep-2007

Tarsus Group is to acquire SEPIC, the French exhibitions company, from Federation Francaise de la Chaussure for £13m.
06-Sep-2007

ProtectaGroup has acquired Hodge Insurance Brokers, the Cardiff-based insurance firm with annual turnover of £9m, from Julian Hodge Bank.
06-Sep-2007

Stead McAlpin, the Carlisle-based textile printing firm, and JH Birtwistle, the Lancashire-based weaving firm, are to be sold by John Lewis to a new company called Apex Textiles.
06-Sep-2007

Connaught has acquired E-Plus, the Newton Abbot-based water testing firm, for an initial £0.6m, as well as PCL, the Stevenage-based electrical testing firm, for £3m.
06-Sep-2007

Acheson & Glover is to acquire some of the precast concrete operations of Readymix for £33m, including 300 staff at sites in Co Tyrone, Co Down, Somerset and Glasgow.
06-Sep-2007

Standard Chartered is to acquire Harrison Lovegrove, the oil and gas advisory firm with 47 staff in London, Russia, Australia, Malaysia, Canada and the US, for undisclosed terms.
06-Sep-2007

Concateno is to acquire Cozart, the Abingdon-based drug testing firm, for £64m, funded by a £54m share placing.
06-Sep-2007

Findel is to buy the Peterborough-based music wholesaling division of ChoicesUK out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing 330 jobs, and the business will be sold on to Webb Group.
06-Sep-2007

Energy Cranes International has acquired Marine & Mainland, the US crane services company with 135 staff.
05-Sep-2007

TT Electronics has sold its AEI cable manufacturing subsidiary to Paramount Cables of India for £13m.
05-Sep-2007

Blue Oar has acquired the investment management business of Thring Townsend, in order to expand its Rowan Dartington division in Bristol.
05-Sep-2007

Brulines is to acquire Nucleus Data Holdings, the Tadcaster-based supplier of pub equipment with 40 staff, for an initial £3.8m.
05-Sep-2007

Radway has acquired SJ Farmer, the Long Eaton-based heating and plumbing contractor, for undisclosed terms.
05-Sep-2007

Norwood Textiles, the Cleckheaton-based curtain supplier, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Cattles Invoice Finance.
05-Sep-2007

Bibby Line has acquired a 51% stake in the Costcutter Supermarkets chain of convenience stores, which employs 450 staff.
05-Sep-2007

Nidd Vale Group, the Yorkshire-based car dealer with 210 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
05-Sep-2007

CCF has acquired SLBM Systems, the Leeds-based distributor of drywall systems, insulation and under-floor heating products with 60 staff.
05-Sep-2007

Humberts has acquired three estate agencies for about £10m, including Richard Harding of Bristol, Halls Participations of Shrewsbury and Fox & Manwaring of Kent.
05-Sep-2007

CNP, the Surrey-based project consultancy, has been acquired by LandAmerica of the US for £12m.
05-Sep-2007

Sondex, the oilfield equipment manufacturer with offices in Hampshire and Aberdeen, is to be acquired by General Electric of the US for £289m.
04-Sep-2007

Palmer Capital Partners is to sell 85 petrol stations let to Somerfield to an unnamed buyer for £175m.
04-Sep-2007

Rok has acquired S Harrison Construction, the Yorkshire-based building services firm with 80 staff, from S Harrison Group for £3.2m.
04-Sep-2007

Alternative Networks has acquired Echo Communications, the London-based telecom services firm with 120 staff, for up to £14m.
04-Sep-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired PressWatch, the German market research firm with annual sales of £2.4m.
04-Sep-2007

Waterman Group has acquired Furness Green, the mechanical and electrical design consultancy with offices in London, Leeds and Nottingham, for an initial £0.8m.
04-Sep-2007

K3 Business Technology has acquired Landsteinar Nederland, the Dutch retail software solutions firm, for an initial £10m.
04-Sep-2007

Croda International has sold its Refrigeration Lubricants business to Lubrizol for £62m, with the transfer of a small number of sales and technical staff.
04-Sep-2007

Euromoney Institutional Investor has sold MedAd, the US publisher of pharmaceutical marketing magazines, to Canon Communications for £6.7m.
04-Sep-2007

Formation Group has acquired OJ Kilkenny, the London-based accountancy firm with 35 staff, for an initial £1.6m.
04-Sep-2007

Taylor-Shaw has been bought out of administration by Blackhall Engineering, securing the future of 40 jobs at its Huddersfield-based engineering business.
04-Sep-2007

Walkers Mcr, the Manchester-based supplier of promotional display material for shops with 78 staff, has undergone a £5m management buy-out backed by Amin Amiri Enterprises.
04-Sep-2007

Kilmartin Property has acquired industrial property firm Amerdale Group, and the two companies plan to combine their London offices and open new offices in Manchester and Germany.
04-Sep-2007

Chase Elastomer UK, the Cheshire-based manufacturer of roller coverings with 30 staff, has been acquired by Excel Polymers of the US for undisclosed terms.
04-Sep-2007

Scott ElectroMech, the Belfast-based electrical engineering firm, has sold its outside contracting division out of administration to a management team, securing the future of 34 jobs.
03-Sep-2007

SMG is to sell its Primesight outdoor advertising business to GMT Communications Partners for £62m.
03-Sep-2007

Glendale Frozen Foods has merged with Supreme Foods to create a combined Salford-based frozen foods manufacturing group with 130 staff.
03-Sep-2007

Notcutts has sold its plant nurseries business to a new company called John Woods Nurseries with the transfer of 140 staff, in order to focus on its Suffolk-based chain of 13 garden centres.
03-Sep-2007

Askews Library Services, the Preston-based book supplier with 200 staff, has been acquired by The Little Group of Eastbourne.
03-Sep-2007

Queens Park Rangers, the London-based football club, is to be acquired by a consortium of Formula One owners for £14m.
03-Sep-2007

Quotient BioResearch is to acquire Alba Bioscience, the Edinburgh-based company with 60 staff, from the Scottish Blood Transfusion Service for undisclosed terms.
03-Sep-2007

Wyevale is to acquire Sanders Garden World in Highbridge, Somerset, for more than £10m, and is now looking to spend £50m on the acquisition of more garden centres.
03-Sep-2007

Blooming Marvellous, the chain of 14 maternity wear stores, has been acquired by Arev of Iceland for £5m.
03-Sep-2007

Von Essen has acquired the Amberley Castle luxury hotel in West Sussex for about £12m, taking its total portfolio to 25 properties.
03-Sep-2007

Carter & Carter has acquired Blackwater House, the Northern Ireland-based vocational training firm, from Component Distributors, for £1m.
31-Aug-2007

Balfour Beatty has acquired Cowlin Group, the regional building firm with 300 staff in Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth and Yeovil, for £52m.
31-Aug-2007

MDY Healthcare is to provide up to £3m in loan capital to finance a joint venture with William Ransom & Son, in order to supply natural healthcare products to consumers via the internet, mail order and telesales.
31-Aug-2007

W&J Dunlop, the Dumfries-based veterinary supplies firm with 450 staff, has been acquired by Henry Schein of the US for undisclosed terms.
31-Aug-2007

Infinis is to acquire Scottish BioPower and Scottish BioFuel from Scottish Resources Group for undisclosed terms, and will proceed with a number of new biomass and wind power projects.
31-Aug-2007

PB Logistics, the logistics firm with sites in Leicester, Leeds, Wakefield and Keighley, has been acquired by IDS Group of Hong Kong for about £11m.
31-Aug-2007

Sills & Betteridge of Lincoln is to merge with Walkers, Rainey & Owen of Spilsby to create a combined law firm with about 130 staff.
31-Aug-2007

THB Group has acquired Cardinus, the East Grinstead-based software developer and supplier of online risk assessment and e-learning, for an initial £2.8m.
30-Aug-2007

Swinton Insurance has acquired Rockford Insurance Brokers of Leeds, in order to improve its expertise in commercial business risks and motor trade insurance.
30-Aug-2007

Causeway Technologies has acquired Elstree Computing, the Watford-based construction industry software firm with 150 staff.
30-Aug-2007

Avon Group Manufacturing has acquired PP Injection Mould & Mouldings of Calne, Wiltshire, for undisclosed terms.
30-Aug-2007

Menzies Hotels has acquired eight Thistle hotels in Birmingham, Swindon, Luton, Stevenage, Manchester, Gatwick, Irvine and Aberdeen from Curzon Hotel Properties for £54m, and will invest £12m in their refurbishment.
30-Aug-2007

St Andrews ChemTech International, the Fife-based chemical technology company with 16 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
29-Aug-2007

Quarto Group has acquired MBI Publishing Company, the US book publisher, for £6m.
29-Aug-2007

Diploma has acquired a 75% stake in AMT Vantage Holdings, the Canadian distributor of electrosurgery and endoscopy equipment with 32 staff, for up to £14m.
29-Aug-2007

Sparrowhawk Media, the London-based owner of the Hallmark TV channel, has been acquired by NBC Universal of the US for £175m.
29-Aug-2007

Bakkavor of Iceland has acquired Exotic Farm Produce, the Lincolnshire-based vegetable supplier, for undisclosed terms.
29-Aug-2007

Dawson Holdings has acquired Marketlink Marketing Communications, the Hampshire-based marketing fulfilment services company with 70 staff, for £6m.
28-Aug-2007

CPL Petroleum, the Chesterfield-based oil distribution company with 39 depots nationwide and 481 staff, is to be acquired by DCC of Ireland for £50m.
28-Aug-2007

Heywood Williams is to acquire Avenco, the Irish building products supplier, for £16m.
27-Aug-2007

Venture Production is to acquire Wham Energy, the North Sea oil and gas exploration company, for £14m.
27-Aug-2007

East Lancashire Coachbuilders and North West Bus & Coach Repairs of Blackburn have been bought out of administration by a new company called Darwen Group, securing the future of up to 360 jobs.
27-Aug-2007

Thermomax has been bought out of administration by Kingspan Group for undisclosed terms, securing the future of about 260 jobs at its solar heating operations in County Down and Cardiff.
27-Aug-2007

Claimar Care has acquired Lynks Care, the Luton-based domiciliary care provider with 32 staff, for £0.5m.
27-Aug-2007

Cybit Holdings has acquired Amatics, the Reading-based telematics company, for £4m.
27-Aug-2007

Motivcom has acquired Motivation Travel Management, the provider of incentive travel and conference facilities, for an initial £0.9m.
27-Aug-2007

Berkeley Scott is to acquire Quantica, the West Yorkshire-based recruitment services firm, for £28m.
27-Aug-2007

Cape is to acquire Total Corrosion Control, the Australian industrial services company, for £34m.
27-Aug-2007

Triton Group has acquired UK Project Support and sister company Subco, the Lowestoft-based suppliers of subsea equipment with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms.
24-Aug-2007

Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire Glasgow Investment Managers for about £9m, with the transfer of about 20 staff.
23-Aug-2007

Diploma has acquired M Seals, the Danish distributor of industrial seals with 25 staff, for £6.2m.
23-Aug-2007

Severfield-Rowen is to acquire Action Merchants, the holding company of Enniskillen-based structural steel fabricator Fisher Engineering, for £90m.
23-Aug-2007

Motive Television has acquired a 75% stake in Scarlet Television, the Manchester-based TV production company, from the administrator of parent company Medal Entertainment & Media.
23-Aug-2007

Weir Group is to acquire Multiflo, the Australian dewatering pump manufacturer, for £8.8m.
22-Aug-2007

British Polythene Industries has acquired AT Films, the Canadian manufacturer of polythene film products for agriculture with 65 staff, from Celanese for £6m.
22-Aug-2007

RMS Group, the Humber-based cargo handling firm, has undergone a £20m management buy-out backed by venture capitalists YFM and PIF.
22-Aug-2007

All3Media has acquired Objective Productions, the London-based TV production company, for an estimated £40m.
22-Aug-2007

Palmer & Harvey McLane has acquired T&A Symonds, the Yeovil-based wholesaler, for undisclosed terms, and is now seeking further acquisitions across the country.
22-Aug-2007

Oxford Instruments has acquired VeriCold Technologies, the German manufacturer of pulse tube refrigerators, for up to £5.7m.
21-Aug-2007

Raymarine has acquired HE Eissing, the German distributor of electronic products with 44 staff, for up to £2.4m.
21-Aug-2007

Medical House has sold its SQ-PEN needle-free insulin injector business to Diabetes Management International for an initial £0.7m.
21-Aug-2007

Zi Medical is to sell its St Asaph-based Zimed medical infusions business to a new company called Zimed Holdings for an initial £1.2m.
21-Aug-2007

Fuel Parts UK, the Bromsgrove-based supplier of car components, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-Aug-2007

Pinguin Foods has acquired the frozen vegetable processing business of Christian Salvesen for £17m, including three sites in Lincolnshire.
21-Aug-2007

BT has acquired Basilica Computing, the Letchworth-based IT services firm with more than 200 staff, for undisclosed terms.
21-Aug-2007

Bunzl has acquired Coffee Point Group, the London-based vending machine operator with annual sales of £45m.
20-Aug-2007

Harvey Nash has acquired Rescon IT, the Irish IT recruitment and solutions company, for £5.2m.
20-Aug-2007

SealSkinz, the King's Lynn-based manufacturer of gloves and socks, has undergone a management buy-out from KL Technologies, with £1.3m of funding from Bridges Ventures.
20-Aug-2007

Keepmoat, the Doncaster-based housebuilder with more than 3,000 staff, has undergone a £783m management buy-out backed by HBOS.
20-Aug-2007

Boxall Sayer is to merge with Denley King and Fletcher McNeill to create a combined quantity surveying group call Baqus with more than 100 staff, and £3m will be raised in a flotation on Aim this autumn.
20-Aug-2007

ICI has acquired Advanced Applied Adhesives of the US, in order to expand its Electronic Materials division.
17-Aug-2007

Emap has acquired Planet Retail, the London-based market research company, for £23m.
17-Aug-2007

Halliwell Jones Group has acquired Premier Cars, the North Wales-based BMW and Mini car dealership, for £6.7m.
17-Aug-2007

Weldlag, the Preston-based asbestos removal firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland and Jackson Stephen Corporate Finance.
17-Aug-2007

Wills Marine, the South Devon-based marine brokerage, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
17-Aug-2007

Barrett Steel Buildings, the Bradford-based structural steel company, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Bank of Scotland Corporate.
17-Aug-2007

Peter Black, the Keighley-based supplier of shoes, handbags and gift packs, has been acquired by Li & Fung of China for £48m.
17-Aug-2007

European Furniture Group, the furniture manufacturer with sites in Warrington and St Helens, has been acquired by Ferd Private Equity Fund of Norway for undisclosed terms.
16-Aug-2007

Energy Cranes International has acquired Aberdeen Hydraulic Services, in a £5m deal that will create a new Aberdeen-based hydraulics engineering division with 40 staff.
16-Aug-2007

White Young Green has acquired IMCL, the Hampshire-based financial management consultant, for up to £2m.
16-Aug-2007

JDR Cable, the oil services company with sites in Cambridgeshire and the US, has been acquired by private equity firm Vision Capital for £90m.
16-Aug-2007

Eddie Stobart is to be acquired by Westbury Property Fund in a £138m reverse takeover that will create a combined £250m transport and logistics group, and this will be followed by the £23m acquisition of Widnes-based rail freight operator O'Connor.
16-Aug-2007

Hawkshead, the Cumbria-based chain of 20 outdoor clothing stores, has been bought out of administration by Trafford Park-based Regatta for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 180 jobs.
15-Aug-2007

Gressingham Foods has bought Manor Farm Ducklings of Norfolk out of administration for undisclosed terms.
15-Aug-2007

Kate's Cakes, the West Sussex-based cake manufacturer with 470 staff, has been acquired by CSM of Denmark for £32m.
15-Aug-2007

Nord Anglia Education is to sell its Leapfrog Nurseries business to the Busy Bees subsidiary of ABC Learning Centres for £31m, with the transfer of 88 nurseries and 2,500 staff.
14-Aug-2007

Sifam Instruments, the Torquay-based meter manufacturer with 180 staff, has been acquired by Elektron for £2m.
14-Aug-2007

APS, the project management company with 70 staff and offices in London, Bristol and Edinburgh, has been acquired by Arcadis of the Netherlands.
14-Aug-2007

Pets Choice, the Blackburn-based pet food manufacturer with 150 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for an estimated £1m.
14-Aug-2007

Guardian News & Media has acquired Kable, the London-based publishing and events company, for undisclosed terms.
14-Aug-2007

MAMA Group has acquired six music venues in London, including the Jazz Cafe and Borderline, from Mean Fiddler for £6m.
14-Aug-2007

HML Holdings has acquired WA Ellis Property Management for £1.3m, in order to expand its property services business in London.
13-Aug-2007

Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping is to acquire Rock Solid Images, the US oil exploration technology company, for £10m.
13-Aug-2007

Eton Collection, the chain of boutique hotels, has been acquired by JJW for £70m.
13-Aug-2007

Cardsave, the credit card services company, has undergone a £70m management buy-out backed by Exponent Private Equity.
13-Aug-2007

ICI, the speciality chemicals manufacturer, is to accept a £8bn takeover offer from Akzo Nobel of the Netherlands.
13-Aug-2007

Universal Music Group is to acquire V2 Music Group, the record label, from Virgin Group for an estimated £7m.
13-Aug-2007

Young's has acquired The Seafood Company, the owner of Anchor Seafood and Cromer Crab with annual sales of £70m, from Fishery Products International.
13-Aug-2007

Out of Town Group, the shopping centre restaurant operator, has been bought out of administration by one of its original founders, and now plans to double in size with the creation of 600 jobs over the next three years.
13-Aug-2007

First Sellers Pack, the Fareham-based provider of the new Home Information Packs, has been bought out of administration by Integrity.
10-Aug-2007

IMI is to acquire a 70% stake in Pneumatex, the Swiss supplier of water conditioning equipment with 250 staff, for £15m.
10-Aug-2007

Twenty is to acquire Ominor, the London-based e-commerce solutions provider with 20 staff, for up to £7.9m.
10-Aug-2007

Arvin Meritor has sold its Lancashire-based exhaust manufacturing business to a new company called Klarius Group for more than £10m, including 500 staff in Cheadle and Lancaster.
10-Aug-2007

Foot Anstey is to merge with Serpell Eaton to create a combined Plymouth-based law firm with 340 staff.
10-Aug-2007

Underwood Meat Company has acquired Northern Catering, the Sheffield-based butchery.
10-Aug-2007

Interactive World is to acquire the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport newspapers in a £50m reverse takeover.
09-Aug-2007

Hichens, Harrison & Co is to acquire ARM Corporate Finance, the London-based financial services company, for £4.3m.
09-Aug-2007

Champion has acquired Haworth Moore, the Blackpool-based accountancy firm, for £0.5m.
09-Aug-2007

Bomford Group's administrators have saved 1,456 jobs at the vegetable supplier with the sale of the farming division to Sandfields Farms, the Atherstone pack house to The Veg Table and Pershore-based Bomfords Prepared to Keelings.
09-Aug-2007

Hilton Hotels has sold the five-star Cardiff Hilton hotel to Tonstate for an estimated £30m, but will retain the management contract.
09-Aug-2007

Carron Energy has bought NEL Power, the Stokesley-based power station builder, out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 54 jobs.
09-Aug-2007

Trustmarque Solutions has acquired SAMpartners, the Poole-based software asset management company, for undisclosed terms, and plans to expand the seven-strong workforce to 12 by the end of the year.
09-Aug-2007

Butler & Tanner, the Frome-based book printer, has been bought out of administration by Media & Print Investments, securing the future of 270 jobs.
08-Aug-2007

Mouchel Parkman has acquired HBS, the business process outsourcing and IT group, from Terra Firma for £46m.
08-Aug-2007

YouGov has raised £27m in a share placing to fund three acquisitions for its market research business, including Polimetrix in the US, Zapera in Scandinavia and Psychonomics in Germany.
08-Aug-2007

Helphire is to acquire CS2 Group, the Chesterfield-based legal services and claims management company with 200 staff, for £11m.
08-Aug-2007

Lavendon Group has acquired Higher Platforms, the Cannock-based platform rental company with four depots, for £7.6m.
08-Aug-2007

Vp has acquired ET Hire's tool hire operations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Livingston for £1.1m, in order to expand its Hire Station subsidiary.
08-Aug-2007

Wynnstay has acquired T&M Williams, the West Wales-based agricultural supplies distributor, for £0.3m, as well as Westhope Livestock Supplies of Herefordshire for £0.3m.
08-Aug-2007

Northern Blue and Accrington Transport have been acquired by Transdev of France, with the transfer of 80 staff and 65 buses at depots in Burnley, Accrington and Darwen.
08-Aug-2007

Survey Inspection Systems, the County Durham-based rail mapping company, has been bought out of administration by three investors for undisclosed terms, and plans to expand its workforce from 20 to 60 over the next four years.
08-Aug-2007

Think Money Group, the Manchester-based debt management company with 500 staff, has been acquired by Alchemy for £110m.
08-Aug-2007

Apollo Group, the social housing company with offices in Waltham Abbey, Sevenoaks, Peterborough and Waltham Cross, has undergone a £410m management buy-out backed by HBOS.
08-Aug-2007

Space Decks, the Somerset-based glass cladding company with 50 staff, has been bought out of administration by a new company called Artguide.
08-Aug-2007

Direct Group, the insurance outsourcing company with 102 staff in Doncaster and Elland, has undergone a £40m management buy-out backed by LDC.
08-Aug-2007

Morgan Stanley has acquired a 90% stake in 15 assisted-living nursing homes from Sunrise Senior Living for £539m.
07-Aug-2007

RPS has acquired MetOcean, the Australian weather forecasting company with 50 consultants, for £14m.
07-Aug-2007

White Young Green has acquired Savell Bird & Axon, the transportation consultancy with offices in London, Manchester and Cardiff, for an initial £18m.
07-Aug-2007

Alba has sold its leisure products distribution business to Rutland Partners for £51m, in order to focus on electronics.
07-Aug-2007

Greene King is to acquire Loch Fyne Restaurants, the chain of 36 seafood restaurants, for £68m.
07-Aug-2007

Omega Diagnostics has raised £2.2m in a share placing to fund the acquisition of Genesis-CNS, the Cambridgeshire-based nutritional sciences company with 25 staff, in a £6.7m reverse takeover.
07-Aug-2007

Immunodiagnostic Systems is to acquire Biocode Hycel, the Belgian diagnostics company, for £15m.
06-Aug-2007

MKM is to acquire Leapfrog, the New Zealand-based promotions company, for up to £9m.
06-Aug-2007

BT is planning to acquire the mission critical infrastructures division of CS Communication & Systemes of France for £40m.
06-Aug-2007

International Power is to acquire Trinergy, the operator of wind farms in Italy and Germany, for £586m.
06-Aug-2007

Pendragon has bought 19 Dixon Motors car dealerships out of administration, securing the future of 600 jobs, but 27 sites will be closed with the loss of 800 jobs.
03-Aug-2007

Travelling Light has been bought out of administration by OR Clothing, securing the future of 45 jobs at its Cumbrian mail order clothing business.
03-Aug-2007

Scottish & Southern Energy has sold 220 telecom tower sites to The Wireless Infrastructure Company for £79m, in order to focus its SSE Telecommunications business on network-related services.
03-Aug-2007

Diploma has acquired Cabletec Interconnect Components Systems, the Weston-super-Mare-based supplier of wiring and connector products with 65 staff, for an initial £6.2m.
03-Aug-2007

Centrica has acquired a 50% stake in the Braes of Doune onshore wind farm project in Stirlingshire from Airtricity for £42m.
03-Aug-2007

Silverdell has acquired Kitsons Group, the asbestos contracting firm with 270 staff in Warrington, Glasgow, Birmingham, Teesside, Aldermaston and Pembroke, for £14m.
02-Aug-2007

Iimia Investment Group has acquired John Miln & Company, the Falmouth-based independent financial adviser with 22 staff.
02-Aug-2007

Balfour Beatty has acquired NAP Partnership, the Middlesbrough-based contract consultancy, as well as Chris Britton Consultancy and Carillion's Swedish rail contracting business, for a total £9m.
02-Aug-2007

Ferranti Technologies, the Oldham-based aerospace engineering company with 185 staff, has been acquired by Elbit Systems of Israel for £15m.
02-Aug-2007

Pragma Consulting, the Twickenham-based brand strategy consultancy with 16 staff, has been acquired by International Marketing & Sales Group for up to £5m.
02-Aug-2007

Servoca has acquired Windsor Recruitment, the provider of recruitment services for qualified nurses, care assistants and social workers with 60 staff, out of administration.
02-Aug-2007

Trinity Mirror is to sell the 27 titles of South London Press, North London and Herts Newspapers and the Yellow Advertiser, to Tindle Newspapers for £19m.
02-Aug-2007

Jelf Group has acquired John Lampier & Son, the Bristol-based insurance broker, for an initial £12m.
02-Aug-2007

NCC Group has acquired SecureTest, the Thame-based ethical security testing company with 34 staff, for up to £4m.
02-Aug-2007

Speedy Hire has acquired Waterford Hire Services of Ireland for up to £4.4m, with the transfer of two hire depots and 31 staff.
02-Aug-2007

Combisafe of Sweden has acquired Advanced Scaffold Products, the St Neots-based supplier of temporary roof systems.
02-Aug-2007

Aggregate Industries has acquired Bucbricks, the Essex-based sand and gravel quarrying firm with 14 staff.
02-Aug-2007

Morgan Crucible is to acquire a 49% stake in NP Aerospace, the Coventry-based mouldings company with 200 staff, for £41m.
02-Aug-2007

Leighton Group has sold 4Projects, the Sunderland-based software developer with 55 staff, to a management buy-out backed by August Equity for undisclosed terms.
01-Aug-2007

Myhome has acquired DSH Services, the operator of the Plumbxpress plumbing and drainage franchise business, for an initial £0.2m.
01-Aug-2007

May Gurney has acquired FDT, the Manchester-based telecoms infrastructure maintenance firm with 90 staff, for £3.5m.
01-Aug-2007

Renew has acquired Seymour Civil Engineering Contractors, the Hartlepool-based water services company, for £6.8m.
01-Aug-2007

Amstrad, the Essex-based electronics manufacturer, is to be acquired by BSkyB for £125m.
01-Aug-2007

HMV is to acquire six Fopp music stores and the Fopp brand out of administration, and has also announced the sale of its 62 Japanese stores to Daiwa Securities and Sumitomo Mitsui for £70m.
01-Aug-2007

Lloyds TSB has sold its Abbey Life closed life insurance business to Deutsche Bank for almost £1bn.
01-Aug-2007

Punch Taverns has sold 25 leasehold pubs to a new company called Clear Pub Company for undisclosed terms, and Clear is now looking to expand its portfolio to 100 outlets over the next five years.
31-Jul-2007

Bulk Packaging Group, the Stockport-based manufacturer of storage drums with 220 staff, has undergone a £5m management buy-out from Dutch private equity firm AlpInvest.
31-Jul-2007

Kimberly Access, the lifting equipment hire company with 20 staff in Fenton and a further 30 at other sites, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
31-Jul-2007

Imagesound has acquired TSC Music Systems, the Crawley-based provider of in-store music services with 31 staff, for £4.5m.
31-Jul-2007

Georgica is to sell its Rileys snooker halls business to a consortium of Greenhill Capital Partners Europe and North Atlantic Value for £34m.
31-Jul-2007

Xansa, the IT services and business outsourcing group, is to be acquired by Groupe Steria of France for £472m.
31-Jul-2007

Spice is to acquire Revenue Assurance Services, the provider of energy imbalance billing services to utilities, for £103m.
30-Jul-2007

Cobra Holdings is to acquire Tubbs Insurance Services, the West Byfleet-based commercial broker with £4.5m of gross written premiums.
30-Jul-2007

Meridian Foods has acquired a pasta sauces and spreads factory with 13 staff at Corwen in Denbighshire from Greencore for undisclosed terms.
30-Jul-2007

Bespak has bought Decorpart, the Nelson-based metal packaging company with more than 200 staff, out of administration, and the business has been renamed Integrated Aluminium Components.
30-Jul-2007

Capita Group is to acquire the trust and company administration business of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Channel Islands for £13m.
30-Jul-2007

Rentokil Initial is to acquire Presto-X, the US pest control company with 300 staff, for an initial £19m.
30-Jul-2007

Northern Executive Aviation, the Manchester-based aircraft repair company with 60 staff, has been acquired by Ocean Sky for undisclosed terms.
30-Jul-2007

ReNeuron Group is to acquire AmCyte, the US cell therapy company, for £2m, including cell encapsulation technology, laboratories and staff.
27-Jul-2007

James Fisher & Sons has acquired NDT Inspection & Testing, the provider of testing services with more than 50 staff in Queensferry, Worcester and Sittingbourne, for £2.1m.
27-Jul-2007

CareTech Holdings has acquired Community Support Project for £11m, in order to expand its learning disability care services business.
27-Jul-2007

Enterprise is to acquire Accord, the provider of maintenance services to local authorities and housing associations with annual sales of £300m, for undisclosed terms.
27-Jul-2007

Archers, the Swindon-based brewery with 20 staff, has been bought out of administration by a local businessman for undisclosed terms.
27-Jul-2007

G4S has acquired the manned security and fire suppression businesses of Omada Fire & Security of Ireland, as well as A1 Omada and 84% of Bell Communications, for £8m.
26-Jul-2007

Oxford Instruments is to acquire Worldwide Analytical Systems, the German manufacturer of optical emission instrumentation, for up to £9.3m.
26-Jul-2007

Tenon Group has acquired Hurst Morrison Thomson CR, the provider of corporate recovery services in the Thames Valley, and the business will relocate to a new office in Reading.
26-Jul-2007

Oxford Metrics Group has acquired Data Collection, the highways surveying firm with 68 staff in Bognor Regis and Leicester, for up to £5m.
26-Jul-2007

Lasershape CR4 has acquired Jet Blades Engineering of Coventry for undisclosed terms, creating a combined metal cutting business with 100 staff.
26-Jul-2007

Labelsco, the Leicestershire-based label printer with 130 staff, has been acquired by MSO Group for undisclosed terms.
26-Jul-2007

Vinci has acquired Weaver, the Bromsgrove-based construction contractor with 140 staff, for undisclosed terms.
26-Jul-2007

CJ Thorne has acquired Hobart Paving, the Crawley-based surfacing company with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
26-Jul-2007

Experian has acquired N4 Solutions, the Cirencester-based financial services software provider with annual sales of £9m.
25-Jul-2007

Kesa Electricals is to acquire Electrodomesticos Menaje Del Hogar Sociedad Anonima, the Spanish electricals retailer with 62 stores, for £68m.
25-Jul-2007

Smart & Cook has acquired BA Insurance Group, the York-based care home insurance firm with 15 staff.
25-Jul-2007

Epoch Design, the Bristol-based packaging design company with 38 staff, has been acquired by Loewy for £10m.
25-Jul-2007

Daisy Communications of Nelson has acquired Abycom of Essex for £1.2m, creating a combined telecoms group with 120 staff.
25-Jul-2007

Bestinvest, the independent financial adviser, is to be acquired by private equity firm 3i for about £165m.
25-Jul-2007

Sanctuary is to sell its 49% stake in the Rough Trade record label to Beggars Group for £0.8m.
25-Jul-2007

Wolfson Microelectronics has acquired Sonaptic, the High Wycombe-based developer of micro-acoustic technologies with 31 staff, for an initial £12m.
24-Jul-2007

MF Sealing Systems, the Middlesbrough-based seals manufacturer with about 30 staff, has been acquired by Flowserve of the US.
24-Jul-2007

Misys is to sell its US-based diagnostic information business to Vista Equity Partners for £186m and its US-based CPR health systems business to QuadraMed for £16m.
24-Jul-2007

Channel 4 has acquired a 50% stake in Emap's seven music TV channels for up to £28m, having formed a joint venture called Box Television.
24-Jul-2007

Experian has acquired The pH Group, the marketing analytics firm with offices in London and France and annual sales of £6m.
23-Jul-2007

Maxima Holdings has acquired Centric Networks, the Stansted-based IT services company with 41 staff, for up to £6.4m.
23-Jul-2007

Trustguard Credit Services, the Cardiff-based mortgages and loans company with 70 staff, has undergone a £5m management buy-out.
23-Jul-2007

Homebuy, the electrical products supplier with 400 staff in Walsall, Manchester, Chester-le-Street, Belfast, Dundee, Glasgow, Rotherham, Sevenoaks and Wigan, has undergone a £22m management buy-out.
23-Jul-2007

MTL Instruments has acquired Ocean Technical Systems, the provider of supervisory control and data acquisition services, for £3m.
23-Jul-2007

DavyMarkham, the Sheffield-based engineering components manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out.
23-Jul-2007

Clearstone, the LGV driver training firm, has been bought out of administration by private equity firm RCapital.
23-Jul-2007

Atrium, the Lloyd's insurer, is to be acquired by Ariel of Bermuda for £193m.
23-Jul-2007

Oxford Airport is to be acquired by AO Acquisitions for £40m, which will lead to an expansion of the site's private and commercial air transport operations.
23-Jul-2007

Inter Link Foods, the Blackburn-based cake manufacturer with 12 sites and 1,800 staff, has been bought out of administration by McCambridge of Ireland for about £75m.
23-Jul-2007

Trinity Mirror is to sell Berkshire Regional Newspapers and 14 titles to Berkshire Media Group for £10m.
20-Jul-2007

Parkdean Holidays has acquired Weststar Holidays, the Exeter-based chain of four holiday parks with 300 staff, for £80m, and is now looking to acquire a further 20 holiday sites over the next two years.
20-Jul-2007

Ramage Distribution has acquired UFD, the Kirkcaldy-based logistics company with depots in Aberdeen, Bristol, Cambuslang, Warrington and Hemel Hempstead, out of administration, creating a combined group with 550 staff.
20-Jul-2007

William Thompson, the York-based animal feed company with 47 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
20-Jul-2007

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales of Hawick has merged with Goffs of Ireland to create one of the largest horse racing auction groups in Europe.
20-Jul-2007

Interplan, the Leicester-based furniture manufacturer with 30 staff, has been bought out of administration by a new company called STCS Design for undisclosed terms.
19-Jul-2007

Tate & Lyle is to sell its European starch operations to Tereos of France for £209m, including sites in the UK, Belgium, France, Spain and Italy.
19-Jul-2007

Napthens of Preston is planning to merge with Chorley-based Wallwork & Company, creating a combined law firm with 28 partners and 179 staff.
19-Jul-2007

KL Automotive, the Ripley-based manufacturer of vehicle air conditioning systems, has been acquired by Tamworth-based Elite Automotive Systems for undisclosed terms.
19-Jul-2007

Daily Mail & General Trust is looking to sell off its Loot classified advertising magazine, while its Buy & Sell magazine in Ireland has been sold to Naldin for £13m.
19-Jul-2007

Noble Denton has acquired Poseidon Maritime, the Aberdeen-based oil services company with 40 staff, for £2.4m.
18-Jul-2007

ICI is to acquire the Dulux paints business in South Africa from AECI for £52m, including subsidiaries in Botswana, Zambia, Swaziland, Malawi and Namibia.
18-Jul-2007

Rentokil Initial has acquired Lancaster Office Cleaning Company, the London-based cleaning and support services company, for £19m.
18-Jul-2007

Mitchells of Cheltenham has acquired Tee & Company, the Gloucester-based accountancy firm.
18-Jul-2007

Sports Tours International has acquired Wheel 2 Wheel, the Portsmouth-based cycling travel firm.
17-Jul-2007

Foreman Roberts, the building services consultancy with sites in London, Oxford, Manchester and the Isle of Man, has undergone a £15m management buy-out.
17-Jul-2007

Yorkshire Building Services, the nationwide provider of mechanical and electrical engineering services with about 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
17-Jul-2007

Emap is to sell its three Irish radio stations to Communicorp for £135m, including Today FM, FM104 and Highland.
17-Jul-2007

Reed Elsevier is to sell its Harcourt educational publishing business in the US to HM Riverdeep for £2bn.
17-Jul-2007

Reckitt Benckiser is to sell Hermal, its prescription skincare business, to Laboratorios Almirall of Spain for £255m.
17-Jul-2007

Gladedale is to acquire Ben Bailey, the Yorkshire-based housebuilder, for £84m.
17-Jul-2007

Jamella Group, the West Yorkshire-based manufacturer of hairstyling accessories that trades as GHD, has undergone a £160m management buy-out.
17-Jul-2007

Premier Research Group has acquired ARS of the US for £11m and D-Target of Switzerland for £7m, in order to expand its clinical research business.
16-Jul-2007

Huntsworth has acquired AXIS Healthcare Communications, the US provider of services to pharmaceutical and medical device companies with 200 staff, for an initial £9m.
16-Jul-2007

Concateno has acquired CPL International, the Liverpool-based provider of alcohol and drug testing services, for £0.8m.
16-Jul-2007

Bunzl is to acquire King Benelux Holding, the Dutch distributor of products to the healthcare and contract cleaning sectors, for £39m.
16-Jul-2007

Brickability of Bridgend has expanded its brick merchanting business with the acquisition of Matching Brick Company sites in Bristol and Swindon, as well as Charterhouse Construction Materials sites in Mitcham and Tamworth.
16-Jul-2007

Hill Station has acquired So Real Ice Company, the Kent-based ice cream manufacturer, for £0.8m.
16-Jul-2007

Ontrac has merged with Bristol-based brand development company Dutton Merrifield to create a combined marketing group with 70 staff.
16-Jul-2007

Huntsman, the chemicals manufacturer with 650 staff at sites in Hartlepool, Wilton, Haverton Hill and Billingham, is to be acquired by Hexion for £5.3bn, which beats a rival offer from Basell.
16-Jul-2007

Pipex Communications has sold its broadband and voice operations to Tiscali of Italy for £210m, in order to focus on web hosting and business services.
16-Jul-2007

Axeon is to acquire Ristma, the Swiss supplier of battery packs for power tools, for £5.1m.
16-Jul-2007

Emap has acquired Torcello Publishing, the London-based online journal provider, for £20m.
16-Jul-2007

Cadbury Schweppes has acquired Southeast Atlantic Beverage Corp, the US drinks bottler, for undisclosed terms.
16-Jul-2007

Rochford Thompson, the Newbury-based manufacturer of optical character recognition passport readers, is to be acquired by 3M for undisclosed terms.
16-Jul-2007

Mountain Warehouse, the chain of 33 outdoor clothing stores, has undergone a £15m management buy-out backed by Arev of Iceland.
16-Jul-2007

Amec is to sell its Project Investments business to Land Securities Trillium for £163m, with the transfer of nine PPP projects focused on transport, healthcare and education.
13-Jul-2007

Marston's has acquired Ringwood Brewery, the Hampshire-based brewery with seven pubs, for £19m.
13-Jul-2007

Scott Wilson is to acquire McLay Collier, the Glasgow-based property consultancy with 34 staff, for £2.7m.
13-Jul-2007

Sports Direct International has acquired a 60% stake in Field & Trek, the chain of 11 outdoor clothing and equipment stores, for £5m.
13-Jul-2007

Southampton Leisure has sold Southampton Insurance Services, the Southampton-based insurance broker, to Chorley Holdings for about £0.2m.
13-Jul-2007

Jardine Lloyd Thompson has acquired Portland Pensions, the pensions administrator with 50 staff in Bristol and Redditch, for £2.4m.
13-Jul-2007

DCD Media has acquired Prospect Pictures, September Holdings and West Park Pictures for a total £19m, in order to expand its TV production business.
12-Jul-2007

Renishaw has acquired a 75% stake in D3 Technologies for £1.8m, in order to develop University of Strathclyde technology for the detection of genetic predisposition to disease.
12-Jul-2007

Albemarle & Bond is to acquire Herbert Brown, the Leeds-based chain of 26 jewellery and financial services shops, for £31m, taking its total chain to 112.
12-Jul-2007

Emap has sold Agor, its French exhibition business, to GL Events for £57m.
11-Jul-2007

Intertek has acquired VIP Cargo Surveys, the US petroleum inspection and testing company, for £1m, as well as Geotechnical Services, the Australian petroleum laboratory services company, for £2.6m.
11-Jul-2007

Mattioli Woods has acquired Pension Consulting, the Leicester-based pension scheme administrator with 13 staff, for up to £1.9m.
11-Jul-2007

DTZ has acquired Donaldsons, the London-based property consultancy with 910 staff, for an initial £40m.
11-Jul-2007

Braemar Shipping Services has acquired Falconer Bryan, the Singapore-based provider of marine survey and loss adjusting services, for £5.8m.
11-Jul-2007

Pearson Home Moving, the Middlesbrough-based removals and storage company with 70 vehicles and 75 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
11-Jul-2007

Craig Group of Aberdeen has sold Seatronics, IMS and ChainCo, its subsea survey, mooring and chain inspection operations, to Acteon Group of Norwich for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 100 staff.
11-Jul-2007

Tenon is to acquire Unity, the insolvency specialist with 110 staff, for up to £13m.
11-Jul-2007

GMT Communications has acquired Melita Cable, the Maltese cable TV company, for about £115m.
11-Jul-2007

Royal Bank of Scotland has acquired a 51% stake in Sempra Commodities, the US-based company that trades base metals at the London Metal Exchange, for £670m.
10-Jul-2007

Gilwood Engineering Services, the North Shields-based electrical engineering company with 27 staff, has been bought out of administration by Mast Electrical.
10-Jul-2007

BGC, the Burslem-based building services company with 70 staff, has been acquired by Southern Bear for £6.5m.
10-Jul-2007

Musgrave has acquired J&J Haslett, the food wholesaler with 360 staff at eight sites in Northern Ireland, for undisclosed terms.
10-Jul-2007

Anite Group has sold Anite Deutschland, its German IT services business with 90 staff, to VEGA Group for £8m.
10-Jul-2007

Tepnel Life Sciences has acquired Wildlife DNA Services and Food DNA Services, the North Wales-based providers of genotyping and food analysis services.
10-Jul-2007

Myhome has acquired Ferrum UK Group, the South Wales-based dry cleaning and laundry franchise business, for up to £4.8m.
10-Jul-2007

Chess Group has sold Space Solutions, the Aberdeen-based architecture firm with 100 staff, to management.
10-Jul-2007

Sangs, the Banff-based soft drinks manufacturer with 73 staff, has been acquired by two Glasgow-based businessmen for more than £10m.
10-Jul-2007

Deva Tap Company, the Leigh-based bathroom fittings manufacturer with 144 staff, is to be acquired by Methven of New Zealand for £23m.
10-Jul-2007

Antalis is to acquire Map Merchant Group for £258m, creating a combined paper merchant group with 8,400 staff in 44 countries.
09-Jul-2007

Trinity Mirror is to sell the 25 titles of Kent Regional Newspapers, East Surrey & Sussex Newspapers and Blackmore Vale Publishing to the Northcliffe Media division of Daily Mail & General Trust for £64m.
09-Jul-2007

Cello Group has acquired a 75% stake in Hill Murray Group, the financial services marketing agency, for an initial £1m.
09-Jul-2007

Brammer has acquired Boada Industrial, the Spanish supplier of power transmission products with 53 staff, for about £4.6m.
09-Jul-2007

National Britannia has acquired Corporate Health & Safety Solutions, the Nantgarw-based safety and environmental training firm with about 100 staff, for undisclosed terms.
09-Jul-2007

Greenvale has acquired Swancote Foods, the Telford-based potato processing company with 50 staff.
09-Jul-2007

Integrated Subsea Services has acquired Andrews Survey, the Aberdeen-based offshore survey firm with 50 staff, for £9m.
09-Jul-2007

Quayle Munro has acquired New Boathouse Capital, the London-based corporate finance company with nine staff, for £7.5m.
09-Jul-2007

BT has acquired Brightview, the broadband internet provider, for £16m.
09-Jul-2007

Natural Gas Shipping Services of Cheshire has been acquired by Gazprom Marketing & Trading of Russia for undisclosed terms.
09-Jul-2007

Mondi is to acquire Unterland Flexible Packaging of Australia for £50m and a 54% stake in Turkish packaging company Tire Kustan for £53m.
09-Jul-2007

IFS Defence has acquired Information Science Consultants, the Cirencester-based provider of naval maintenance management services with annual turnover of £2.4m.
09-Jul-2007

Incisive Media is planning to acquire the American Lawyer Media collection of magazines, websites and conferences, for £315m.
09-Jul-2007

Greencore has acquired Sushi San, the Liverpool-based supplier of own-label and branded sushi products.
09-Jul-2007

Lacy Roofing, the Liverpool-based roofing contractor, has undergone a £15m management buy-out.
09-Jul-2007

EWS, the rail freight operator with about 5,000 staff, is to be acquired by Deutsche Bahn of Germany for an estimated £250m.
09-Jul-2007

Taygroup, the haulage firm with 133 staff at sites in Wigan, Biggleswade, Cardiff and Batley, has undergone a £8.7m management buy-out.
06-Jul-2007

Realisis has bought Terry Smith Group, the West Drayton-based point-of-sale printing firm with about 100 staff, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
06-Jul-2007

NeutraHealth has acquired Health Products for Life, the online supplier of vitamins and supplements, for £0.5m.
06-Jul-2007

M&C Saatchi is to acquire Clear, the London-based brand consultancy with 80 staff, for an initial £18m.
06-Jul-2007

InterQuest Group has acquired Intelect Recruitment, the Manchester-based software engineering recruitment firm, for an initial £3.7m.
06-Jul-2007

Camerons Brewery of Hartlepool has sold nine depots across northern England to Coors, with the transfer of 85 staff, in order to focus on the expansion of its pub estate from 55 to at least 200 sites.
06-Jul-2007

Alpha Construction, the Derbyshire-based civil engineering contractor with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
06-Jul-2007

Keeble Hawson of Sheffield has merged with Doncaster-based Frank Allen Pennington to create a combined law firm with more than 220 staff.
06-Jul-2007

Crosslink, the Rhondda-based rubber components manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by the owner of Precision Cut Rubber, securing the future of 84 jobs.
05-Jul-2007

Amec has sold its Midwest Pipelines business in Canada to a subsidiary of Willbros Group of Panama for £12m.
05-Jul-2007

Arriva is to acquire Veolia Danmark, the Danish bus company with 640 buses and 1,700 staff, for undisclosed terms.
05-Jul-2007

Police Mutual has acquired Roland Smith, the Liverpool-based insurance broker with 78 staff, for undisclosed terms.
05-Jul-2007

C&D Industrial Services, the offshore and marine architectural fit-out contractor with 700 staff, has sold a majority stake in the business to Kaefer Group of Germany.
05-Jul-2007

Huthwaite International, the Yorkshire-based training firm with 65 UK staff and 33 international offices, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
05-Jul-2007

Greenfield Waste Technology, the Leicestershire-based supplier of automation for material recycling facilities, has been acquired by TiTech of Norway.
05-Jul-2007

Immunodiagnostic Systems is to acquire Nordic Bioscience Diagnostics of Denmark for £17m and production of diagnostic testing kits will transfer from Copenhagen to Tyneside.
05-Jul-2007

Rexam is in negotiations to acquire Rostar, the Russian manufacturer of beverage cans, for £149m.
05-Jul-2007

Future has acquired Cycling News, the global website for cycling enthusiasts, from Knapp Communications, for £2.2m.
04-Jul-2007

MTL Instruments has acquired a 90% stake in RTK, the North Yorkshire-based supplier of process alarm equipment, for £3.7m.
04-Jul-2007

Amirose International, the Essex-based cosmetics supplier, is to be acquired by Core Business of London in a £2.6m reverse takeover.
04-Jul-2007

Parkwood Holdings has acquired Landscape Construction, the Falkirk-based landscaping company, for about £0.1m.
04-Jul-2007

System C Healthcare has acquired IQ Systems Services, the Dorset-based supplier of patient management systems, for up to £2.2m.
04-Jul-2007

Cosalt has acquired Marine Safety Systems of Spain for £2m, in order to expand its marine safety equipment business.
04-Jul-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired Conversa Global, the New Zealand-based market research company with annual turnover of £5.6m.
04-Jul-2007

Highgate Brewery, the Walsall-based brewery with 25 staff and nine pubs, is to be acquired by Pubco Global Star of Smethwick, and up to £3m will be invested at the site.
04-Jul-2007

Scottish Motor Auctions, the chain of car auction sites in Glasgow, Livingston, Kinross, Aberdeen and Newcastle, has been acquired by a consortium of investors backed by Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank.
04-Jul-2007

Peter Vardy has acquired the Dunedin BMW and Mini car dealership in Edinburgh from John Martin Group for undisclosed terms.
04-Jul-2007

Darley, the Burton-based print and packaging company with 75 staff, has undergone a £3.5m management buy-out backed by GE Commercial Finance.
04-Jul-2007

Autonomy is to acquire Zantaz, the US search software and email archiving company, for £186m.
04-Jul-2007

Sports Direct International has agreed to acquire Everlast Worldwide, the US boxing brand, for £91m, but a rival bid could come from Hidary Group.
04-Jul-2007

Rippleglen has acquired Northcliffe Retail, the East Midlands-based chain of 61 convenience stores, from Daily Mail & General Trust for £8.2m.
03-Jul-2007

Vertu Motors has acquired the Ford car dealership in Morpeth, Northumberland, from the Jennings Group for £2.6m, and will re-brand the site as Bristol Street Motors.
03-Jul-2007

Tomkins has sold Trico Wipers, the US-based manufacturer of automotive wipers, to affiliates of Kohlberg & Company for £55m.
03-Jul-2007

Claimar Care Group is to acquire Acorn Home Care, the domiciliary care provider with 14 branches and 600 staff, for an initial £10m.
03-Jul-2007

Croda International has sold its Oldham-based food services business, which supplies products to the bakery sector, to AAK UK for £7.4m.
03-Jul-2007

Gibbs & Dandy has acquired Carson Fletcher, the Market Harborough-based timber merchant, for an initial £1m.
03-Jul-2007

British Salt, the salt supplier with 125 staff in Middlewich, has undergone a £100m management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC.
03-Jul-2007

Digital Marketing Group is to acquire Graphico of Newbury for up to £8.6m and Hyperlaunch of Bristol for up to £3.5m, in order to expand its marketing services business.
03-Jul-2007

Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Quest, the supplier of property market software, for £28m.
03-Jul-2007

Grant & Partners has acquired Mills & Wood to create a combined London-based industrial property agency with more than 20 staff.
03-Jul-2007

Forth Ports is to acquire Nordic Group, the Chatham-based port terminal operator and materials recycling company, for £46m.
02-Jul-2007

Innovise is to acquire Data Technology Group, the IT services company, for £4.4m.
02-Jul-2007

Vertu Motors has acquired Grantham Motor Company for £4.6m, including four Honda car dealerships in Grantham, Lincoln, Boston and Retford.
02-Jul-2007

Go-Ahead has acquired Blue Triangle Buses, the Rainham-based bus operator with 60 vehicles, for £12m, in order to expand its London General subsidiary.
02-Jul-2007

Latchways has acquired Height Solutions, the Bakewell-based supplier of safety walkway systems, for £0.7m.
02-Jul-2007

Brakes, the food distributor with 8,500 staff, has been acquired by US private equity firm Bain Capital for £877m.
02-Jul-2007

Asquith Nurseries, the chain of 113 children's nurseries, has been acquired by Dawnay Day and Swordfish Investments for £95m.
02-Jul-2007

IXEurope, the datacentre operator, is to be acquired by Equinox of the US for £241m.
02-Jul-2007

Ascot Group has acquired the Shorrocks Hill Country Club in Formby for £4m, in order to expand the leisure facility into the corporate market.
29-Jun-2007

Consolidated Vending has acquired KR, the supplier of coin-operated rides to shopping centres, for £0.6m.
29-Jun-2007

Reuters is to acquire Feri Fund Market Information, the London-based fund research company, from Feri Rating & Research of Germany for £2m.
29-Jun-2007

Tanfield Group is to acquire Snorkel Holdings, the US-based supplier of industrial aerial work platforms, for £50m.
29-Jun-2007

BioProgress is to acquire Melbrosin, the supplier of natural health products with 52 staff in Germany, Italy, Austria and the UK, for up to £24m.
29-Jun-2007

RAB Capital is to acquire the business of Hong Kong-based Pi Investment Management for up to £13m.
28-Jun-2007

Hampson Industries has sold its precision industrial division, which makes components and assemblies for the glass bottle and container manufacturing industry, to a new company called Lattimer Holdings for £4m.
28-Jun-2007

Adventi has acquired Integral Arm, the IT services company with 12 staff in Glasgow and Luton, for undisclosed terms.
28-Jun-2007

London Scottish Bank has sold its Manor Credit leasing business in Huddersfield to Davenham for £25m, in order to focus on debt collection and secured lending.
28-Jun-2007

CI Traders, the Channel Islands-based retail and property group, has accepted a £260m takeover offer from a private equity consortium led by Duke Street Capital.
28-Jun-2007

Orchard Care Homes, the Leeds-based chain of 26 care homes, is to undergo a £175m management buy-out, and has sold a £70m portfolio of six properties to Invista and Prestigic Holdings in a sale-and-leaseback deal.
28-Jun-2007

Mediasurface is to acquire Immediacy, the Poole-based developer of web content management software, for £5.6m.
27-Jun-2007

Myhome International has acquired Stainbusters, the stain removal and upholstery cleaning franchise network, for up to £0.4m.
27-Jun-2007

Harvey Nash is to acquire SilkRoad Systems, the Vietnamese software development company with 135 staff, for about £1m.
27-Jun-2007

Tricorn Group is to acquire Maxpower Automotive, the West Bromwich-based supplier of pipe assemblies and fittings, for £1.5m.
27-Jun-2007

Trainline is to acquire Advanced Smartcard Technologies, the developer of smartcards for the transport sector, for £19m.
27-Jun-2007

Debt Free Direct is to acquire Clear Start, the consumer debt advice company, for £11m.
27-Jun-2007

Experian is to acquire a 65% stake in Serasa, the Brazilian credit bureau, for £600m.
27-Jun-2007

Lambert Smith Hampton, the commercial property agency, is to undergo a £46m management buy-out from WS Atkins, with backing from Bank of Scotland Corporate.
27-Jun-2007

Chrysalis, is to sell its Heart, Galaxy and LBC radio stations to Global Radio for £170m, in order to focus on music publishing.
26-Jun-2007

Filtrona is to sell its Globalpack consumer packaging business in Brazil to the Itavema Group for £28m.
26-Jun-2007

Ten Alps is to acquire Mongoose Media, the London-based factual media advertising sales company with 19 staff, for up to £3.4m.
26-Jun-2007

Eaga is to acquire RG Francis, the Essex-based heating installation and repair company with 120 staff, for up to £11m.
26-Jun-2007

Tinopolis is to acquire APP Broadcast, the Oxford-based TV production company that specialises in sailing programmes, for an initial £1m.
26-Jun-2007

Sadofskys has acquired Grassby & Co, the Hull-based chartered accountancy.
26-Jun-2007

Courier Newspapers, the Oxfordshire-based local newspaper publisher with 24 staff, has had its goodwill and assets bought out of administration by a new company called Biz Publishing.
26-Jun-2007

Aegis is to acquire the online advertising business of Bluestreak of the US for £6.3m.
26-Jun-2007

Scarborough Property Holdings, the fund manager, is to be acquired by Valad Property of Australia for £849m.
26-Jun-2007

Ultimate Leisure is to acquire the Living Room chain of 13 bars for £28m, and plans to more than double the number of outlets over the next five years.
26-Jun-2007

Unilever has sold its Brazilian margarine brands and some machinery to Perdigao for about £20m.
26-Jun-2007

Fernau Avionics, the Luton-based manufacturer of navigational equipment, is to undergo a £16m management buy-out backed by Dunedin Capital Partners.
26-Jun-2007

Saga is to merge with the AA motor breakdown services business to create a combined group worth £6.2bn with 11,100 staff.
26-Jun-2007

Cape has acquired Endecon, the Wrexham-based supplier of refinery decontamination systems, for an initial £2m.
25-Jun-2007

Metal Spinners, the Newcastle-based manufacturer of metal components with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out, and is now planning a multi-million pound investment programme.
25-Jun-2007

Ferromatik Milacron UK, the Chesterfield-based supplier of injection moulding machines with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
25-Jun-2007

Berwin Group has acquired Watts Industrial Polymers, the Gloucestershire-based rubber compounder, creating a combined group with turnover of more than £50m.
25-Jun-2007

ClearDebt is to acquire Abacus (Financial Consultants) of Cheshire for up to £6.2m, in order to expand its debt management business.
25-Jun-2007

D&D London is to acquire Image Restaurants, the London-based chain of three restaurants, for more than £5m, and is planning to open a new outlet in Birmingham in 2009.
25-Jun-2007

Manchester City Football Club is to accept a £82m takeover offer from UK Sports Investments of Thailand.
25-Jun-2007

Searcy, the upmarket catering and restaurant company, has been acquired by Alternative Hotel Group for about £30m.
25-Jun-2007

RR Richardson has acquired SGMS, the Solihull-based building repair and maintenance company, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with more than 350 staff.
25-Jun-2007

Holleran Group has acquired G&J Engineering, the Cardiff-based pipeline contractor with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jun-2007

All3Media is to acquire Maverick Television, the Birmingham-based TV production company, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jun-2007

Ekay has acquired Campaign Management Associates, the Guernsey-based advertising agency, for £0.2m.
22-Jun-2007

Rotala is to acquire Ludlows, the Halesowen-based bus operator with 21 buses, for £0.8m.
22-Jun-2007

Weir Group is to acquire SPM Flow Control, the US manufacturer of pumps and flow control equipment with about 630 staff, for £161m.
22-Jun-2007

Tenon Group is to acquire Bowmans, the accountancy firm with offices in Preston and Kendal and annual turnover of £2.4m.
22-Jun-2007

APW Enclosure Systems of Southampton has sold its metal enclosures product line out of administration to a new company called Verotec, while the plastic enclosures business has been acquired by Vero Technologies.
22-Jun-2007

ICS Triplex, the manufacturer of safety control systems with 160 staff in Essex, has been acquired by Rockwell Automation of the US for about £110m.
22-Jun-2007

SectorGuard has acquired the assets of Euro Security Systems, the Hertfordshire-based electronic security systems company, for £0.2m.
21-Jun-2007

Sheffield Ski Village has been bought out of administration by Broomhall-based Pullan Developments, securing the future of 70 jobs.
21-Jun-2007

Centres of Clinical Excellence has acquired the Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre, the £46m health centre that is due to open at the Queen's Medical Centre in December.
21-Jun-2007

Chalcroft, the construction company with 172 staff in Stirling, Cambridge, Pershore and King's Lynn, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-Jun-2007

EQ Group has sold its Broadnet radio business to GES for £0.3m, in order to focus on market research services.
21-Jun-2007

MTEM, the Edinburgh-based developer of hydrocarbon survey technology with 67 staff, is to be acquired by Petroleum Geo-Services of Norway for £139m.
21-Jun-2007

Torex Retail, the retail software company, is to sell its operating businesses out of administration to US private equity firm Cerberus for £205m.
21-Jun-2007

BBA Aviation is to sell Oxford Aviation Training, the Oxford Airport-based pilot training business, to GCAT Flight Academy for £32m.
20-Jun-2007

CBG Group has acquired GF Baskeyfield & Company, the Macclesfield-based general insurance broking and financial advisory services company, for up to £1.2m.
20-Jun-2007

SDL International has acquired PASS Process Automation Software Systems Engineering, the German supplier of software translation products, for £1.4m.
20-Jun-2007

Stadium Group has acquired Ferrus Power, the Peterborough-based supplier of custom power converters and power supplies, for £0.7m.
20-Jun-2007

First Group has agreed to acquire Chester City Transport, the operator of bus services in Chester with 84 vehicles, from Chester City Council.
20-Jun-2007

Vospers has acquired Sidwell Motors, the Exeter-based Fiat car dealership with 28 staff.
20-Jun-2007

ASD Metal Services has acquired Westok, the Wakefield-based steel distributor with 90 staff, for undisclosed terms.
20-Jun-2007

Essentially Group is to acquire Athletes 1 and Frontiers Group of London for a total £12m, in order to expand its sports management business.
20-Jun-2007

Bodycote International has acquired Ningbo Jiangdong Ruidahong, the Chinese heat treatment company with annual sales of £2m.
19-Jun-2007

Cadbury Schweppes is to acquire Sansei Foods, the Japanese functional candy company, for about £57m.
19-Jun-2007

Rotala is to acquire North Birmingham Busways, the Birmingham-based bus operator with 28 vehicles, for £0.9m.
19-Jun-2007

Ten Alps has acquired DBDA, the London-based factual media company with 25 staff, for £3.3m.
19-Jun-2007

Beasmart Aluminium Tubes, the Pencoed-based aluminium tube manufacturer formerly known as Bayswater Tubes, has undergone a management buy-out, securing the future of 23 jobs.
19-Jun-2007

Focus, the chain of 250 DIY stores, is to be acquired by US hedge fund Cerberus for a nominal sum.
19-Jun-2007

Hampton Dean has acquired Victoria Financial Management of Leicester, in order to create a combined independent financial advice group with 70 staff.
19-Jun-2007

Wrekin Construction, the Shropshire-based building company with 600 staff and seven depots, has been acquired by London & Middle Eastern Group for undisclosed terms.
19-Jun-2007

Bupa is to sell 26 hospitals to Cinven for £1.44bn, with the transfer of 5,800 staff, in order to focus on insurance, care homes and home healthcare.
19-Jun-2007

RMJM is to acquire Hillier, the US architectural design firm, for £15m.
19-Jun-2007

Just Car Clinics has acquired a car accident repair business in Hinckley from Trinity Motors for £0.1m, with the transfer of 45 staff.
18-Jun-2007

James Fisher & Sons has sold Ships Electronic Services, the supplier of marine electronic navigation and communications equipment, to a management buy-out for £0.4m.
18-Jun-2007

ARC International has acquired Tenison Technology EDA, the Cambridge-based developer of software tools used for system-on-chip designs with 15 staff, for £1m.
18-Jun-2007

Translinc, the Lincoln-based supplier of vehicles to local authorities with more than 500 staff, is to undergo a £50m management buy-in backed by RJD Partners.
18-Jun-2007

Sanctuary Group, the music company, is to be acquired by Universal Music Group of the US for about £100m.
18-Jun-2007

Aldersgate Plastics, the Dorset-based technical moulder, has been acquired by Midlands Technical Mouldings for undisclosed terms.
15-Jun-2007

Jane's Information Group, the Surrey-based defence industry publisher with offices in Singapore, Japan, Dubai, Australia and the US, has been acquired by IHS of the US for £93m.
15-Jun-2007

Umeco is to acquire JD Lincoln, the US-based composite materials company, for an initial £30m.
15-Jun-2007

Aegis Group is to acquire Marvellous Ideas, the mobile marketing company with gross assets of £0.8m.
15-Jun-2007

Speedy Hire is to acquire the tool hire division of Hewden Stuart for £115m, including 188 depots and 1,200 staff.
15-Jun-2007

Contender Entertainment Group, the London-based distributor of DVD content, is to be acquired by Entertainment One for £49m.
15-Jun-2007

Charles Stanley is to acquire Garrison Investment Analysis, the East Yorkshire-based discount financial intermediary, for up to £8m.
15-Jun-2007

Chapelthorpe is to sell Hoyland Fox, the Rotherham-based umbrella frames manufacturer, to Mozaic Industries for £1.4m.
15-Jun-2007

Knightsbridge, the Manchester-based business brokerage with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-in.
15-Jun-2007

JL French, the Essex-based car parts manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by Amtek of India, securing the future of 250 jobs.
15-Jun-2007

IFG Group has acquired Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services, the Isle of Man-based fund administration company, for £3.2m.
14-Jun-2007

National Britannia has acquired Hygiene Monitoring Services, the Bath-based environmental consultancy with 25 staff, as well as Environmental Health Support Services, the Newton Abbot-based company with four staff.
14-Jun-2007

Doncasters has sold Doncasters Medical Technologies, the Derby-based manufacturer of orthopaedic implants and instruments with 430 staff, to Sandvik of Sweden for undisclosed terms.
14-Jun-2007

Bar Budda, the Glasgow-based chain of nine themed bars and clubs with 200 staff, has been bought out of administration by a new holding company called Dark Star Scotland for undisclosed terms.
14-Jun-2007

John Menzies is to acquire Gray's Newsagents, the York-based newspaper distributor with gross assets of £1.9m, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jun-2007

Leicester Paper Company (LPC) is to acquire Duffel Mill, the Belgian paper products company with 160 staff, from Kimberly Clark for undisclosed terms.
14-Jun-2007

Dragon Plastics has acquired Riverside Plastics, the Pontypridd-based bottle blow moulder, out of administration, and the business will be renamed Riverside Packaging.
14-Jun-2007

HSS, the chain of 300 tool hire centres with 2,500 staff, is to be acquired by Aurigo Management for £310m.
14-Jun-2007

Strutt & Parker is in negotiations to acquire Lane Fox for an estimated £25m, in order to create a combined estate agency group with 54 offices and about 900 staff.
14-Jun-2007

Codemasters, the Warwickshire-based computer games developer with 400 staff, is preparing for a £200m flotation after Balderton Capital acquired the remaining stakes of the founders.
14-Jun-2007

Davis Service has acquired the sterile medical consumables and decontamination operations of InHealth for £43m.
13-Jun-2007

Vision Capital has acquired a majority stake in the Thresher group of off-licences and the BrightHouse TV retail business for £250m.
13-Jun-2007

Dana Petroleum is planning to acquire Ener Petroleum, the Norwegian independent oil company, for £24m.
13-Jun-2007

Braemar Group is to acquire The Armchair Property Investor, the residential property investment consultancy, for an initial £0.2m.
13-Jun-2007

Ultra Electronics is to acquire Criticom, the US supplier of video conferencing systems with 40 staff, for £16m.
13-Jun-2007

Tenon has acquired LWC Accountants, the tax and corporate finance specialist with 18 staff in Edinburgh and Glasgow, for undisclosed terms.
13-Jun-2007

Campbell Freight, the Belfast-based container freight company with 60 staff, has been acquired by DSV Air & Sea Holdings of Denmark.
13-Jun-2007

Nightingale Chancellors, the London-based property services company, has been acquired by Trust Property Management Group for £0.7m.
12-Jun-2007

RWS Holdings has acquired Japanese Language Services, the London-based technical translating company, for £1m.
12-Jun-2007

Wasp-IT, the Nantgarw-based communications technology company, has been bought out of administration by a new company called M7 Consulting, securing the future of the remaining ten jobs.
12-Jun-2007

Kwik-Fit Insurance is to acquire Express Insurance Services, the Birmingham-based company with 150 staff specialising in motorcycles and non-standard risk drivers, for undisclosed terms.
12-Jun-2007

Zenith Vehicle Contracts, the Leeds-based fleet management firm, has been sold by Dunedin Capital Partners to Barclays Private Equity for £40m.
12-Jun-2007

Upstarts, the Ipswich-based board games company, has been bought out of administration by University Games of the US.
12-Jun-2007

SLR has acquired Insite Environments, the Newcastle-based landscape architecture firm, for £2m.
12-Jun-2007

Real Good Food Company has sold Five Star Fish, its Grimsby-based frozen fish products business, to British Seafood for £35m, in order to focus on sugar and ingredients.
12-Jun-2007

Cricinfo, the cricket statistics and results service, is to be acquired by ESPN of the US for more than £30m.
12-Jun-2007

Inchcape is to acquire two Latvian car dealerships - Baltic Motors and SIA BM Auto - from MVC Capital for up to £60m.
12-Jun-2007

Rexam is to acquire O-I Plastics, the plastic packaging company with 2,800 staff, from Owens Illinois of the US for £813m.
12-Jun-2007

Hellman & Friedman, the private equity firm, is to acquire Computer Services Group and Iris Software from HgCapital for an estimated £500m.
12-Jun-2007

Parkstone Group, the Birmingham-based contractor and aggregates supplier with 200 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
12-Jun-2007

Hubbard, the Suffolk-based supplier of commercial refrigeration systems with 165 staff, has been acquired by Zanotti of Italy.
12-Jun-2007

Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired KHK Group, the project and cost manager with 54 staff in London and Leeds.
12-Jun-2007

Cello Group has acquired Market Research International, the public sector market research consultancy trading as MRUK Research, for an initial £1.5m.
11-Jun-2007

Alumasc is to sell Brock Metal, its Cannock-based zinc and aluminium die-casting alloys business, to Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant for £8.2m.
11-Jun-2007

Discover Leisure is to expand its caravan dealerships business with the acquisition of Barrons of Lancashire for £20m and Mendip of Weston-super-Mare for £2m.
11-Jun-2007

Quinlan Private Capital has acquired the Jurys Inn chain of 20 business hotels in the UK and Ireland for £793m.
11-Jun-2007

Tesco is to acquire Dobbies, the Midlothian-based chain of 21 garden centres, for £228m.
11-Jun-2007

Cadbury Schweppes is to acquire Kandia-Excelent, the Romanian confectionery manufacturer, for about £60m.
11-Jun-2007

Cadbury Schweppes is to acquire Intergum, the Turkish gum manufacturer, for £225m.
08-Jun-2007

Intertek has acquired Quantitative Technologies, the US pharmaceuticals testing company, for £10m.
08-Jun-2007

Mears has acquired Claremont Golcar, the Lancashire-based provider of domiciliary care services under the name of Britannia Care, for up to £1.1m, in order to expand its Careforce subsidiary.
08-Jun-2007

Southern Cross Healthcare has acquired Avery Healthcare, the chain of 15 care homes in the North East, for £96m.
08-Jun-2007

Proventec has acquired an 80% stake in Contico Manufacturing, the Redruth-based manufacturer of cleaning products, for £5.5m.
08-Jun-2007

Medical Solutions is to acquire Geneservice, the Cambridge-based supplier of genomic products and services to the life sciences sector, for £3.9m.
08-Jun-2007

Willenhall Tube & Forging, the West Midlands-based industrial components manufacturer with 34 staff, has undergone a management buy-in.
08-Jun-2007

Red Funnel, the Isle of Wight ferry operator, is to be acquired by Prudential's Infracapital infrastructure fund for more than £200m.
07-Jun-2007

Glen Group has acquired Pinnacle Group, the Falkirk-based telecoms services company, for £0.7m.
07-Jun-2007

Cape has acquired Total Rope Access International, the Stockton-based provider of non-destructive testing, inspection and maintenance services, for £0.8m.
07-Jun-2007

Scot Lad, the owner of the Joseph Mitchell poultry business with 153 staff in Angus and Challenger Foods of Sunderland, has been acquired by 2 Sisters Food Group of West Bromwich for undisclosed terms.
07-Jun-2007

Prime Life has acquired three care homes in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire from Collegia Care for £5m, and plans to invest a further £40m in acquisitions and new developments across the country over the next few years.
07-Jun-2007

Skeltons, the Hull-based bakery, has been bought out of administration by Cooplands of Scarborough, securing the future of 477 jobs and 34 shops.
07-Jun-2007

Aepona, the Belfast-based telecoms software company, is to merge with Appium of Sweden, and will use the Swedish facility as a development centre and regional sales office.
07-Jun-2007

Annabel's and three other upmarket London nightclubs are to be acquired by the owner of Caprice Holdings for £95m.
07-Jun-2007

Collins & Hayes, the Hastings-based furniture manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 144 jobs.
06-Jun-2007

Intertek has acquired ASTA BEAB, the electrical product certification company with offices in Guildford and Rugby, for £4.4m, as well as Union Lab, the Singapore-based petroleum testing and inspection company, for £1.6m.
06-Jun-2007

Cadbury Schweppes has sold a further three non-core operations, with HJ Heinz acquiring its Australian jams business for £29m, a new company acquiring its Canadian candy business for £10m, and Leaf Italia acquiring its Italian confectionery business for £6m.
06-Jun-2007

FFastFill is to acquire Exchange Systems Technology, the London-based supplier of a back office system for exchange traded derivatives markets with 39 staff, for up to £4.8m.
06-Jun-2007

International Greetings has acquired Weltec, the Dutch supplier of photo frames, for £0.4m, Artex, the Polish gift wrap supplier, for £0.3m, and Pinwheel, the UK-based book publishing rights company, for £0.4m.
06-Jun-2007

Inspicio is to acquire Scientifics, the analytical testing consultancy with 350 staff in Derby, Birmingham, Doncaster, Gloucester, Harwell, London, Sheffield, Stockport, Swindon and Glasgow, for £22m.
06-Jun-2007

Tellings Golden Miller is to acquire the Wiltax Buses business outside the London area, with the transfer of 24 staff and 24 vehicles.
06-Jun-2007

Rhodes Nicholson, the Huddersfield-based foundry with 12 staff, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.
06-Jun-2007

Merlin Packaging has sold its Glasgow division out of administration to The Boxshop, while the Elderglade Packaging division has been sold to Custompak and John Baldwin Packaging Services to Corrugated Box Supplies.
06-Jun-2007

Inchcape has sold its Inchcape Automotive vehicle transportation business to Camden Ventures for up to £19m, in order to focus on car retailing.
05-Jun-2007

Morgan Sindall is to acquire two businesses from Amec for £26m - ADL, the Manchester-based urban regeneration unit with 65 staff, and DPS, the construction company with 2,800 staff.
05-Jun-2007

Colliers CRE has acquired Dodson Jones, the Cambridge-based surveying firm, for £0.3m.
05-Jun-2007

Lavendon Group has acquired Wizard Workspace, the Norwich-based network of nine tool hire depots, for £1.7m.
05-Jun-2007

Cromer Crab Company is expected to be sold by Canadian parent Fishery Products International to an unnamed company.
05-Jun-2007

Dominion Technology Gases, the Aberdeen-based supplier of industrial cylinder gases with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
05-Jun-2007

Integrin Advanced Biosystems has acquired Biobest, the Penicuik-based virology, serology and DNA diagnostics company, for £2.8m.
05-Jun-2007

Napthens of Preston and Cuddy Woods & Cochrane of Blackpool are to merge to create a combined law firm with more than 150 staff.
05-Jun-2007

Alpha Airports, the in-flight caterer and duty-free retailer, is to be acquired by Autogrill of Italy for £195m.
05-Jun-2007

Northern Bear is to acquire Hastie D Burton, the North Shields-based building contractor with 40 staff, for £1.1m.
04-Jun-2007

Spice has acquired Homerton Heating, the Bedford-based public sector gas and heating services company with 22 staff, for £1.5m.
04-Jun-2007

Whitbread is to sell its David Lloyd Leisure chain of fitness centres to property group London & Regional for £925m, in order to focus on hotels, coffee shops and restaurants.
04-Jun-2007

Shanks has acquired two Dutch waste processing companies - Kluivers and Orgaworld - for a total £13m.
04-Jun-2007

Terra Firma is to sell the Thresher chain of about 2,000 off-licence stores to a private equity consortium for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2007

Hanson has acquired Structherm, the West Yorkshire-based supplier of concrete building systems.
04-Jun-2007

Abnormal Load Engineering has acquired John Gibson Projects, the Middlesbrough-based offshore construction contractor, for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2007

Formica, the US-based building materials company with 500 staff in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and County Durham, has been acquired by Fletcher of New Zealand for £352m.
04-Jun-2007

Limeys, the Midlands-based chain of designer clothing stores, has been bought out of administration by KCAJ, the private equity owner of the Cruise chain of 11 stores.
04-Jun-2007

Redhall Group has acquired Jex Engineering, the Grimsby-based manufacturer of production equipment, for £12m.
01-Jun-2007

ATR Group, the Aberdeen-based tool hire and hydraulic engineering company with 85 staff, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Aberdeen Asset Management for undisclosed terms.
01-Jun-2007

BFS Pressroom Solutions has acquired Tyke Rollers, the Suffolk-based printing roller manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
31-May-2007

Cobham is to acquire Patriot Antenna Systems, the US antenna manufacturer with 100 staff, for an initial £9m.
31-May-2007

Vitec Group has acquired Nucomm and RF Central, the US suppliers of wireless links for broadcast applications, for an initial £19m.
31-May-2007

Sills & Betteridge has merged with Jebb & Tunnard and Thimblebys to create a combined Lincoln-based law firm with 125 staff.
31-May-2007

Polypipe is to acquire Geberit's PVC piping business based in Aylesford, Kent, for £42m, with the transfer of 170 staff.
31-May-2007

JCT600 has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Castleford and will invest £3m refurbishing the site.
31-May-2007

Kensington Group, the mortgage lender, is to be acquired by Investec of South Africa for £270m.
31-May-2007

Jefferies of the US has acquired LongAcre, the London-based investment bank, for an estimated £40m, in order to expand its existing London-based business.
31-May-2007

Last.fm, the internet radio company, is to be acquired by CBS of the US for £141m.
31-May-2007

Royal Opera House has acquired Opus Arte, the classical DVD production company, for £5.7m, in order to gain control over the distribution of its own content.
31-May-2007

Strada, the chain of 54 pizza restaurants, has been acquired by US private equity firm Blackstone for £140m, and the business will be combined with Tragus.
31-May-2007

Druckers, the chain of 42 patisserie outlets, is to be acquired by Risk Capital Partners for an estimated £20m.
31-May-2007

Stanelco has sold certain fixed assets and stock of its Adept Polymers subsidiary to MonoSol AF for £0.5m.
30-May-2007

Formation Group is to acquire Columbia Design & Build, the London-based property development management company with 16 staff, for £19m.
30-May-2007

Sanctuary Group has sold its interests in Air Edel Associates and Air Edel Recording Studios to Cutting Edge Music for £0.5m.
30-May-2007

Expomedia has acquired Homebuyer Events, the organiser of property exhibitions, for an initial £7.3m.
30-May-2007

John Peters, the Yorkshire-based chain of 12 furniture stores, has been bought out of administration by a consortium called Business Dream.
30-May-2007

Seaeye Marine, the Fareham-based supplier of unmanned underwater vehicles with 50 staff, has been acquired by Saab for £13m.
30-May-2007

Phoenix Bearings of Tewkesbury has been acquired by RBS Bearings of the US for about £2m, securing the future of 35 jobs.
30-May-2007

Monkbar, the 99-bedroom hotel in York, has been sold by Leisurepoint to Shiva Hotels for about £13m.
30-May-2007

Associated British Foods has acquired Patak's, the Lancashire-based supplier of Asian foods, for an estimated initial price of £100m.
30-May-2007

Microgen is planning to acquire Trace, the London-based developer of financial and HR software with 190 staff, for £22m.
29-May-2007

EADS Defence & Security Systems is linking up with ThyssenKrupp to acquire Atlas Elektronik from BAe Systems, as part of a strategy to focus on its maritime and naval operations in Europe and North America.
29-May-2007

McLaughlin & Harvey has acquired Barr Holdings, the Scottish construction firm with almost 1,000 staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-May-2007

Centaur Media has acquired Creative Handbook, the annual directory for the creative services market, from Reed Business Information for £0.3m.
28-May-2007

DM Technical Services, the holding company with trading subsidiaries that provide specialist maintenance and repair services, is to be acquired by Castle Acquisitions in a £105m reverse takeover.
28-May-2007

William Clowes, the Suffolk-based printing firm with 200 staff, is to be acquired by the UK chief executive of CPI.
28-May-2007

NC Graphics, the Cambridge-based developer of product design and manufacturing systems, has been acquired by PTC of the US.
28-May-2007

Debts.co.uk is to acquire Adie Financial Solutions of Aberdeen for £0.5m, and is raising £1.5m in a share placing.
28-May-2007

Principal Hotels is to acquire Hayley Conference Centres, the Buckinghamshire-based chain of eight conference centres, for £358m, and will invest £40m in the expansion of the properties.
28-May-2007

SIG is to acquire Lariviere SAS, the French distributor of roofing products with 770 staff, for £202m.
25-May-2007

Betbrokers is planning to acquire Winning Edge International, the US sports information service, for £3.2m.
25-May-2007

Zetar has acquired Britannia, the Teesside-based baked snacks manufacturer, for an initial £4.7m, in order to expand its Baked Snacks Company subsidiary.
25-May-2007

Williams Medical Supplies, the South Wales-based distributor of medical products to the primary care sector, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
25-May-2007

IMI is to acquire Kloehn Company, the US supplier of pumping and fluid handling systems for the medical sector, for an initial £30m.
24-May-2007

James Fisher & Sons has acquired Buchan Technical Services, the Inverurie-based supplier of centrifugal pumps and hydraulic power packs, for £4.9m.
24-May-2007

Kroll is to sell former Owen Owen department stores in Liverpool, Sunderland and Hexham out of administration to a new company called Vergo Retail, securing the future of hundreds of jobs.
24-May-2007

Canford Group has acquired Ash Distribution, the North Tyneside-based computer accessories company with annual turnover of £3m and 22 staff.
24-May-2007

Concateno is to acquire Marconova, the Swedish drug and alcohol testing company, for £2m.
23-May-2007

Emap is to acquire GroundSure, the provider of environmental risk information, from Metropolitan Venture Partners for an initial £30m.
23-May-2007

Ovington Boats, the North Shields-based sailing dinghy manufacturer with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Evolve Finance.
23-May-2007

Cranswick has sold its Cranswick Mill pig feed business in East Yorkshire to BOCM Pauls for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 40 staff.
23-May-2007

Renold is to acquire a 90% stake in the industrial chains manufacturing business of HangZhou ShanShui in China for £2m, including a workforce of more than 400.
22-May-2007

BioProgress has acquired PharmaHerb, the vitamin and nutritional products supplier, for £0.6m.
22-May-2007

RM has acquired DACTA, the Wrexham-based supplier of branded learning products to educational establishments with 14 staff, for up to £4m.
22-May-2007

Inchcape is to acquire a 67% stake in the automotive retail operations of UAB Vitvela for up to £13m, including Mazda, Ford, Hyundai and Mitsubishi car dealerships in Lithuania.
22-May-2007

Barclays Bank is to acquire Walbrook Group, the independent fiduciary services company with operations in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Hong Kong and gross assets of £13m.
22-May-2007

Pride Valley Foods, the County Durham-based flat-breads manufacturer with 300 staff, has been acquired by Gruma SA for £20m.
22-May-2007

Viking Offshore Services, the Aberdeen-based provider of rescue services to the oil industry with 35 staff, has been acquired by Dutch shipping company Vroon Group for undisclosed terms.
22-May-2007

HBJ Gateley Wareing is to merge with Boyds Solicitors, creating a combined law firm with 75 partners and over 280 fee-earners in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leicester and Nottingham.
22-May-2007

Xodus has acquired Aurora Environmental, the Orkney-based environmental engineering consultancy with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-May-2007

Foxtons, the London-based estate agency, is to be acquired by private equity firm BC Partners for an estimated £400m.
22-May-2007

Collins Stewart is to acquire CE Unterberg Towbin, the US investment bank, for £21m.
22-May-2007

Lloyds TSB is to sell Lloyds TSB Registrars, its Worthing-based share registration business with 1,700 staff, to private equity firm Advent International for £550m.
22-May-2007

EMI, the music publishing group, is to be acquired by private equity firm Terra Firma for £3.2bn.
22-May-2007

Homeserve has acquired Anglia Insurance Services, the home insurance repairer with operations in North Wales and Shrewsbury, for up to £37m, and is now looking to acquire Domestic & General.
22-May-2007

Gourmet Holdings is to sell its four Bel & The Dragon pub-restaurants in the South East to Ultimate Leisure for £8.7m.
22-May-2007

Erinaceous has acquired Chappel & Co of Doncaster and Black's Property Consultants of York, in order to expand its Yorkshire-based PPH Commercial subsidiary.
22-May-2007

Carter & Carter has acquired Constant Browning Edmonds, the Peterborough-based training company with 145 staff, for £16m, as well as Nottingham Engineering Training Association, which has 13 staff.
21-May-2007

Camwatch, the Sheffield-based commercial CCTV monitoring company, has undergone a management buy-out with £7m of private equity backing.
21-May-2007

WPP has acquired 24/7 Real Media, the US internet advertising group, for £328m.
21-May-2007

Holidaybreak is to acquire PGL, the Ross-on-Wye-based activity holiday operator, for £100m.
21-May-2007

Bridgewell, the London-based investment bank with 85 corporate clients, is to be acquired by Landsbanki of Iceland for £60m.
21-May-2007

Norson Group has sold Norson Power, the Aberdeen-based hydraulics company with 50 staff, to a management buy-out backed by Aberdeen Asset Managers.
18-May-2007

Charlton House has acquired Chester Boyd, the London-based contract caterer with 228 staff at 14 venues, for undisclosed terms.
18-May-2007

Clarkson has acquired the remaining 51% stake in Cofimar SAS, the dry cargo broker, for £1.3m.
18-May-2007

MTL Instruments has acquired Elpro International, the Australian developer of wireless solutions for the process control, manufacturing and utility markets, for £12m.
18-May-2007

Multi Group is to acquire Dream Group, the provider of outsourcing solutions to the healthcare, education and policing sectors, for £5.5m.
17-May-2007

Durham Precision Engineering, the County Durham-based manufacturer of precision machined components with 45 staff, has been acquired by the owner of Tolwood Technologies.
17-May-2007

Stagecoach has acquired Cooks Coaches, the Somerset-based coach operator with 60 vehicles and 112 staff, for undisclosed terms.
17-May-2007

HM Plant, the Tyneside-based construction machinery distributor with a nationwide chain of 11 depots, is to be acquired by Hitachi for £20m.
17-May-2007

Whyte & Mackay, the Glasgow-based distiller with 650 staff, is to be acquired by United Breweries of India for £595m.
17-May-2007

E2V Technologies is to acquire MiCS MicroChemical Systems, the Swiss semiconductors manufacturer with 24 staff, for £5m.
16-May-2007

BES Consulting has acquired E-Labs Environmental, the Warrington-based asbestos inspection firm, for an estimated £0.3m.
16-May-2007

Robert Clark & Sons, the Sheffield-based steel fabricator, has been acquired by AGA Lifting Services for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with 60 staff.
16-May-2007

Label Apeel, the Leicester-based label and ticket printer with 44 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
16-May-2007

CIC-OMEC, the Leeds-based manufacturer of mining and power station equipment with 60 staff, has been acquired by OMEC Engineering Solutions for undisclosed terms.
16-May-2007

Friends Provident is to acquire Sesame, the IT support business for independent financial advisers, from Misys for £90m, as well as Pantheon Financial, the Leeds-based independent financial adviser with 82 staff, for £17m.
16-May-2007

Isoft, the Banbury-based healthcare software company, has accepted a £140m takeover offer from IBA Health of Australia, which is expected to lead to job cuts and the transfer of some head office functions to Sydney.
16-May-2007

Hanson, the building materials group, has accepted a £7.8bn takeover offer from HeidelbergCement of Germany, which is expected to lead to office closures in the UK and US.
16-May-2007

PayPoint has acquired Pay Store, the Romanian mobile pre-pay distributor, for £10m.
16-May-2007

Roger Bullivant has acquired Cheshire-based Buchan Concrete Solutions for £4m, securing the future of 170 jobs.
15-May-2007

Wilmington has sold WDIS, the Middlesex-based provider of circulation management and subscription handling services to the publishing industry, to Optima Data Intelligence Services for up to £1m.
15-May-2007

NewMedia Spark has acquired Quester's early-stage technology and life science fund management business for an initial £4m.
15-May-2007

Colliers CRE has acquired Huthwaite, the Bristol-based building surveying and architectural consultancy with eight staff, for £1.1m.
15-May-2007

Northern Bear has acquired Chirmarn Holdings, the Tyneside-based asbestos removal company, for £3.7m.
15-May-2007

Mitsumi UK has sold its Jarrow-based contract electronics manufacturing business to management for undisclosed terms, creating a new company called Summit 1 Technology with 54 staff.
15-May-2007

LA Rollform has merged with West Bromwich-based Elwell Sections to create a combined steel processing group called LA Elwell with £20m turnover and 100 staff.
15-May-2007

Alexander Dennis has acquired Plaxton Holdings, the coach manufacturer with more than 500 staff in Scarborough and South Yorkshire, for undisclosed terms.
15-May-2007

Pearson is to acquire eCollege, the US-based provider of online distance learning courses, for £241m.
15-May-2007

Britvic is to acquire the soft drinks division of C&C for £170m, including bottled water and fizzy drink brands in Ireland.
15-May-2007

Informa is to acquire Datamonitor, the London-based business information publisher, for £513m.
15-May-2007

Dawson Holdings, the newspaper and magazine distributor, has acquired the remaining 66% of T Cox & Son (Tonbridge) for £3.2m.
15-May-2007

Charterhouse Capital Partners has acquired TSL Education, the publisher of the Times Educational Supplement, from Exponent for undisclosed terms.
15-May-2007

Domino Printing Sciences has acquired On-Line Coding, the Reading-based distributor of Domino's Easyprint thermal transfer overprinting range, for an initial £0.3m.
14-May-2007

Experian has acquired Tallyman, the collections management software business with annual sales of £9m, from Talgentra.
14-May-2007

Camco International has acquired Bradshaw Consulting, the Chorley-based energy management services company, for an initial £1m.
14-May-2007

Brulines has acquired a 66% stake in Coin Metrics, the Milton Keynes-based developer of monitoring systems for gaming sites, for £0.7m.
14-May-2007

Riley Dunn & Wilson has been bought out of administration by a new company called Dunn & Mills, securing the future of 57 jobs at its bookbinding operations in Falkirk and Huddersfield.
14-May-2007

Hammer Film Productions has been acquired by a group led by Cyrte Investments for undisclosed terms, and will invest up to £25m in the production of new horror films.
14-May-2007

Sherwoods has acquired the former Patrick's Vauxhall car dealership at Preston Farm on Teesside for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 43 staff.
14-May-2007

Schlumberger has acquired VIPS, the Bracknell-based developer of reservoir geomechanics software with eight staff.
14-May-2007

Easco, the Norfolk-based waste processing and scrap metal company with about 300 staff at 13 sites, has been acquired by SITA.
14-May-2007

Compass is to sell its Selecta vending business to Allianz Capital Partners for £772m, including 150,000 vending machines in 22 countries.
14-May-2007

Honeycombe Leisure is planning to acquire Robert Cain, the Liverpool-based brewery, in a reverse takeover that will enable Cains to sell its beers in the Honeycombe chain of 100 pubs in the North West.
14-May-2007

Elementis is to sell its global pigments division to Rockwood Specialities Group of the US for £70m, in order to reduce debt.
14-May-2007

Smith & Nephew has acquired BlueSky Medical Group, the US developer of wound treatments, for up to £55m.
14-May-2007

IDOX is to acquire CAPS Solutions, the Newbury-based provider of software solutions to local authorities, for £21m.
11-May-2007

Marston's is to sell 279 tenanted pubs to Piccadilly Licensed Properties for £82m, in order to reduce debt and improve the average quality of its estate.
11-May-2007

Bioverda of Ireland has acquired a majority stake in Tees Valley Biofuels, the company planning to build a £50m biofuels plant at Seal Sands on Teesside by 2009.
11-May-2007

JCT600 has acquired the Bentley luxury car dealership in Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Inchcape for £3m, taking its network of sites to 42.
11-May-2007

M Baker Recycling, the St Helens-based consumer appliances recycling company, has been acquired by a management team operating under the name of Environmental Intelligence.
11-May-2007

West End Cabinet Company has been bought out of administration by Hadrian Group, securing the future of 24 jobs at its Blaydon-based joinery and shopfitting business.
10-May-2007

Pubs n Bars has acquired the Community Taverns chain of 25 pubs for £2.5m.
10-May-2007

BAA is to sell Budapest Airport in Hungary to a consortium led by Hochtief AirPort for £1.3bn.
10-May-2007

Seabay Quickfish, the Grimsby-based fish processing company, has been bought out of administration by Seven Seas Foods for undisclosed terms.
10-May-2007

Reagroup has acquired Lewis Reed of Birkenhead for undisclosed terms, as part of a multi-million pound expansion programme for its network of Renault car dealerships in the North West.
10-May-2007

Babcock International has reached agreement to acquire the Devonport naval dockyard in Plymouth for £350m, but still requires approval from the Ministry of Defence.
10-May-2007

Provident Financial is to sell its motor insurance business to the Bradford-based Car Care Plan subsidiary of GMAC for £170m.
10-May-2007

Weir is to sell its Glasgow-based Weir Pumps division to Clyde Blowers for £45m, with the transfer of 600 staff.
10-May-2007

Booker is to undergo a reverse takeover by Blueheath Holdings to create a combined food wholesaling group with annual turnover of £3bn.
10-May-2007

Computer Software Group is to acquire FAST, the Maidenhead-based software training company, for £10m.
09-May-2007

ID Data Group is to acquire CredEcard, the Skipton-based pre-paid card service provider, for up to £0.7m.
09-May-2007

Gooch & Housego has acquired SIFAM Fibre Optics, the Torquay-based fibre optic components manufacturer with 93 staff, for £5m.
09-May-2007

NetServices has sold its volume consumer broadband wholesale business to 186k of Leeds for £1m, with the transfer of 174 contracts and five staff.
09-May-2007

Sage Group has acquired Snowdrop Systems, the Oxfordshire-based supplier of HR and payroll management software, for £17m.
09-May-2007

Wartsila of Finland has acquired McCall Propellers, the Glasgow-based marine engineering services company with 32 staff, for about £15m.
09-May-2007

Jelf Group has acquired Sunninghill Insurance Brokers of Aldershot, increasing its total corporate client base to more than 17,500.
09-May-2007

Stephens & Scown, the Exeter-based law firm with 250 staff, has merged with St Austell-based solicitor Graham & Graham.
09-May-2007

MNH Vehicle Contracts has acquired Platinum Fleet Management of Wakefield for undisclosed terms, creating a new group called MNH Platinum with 10,000 vehicles.
09-May-2007

SSP Holdings is to acquire Sirius Financial Solutions, the Birmingham-based developer of software for the insurance sector with offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Kenya and the US, for £43m.
09-May-2007

Reuters, the financial information group, is to be acquired by Thomson Corporation of Canada for £8bn.
09-May-2007

BAe Systems is to acquire Armor Holdings, the US manufacturer of armoured vehicles, for £2bn.
09-May-2007

Sandvik has acquired Extec, the Derbyshire-based supplier of crushing and screening equipment with annual turnover of £134m.
09-May-2007

Trinity Mirror has acquired TotallyLegal and TotallyFinancial, the online recruitment companies, for £12m.
08-May-2007

ISS Mediclean has acquired Caterhouse, the contract caterer with 850 staff at more than 200 schools in London and the South East, for undisclosed terms.
08-May-2007

Optichrome has sold OCSL, the Woking-based supplier of management information systems, to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
07-May-2007

United Drug has acquired Craig & Hayward, the Oxfordshire-based medicines supplier with 13 staff and net assets of £1.2m.
07-May-2007

WPP has acquired WestawayGillis Consulting, the High Wycombe-based healthcare communications company with 30 staff and annual turnover of £3.3m.
07-May-2007

Supporta has sold its payroll services business to McKesson Corporation for £3.7m.
07-May-2007

Tinopolis is to acquire Video Arts Group, the London-based producer of training videos, for £2.4m.
07-May-2007

Vale Brothers has acquired Harry Dabbs, the Walsall-based saddle maker, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined equestrian products group with 70 staff.
07-May-2007

Whitby Seafoods has acquired Middleton Seafoods, the Northern Ireland-based supplier of frozen seafood to both the retail and catering sectors, for undisclosed terms.
07-May-2007

Eastlake Group has acquired Burdew Contract Furniture, the Leeds-based furniture manufacturer with 28 staff, for £0.8m.
07-May-2007

Langleys has merged with Munby & Scott, the York-based law firm with 17 staff.
07-May-2007

La Tasca, the Bolton-based chain of 71 tapas bars, is to be acquired by a consortium of R20, Kaupthing and TFT for £104m.
07-May-2007

Pearson is to acquire Harcourt Education International of Oxford and Harcourt Assessment of the US from Reed Elsevier for £476m, in order to expand its educational publishing business.
07-May-2007

ICI is to acquire Dongsung Chemical, the South Korean adhesives manufacturer, for £15m.
07-May-2007

Custom Glass, the Knowsley-based glass manufacturer with 120 staff, has undergone a multi-million pound management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland.
04-May-2007

Experian has acquired Emailing Solution, the French marketing company with annual sales of £2.7m, in order to expand its CheetahMail business.
04-May-2007

Rok has acquired SOL Construction, the building company with 413 staff and offices in Nottingham and Warwick, for up to £21m.
04-May-2007

Optimistic Entertainment has sold its Bonanza TV channel assets and its Goldfinn subsidiary to Caparo Ventures and Film 24 for a nominal sum.
04-May-2007

Baxters has acquired CanGro Soup, the Canadian soup manufacturer, from CanGro Foods for undisclosed terms.
04-May-2007

Real Time Systems of Belfast is to merge with 4sol to create one of Ireland's largest suppliers of access infrastructure solutions, and the 40-strong workforce will increase to 60 over the next 12 months.
03-May-2007

Game Group is to acquire Gamestation, the chain of 217 video game stores with about 130 staff at its York head office, from Blockbuster for £74m.
03-May-2007

Vertu Motors has acquired Blake Holdings, the operator of three car dealerships and a vehicle service centre for £4.9m, including sites in Chesterfield, Worksop and Matlock.
03-May-2007

Carpetright is to acquire Storey Carpets, the chain of 30 carpet stores based in the North East, for an initial £18m.
03-May-2007

CIREF, the property investment company, has acquired a portfolio of 22 petrol service stations that are let to Malthurst for £26m.
03-May-2007

HML Holdings has acquired Harrisons, the Aldershot-based residential management and lettings company, for £0.3m.
03-May-2007

JE Hyde, the London-based shipbroking and related services firm with 54 staff and gross assets of £1m, has been acquired by ICAP.
03-May-2007

Alumasc has acquired Levolux, the supplier of solar shading systems with sites in Harrow and Gloucester, for £13m.
03-May-2007

UBC Group has acquired Urquhart & Co, the Inverness-based plumbing and heating company with 42 staff, for undisclosed terms, in order to create a new building services division.
03-May-2007

Imtech has acquired Aqua Group, the Cambridgeshire-based electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and IT group with 210 staff, for £16m.
03-May-2007

Northgate Information Solutions is to acquire Arinso, the Belgian developer of human resources software, for £257m.
03-May-2007

Worthington Nicholls has acquired Woods Environmental Group of Wilmslow, Euro Property Services of London and Classic Interiors Contractors of Dartford for a total initial consideration of about £5m.
02-May-2007

Maxima Holdings is to acquire 3net, the IT services company with offices in Chertsey and Bristol, for £18m.
02-May-2007

Electric Word has acquired Smallwood Publishing, the supplier of educational resources, for about £0.3m, and is expected to relocate the business from Dover to Milton Keynes later this year.
02-May-2007

Sub-Atlantic, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of electric remotely-operated vehicle systems with 40 staff, has been acquired by Triton Group for an estimated £10m.
02-May-2007

Von Essen has acquired the Hunstrete House 25-bedroom Georgian hotel in Chelwood near Bath for almost £6m.
02-May-2007

Elopak has sold two HDPE plastic bottle manufacturing operations - Auspac of Foston and Elopak Plastic Systems of Bracknell - to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
02-May-2007

Headlam Group has acquired Florprotec, the Darlington-based supplier of floor protection products, for £1.2m, and will relocate the business to Tamworth.
01-May-2007

Expomedia has acquired World Food Market, the ethnic foods exhibition hosted at London's ExCel Centre, for an initial £0.3m.
01-May-2007

Boomerang Group has acquired Teledu Apollo, the Welsh TV production company, for undisclosed terms.
01-May-2007

TruckEast, the chain of 12 commercial vehicle dealerships in the Eastern counties, has undergone a management buy-in for more than £10m.
01-May-2007

Penn Pharmaceuticals, the Tredegar-based contract manufacturer with more than 200 staff, has undergone a £67m management buy-out backed by Lloyds Development Capital.
30-Apr-2007

Dechra Pharmaceuticals has acquired Leeds Veterinary Laboratories, the Leeds-based supplier of veterinary diagnostic tests with 18 staff, for £0.8m.
30-Apr-2007

PSL Energy Services, the oil pipeline services company with 1,100 staff in Aberdeen, Great Yarmouth and overseas, has been acquired by Halliburton of the US for undisclosed terms.
30-Apr-2007

MS Industrial Services, the industrial cleaning and waste disposal company with 35 staff in Aberdeen and Invergordon, is to be acquired by a consortium backed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital for more than £6m.
30-Apr-2007

OyezStraker, the Croydon-based office supplies company with 1,150 staff, is expected to be acquired by ABN Amro Capital for about £165m.
30-Apr-2007

Mothercare is to acquire Chelsea Stores, the owner of the Early Learning Centre chain of 210 toy shops, for £85m, and plans to open ELC concessions in its large out-of-town sites.
30-Apr-2007

Grant Thornton is to merge with RSM Robson Rhodes, the accountancy firm with 900 staff at ten offices, and the combined group will have turnover of about £360m.
30-Apr-2007

Nuaire Group, the Caerphilly-based manufacturer of ventilation systems with 320 staff, has been acquired by Electra Partners for about £80m.
30-Apr-2007

SurfControl, the internet security firm with offices in Congleton, Reading and throughout the world, is to be acquired by Websense of the US for £201m.
30-Apr-2007

National Express is to acquire Continental Auto, the Spanish bus and coach operator, for £450m.
30-Apr-2007

BBA Aviation is to acquire Executive Beechcraft, the US aircraft management and maintenance services company with annual sales of about £30m.
27-Apr-2007

Pixology, the Guildford-based provider of software for the digital photography industry with 34 staff, is to be acquired by Photochannel Networks of Canada for £8m.
27-Apr-2007

Francis Clark of Exeter is to merge with Salisbury-based Martin & Company to create a combined accountancy group with 31 partners and more than 280 staff.
27-Apr-2007

Heywood Metal Finishers of Huddersfield and Uxbridge-based LHT Anodisers have been acquired by Coil of Belgium for a total £3.7m.
27-Apr-2007

Blu Shu, the Leicestershire-based shoe distributor with 17 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team operating under the name of Shuology.
26-Apr-2007

Company Health Group has acquired Cheviot Artus, the Skipton-based occupational health consultancy, for an initial £0.7m.
26-Apr-2007

Harris & Harris Construction, the Bridgwater-based civil engineering firm, has undergone a £1.3m management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland.
26-Apr-2007

WA Hills, the Colchester-based construction company with 75 staff, has been acquired by S Walsh & Sons of Brentwood.
26-Apr-2007

GCap Media has acquired the remaining 80% stake in the Classic Gold radio network from UBC Media for about £4m, enabling UBC to focus on its music downloading service.
26-Apr-2007

Lavendon has acquired Rise Hire, the Cambridgeshire-based powered access equipment hire company, for £1.7m.
26-Apr-2007

Lloydspharmacy is to acquire Independent Pharmacy Care Centres, the operator of 34 pharmacies in the Midlands and North of England, for £43m.
26-Apr-2007

Price Crash TV, the Manchester-based TV shopping channel, has been sold out of administration to Nats Wholesale for an estimated £0.5m, securing the future of 100 jobs.
25-Apr-2007

BAe Systems is to sell Inertial Products, the supplier of business sensors and measurement units with 810 staff at sites in Plymouth and the US, to affiliates of US private equity firm JF Lehman & Company for £70m.
25-Apr-2007

Hyder Consulting is to acquire RPA Quantity Surveyors, the project management company with offices in Cardiff, Bristol and Clwyd, for an initial £2.8m.
25-Apr-2007

York Pharma has acquired Rosanto Pharmaceuticals for £2m, and has also raised £5.3m in a share placing to fund the commercial development of skin care products.
25-Apr-2007

SDL International is to acquire Tridion, the provider of web content management solutions with offices in Bracknell, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, France, Sweden and the US, for £47m.
25-Apr-2007

Sovereign Oilfield has acquired Labtech Services and Vertec Engineering, two Aberdeen-based offshore engineering companies, for a total £7.9m, increasing its workforce by 200.
25-Apr-2007

Serco Group is to acquire Cornwell Management Consultants, the Surrey-based IT consultancy, for about £7m.
25-Apr-2007

Comtec Business Communications, the Gateshead-based communications technology company with 20 staff, has been acquired by Ogilvie Communications of Stirling for undisclosed terms.
25-Apr-2007

Public Safety Equipment, the supplier of safety equipment with sites in Leeds and Bridlington, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Stirling Square Capital Partners and Diamond Castle.
25-Apr-2007

Motherwell Bridge has sold its MB Aerospace and MB Faber aerospace and handling operations to a management team for undisclosed terms, including 185 staff in Motherwell and Lancashire.
25-Apr-2007

Smart & Cook, the Harrogate-based insurance broker and financial services company with 650 staff at 23 offices, has been acquired by AXA for undisclosed terms.
25-Apr-2007

Alliance Boots has agreed to a £11bn takeover offer from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, but there are not expected to be any job losses or store closures.
25-Apr-2007

Jurys Cardiff Hotel has been acquired by property investment firm Mountain Capital for about £16m, and will be rebranded as a Park Inn.
25-Apr-2007

John Menzies is to acquire Universal Air Cargo, the freight forwarder operating at 11 locations in Australasia and the US, in order to expand its aviation support services subsidiary.
24-Apr-2007

Recyclite has acquired Recycle IT, the Thetford-based processor of decommissioned computer equipment.
24-Apr-2007

Dunbia of Ireland is to acquire the Kepak Group abattoir and meat packing site at Walton Summit near Preston, while Kepak will take over Dunbia's abattoir in Kilbeggan near Galway.
24-Apr-2007

Healthcare Locums is to acquire JCJ Locums, the supplier of doctors to NHS hospitals throughout the country, for £5.5m.
24-Apr-2007

Intertek has acquired Genalysis, the Australian metals and minerals testing company, for £23m.
24-Apr-2007

AstraZeneca is to acquire MedImmune, the US biotechnology company that is developing about 45 experimental drugs and flu vaccines and has almost 3,000 staff, for £7.7bn.
24-Apr-2007

Sunterra is to be acquired by Diamond Resorts of the US for £350m, securing the future of 200 jobs at its holiday resorts and property business in Lancaster.
23-Apr-2007

PRD Holdings, the fasteners manufacturer with 370 staff in Willenhall, Bromsgrove, Dorset and Stevenage, is to be acquired by Lone Star Fasteners of the US for about £25m.
23-Apr-2007

Spaform UK, the Portsmouth-based spa maker, has been acquired by Teuco Guzzini of Italy for £4.5m.
23-Apr-2007

Giles Insurance has acquired Kerwin Smith, the Wigan-based motor insurance broker, in order to expand its 26-strong branch network.
23-Apr-2007

BT is to acquire Comsat International, the US-based company with 700 staff that provides voice and data services in Latin America, for about £50m.
23-Apr-2007

CB Richard Ellis has acquired DGI Davis George, the Warrington-based industrial property agency, for an estimated £3m.
23-Apr-2007

Direct Solutions International is to merge with Corporate Mailing Matters to create a combined direct mail business called the Dsi CMM Group, with almost 1,000 staff.
20-Apr-2007

Punch Taverns is to sell 869 leased and tenanted pubs to Admiral Taverns for £326m.
20-Apr-2007

Experian is to acquire Hitwise, the internet marketing intelligence company with 200 staff in London, Australia and the US, for £120m.
20-Apr-2007

Filtrona is to acquire Duraco, the US manufacturer of self-adhesive foam products, for £30m.
20-Apr-2007

Gurr Johns and Mallett are to merge their art restoration operations into a combined Clapham-based group called HJ Hatfield & Sons, with ten staff.
20-Apr-2007

Medea International has acquired JR Max of Rainham, Essex, and will transfer the production of printer cartridges and up to 20 staff to its site in Dundee.
20-Apr-2007

IPWireless, the Chippenham-based mobile broadband company with 100 staff, is to be acquired by NextWave Wireless of the US for up to £470m.
20-Apr-2007

Senergy of Aberdeen is to acquire Banchory-based PGL for undisclosed terms, creating a combined oil and gas consultancy with more than 170 staff.
20-Apr-2007

ImpROV, the Aberdeen-based subsea intervention equipment manufacturer with 20 staff, is to be acquired by Dutch engineering consultant Fugro for £5.8m.
20-Apr-2007

WPP has acquired TAPSA, the Spanish marketing communications services group with 202 staff, as well as a 49.9% stake in London-based Clemmow Hornby Inge.
19-Apr-2007

Vp has acquired Cool Customers, the Alfreton-based supplier of air conditioning units, for £1m, in order to expand its Hire Station tool hire business.
19-Apr-2007

United Business Media has acquired Vintage Filings, the US communications company with 65 staff, for an initial £19m.
19-Apr-2007

Specialist Heat Exchangers of Lincoln and sister company Tube Fins of Tamworth have been acquired by Raco Group of Italy for £9m.
19-Apr-2007

Maclay Murray & Spens has acquired the corporate and property departments of Aberdeen-based law firm Iain Smith & Co for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 15 partners and staff.
19-Apr-2007

O2 has sold its Airwave national police communications network to Macquarie of Australia for £2bn.
19-Apr-2007

Hannah-Reed has acquired JC Sturrock, the civil engineer with offices in Glasgow and Chipping Norton.
19-Apr-2007

Cardpoint is to acquire the automated teller machine operations of Travelex for £13m, increasing its ATM network by 1,070 to 5,500.
18-Apr-2007

Food & Drink Group is to acquire seven leasehold bars in central London from the Puzzle Pub Company for £1.2m.
18-Apr-2007

Floform, the Welshpool-based manufacturer of automotive ignition components with about 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
17-Apr-2007

Experian has acquired Informarketing, the Brazilian direct marketing services company, for undisclosed terms.
17-Apr-2007

Bespak is to acquire Emergent Respiratory Products, the US supplier of breathing equipment, for up to £19m.
17-Apr-2007

Barclays Bank is to sell Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking, the trust administration and custody operation of its Japanese asset management division, to Sumitomo Trust & Banking for £21m.
17-Apr-2007

Keller Group is to acquire Systems Geotechnique, the drilling contractor with 100 staff in Lancashire and Hampshire, for an initial £7m.
17-Apr-2007

Pace Petroleum has acquired BP's direct fuels business at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, with the transfer of six staff.
17-Apr-2007

Gaming Ventures has acquired Shouting Duck, the mobile casino and games developer, for undisclosed terms.
17-Apr-2007

Royalblue has acquired LatentZero, the developer of financial trading software with offices in London, Germany, France and the US, for up to £63m.
17-Apr-2007

Tate & Lyle is to acquire an 80% stake in GC Hahan, the German supplier of food ingredients, for £79m.
17-Apr-2007

CGI Squared has acquired Kinverleigh, the Birmingham-based print management and design company.
16-Apr-2007

Telephone Maintenance Group has sold Westcom Communications to a management team for under £0.2m.
16-Apr-2007

CH Bailey is to sell P&D Electrical Services, the South Wales-based electrical engineering and contracting company with annual turnover of £1.5m, to a new company called P&D.
16-Apr-2007

Sage has acquired Pro-Concept, the Swiss supplier of enterprise resource planning software, for £7.5m.
16-Apr-2007

Towergate Partnership has acquired JW Group, the Scottish insurance broker with 90 staff in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Berwick, Kirkcaldy, Jedburgh and Galashiels, for undisclosed terms.
16-Apr-2007

Heavyweight Air Express, the East Midlands Airport-based provider of transportation services with 100 staff, has undergone a multi-million pound management buy-out.
16-Apr-2007

CSL, the Aberdeen-based subsea engineering company with 120 staff, has been acquired by DOF Subsea of Norway for undisclosed terms.
16-Apr-2007

Interior Services Group has acquired Cathedral Contracts, the shopfitting and refurbishment company with 102 staff in Whitstable and Chorley, for £12m.
16-Apr-2007

Dow Jones has acquired eFinancialNews, the London-based financial publisher, for £27m.
16-Apr-2007

Martin Audio, the High Wycombe-based manufacturer of sound systems, has been acquired by Loud Technologies of the US for about £17m.
16-Apr-2007

Document Solutions, the Bradford-based distributor of Xerox printers, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Baker Tilly and HSBC.
13-Apr-2007

Euromoney Institutional Investor has sold Energy Information Centre, the energy services company, to Broadfern Partners for £4.7m.
13-Apr-2007

Amec is to sell Buchan Concrete Solutions, the Cheshire-based precast concrete company with 170 staff, to the Roger Bullivant Group of Companies for undisclosed terms.
13-Apr-2007

Strontium has acquired MiAD UK, the Sevenoaks-based provider of management training services to doctors with six staff, for an initial £0.2m.
13-Apr-2007

Mazars is to merge with London-based MRI Moores Rowland to create a combined accountancy and consultancy firm with about 1,200 staff.
13-Apr-2007

Rosemound, the Solihull-based industrial property developer with 30 staff, is to be acquired by Macquarie Goodman for £336m.
13-Apr-2007

Wilky Foundations Systems, the Farnborough-based piling contractor with 25 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
13-Apr-2007

Riverside Truck Rental has acquired Trio Hire Direct, the Milton Keynes-based recycling vehicle leasing company, for undisclosed terms.
13-Apr-2007

Version One, the Cheshire-based supplier of document storage software with 60 staff, has been acquired by CedarOpenAccounts of Cobham for about £5m.
12-Apr-2007

United Drug has acquired the pharmaceuticals and healthcare packaging services division of Budelpack International of Belgium, with the transfer of 140 staff.
12-Apr-2007

Humberts has acquired Wellingtons, the London-based estate agent with three offices, for up to £1.6m, as well as Kent-based Spencer Ridley Properties and Gale & Dunn.
12-Apr-2007

Acorn Group has acquired Advance Personnel, the recruitment company with offices in Crewe, Stoke-on-Trent and Poland, for undisclosed terms.
12-Apr-2007

Bearmach, the Bedwas-based supplier of Land Rover spare parts with five retail outlets and annual turnover of more than £30m, has undergone a management buy-in led by the Hotbed private investor network.
12-Apr-2007

Phasa Developments, the Harlow-based supplier of heat staking equipment for plastics assembly, has undergone a management buy-out from Truck-Lite Europe for undisclosed terms.
12-Apr-2007

Berry Plastics UK, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of aerosol and bottle caps, is to be acquired by Plasticum Group of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms.
12-Apr-2007

Northern Racing, the owner of nine racecourses, has accepted a £70m takeover bid from NR Acquisitions.
12-Apr-2007

Datatec has acquired Crane Telecommunications, the West Sussex-based software and data services group, for £21m.
12-Apr-2007

Nichols has acquired Cariel Soft Drinks, the Dunblane-based soft drinks manufacturer with annual turnover of £1.7m, for undisclosed terms.
11-Apr-2007

Claimar Care Group has acquired Jemma Care, the Deeside-based domiciliary care provider with 60 staff, for up to £1.2m.
11-Apr-2007

Available Car has acquired the Motorhouse 2000 car supermarket site in Sutton-in-Ashfield, and will retain the 44 staff.
11-Apr-2007

Principal Hotels has acquired the Hawkstone Park hotel and golf resort in Shropshire for about £11m.
10-Apr-2007

Universal Salvage, the vehicle salvage and auction company, has recommended a £57m takeover offer from Copart of the US.
09-Apr-2007

Redcats UK is to sell its courier network business to Parcelnet, creating a combined group of 7,000 couriers that will provide home delivery services for the Redcats brands.
09-Apr-2007

Homeform Group, the retailer of fully-fitted home improvement products with 160 showrooms under the Moben, Kitchens Direct, Sharps and Dolphin brands, is to be acquired by Sun Capital of the US.
09-Apr-2007

Harris Pye Group, the Barry-based industrial boilers repair company with annual turnover of £35m, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
09-Apr-2007

PJH, the kitchen and bathroom supplier with almost 800 staff at sites in Bolton, Walkden, Bradley Fold, Kearsley and warehouses across the country, has been acquired by Globe Union of Taiwan for an estimated £100m.
09-Apr-2007

Acorn Home Care of Nottingham has acquired Twenty4Seven Homecare of Salford and Stockwell Care Services of the Cotswolds, creating a combined social services home care business with about 700 staff.
09-Apr-2007

Alpine Foods, the Dundee-based vegetable processing company, has been bought out of administration by WP Bruce and East Coast Viners, securing the future of 20 jobs.
09-Apr-2007

SC Chambers & Co, the Liverpool-based ship broker, has been acquired by Sanderson Maritime with backing from the Merseyside Special Investment Fund.
06-Apr-2007

Innovation Group has acquired the remaining 75% stake in Conversant Data, the provider of fraud detection services, for £3m.
06-Apr-2007

Maelor has acquired Acorus Therapeutics, the Bishop Auckland-based pharmaceuticals and medical devices company, for £13m.
06-Apr-2007

DBK Back has acquired Goyne Adams, the property agency with 55 staff in London, Bournemouth and Manchester, for undisclosed terms.
06-Apr-2007

Barclays Bank has sold most of Monument, its Sussex-based sub-prime credit card business, to Compucredit of the US for £390m.
06-Apr-2007

Cooper & Turner of Sheffield is to merge with McLean Buchanan & Wilson of Glasgow to create a combined fastenings manufacturing and distribution business with annual turnover of £23m.
06-Apr-2007

Babcock International is to acquire International Nuclear Solutions, the nuclear engineering services company, in a £39m deal.
05-Apr-2007

Waterman is to acquire Boreham, the Brentwood-based transport consultancy, for up to £9.6m.
05-Apr-2007

Xploite has acquired Anix Group, the Bristol-based reseller of storage hardware and software solutions, for £10m.
05-Apr-2007

GKN is to acquire Teleflex Aerospace Manufacturing, the manufacturer of engine components for the aerospace industry with 600 staff in Burnley, the US, Mexico and France, for undisclosed terms.
05-Apr-2007

Coolabi is to acquire Purple Enterprises, the owner of the Purple Ronnie brand, for an initial £3.3m.
05-Apr-2007

Cannock Gates has sold the goodwill and assets of its gate business out of administration to the Peart Group of Hartlepool for undisclosed terms, securing 50 jobs at its factory in Cannock.
05-Apr-2007

Promanex Group has undergone a £5m secondary management buy-out, including the three operating divisions of Thermal Energy Construction of Castle Donington, Promanex of Atherstone and Jefco Services of Grimsby.
05-Apr-2007

Motor Services Group of Bath has been acquired by Cwmbran Motors for undisclosed terms, including more than 100 staff at Audi, Ford, Skoda and VW dealerships.
05-Apr-2007

National Grid is to sell its UK Wireless business, which provides network infrastructure to mobile operators, to Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures for £2.5bn.
04-Apr-2007

Rolls-Royce has acquired the assets of SOFCo-EFS Holdings, the US developer of fuel cells, from McDermott International for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems division.
04-Apr-2007

Amec has acquired Applied Environmental Research Centre, the Colchester-based environmental consultancy with 45 staff and annual revenue of £2.3m.
04-Apr-2007

Computacenter has acquired Cable & Wireless Allnet, the cabling services company with 160 staff in London and Reading, from Cable & Wireless.
04-Apr-2007

CNA International of Castle Donington has sold its consultancy division to MA Consulting International for undisclosed terms, in order to focus on executive search and recruitment.
04-Apr-2007

Pubs n Bars is to acquire Moorgate London, the chain of seven freehold pubs in Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, for £6.6m, taking its total estate to 73 sites.
04-Apr-2007

Brambles Foods, the sandwich maker, has been sold by NBGI Private Equity to Heathrow-based Food Partners for £22m.
04-Apr-2007

Wombat Financial Software of the US has acquired Harco Technology, the Belfast-based data analysis company, for undisclosed terms.
03-Apr-2007

Mitie Group has acquired Robert Prettie, the plumbing, heating and mechanical services company operating in the Midlands and Yorkshire with 250 staff, for an initial £8.6m.
03-Apr-2007

Premier Foods has sold MBM Produce, its Norfolk-based fresh produce division, to a management team operating under the name of Abbanoy Produce.
03-Apr-2007

Ten Alps has acquired Atalink, the London-based media and advertising sales company with 42 staff, from Euromoney Institutional Investor for £1.8m.
03-Apr-2007

Raymarine has acquired SDM Electronique, its French distributor with 20 staff, from Azerraf Finance for an initial £5.1m.
03-Apr-2007

Capita Group has acquired CMGL, the provider of outsourced claims and insurance management services with 440 staff in London, Cheltenham, Birmingham and overseas, from Sovereign Capital Partners for £32m.
03-Apr-2007

Hargreaves Services has acquired Simon Bulk Warehousing & Distribution from Humber Sea Terminal for £4m, with the transfer of 28 staff.
03-Apr-2007

Connaught has acquired AE Williams & Son, the London-based social housing asset management company, for £6.5m.
03-Apr-2007

Headlam Group has acquired 3D Flooring Supplies, the distributor of commercial flooring with sites in Swansea, Cardiff and Taunton, for £1.4m.
03-Apr-2007

BNS Telecom Group has acquired 3g Comms and 3g Landline, the Birmingham-based business telecoms companies, for £4.8m.
03-Apr-2007

De-Pack, the Loughborough-based aerosol cans recycling company, has been acquired by PHS for undisclosed terms.
03-Apr-2007

Baggaley & Jenkins, the Mansfield-based contractor with annual turnover of £30m, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland.
03-Apr-2007

Camco International is to acquire Energy for Sustainable Development, the carbon management specialist with 120 staff, for an initial £10m.
03-Apr-2007

Grove Fresh, the Surrey-based supplier of organic juices, has been acquired by Wellness Foods for about £9m.
03-Apr-2007

Southern Cross Healthcare is to acquire 29 care homes that were operated by Focus Healthcare Group for a nominal sum, taking its total network to 640 sites.
03-Apr-2007

Mice Group is to sell Grant Leisure Group, which includes Blackpool Zoo and aquariums in Bournemouth and Lake Windermere, to Parques Reunidos for £10m.
02-Apr-2007

Concateno has acquired Euromed, the London-based provider of drug testing devices with 13 staff, for £12m.
02-Apr-2007

Chemring has acquired Simmel Difesa, the Italian energetics company, for £52m.
02-Apr-2007

MAMA Group is to acquire the Hammersmith Apollo entertainment venue in London from Live Nation for £13m.
02-Apr-2007

Fiberweb is to sell its hygiene wipes business to Ahlstrom of Finland for £44m, including manufacturing operations in Spain, Italy and the US.
02-Apr-2007

Cello Group has acquired The MSI Consultancy, the Surrey-based healthcare marketing consultancy, for an initial £5.7m.
02-Apr-2007

Rentokil Initial is to sell its Initial Electronic Security burglar alarms division to United Technologies of the US for £595m.
02-Apr-2007

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust is to acquire the Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham, creating a combined trust with almost 10,000 staff.
02-Apr-2007

RPS has acquired Geocon, the Axminster-based provider of consultancy services to the oil and gas industry, for up to £6.3m.
30-Mar-2007

Revenue Assurance Services has acquired Utility Management Services (Hull), the Warrington-based supplier of meter point services to the utility industry, for undisclosed terms.
30-Mar-2007

Proactis is to acquire Alito UK, the Bridgend-based e-procurement software solutions company, for an initial £1.5m.
30-Mar-2007

Kanyon is to acquire Solar Labs, a start-up company planning the commercial development of solar energy solutions, for £4.3m.
29-Mar-2007

SCi Entertainment is to acquire Bluefish Media, the distributor of video games, for up to £2m.
29-Mar-2007

K3 Business Technology is to acquire McGuffie Brunton, the provider of manufacturing software solutions with offices in Manchester, Bagshot, Dereham and Market Bosworth, for £12m.
29-Mar-2007

BBI has acquired Theratase, the enzyme manufacturer with sites in Blaenavon, London and South Africa, for £24m.
28-Mar-2007

StyleMark has acquired Polaroid Eyewear International's 200,000 sq ft lens factory in the Vale of Leven, securing the future of 100 jobs.
28-Mar-2007

Oxeco is to acquire Oxray, the Oxford-based start-up company involved in molecular structure determination services, for £2m.
28-Mar-2007

ITIS Holdings has sold its NavTrak vehicle tracking subsidiary to Cobra Automotive Technologies for an initial £2.2m, in order to focus on traffic information.
28-Mar-2007

Mavinwood is to acquire DCS, the Peterborough-based provider of scanning and indexing services, for an initial £1.3m.
28-Mar-2007

Forster Dean, the law firm with 104 staff at 13 offices in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire, has undergone a management buy-out.
28-Mar-2007

JD Krouse Engineering, the Oxfordshire-based manufacturer of precision parts for the nuclear, satellite and aerospace industries, has been acquired by a new management partnership, securing the future of 20 jobs.
28-Mar-2007

Yorkshire Linen Co has acquired seven Linen Warehouse stores in the North West from Morris Textiles for about £1m.
28-Mar-2007

Northbridge Industrial Services has acquired the trade and assets of Loadbank Hire Services of London from TGC International for £0.9m.
27-Mar-2007

Care UK is to acquire the Mercury Health division of Tribal for £77m, in order to expand its network of primary care and fast-track surgery centres.
27-Mar-2007

United Business Media has acquired EU Consulting, the Finnish paper and packaging consultancy, for £0.3m.
27-Mar-2007

Clockwork Group has acquired Edwards, the London-based storage group, for £1.6m.
27-Mar-2007

Professional Packaging Services, the Guiseley-based packaging design company with 17 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by McInnes Corporate Finance.
27-Mar-2007

LongAcre Partners, the London-based corporate finance house with 35 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
27-Mar-2007

Dansco, the Carmarthenshire-based cheese manufacturer, is to be acquired by Saputo of Canada for £5.3m, securing the future of 130 jobs.
26-Mar-2007

GSH Group has acquired Delta Environmental Services, the air conditioning maintenance company with 50 staff across the country, for £4.8m.
26-Mar-2007

Goodwin is to acquire a 75% stake in Noreva, the German manufacturer of non-return nozzle check valves, for an initial £2.8m.
26-Mar-2007

Velti is to acquire M-Telecom, the Bulgarian mobile services provider, for up to £1.7m.
26-Mar-2007

E Wood, the Northallerton-based supplier of protective coatings for pipes with 150 staff, has been acquired by 3M UK for £40m.
26-Mar-2007

George Wimpey is planning to merge with Taylor Woodrow to create a £5bn housebuilding group with 14,000 staff.
26-Mar-2007

Fat Face, the chain of 130 fashion stores, is to be sold by Advent International to private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital for £360m.
26-Mar-2007

Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire The Australian Target Businesses, a group of Australian fund management companies, from Deutsche Asset Management for up to £61m.
26-Mar-2007

Enterprise, the maintenance and cleaning company, is to undergo a £486m management buy-out backed by 3i.
26-Mar-2007

Melrose has sold McKechnie Aerospace to a new company controlled by JLL Partners for £433m.
26-Mar-2007

Park Resorts, the operator of 35 holiday parks, is to be acquired by private equity firm GI Partners for £440m.
26-Mar-2007

VASTox has acquired DanioLabs, the Cambridge-based drug discovery company with 37 staff, for £15m, as well as Dextra Laboratories, the Reading-based carbohydrate chemistry services company with 17 staff, for £1.5m.
23-Mar-2007

Touchstone Group has acquired ETC Global Solutions, the Amersham-based business solutions consultancy with 26 staff, for up to £3m.
23-Mar-2007

International Greetings has acquired Eick Pack, the German manufacturer of gift wrap counter rolls, for £0.3m.
23-Mar-2007

Proteus Cars, the replica sports car manufacturer, has been acquired by Enduro Cars of Coventry.
23-Mar-2007

Commerzbank is planning to sell Jupiter Asset Management to a management buy-out backed by TA Associates for £740m.
22-Mar-2007

Smiths Group has acquired CDI Energy Services, the US supplier of pumping equipment, for £19m.
22-Mar-2007

BSS Group is to acquire BuckHickman, the Coventry-based industrial tools distributor with a nationwide network of 30 sites, from Premier Farnell for £27m.
22-Mar-2007

Penny Plain, the chain of ten clothing stores with 130 staff, has been bought out of administration by a group of Tyneside-based businessmen.
22-Mar-2007

North Yorkshire Timber has acquired Ward & Naylor, the County Durham-based builders' merchant, for undisclosed terms.
22-Mar-2007

Hydro is to sell its aluminium car parts factory in Worcester to Holden Lightweight, securing the future of 130 jobs.
21-Mar-2007

Laird is to sell its security systems division to Lupus Capital for £242m, in order to focus on the manufacture of electromagnetic shields for mobile phones.
20-Mar-2007

Freeport, the property company that develops retail and leisure facilities across Europe, is to be acquired by private equity firm Carlyle for £155m.
20-Mar-2007

First Choice Holidays is planning to merge with TUI to create a combined £4bn travel group called TUI Travel, which is expected to lead to job losses in their 1,100 shops.
20-Mar-2007

WS Atkins has acquired Advantage Business Group, the defence consultancy with 180 staff in Farnham, Bristol, Gainsborough and Aberdeen, for £19m.
20-Mar-2007

Intertek has acquired Natlabs Oy, the Finnish electrical safety testing company, for £0.7m.
20-Mar-2007

Panelco, the laminate products manufacturer with 90 staff in Fenton, Blythe Bridge and Hanley, is to be acquired by Sylvan International for undisclosed terms.
20-Mar-2007

Fulcrum Pharma is to acquire Unicus Regulatory Services, the Wokingham-based pharmaceutical regulatory consultancy, for up to £5m.
20-Mar-2007

Staffline has acquired Onsite Partnership, the Market Harborough-based recruitment company with 28 staff, for an initial £2m.
20-Mar-2007

Spice has acquired Atlanta Facilities, the Aylesbury-based facilities management company with 26 staff, for £0.8m, as well as Optimal Utility Services of the North West for £0.3m.
20-Mar-2007

Centaur Media has acquired The Awareness Group, the operator of a logistics and supply chain conference in London, for undisclosed terms.
20-Mar-2007

Oakdale Bakeries has sold its cake factories in Wigan and Doncaster out of administration to BakeSense Bakeries of Wilmslow, securing the future of 250 jobs.
20-Mar-2007

Towry Law has bought the financial services advisory division of Baker Tilly for £9.5m, with the transfer of 41 wealth advisers.
20-Mar-2007

NG Bailey has acquired Integrated Control Systems, the Wokingham-based supplier of building management systems with 100 staff.
20-Mar-2007

ICM Computer Group, the operator of 11 business continuity centres, has agreed terms for a £86m management buy-out.
20-Mar-2007

Thomas Armstrong has acquired Stocks Bros, the Leeds-based manufacturer of concrete blocks with 80 staff, as well as Collier & Henry, the Manchester-based manufacturer of pre-cast house floors with 47 staff.
19-Mar-2007

Mission Marketing Group has acquired April-Six, the Harefield-based IT marketing agency with 54 staff, for an initial £10m.
19-Mar-2007

Prime Packaging, the Bradford-based supplier of fabric labels, has been acquired by Jourdan for up to £1.6m.
19-Mar-2007

Burton's Foods, the biscuit manufacturer with 3,000 staff and four factories, is to be acquired by Duke Street Capital for an estimated £210m.
19-Mar-2007

InterBulk Investments has acquired United Transport International, the container transport group with offices in Hull, Pettwood, Elland and Teesside, in a £80m reverse takeover.
19-Mar-2007

Computer Software Group is planning a £100m management buy-out backed by HgCapital.
19-Mar-2007

Rocco Forte Hotels has sold its St David's five-star hotel and spa in Cardiff to Principal Hotels for £32m.
19-Mar-2007

Von Essen Aviation is planning to acquire PremiAir Aviation, the luxury helicopter charter company, for more than £20m.
19-Mar-2007

Co-operative Pharmacy has acquired 12 Matthew Price pharmacies in Wales from RLJ Consultancy for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 80 staff.
16-Mar-2007

JV Strong, the Devizes-based landscaping company with 260 staff throughout the South West, has been acquired by ISS UK, and the company name will change to ISS Waterers & Landscape.
16-Mar-2007

London Town has bought 39 pubs across the country from Save for £16m, in order to expand its Bankside Developments and Inn Investment subsidiaries.
16-Mar-2007

Mobestar Holdings has acquired the trade and assets of Mobile Life, the Bristol-based developer of software for mobiles, for £0.3m.
16-Mar-2007

RPS Group has acquired SARP, the Australian health and safety consultancy, for up to £1.9m.
16-Mar-2007

MAMA Group has acquired the Forum music and entertainment venue in London from Mean Fiddler for £1m.
16-Mar-2007

Mott MacDonald is planning to acquire Euroconsult, the development aid firm with 125 staff, from Arcadis for undisclosed terms.
16-Mar-2007

Akcros Chemicals has been sold by Akzo Nobel to investment firm GIL Investments for undisclosed terms, including 160 staff at sites in Manchester and the US.
16-Mar-2007

Kewill Systems has acquired Innovate IT, the Dutch logistics software company with more than 30 staff, for an initial £5.6m.
15-Mar-2007

Connaught has acquired Baldwins, the social housing asset management company with 500 staff in Leeds, Harrogate, Bradford and Teesside, for £8.7m.
15-Mar-2007

Mission Marketing Group has acquired Bastin Day Westley, the property and real estate marketing agency with 68 staff at offices in Colchester and London, for an initial £6m.
15-Mar-2007

Stamford Group has acquired Philip Wilks & Sons, the Durham-based chain of nine petrol stations and three car dealerships with 135 staff, for about £15m.
15-Mar-2007

BOC Edwards, the vacuum pump manufacturer with 1,350 staff in Sussex, is to be sold by Linde to US investment firm CCMP Capital for £460m.
15-Mar-2007

Irwin Mitchell of Yorkshire is to merge with Glasgow-based Golds to create a combined legal firm with 2,300 staff.
15-Mar-2007

NCP, the chain of 850 car parks, has been sold by 3i to Macquarie Bank for £790m, but 3i will retain the NCP Services division.
15-Mar-2007

Euromoney Institutional Investor has sold Raven Fox, the duty-free and luxury goods publishing business with gross assets of £0.7m, to Metropolis Group for undisclosed terms.
14-Mar-2007

Chime Communications has acquired Fast Track Sales, the sports marketing agency with 90 staff, for an initial £15m.
14-Mar-2007

Paradigm Therapeutics, the Cambridge-based pharmaceuticals company with 70 staff, is to be acquired by Takeda of Japan in a multi-million pound deal.
14-Mar-2007

Erinaceous has acquired Dearle & Henderson, the property services consultancy with offices in London, Worthing, Maidstone, Birmingham, Dundee, Glasgow, Leeds and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
14-Mar-2007

Cory Environmental, the London-based waste management group with 1,300 staff and ten landfill sites, has been sold by Montagu Private Equity to a consortium led by ABN Amro for £588m.
14-Mar-2007

May Gurney has acquired AC Chesters, the Staffordshire-based mechanical and electrical engineering specialist with 30 staff, for £5.1m.
13-Mar-2007

Baker Tilly is to merge with Scott & Paterson, the accountancy firm with 60 staff in Edinburgh.
13-Mar-2007

Oxford Biomedica has acquired Oxxon Therapeutics, the Oxford-based therapeutic vaccines company, for £16m.
13-Mar-2007

Rexam is to sell its glass packaging business to Ardagh of Ireland for £449m, including 3,600 staff at 13 sites throughout Europe.
13-Mar-2007

Smith & Nephew has acquired Plus Orthopedics, the Swiss manufacturer of replacement hips and knees, for £460m.
13-Mar-2007

Aston Martin, the luxury car manufacturer, has been sold by Ford to a consortium of investors backed by Investment Dar and Adeem of Kuwait for £479m, and production at its Warwickshire factory will rise with the creation of at least 200 jobs.
13-Mar-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired Retail Forward, the US market research firm with annual revenue of about £4m.
12-Mar-2007

Huntsworth is to acquire Dorland Global Corporation, the US healthcare marketing and public relations company, for up to £26m.
12-Mar-2007

FitPro has acquired Personal Training on the Net, the US-based online service for fitness instructors, for about £2m.
12-Mar-2007

Irish Continental, the freight and passenger ferry operator, is planning to undergo a management buy-out that values the group at £321m.
12-Mar-2007

Ainscough has acquired Nationwide Crane Hire, the Leeds-based company with 35 cranes and 62 staff, for undisclosed terms.
12-Mar-2007

MESL, the Maidenhead-based building contractor with 95 staff, has been acquired by Vinci Energies.
12-Mar-2007

Hanson has acquired Irvine-Whitlock, the Bedford-based brickwork subcontractor with almost 600 staff and annual turnover of £53m, for undisclosed terms.
12-Mar-2007

Duchy Catering has bought the assets of Leamington Spa-based Hopkinson Catering out of administration, securing the future of 700 jobs.
12-Mar-2007

The Sanctuary has bought Oasis Television out of administration, securing the future of 41 of the 70 jobs.
12-Mar-2007

Crest Nicholson, the Surrey-based housebuilder, is to be acquired by newly-formed Castle Bidco for £715m.
09-Mar-2007

Findel is to sell its Home Farm Hampers business, which has 7,500 agents and a £8m order book, to Park Group for £0.3m.
09-Mar-2007

The Works has been selected as preferred bidder to acquire Edinburgh-based David Flatman out of administration, securing 200 jobs at the Bargain Books, Bookworld and BW chains of discount book shops.
09-Mar-2007

Adare Group has sold its Prontaprint and KallKwik chains of 320 design and print centres to a management buy-out backed by Boundary Capital for undisclosed terms.
09-Mar-2007

Sportech is planning to acquire the Vernons Pools gaming business from Ladbrokes for about £50m, in order to expand its Littlewoods division.
08-Mar-2007

Keystone Lintels has completed the acquisition of IG Lintels, the Cwmbran-based manufacturer of steel lintels with 130 staff, for an estimated £10m.
08-Mar-2007

Iomart is to acquire a 51% stake in data centre company Ezee DSL for £4.8m, creating a group of Easyspace Datacentres with sites in London, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham and Leicester.
08-Mar-2007

Maxima Holdings has acquired SevenThree, the Coventry-based supplier of customer relationship management software, for £1.1m.
08-Mar-2007

Direct Drains, the Birmingham-based drainage services company with 42 staff, has been acquired by UK Drainage Network in a £7m deal that will consolidate four companies into a nationwide group.
08-Mar-2007

Smart & Cook has acquired Slater Marchant, the Yorkshire-based insurance broker with offices in Settle and Grassington.
08-Mar-2007

Highland Airways, the Inverness-based airline with 70 staff and eight aircraft, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
08-Mar-2007

Norson Group of Aberdeen has sold its Norson Services pipeline operations to BJ Process & Pipeline Services for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 68 staff.
08-Mar-2007

Tulloch Homes has acquired Aviemore & Highland Developments, the housebuilder with sites in Golspie, Balintore, Inverness, Aviemore and Carrbridge, for undisclosed terms.
08-Mar-2007

TG Eakin is to acquire Pelican Healthcare, the Cardiff-based supplier of disposable medical products, for undisclosed terms.
07-Mar-2007

Champion has acquired Stokes Dickinson, the Preston-based accountancy firm, for £0.3m.
07-Mar-2007

Asfare Group is to acquire AssetCo Group, the provider of managed services to fire and rescue authorities with 380 staff at sites in Middlesex, Cambridgeshire and Newtownabbey, for £80m.
07-Mar-2007

Portman Building Society is to sell its Guernsey-based offshore deposit-taking business to Scarborough Building Society, with the transfer of ten staff.
07-Mar-2007

Perrys has acquired four Vauxhall car dealerships in Bury, Burnley, Clitheroe and Colne from the Vantage Group for undisclosed terms.
07-Mar-2007

British Vita is to sell its Hyperlast and Autothane elastomer systems operations to Dow Polyurethanes for undisclosed terms, including 170 staff in Derbyshire and Wrexham.
07-Mar-2007

Compel, the IT services company with 400 staff in London, Stevenage, Guildford, Aldershot, Bracknell, Livingston, Birmingham, Hungerford and Warrington, is to be acquired by 2e2 for £52m.
07-Mar-2007

Meggitt is to acquire K&F Industries, the US-based aerospace parts manufacturer, for £571m.
07-Mar-2007

Inchcape is looking to sell 47 non-core car dealerships, including Ford and Ferrari franchises, as part of a strategy to focus on brands such as Toyota, BMW and Audi.
07-Mar-2007

Link is to merge its cash machine network with Voca, creating one of the largest payment processing groups in Europe.
07-Mar-2007

Tor Coatings, the Wearside-based paint and adhesives manufacturer with 193 staff, has been acquired by RPM International of the US.
06-Mar-2007

Pindar has acquired Cooper Clegg, the Tewkesbury-based magazine printer with 250 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Mar-2007

Chloride has acquired Masterpower, the supplier of critical power protection solutions with sites in Aberdeen, Alloa and Bridlington, for £9.4m.
06-Mar-2007

Spiritel has acquired Ashland Group, the Wigan-based provider of IP-based telecoms solutions, for £3.7m.
06-Mar-2007

BioProgress has acquired DMPL, the French pharmaceuticals marketing company, for £0.3m.
06-Mar-2007

Chieftain Group has acquired Kevin Lloyd, the Middlesbrough-based steel fabrication and engineering services business with 70 staff.
06-Mar-2007

Encore Washington, the envelope manufacturer with 280 staff in Hertburn and York, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
06-Mar-2007

Doncasters has agreed to acquire FastenTech, the US manufacturer of aerospace engineering components, for £250m.
06-Mar-2007

Mears has acquired Careforce, the Stevenage-based care services provider with 28 branches, for £22m.
06-Mar-2007

Tussauds Group is to be acquired by Merlin Entertainments for £1.03bn, creating a combined group of leisure attractions and theme parks with 13,000 staff in 12 countries.
06-Mar-2007

Cozart has acquired Nemesis Scientific, the provider of workplace drug testing services with 86 collection agents and offices in Wakefield and Swindon, for £1.1m.
05-Mar-2007

Sovereign Oilfield has acquired RDT Precision Engineering, the East Kilbride-based supplier of well heads to the oil industry, for £2.4m.
05-Mar-2007

Lincat has acquired Heydal, the manufacturer of ventilated ceilings for commercial kitchens with sites in Manchester and Ireland, for £0.4m.
05-Mar-2007

Nature's Way Marketing, the Chichester-based fresh food wholesaler, has been bought out of administration by a joint venture between Hilliard Bros and Premier Fruits, securing the future of 50 jobs.
05-Mar-2007

Venture Business Forms, the printing company with 28 staff in Leicester, Ilkeston and Newcastle under Lyme, has undergone a management buy-out.
05-Mar-2007

Countrywide, the chain of estate agents, has accepted a £1bn takeover offer from US private equity firm Apollo.
05-Mar-2007

Stream Foods, the Wisbech-based fruit snacks supplier, has been acquired by Wellness Foods for an estimated £15m.
05-Mar-2007

RoadChef, the motorway services operator, is to be acquired by Delek Real Estate of Israel for about £425m.
05-Mar-2007

Rok has acquired EMB Services, the Yorkshire-based building services company with 100 staff.
05-Mar-2007

First Choice Holidays has acquired i-to-i of Leeds, iExplore of the US and WesternXposure of Australia for a total £22m, in order to expand its activity holidays business.
02-Mar-2007

Media Square has sold Digital Advertising & Marketing, the London-based online advertising technology company trading as Tangozebra, to DoubleClick for £15m.
02-Mar-2007

Patientline is to sell its Dutch hospital communications business to a management team for £8.6m, in order to focus on the UK.
02-Mar-2007

Intense of Glasgow has acquired High Power Devices, the US manufacturer of high-power laser products, having secured a £2m investment from the Scottish Venture Fund.
02-Mar-2007

Millennium Chemicals, the Stallingborough-based titanium dioxide manufacturer with 420 staff, is being sold as part of a £612m deal between Cristal of Saudi Arabia and current owner Lyondell.
02-Mar-2007

TDG has acquired Doman, the Spanish logistics company with 179 staff, for up to £21m.
01-Mar-2007

Wessex Taverns has sold 28 leisure outlets to the Tyneside-based Ladhar Group for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 340 jobs.
01-Mar-2007

Ex-Press Plastics is to acquire Racing Technology Norfolk to create a combined composite components manufacturing group with more than 150 staff, and Ex-Press will relocate from Loddon to a new factory at Ellough this summer.
01-Mar-2007

Johnson Service has sold JHS North, its Manchester-based catering equipment hire subsidiary with 25 staff, to a management buy-out, and the business will be renamed CHS Catering Equipment & Furniture Hire.
01-Mar-2007

Treatt has acquired a 50% stake in Earthoil, the Lichfield-based supplier of organic essential oils and vegetable oils, for £2.5m.
01-Mar-2007

McInerney has acquired Lancing, the Tyneside-based housebuilder, for £16m.
01-Mar-2007

EMCOR Group has acquired Rosser & Russell Building Services, the mechanical and engineering business with annual turnover of about £43m, from Vinci for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2007

Ennstone Thistle has acquired seven ready mixed concrete plants in Aberdeenshire, Inverness, Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline from Cemex UK and Tarmac for £1.8m.
28-Feb-2007

Datatec is to acquire NOXS Europe, the distributor of IT security products and services with offices in Thatcham, France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands, for £35m.
28-Feb-2007

Southern Cross Healthcare has acquired Life Style Care, the owner of leasehold interests in 23 London-based elderly care homes with 1,737 beds and gross assets of £12m.
28-Feb-2007

Pan Fish Scotland has acquired Highland Fish Farmers, the owner of fish farms on Loch Torridon, Loch Carron, Loch Ness and Skye, for £4.1m.
28-Feb-2007

Ferrari's Bakery, the operator of 60 South Wales bakeries, has been bought out of administration by Best Bakeries, but the Swansea-based Celtic Savouries division will close with the loss of 20 jobs.
28-Feb-2007

UK Coal is to sell the Maltby colliery in South Yorkshire to Hargreaves Services for £21m, securing the future of 470 jobs.
28-Feb-2007

Vertu Motors is to acquire Bristol Street for £40m, creating a nationwide chain of 35 car dealerships with 1,700 staff.
28-Feb-2007

Hays has acquired James Harvard, the London-based recruitment company specialising in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, for an initial £24m.
28-Feb-2007

Wimpy, the chain of 194 burger outlets, is to be acquired by Famous Brands of South Africa in a deal that values the business at £13m.
28-Feb-2007

Tangent Communications has acquired Ravensworth Digital Services, the Newcastle upon Tyne-based printing company with 60 staff, for up to £5.8m.
27-Feb-2007

PayPoint has acquired SECPay, the online payment services provider, for £12m.
27-Feb-2007

Findel has acquired The Cotswold Company, the home furnishings and accessories supplier, for £0.1m.
27-Feb-2007

McBride is to acquire Chemolux, the Luxembourg-based household products manufacturer with a site in Coventry and 120 UK-based staff, from Henkel for up to £39m.
27-Feb-2007

Laird Group has acquired Cushcraft, the US manufacturer of communication antennae with 90 staff, for £46m, as well as M2sys, the South Korean custom products manufacturer with 80 staff, for £17m.
27-Feb-2007

Morson has acquired Pentagon, the Havant-based provider of skilled engineering personnel with 14 staff, for up to £2.9m.
27-Feb-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired Cymfony, the US media analysis company with 56 staff.
27-Feb-2007

SCi Entertainment is to acquire Rockpool Games, the Manchester-based computer games developer with 36 staff, for up to £7.7m.
27-Feb-2007

NCS Group has acquired Turning Point Technologies, the London-based IT company with 26 staff, for undisclosed terms.
27-Feb-2007

Now Group has sold its remaining kitchens business out of administration to Glasgow-based TSC Industries for undisclosed terms, but 30 jobs are expected to be lost.
27-Feb-2007

Gradus, the Macclesfield-based carpets and flooring accessories company with 300 staff, has undergone a £41m management buy-out.
27-Feb-2007

Paragon (UK), the Chorley-based care services provider with 230 staff, has secured a £30m private equity investment from ISIS to fund a management buy-out and expansion plans.
27-Feb-2007

Ridgeway Group has acquired Mercedes Benz and Smart car dealerships in Southampton, Chichester and Winchester, as well as Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge operations in Portsmouth.
27-Feb-2007

EDSR, the land decontamination specialist with 25 staff in Whitstable and Wetherby, has undergone a management buy-out from Euro Dismantling Services for undisclosed terms.
27-Feb-2007

NetPlay TV is to acquire Abstract Games, the interactive print media and trivia promotions company, from Monstermob for £4m.
27-Feb-2007

F Bender, the paper products manufacturer with 275 staff in Wrexham and North London, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Barclays Ventures.
26-Feb-2007

Country Valley has acquired the Newboulds chain of 14 butcher shops on Teesside for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 105 staff.
26-Feb-2007

Christie's is to acquire Haunch of Venison, the London-based operator of contemporary art galleries, for undisclosed terms.
26-Feb-2007

Ollerton, the Preston-based street furniture manufacturer, has been acquired by Marshalls Street Furniture.
26-Feb-2007

TDL has acquired ICD, creating a combined haulage group with 80 staff on the Isle of Man.
26-Feb-2007

Ross's Pickles, the Newcastle-based manufacturer of own-brand food products, has had its assets bought out of administration by Greencore, but all 37 jobs have been lost.
23-Feb-2007

Salon Services, the Glasgow-based beauty products wholesaler with 600 staff, has been acquired by Sally Beauty of the US for £30m.
23-Feb-2007

Midland Sheetmetal has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of more than 160 jobs at its Leicester-based engineering business.
23-Feb-2007

Aegis Group is to acquire AgenciaClick, the Brazilian digital marketing services company with 280 staff, for £16m.
22-Feb-2007

Tragus has acquired the Ma Potter's chain of 16 restaurants for £14m, in order to expand its existing Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia operations.
22-Feb-2007

Avid Holdings is to acquire Electro-Mec, the Reading-based supplier of blister pack change tooling for the pharmaceutical industry with 38 staff, for an initial £0.8m.
21-Feb-2007

Montpelier has acquired RST Group, the accountancy and financial services firm with 100 staff at ten offices in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the Borders.
21-Feb-2007

Ikon Science has acquired Anitec, the Edinburgh-based seismic data software company, for undisclosed terms.
21-Feb-2007

H Snelson Engineering, the Winsford-based manufacturer of aluminium handles with 55 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-Feb-2007

Polaron, the building controls company, is to be acquired by Cooper Industries of the US for £15m.
21-Feb-2007

AstraZeneca is to shed 700 of the 2,500 jobs at its pharmaceuticals factory in Macclesfield over the next three years, but has also announced plans to invest £63m in a new laboratory at the site.
21-Feb-2007

Shire is to acquire New River Pharmaceuticals of the US for £1.3bn, in order to gain control of Vyvanse, a new drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
21-Feb-2007

Panmure Gordon is to acquire ThinkEquity, the US investment bank with 180 staff, for an initial £31m.
21-Feb-2007

LogicaCMG is to sell its telecoms messaging business to a private equity consortium led by Atlantic Bridge Ventures for £265m.
21-Feb-2007

Garden House Press of Somerset has sold its main assets out of administration to Media & Print Investments, but 83 jobs have been lost.
20-Feb-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired Sorensen Associates, the US market research company with annual sales of £2.5m.
20-Feb-2007

Thornton Precision Components has acquired Clamonta, the Nuneaton-based precision engineering company, for £5.1m.
20-Feb-2007

Trade Appliances, the Nottinghamshire-based online household goods retailer with 70 staff, has been acquired by Pristine Consulting for an estimated £6m.
20-Feb-2007

Apcoa, the operator of 3,300 car parks in 13 countries, is to be acquired by French private equity firm Eurazeo in a deal worth £587m.
20-Feb-2007

Amec is to sell its 50% stake in SPIE Rail Systems, the London-based railway maintenance company with 500 staff, to Colas of France for undisclosed terms.
20-Feb-2007

Cybit has acquired Thales Telematics, the vehicle telematics and wireless asset management business, from Thales Group for £1m.
19-Feb-2007

Ennstone Johnston has acquired the trade and assets of Mansfield Asphalt Company for up to £7.1m, including a plant that supplies 135,000 tonnes of asphalt per year to the construction industry in the East Midlands.
19-Feb-2007

Humberts has bought six of its franchised estate agents in the East Midlands, including offices in Grantham, Lincoln, Newark, Nottingham, Melton Mowbray and Stamford, for up to £2.8m.
19-Feb-2007

Target Group has acquired Harlosh, the Cirencester-based insurance administration software company, for undisclosed terms.
19-Feb-2007

Chiltern Invadex has been bought of administration by Powertronics for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 115 jobs at its bathroom equipment manufacturing business in Bicester.
19-Feb-2007

Saltire Taverns has sold the Rutland hotel and nightclub in Edinburgh to Signature Pub Group for £7m, and a further £3m will be invested in upgrading the site.
19-Feb-2007

Co-operative Group of Manchester and United Co-operatives of Rochdale have agreed terms for a merger to create the world's largest consumer co-operative with annual sales of more than £9bn.
19-Feb-2007

Trak Group has acquired Claydon of Aylesbury for undisclosed terms, creating a combined building contractor with annual sales of more than £60m.
19-Feb-2007

Clements Plant & Tool Hire of Coventry has been acquired by Alljay Holdings for undisclosed terms.
19-Feb-2007

Densitron Gaming, the North Tyneside-based manufacturer of slot machine parts with 13 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Densitron Technologies.
16-Feb-2007

Paul Hodgson Transport, the Northumberland-based car transport company with 50 staff, has been bought out administration by A1 Automotive of Livingston.
16-Feb-2007

Frozen Herbs of Suffolk has been bought out of administration by the Dujardin Foods Group of Belgium, securing the future of 46 jobs.
16-Feb-2007

Tellings Golden Miller is to acquire a 75% stake in OFJ Ground Services, the vehicle maintenance company, which will provide TGM with a new headquarters and operating centre at Heathrow.
15-Feb-2007

Kewill Systems is to acquire IPACS e-Solutions, the Singapore-based IT solutions provider with 60 staff, for an initial £1.9m.
15-Feb-2007

Marchpole Holdings is to acquire Greenmark, the footwear importer and wholesaler, for £3m.
15-Feb-2007

Rafiki Protection has acquired Santana Solutions, the South Wales-based developer of software for alarm systems, and is now seeking global expansion in the fire alarm and detection industry.
15-Feb-2007

Squire A Radcliffe & Sons has sold its West Yorkshire-based oil blending division to management for undisclosed terms.
15-Feb-2007

Data Collection has acquired March Group, the Leicester-based developer of highway maintenance software with ten staff, for undisclosed terms.
15-Feb-2007

Skipton Building Society has acquired Select Healthcare, the Surrey-based medical insurance adviser, in order to expand its Private Health Partnership business.
15-Feb-2007

Tate & Lyle has sold its Redpath sugar refining business in Canada to American Sugar Refining for £132m.
15-Feb-2007

Howies, the Cardigan-based sports clothing company with 20 staff, has been acquired by Timberland of the US.
14-Feb-2007

Higgins Insurance & Investments has acquired Laing Markey Lyness, creating a combined Belfast-based insurance broker with more than 50 staff.
14-Feb-2007

Clyde Process Solutions is to acquire MAC Equipment, the US supplier of pneumatic conveying systems, in a deal worth £43m.
14-Feb-2007

Pure Wafer has acquired Exsil, the 36,000 sq ft silicon wafer reclaim facility with 75 staff in Arizona, USA, from Rockwood Specialties Group for £6m.
14-Feb-2007

Pennon Group has acquired Skipaway Holdings, the Kent-based waste processing company, for £15m, in order to expand its Viridor Waste Management subsidiary.
14-Feb-2007

Royal Stafford, the Burslem-based tableware manufacturer with 70 staff, and Poole Pottery have been bought out of administration by Lifestyle Group.
14-Feb-2007

Marsdens Solicitors and Rawsthorns Solicitors are planning to merge to create a combined Preston-based law firm with 110 staff.
14-Feb-2007

Static Burst, the Plymouth-based IT services firm, has acquired LSI of Bristol, as part of a strategy to establish an office in every major South West town.
14-Feb-2007

Reed Shilling Healthcare, the Didcot-based supplier of disposable wipes with 32 staff, has been acquired by Synergy Healthcare for undisclosed terms.
14-Feb-2007

Polythene Industries, the Liverpool-based bag and pallet manufacturer with 60 staff, has been bought out of administration by a new company called Polythene Industries (UK).
14-Feb-2007

Blooms of Bressingham, the chain of ten garden centres, is to be acquired by a consortium led by West Coast Capital for £30m.
14-Feb-2007

Thomas Cook of Peterborough is to merge with MyTravel of Rochdale to form a combined holidays business with more than 32,000 staff, but this is expected to lead to job losses and the closure of Thomas Cook shops.
13-Feb-2007

VT Group has acquired MILCOM Systems Corporation, the US developer of electronics and communications systems, for £22m.
13-Feb-2007

Sanderson Group is to acquire Elucid, the supplier of software for use in multi-channel markets, from K3 Business Technology Group for £1.4m.
13-Feb-2007

McBride has acquired Dasty Italia, the Italian manufacturer of household cleaning liquids with about 100 staff, for £19m.
13-Feb-2007

Fujin Technology has acquired Posetiv, the London-based computer storage company, for £4.6m.
13-Feb-2007

Gala Coral has acquired 44 Reuben Page betting shops in the North East from Durham-based Pagebet for undisclosed terms, and Pagebet is now looking to expand its remaining 15 sites back up to 50 within three years.
13-Feb-2007

Mondi Speciality Packaging, the packaging supplier with sites in Wetherby and Chesterfield, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Modus Private Equity, creating a new business called Inspirepac.
13-Feb-2007

Progress Group, the supplier of generators and emergency power equipment with 74 staff in Dewsbury, Glasgow, Cleveland and London, has undergone a management buy-out backed by McInnes Corporate Finance.
13-Feb-2007

Manchester Building Society has acquired Whiteaway Laidlaw, the Manchester-based commercial bank with 24 staff, from Home Retail Group for £5m.
13-Feb-2007

Ultimate Products has acquired Just Everything, the Northwich-based wholesaler with 15 staff, for about £1.5m.
13-Feb-2007

Now Group has sold five kitchen showrooms out of administration to Betta Living of Oldham for undisclosed terms.
12-Feb-2007

Chelsea Building Society has acquired Britannia Capital Securities, the Swindon-based firm of secured loan and mortgage brokers, and the business will be renamed BCS Loans & Mortgages.
12-Feb-2007

Martin Luck of Plymouth has merged with Brewers Business Solutions to create a combined office supplies business with 140 staff.
12-Feb-2007

Vodafone is to acquire a 67% stake in Hutchison Essar, the Indian mobile operator, for £5.7bn.
12-Feb-2007

First Group is to acquire Laidlaw International, the US operator of Greyhound buses and school buses, for £1.8bn.
12-Feb-2007

Spannerworks, the Brighton-based internet marketing company, has been acquired by iCrossing of the US for an estimated £40m.
12-Feb-2007

Davis Service has acquired Mitre Furnishing, the Merthyr Tydfil-based bed linen supplier with more than 100 staff, for an estimated £10m.
12-Feb-2007

Von Essen Hotels is planning to acquire London Heliport, the Battersea-based heliport and hotel development site, for an estimated £50m.
12-Feb-2007

Samskip has acquired Saltire Integrated Shipping, the Glasgow-based freight forwarding company.
12-Feb-2007

DataCash Group is to acquire NetGiro Systems, the Swedish payment service provider, for £6.7m.
09-Feb-2007

Halma has acquired Labsphere, the US manufacturer of light testing and measurement products, from X-Rite for £7m.
09-Feb-2007

Redstone is to acquire Comunica, the Middlesex-based network and communications infrastructure company with more than 300 staff, for £22m.
09-Feb-2007

Galliford Try is to acquire Linden Holdings, the housebuilder with offices in Caterham, Harefield, Southampton and Bristol, for £108m.
09-Feb-2007

Imperial Tobacco is to acquire Commonwealth Brands, the US cigarette manufacturer with 720 staff, from Houchens Industries for £974m.
09-Feb-2007

Aviva is to acquire Erasmus, the Dutch insurance company with gross assets of about £650m, from Wustenrot & Wurttembergische.
09-Feb-2007

Moorhouse Group of Caerphilly has sold its corporate insurance division to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
09-Feb-2007

Bernstein Group, the Bolton-based kitchen manufacturer, has been acquired by regional buy-out fund Endless, but the Kitchen Studio direct sales subsidiary has ceased trading.
09-Feb-2007

Bourne Leisure has acquired Far Grange Park, the holiday park with 100 staff and 850 pitches in Skipsea, near Hornsea, in a multi-million pound deal.
09-Feb-2007

Milligans is to sell 15 bakery outlets and its Newcastle factory to North-East Bakeries, creating a combined group with 21 shops and 130 staff.
08-Feb-2007

Park Holidays UK has acquired the Landscove and Riviera Bay holiday parks in South Devon.
08-Feb-2007

Experian has acquired Economic Research Services, the data research company with offices in Newcastle upon Tyne, Leicester, Carlisle and Bristol, for undisclosed terms.
08-Feb-2007

Halladale, the property development company with offices in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, is to be acquired by Stockland of Australia for £171m.
08-Feb-2007

Legal & General is to acquire the life assurance and unit trust management division of Nationwide for about £285m, with the transfer of about 250 Swindon-based staff.
08-Feb-2007

SectorGuard has acquired Protector, the Salford-based CCTV installation and maintenance company, from Smart Securities CCTV for £0.8m.
07-Feb-2007

IAF Group is to acquire JP Jenkins, the stockbroker, and the Jenkins business will relocate to IAF's offices in St James, London.
07-Feb-2007

Adventis Group has acquired LeapFrog Medical Communications, the Surrey-based medical education company, for up to £2.6m.
07-Feb-2007

BT is to acquire i2i Enterprise, the Indian network services company with about 200 staff.
07-Feb-2007

Fopp has bought 67 former Music Zone stores out of administration, including an office in Stockport and a warehouse in Norfolk, securing the future of 775 jobs.
07-Feb-2007

Murray Metals has acquired Newton Steel Stock, the Somerset-based steel company with about 100 staff, for about £25m.
07-Feb-2007

Begbies Traynor is to acquire Quantum Corporate Finance of Newcastle upon Tyne for undisclosed terms.
07-Feb-2007

Parkridge, the industrial property company with more than 100 staff, is to be acquired by ProLogis of the US for about £500m.
07-Feb-2007

Liverpool Football Club is to be acquired by a new US-based company called Kop Football for £219m, which will clear the way for the development of a new £215m stadium at Stanley Park.
07-Feb-2007

Havelock Europa is to acquire Stage Systems, the Loughborough-based educational furniture manufacturer, for £3.5m.
07-Feb-2007

BBA Aviation has acquired Commercial Aircraft Products, the US manufacturer of hydraulic system components, for an initial £2.9m.
06-Feb-2007

Northern Bear is to acquire MGM, the provider of property refurbishment services in the North East, for £2m.
06-Feb-2007

Electric Word is to acquire ArkSports, the sports conference and research company, for a small sum.
06-Feb-2007

Chambers Coach Hire, the Northern Ireland-based bus operator, has been acquired by venture capital firm Enterprise Equity.
06-Feb-2007

Treforest Glass, the Pontypridd-based glass products company with 29 staff, has been acquired by a private investor.
06-Feb-2007

TrichoTech, the Cardiff-based drugs testing company, has been acquired by investment firm Concateno for £11m.
06-Feb-2007

Adams Childrenswear has been bought out of administration by a former chairman of Stead & Simpson, securing the future of 3,000 jobs at 273 stores, but a further 400 jobs at 42 branches will be lost.
06-Feb-2007

Group 4 Securicor has acquired Special Events Security, the stewarding company with annual turnover of £3.4m, for undisclosed terms.
06-Feb-2007

White Young Green has acquired Turner Holden, the Somerset-based town planning consultancy, for an initial £0.9m.
06-Feb-2007

Venteco has acquired SIK Valiguard, the Swedish specialist in food industry hygiene and safety certification, from the Swedish Institute of Food & Biotechnology.
05-Feb-2007

Capita Group has acquired Harry Weeks Travel & Leisure Group, the Orpington-based travel software company with 70 staff, for £21m.
05-Feb-2007

Emap Consumer Media has acquired Yospace Technologies, the provider of multimedia messaging services, from The Parkmead Group and private investors for £8.7m.
05-Feb-2007

Vitesse Media is to acquire the What Investment magazine and associated website from Charterhouse Communications for £0.5m, with the transfer of five staff.
05-Feb-2007

Barratt Developments is to acquire Wilson Bowden, the Leicester-based housebuilder, for £2.2bn.
05-Feb-2007

Jimmy Choo, the luxury shoes company with more than 60 outlets, has been acquired by US private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners for about £185m.
05-Feb-2007

The Mill, the London-based visual effects company, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Carlyle Group for an estimated £50m.
05-Feb-2007

AstraZeneca is to acquire Arrow Therapeutics, the London-based biotechnology company with 57 staff, for £76m, and has also announced plans to shed 3,000 jobs over the next three years.
02-Feb-2007

Balfour Beatty is to acquire Centex Construction, the US-based construction company, for £184m.
02-Feb-2007

Alfred McAlpine is to acquire Enviros Group, the environmental company with 300 consultants in ten offices, for £30m.
02-Feb-2007

Group 4 Securicor is to acquire Direct Handling, the Isle of Man-based parcel and document service company, for £0.9m.
02-Feb-2007

RDF Group is to acquire Aqua Resources Group, the Brighton-based IT recruitment company with 15 staff, for £0.2m.
02-Feb-2007

BP is to sell its Coryton refinery in Essex, which employs 540 staff and about 500 contractors, to Petroplus Holdings of Switzerland for about £700m.
02-Feb-2007

Kingston Communications has acquired Mistral Internet, the business internet service provider with offices in Romsey, Southampton, Brighton and London, for £20m.
02-Feb-2007

Detica Group is to acquire DFI International, the US provider of services to the security community with 208 staff, for £20m.
02-Feb-2007

RPS is to acquire APA, the Canadian petroleum engineering consultancy with 30 staff, for £2.6m.
02-Feb-2007

BT is to acquire International Network Services, the US-based provider of IT consulting and software solutions with 900 staff.
02-Feb-2007

Hasgrove has acquired Cabinet Stewart, the Belgian public affairs consultancy, for up to £1.6m.
02-Feb-2007

East of England Co-operative Society has acquired 20 Anglian Convenience Stores in Norfolk, taking its total regional network to 137 outlets.
02-Feb-2007

Elphinstone has sold Macdonald Fraser, its rural property and chartered surveying business, to CKD Galbraith for undisclosed terms.
02-Feb-2007

Arriva has acquired Bosak Bus, the Czech bus operator with 50 vehicles and 64 staff, for £1.1m.
01-Feb-2007

WPP has acquired All Global, the London-based market research and data collection company with 44 staff.
01-Feb-2007

Redhall Group has acquired Steels Engineering Services and Steels Engineering Design, including 80 staff at offices in Billingham and Reading, for £2.1m.
01-Feb-2007

FE Burman of South London has acquired Trigon Mailing Services, in order to diversify its printing business into mailing.
01-Feb-2007

HW Chartered Accountants is to merge with Sandison Easson & Gordon, the accountancy firm with offices in Rochdale and Leeds.
01-Feb-2007

FendorHansen, the Gateshead-based glazing company with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out, and is now looking to double the size of its manufacturing facilities to 35,000 sq ft over the next two years.
01-Feb-2007

Research Now is to acquire OpenVenue, the Canadian market research company, for up to £20m.
01-Feb-2007

Corus, the steel manufacturer with 24,000 staff in Port Talbot, Rotherham and North Lincolnshire, has been acquired by Tata Steel of India for £6.7bn, which is expected to lead to cost savings of up to £180m a year.
01-Feb-2007

Anite Group has acquired Invenova Corp, the US provider of software for WiMAX device testing, for an initial £3.1m.
31-Jan-2007

Aegis Group has acquired Interview-NSS, the Dutch market research company with gross assets of £5.3m.
31-Jan-2007

Volante Transportation Systems of County Durham has been bought out of administration by Gloucestershire-based Invertec for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 30 jobs.
31-Jan-2007

HFL, the Newmarket-based sports forensic testing company with 130 staff, has been sold by the Horserace Betting Levy Board to the Quotient BioResearch consortium of investors for £20m.
31-Jan-2007

Bowdlers is to merge with Manby & Steward to create a combined law firm with more than 130 staff at offices in Shrewsbury, Telford, Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton.
31-Jan-2007

Finsbury Food is to acquire Lightbody, the Hamilton-based cake manufacturer with about 1,000 staff, for £37m.
31-Jan-2007

Liverpool Victoria is to acquire Britannia Rescue, the provider of roadside rescue services, for £36m.
31-Jan-2007

Travis Perkins has acquired Passmore Drywall & Insulation, the supplier of insulation products with depots in East London, Basildon, Cannock, Christchurch and West London, for £13m.
30-Jan-2007

Cello Group has expanded its online market research business with the £3m acquisition of a 75% stake in Rosenblatt and a 51% stake in Digital People.
30-Jan-2007

Jarrold Publishing, the Norwich-based book publisher with 22 staff, has been acquired by NPI Media.
30-Jan-2007

DeepStore has acquired Interactive Records Management, the document retrieval service with 22 staff at two sites in London, for undisclosed terms.
30-Jan-2007

Holidaybreak has acquired West End Theatre Bookings, the London-based ticket agency, for an initial £2.6m.
30-Jan-2007

Footman James, the Cradley Heath-based classic car insurance broker with 180 staff, has been acquired by Aon for an estimated £60m.
30-Jan-2007

Prudential is to sell Egg, the Derby-based internet bank with more than 2,000 staff, to Citigroup for £575m.
30-Jan-2007

Conder Environmental has sold Vikoma International, the Isle of Wight-based pollution control systems business with 50 staff, to Energy Environmental for £2.3m.
29-Jan-2007

Digital Marketing Group has acquired Cheeze, the media planning company with offices in Ipswich, London and Leeds, for £9.5m, as well as Jaywing, the marketing consultancy with offices in Derby, Harrow, Wakefield and Witney, for £14m.
29-Jan-2007

Archant Life has acquired Living Edge, the Cheshire-based magazine with seven staff, from publisher Silk Press.
29-Jan-2007

Marston's is to acquire Sovereign Inns, the Leicester-based chain of 33 tenanted pubs, for £19m.
29-Jan-2007

Marston's has acquired Eldridge Pope, the Dorset-based chain of 135 pubs, for £155m, taking its total estate to 2,485 outlets.
26-Jan-2007

Jelf Group has acquired SPS Wellbeing, the Hampshire-based healthcare and group risk intermediary, for up to £10m.
26-Jan-2007

Haynes Publishing has sold its Sutton Publishing subsidiary to NPI Media for £3m.
26-Jan-2007

Sovereign Oilfield has acquired Forfab, the Dunfermline-based manufacturer of large metal containers, for £4.8m.
26-Jan-2007

Paul James Coaches, the Coalville-based coach transport company with 35 vehicles and 51 staff, has been acquired by Veolia Transport.
26-Jan-2007

NeutraHealth is to acquire Brunel Healthcare, the Bristol-based supplier of vitamins and supplements, for an initial £4m.
25-Jan-2007

Duffy & McGovern, the Aberdeen-based offshore accommodation supplier with 38 staff, has been acquired by Superior Energy Services of the US for £24m.
25-Jan-2007

Bedfordia Motor Holdings has acquired the Sewell BMW and Mini car dealerships in Bishop's Stortford for undisclosed terms.
25-Jan-2007

Laird is to acquire Aerocomm, the US manufacturer of radio-frequency modules, for £19m.
25-Jan-2007

NCC Group has acquired Site Confidence, the Dorking-based web assurance performance and monitoring company, for up to £9.1m.
24-Jan-2007

Cagney has acquired Tree, the London-based marketing services company, for an initial £1m.
24-Jan-2007

Union Snack, the County Durham-based snacks manufacturer with 170 staff, has been acquired by Intersnack of Germany.
24-Jan-2007

Instalec, the Aberdeenshire-based IT services company with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2007

Armadillo, the Edinburgh-based self-storage warehouse company with ten sites, has been acquired by the property and infrastructure unit of HSBC for £40m.
24-Jan-2007

Eclipse Metal Products of Oldham has been bought out of administration by Ripple Developments, securing the future of 15 jobs.
24-Jan-2007

Manheim has acquired the Saltash Car Auctions site in Cornwall for undisclosed terms, taking its network to 19 sites.
24-Jan-2007

Rybrook has acquired the Varsity ChryslerJeep car dealership in Oxford for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2007

White Young Green has acquired Malachi Cullen & Partners, the Irish civil engineering consultancy with 19 staff, for up to £1.2m.
24-Jan-2007

Goldblatt McGuigan has acquired Leaf Consultancy, the Belfast-based IT services company with eight staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Jan-2007

Venteco has acquired Silvandersson, the Swedish manufacturer of insect glue traps, for up to £2.4m.
23-Jan-2007

Martel Instruments, the Stanley-based manufacturer of portable printing devices with 27 staff, has undergone a £6m management buy-out.
23-Jan-2007

Tekton Group has acquired SiteStream, the construction software company with sites in Farnham and the US, for £3m, and is now looking to spend a further £40m on acquisitions.
23-Jan-2007

Yorwaste has acquired Marcus Richardson Waste Management and Marcus Richardson Environmental Services of Whitby for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of more than 20 jobs.
23-Jan-2007

Windsor, the insurance broker, is to undergo a £34m management buy-out backed by Hutton Collins.
23-Jan-2007

Barclays Bank is to acquire EquiFirst Corporation, the US-based non-prime mortgage company, from Regions Financial Corporation, for £115m.
22-Jan-2007

Futurity, the financial adviser with 22 staff in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has been acquired by Oval Group for more than £1m.
22-Jan-2007

Qinetiq is to acquire Analex Corporation, the US defence services group, for £87m.
22-Jan-2007

Ladbrokes has acquired Sponsio, the online betting company operating in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, for an initial £36m.
22-Jan-2007

Pinewood Structures, the Bedfordshire-based timber frames manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners.
22-Jan-2007

Turners (Soham) has acquired CRW, the Bath-based bulk powder transport company with 150 vehicles, for an estimated £7m.
22-Jan-2007

Tandberg Television, the Southampton-based broadcast technology company, is to be acquired by Arris of the US for £618m.
22-Jan-2007

Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired Hargreaves Goswell, the London-based property agency, for undisclosed terms.
22-Jan-2007

Johnston Press is to acquire the Scottish newspaper operations of Archant for £11m, including eight weekly titles.
22-Jan-2007

ODL Securities has acquired Bestconnect, the electronic dealing service, from Dresdner Kleinwort for about £5m.
22-Jan-2007

Lawrence Automotive, the Nottingham-based vehicle trim manufacturer, is expected to be acquired by Huaxiang of China for about £2.5m.
22-Jan-2007

Bibby Line has acquired MHL Support, the Staffordshire-based employment law and health and safety consultancy with 140 staff, for undisclosed terms.
19-Jan-2007

Bespoke Envelopes of Sidcup has merged with Barking-based Direct Envelopes to create a combined envelope manufacturing group with 50 staff.
19-Jan-2007

Friary Press, the Dorset-based magazine printer with 85 staff, has been acquired by Media & Print Investments.
19-Jan-2007

Arriva is to acquire an 85% stake in Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen, the German bus and rail company, for £20m.
18-Jan-2007

Woolworths is to acquire Bertram, the Norwich-based book distributor, for about £29m, in order to expand its Entertainment UK wholesaling subsidiary.
18-Jan-2007

Group NBT has acquired Ascio Technologies, the Danish provider of domain name services, for £18m.
18-Jan-2007

Elphinstone is to sell the Scottish livestock division of United Auctions to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
18-Jan-2007

Moorcroft Developments, the Uttoxeter-based learning disabilities company that trades as Moorcare, has been acquired by Rushcliffe Care of Loughborough.
18-Jan-2007

Brodies, the Edinburgh-based coffee and tea merchant with 30 staff, has been acquired by Massimo Zanetti of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.
18-Jan-2007

Michael Ward, the Bolton-based refrigerated transport company with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
18-Jan-2007

Whitbread is to sell its chain of 45 TGI Friday's restaurants to Carlson Restaurants, ABN Amro Capital and British Land for £70m, in order to focus on hotels and coffee shops.
18-Jan-2007

Aerial Facilities, the Chesham-based wireless telecoms equipment manufacturer, has undergone a £56m management buy-out backed by ECI Partners.
18-Jan-2007

Scottish & Newcastle is to sell its Courage beers business to Wells & Young's Brewing for an estimated £10m, and production will transfer from Tadcaster to Bedford over the next few months.
18-Jan-2007

Scapa is to sell its sealants business, which is based in Hampshire and employs 71 staff, to an undisclosed buyer for £4.9m.
17-Jan-2007

Petrofac has acquired a 51% stake in SPD Group, the oil well services company with 70 staff in Aberdeen and Dubai, for £3.5m.
17-Jan-2007

Intertek has acquired Umitek, which is based in Manchester and Aberdeen, for £10m and CB Iberica of Spain for £5.7m, in order to expand its oil and gas testing and consultancy business.
17-Jan-2007

Amtrak Express Parcels, the West Midlands-based parcel delivery company with almost 1,000 staff, has been bought out of administration by Netfold.
17-Jan-2007

Frudd Construction has sold its maintenance division out of administration to SOL Construction of Nottingham for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 54 jobs.
17-Jan-2007

Churchill's Handmade Sandwich Company of Nottingham has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 65 jobs.
17-Jan-2007

Greeting Card Group has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 1,500 of the 2,500 jobs and 300 of the 470 card shops.
17-Jan-2007

United Utilities is to sell its Vertex Data Science business outsourcing division to a private equity consortium led by Oak Hill Capital Partners for £217m.
16-Jan-2007

CSR is to acquire Cambridge Positioning Systems of Cambridge for £18m and NordNav of Sweden for an initial £20m, in order to expand in the market for mobile phone global positioning systems.
16-Jan-2007

Smiths Group is to sell its London-based aerospace division, which has 11,500 staff and manufacturing facilities in five countries, to General Electric of the US for £2.4bn.
16-Jan-2007

Redbridge Holdings, the Peterborough-based fresh produce company with 668 staff, has been acquired by Total Produce for up to £12m.
15-Jan-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired Research Surveys, the South African custom research company with annual turnover of £7.4m.
15-Jan-2007

Wolfson Microelectronics has acquired Oligon, the Edinburgh-based semiconductors company, for up to £2.9m.
15-Jan-2007

Co-operative Group is to acquire 21 pharmacies from Alliance Boots, including branches in County Durham, Northumberland, Devon, Somerset and East Anglia, taking its total chain to 454.
15-Jan-2007

Shepherd Group is planning to sell its York-based Portasilo Bulk Handling Systems Division to a management buy-in, with the transfer of about 130 staff.
15-Jan-2007

Micon Components, the Sheffield-based engineering company with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
15-Jan-2007

Racoon International, the hair extensions company, has undergone an estimated £15m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Matrix.
15-Jan-2007

Christy Group, the costume designer and distributor, has undergone a £21m management buy-out backed by Barclays Ventures.
15-Jan-2007

Syndicate Asset Management has acquired EPIC Investment Partners of London for £17m.
15-Jan-2007

InTechnology is to acquire EEscape Holdings, the parent company of telecoms solutions provider Evoxus, for £3m.
12-Jan-2007

Julius Baer of Switzerland is to sell its Julius Baer Investments subsidiary in the UK to management.
12-Jan-2007

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired PressWatch Media, the London-based media information provider with 42 staff.
12-Jan-2007

United Business Media has acquired Quest Media, the London-based conference organiser and magazine publisher, for up to £5m.
12-Jan-2007

CEPS is to acquire Sunline Direct Mail for an initial £3.8m, including packing and mailing operations in Loughborough and Redditch.
12-Jan-2007

Nicholl Food Packaging, the Cannock-based foil packaging manufacturer with 176 staff, has been acquired by US investment firm Audax Group for an estimated £50m.
12-Jan-2007

Krispy Kreme UK is expected to be acquired Manchester-based private equity firm LDC, and the chain of 28 doughnut outlets will undergo a £5m nationwide expansion programme.
12-Jan-2007

CSE-Servelec is to acquire Scomagg, the provider of system integration services with about 100 staff in Aberdeen, Motherwell and Rotherham.
12-Jan-2007

Shield Environmental Services, the asbestos removal specialist with offices in Bristol, Plymouth, Taunton, Redruth, Falmouth and Southampton, has undergone a management buy-out.
12-Jan-2007

Delcam has acquired Crispin Systems, the Leicester-based supplier of CADCAM systems to the footwear industry, for an initial £0.5m.
11-Jan-2007

Nylacast has sold its Leicester-based precision engineered components business, which employs 316 staff, to a management buy-out for more than £30m.
11-Jan-2007

ArmorGroup has acquired Neil Young Associates, the global security consultancy, for up to £1m.
11-Jan-2007

Civica has acquired VT Software Solutions, the Birmingham-based specialist in asset management systems and related services, from VT Group for £3m.
10-Jan-2007

WS Atkins has acquired Boreas Consultants, the Aberdeen-based oil and gas services consultancy with 35 staff, for £3.8m.
10-Jan-2007

Carr's Milling has acquired Johnstone Fuels & Lubricants, the oil distribution company with three depots in Dumfries, Castle Douglas and Newton Stewart, for undisclosed terms.
10-Jan-2007

Pilley & Florsham of Coventry has merged with Raftery & Co of Solihull to create the Prime Chartered Accountants Group with 50 staff.
10-Jan-2007

Strides and Van Mildert, the operators of fashion stores in Durham, Yarm and York, have been acquired by the Stockton-based owners of the Box Clothing Company for undisclosed terms.
10-Jan-2007

HQ Engineering has been acquired by SBV Fabrications for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 49 of the 95 jobs at its Hartlepool-based machinery engineering business.
10-Jan-2007

Vetco Gray, the global oil services company with 870 staff in Aberdeen and 286 in Montrose, is to be acquired by General Electric of the US for almost £1bn.
10-Jan-2007

Traveller's Tales has acquired Embryonic Studios, the Bollington-based video games developer with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms.
10-Jan-2007

Skyepharma is to sell its injectable drugs business to Blue Acquisition for up to £42m, in order to focus on its Flutiform asthma treatment, and has also announced plans to raise £15m in a share placing.
10-Jan-2007

European Credit Management, the London-based asset management company with 105 staff, is to be acquired by Wachovia of the US for an estimated £500m.
10-Jan-2007

Arriva is to acquire Esfera, the Spanish bus operator with 34 staff, for an initial £2.6m.
09-Jan-2007

Western & Oriental has acquired Tropical Locations, the London-based luxury holidays company, from Bob Mortimore Travel for £0.2m.
09-Jan-2007

Enodis has acquired Fabristeel, the Singapore-based manufacturer of catering equipment, for £15m.
09-Jan-2007

B3 Cable Solutions has bought the Irish cable manufacturing business of ABB, which employs 140 staff in Co Longford, for undisclosed terms, and is now seeking acquisitions in Eastern Europe and the Far East.
09-Jan-2007

Electract, the Leicestershire-based electrical contractor with 150 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
09-Jan-2007

Charles Wells has acquired ten freehold pubs from Traditional Freehouses of East London for £9m.
09-Jan-2007

DatingDirect, the Birmingham-based online dating company, is to be acquired by Meetic of France for £27m.
09-Jan-2007

Group 4 Securicor has sold Cognisa Transportation to First Transit for an initial £8m, while its German cash services subsidiary G4S Geld und Wertdienste has been sold to a newly-formed company for a nominal sum.
08-Jan-2007

Hamsard is to acquire CSF Managed Services, the network applications company with offices in London and Bracknell, for £3.3m.
08-Jan-2007

Real Affinity is to acquire Corporate Hospitality Services, the Wakefield-based PR company, for under £0.1m.
08-Jan-2007

Hanif Automotive has acquired three Nissan car dealerships in Ruislip, Slough and High Wycombe from Dan Perkins for undisclosed terms.
08-Jan-2007

QS, the discount clothing retailer, has been acquired by Alok Group of India for undisclosed terms, and is now planning a multi-million refurbishment programme for its 207 stores.
08-Jan-2007

Computacenter has acquired Digica Group, the IT services company with sites in Nottingham, Leeds, Warrington and South Africa, for £16m.
05-Jan-2007

United Business Media has acquired Aviation Industry Group, the aviation exhibitions and publishing company, for an initial £6m.
05-Jan-2007

Tellings Golden Miller is to sell its Aircrews Business to OFJ Connections for £1.1m.
05-Jan-2007

Midcounties Co-operative has acquired Stars News Shops, the Wolverhampton-based chain of 150 convenience stores and newsagents, from Claverley.
05-Jan-2007

Bricesco has been bought out of administration by an undisclosed company, securing the future of 16 jobs at its kiln manufacturing business in Stoke-on-Trent.
05-Jan-2007

Brewin Dolphin Securities has acquired the private client business of Argenti Hope & Co for £1.8m.
04-Jan-2007

Little Chef has sold 196 of its 235 roadside restaurants out of administration to RCapital, and the remaining sites will be closed.
04-Jan-2007

Sims Group has acquired Cymru Metals Recycling, the South Wales-based scrap firm that handles 150,000 tonnes of material each year.
04-Jan-2007

Rotala has acquired the bus business and certain assets of Birmingham Motor Traction, the West Midlands-based bus operator, for under £0.1m.
03-Jan-2007

IQE has acquired MBE Technology, the Singapore-based semiconductor manufacturer, for £7.5m.
03-Jan-2007

Product Support, the Kingswinford-based provider of logistics to the defence industry with about 400 staff, has undergone a £16m management buy-out backed by Northern Venture Managers.
03-Jan-2007

Henry Bros, the Glasgow-based BMW car dealer, has been acquired by Park's Motor Group for undisclosed terms.
03-Jan-2007

Sky High Traffic Data, the traffic data collection company with sites in Tadcaster and Edinburgh, is to be acquired by Myratech for about £2m.
03-Jan-2007

Jelf Group has acquired John Wason, the Reading-based insurance broker with 14 staff.
03-Jan-2007

Artigiano, the Isle of Wight-based clothes retailer with 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity.
03-Jan-2007

Rentokil Initial has acquired EnviroFresh, the washroom products supplier, for £9m.
03-Jan-2007

Altrix, the Warrington-based drug testing firm with 54 staff, has been acquired by Concateno for £11m.
02-Jan-2007

International Medical Devices has acquired ProCare, the Selby-based supplier of feeding suction systems to the NHS with 22 staff, for £3m, as well as Minster Medical, the Selby-based supplier of catheters, for £0.5m.
02-Jan-2007

GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire Praecis Pharmaceuticals, the US biopharmaceuticals company, for £28m.
02-Jan-2007

Emap Communications has acquired Trades Exhibitions, the Fulham-based exhibition organiser in the professional beauty sector with 36 staff, for £19m.
02-Jan-2007

Go-Ahead has acquired PAS, the provider of valet parking services at Gatwick airport, for up to £1.6m.
02-Jan-2007

Worthington Nicholls has acquired Lumenglow, the London-based electrical contractor, for under £0.2m.
02-Jan-2007

Accantia Group has sold its Lil-lets hygiene products business to a management buy-out backed by Electra Partners for £27m.
02-Jan-2007

Oakdene has acquired Chequer Homes, the Kent-based housebuilder, for £3m.
02-Jan-2007

Primary Health Properties is to acquire CHH, the owner of nine primary healthcare facilities across the country, for £39m.
02-Jan-2007

Independent Media Distribution has acquired Optimad Media Systems, the London-based provider of web services to the TV, print and outdoor advertising sectors, for £3m.
02-Jan-2007

Norman Hay has acquired a 75% stake in Tam International, the Daventry-based supplier of sealant, chemical solutions and application equipment to the construction industry, for £1.7m.
02-Jan-2007

Curtis Fine Papers, the Fife-based paper manufacturer with annual turnover of £31m, has undergone a secondary management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
02-Jan-2007

SJ Dixon & Son, the Wolverhampton-based distributor of wall coverings and paints with 22 stores, has been acquired by the JP McDougall subsidiary of ICI Paints.
02-Jan-2007

Sixten, the Hampshire-based fabrics supplier with annual turnover of £5m, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
02-Jan-2007

Royal Bank of Scotland has sold 47 Marriott hotels in the UK to Delek Real Estate of Israel for an estimated £1.1bn, but Marriott will continue to manage the sites.
02-Jan-2007

Rodenstock, the German ophthalmic lens supplier with 4,300 staff and a small chain of retail outlets in the UK, is to be acquired by Bridgepoint for £402m.
02-Jan-2007

Monstermob, the mobile phone content supplier, is to sell a 52% stake in the business to La Netro Zed of Spain for £34m.
02-Jan-2007

First Choice Holidays has acquired LateRooms, the Manchester-based online holiday sales company, for an initial £108m.
02-Jan-2007

ProStrakan has sold its ProSkelia drug discovery business in France to Galapagos of Belgium for £8.4m.
02-Jan-2007

Apax Partners is expected to sell Damovo, the Glasgow-based telecoms services provider, to an unidentified group of creditors.
02-Jan-2007

Teesland, the property fund manager, is planning a £200m management buy-out backed by HBOS.
02-Jan-2007

Jockey Club Racecourses is planning to acquire Exeter Racecourse and spend £2.4m improving its facilities over the next three years.
02-Jan-2007

Streetwise Sports, the Warrington-based chain of 32 sports shops, has been acquired by Sports World for undisclosed terms.
02-Jan-2007

Hanson Aggregates has acquired an asphalt plant in Runcorn from Aram Resources for undisclosed terms.
02-Jan-2007