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Mergers & Acquisitions - 2010
Nampak Cartons and Nampak Healthcare have been acquired by Platinum Equity of the US for £80m, with the transfer of up to 600 staff at packaging sites in Leeds and Gillingham and 464 staff at healthcare sites in Bradford, Bromborough, Liverpool, Newmarket and Portsmouth.
23-Dec-2010
K3 Business Technology has acquired the Sage 200 business management software division of FD Systems for £1.2m.
23-Dec-2010
Capita Group has acquired SunGard Public Sector, the US supplier of IT systems to the emergency services, for £86m.
23-Dec-2010
ENER-G has acquired the assets of SmartHome Controls, the Sussex-based supplier of heating and ventilation systems, in order to expand its energy management division.
23-Dec-2010
Capita Group has acquired BSI, the hotel booking and meetings management agency with 300 staff in Taunton, London, Nottingham and Cheadle, for £42m.
23-Dec-2010
BAe Systems is to acquire ETI, the Danish provider of intelligence technology products with 260 staff, for £137m.
23-Dec-2010
The Weather Lottery is to acquire Devil Fish Poker for £0.3m, in order to expand its online gaming operations.
23-Dec-2010
Denbe Weston, the Cardiff-based events management firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Finance Wales.
22-Dec-2010
Data8 of Ellesmere Port has acquired CNM, the Wakefield-based data cleansing firm.
22-Dec-2010
Pennine Holdings has acquired Business Careware, the Thame-based software and meeting space firm.
22-Dec-2010
Paneltex has acquired Trans Load, the Andover-based vehicle body builder with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Dec-2010
Chantrey Vellacott has acquired Rogers Evans, the business recovery firm with offices in Southampton, Bournemouth, Belfast, Bristol and Truro.
22-Dec-2010
Tawa is to acquire Oslo Reinsurance Company (UK) for £4m.
22-Dec-2010
Weir Group has acquired a 76% stake in Ynfiniti Engineering Services, the Spanish wind power firm with annual sales of £8.5m.
22-Dec-2010
Conflow and Bestobell Valves have undergone a management buy-out from Sheffield-based Flow Group for undisclosed terms.
22-Dec-2010
David Hathaway Transport of Bristol has bought the assets of Swindon-based Broadleaze Logistics out of liquidation.
22-Dec-2010
Hulme Group, the Manchester-based commercial vehicle maintenance firm with 32 staff, has been bought out of administration by Leyland Holding Company.
22-Dec-2010
Viridor has acquired Adapt Recycling, the Bury-based recycling firm with 20 staff.
21-Dec-2010
British Salt, the Cheshire-based salt supplier with 125 staff, has been acquired by Tata of India for £93m, and will now be merged with Brunner Mond.
21-Dec-2010
Diploma has acquired Carsen Medical, the Canadian distributor of medical devices with 34 staff, for up to £16m.
21-Dec-2010
York Pullman has acquired France's Motors, the York-based coach company, with the transfer of six of the 14 staff.
21-Dec-2010
Tesco has acquired 77 stores from Whitley Bay-based Mills Group, taking its chain of One Stop convenience stores to 598.
20-Dec-2010
G&S Fruit Supplies has been bought out of administration and renamed Allfresh Catering Supplies, securing 70 jobs at its Wiltshire-based wholesaling business.
20-Dec-2010
Warburtons is to sell its bakery in Newport to Brace's Bakery, securing the future of up to 114 jobs.
20-Dec-2010
Overfinch Bespoke Vehicles of Surrey has been bought out of administration by Autobrokers of West Yorkshire.
20-Dec-2010
Fiberweb has acquired Boddingtons International, the Essex-based supplier of geosynthetic nets and other accessories with 92 staff, for £9.4m.
20-Dec-2010
Chemigraphic, the Crawley-based supplier of electronic components, has undergone a management buy-out backed by RJD Partners.
20-Dec-2010
TSW Training of Bridgend has acquired Tri-solutions, the Cardiff-based training firm, for £0.3m, increasing its workforce from 28 to 53.
20-Dec-2010
Gooch & Housego is to acquire EM4, the US manufacturer of fibre optics, for an initial £6.3m.
20-Dec-2010
British Gas has acquired JK Environmental Services, the Hertfordshire-based provider of environmental, sewer cleansing and tankering services with 102 staff, for £7m.
20-Dec-2010
Interaction, the Bath-based interior design and fit-out company with 24 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
20-Dec-2010
Advance Business Consultants has merged with Richardson Swift to create a combined Bath-based accountancy firm with 18 staff.
20-Dec-2010
Aesica has acquired three pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in Germany and Italy from UCB, which will double the total size of its Newcastle-based business.
16-Dec-2010
ThinkBDW has bought Robson Brown, the Newcastle-based advertising agency, out of administration, securing jobs for some of the 90 staff.
16-Dec-2010
CareTech has acquired Care UK's children's fostering business for £2.8m, as well as the brain injury business of Edinburgh-based Phoenix Therapy & Care.
16-Dec-2010
TT Electronics has sold BAS Components, the Pembroke-based manufacturer of fasteners, to PSM International for £4.4m.
16-Dec-2010
RPC Group is to acquire Superfos Industries, the Danish plastic packaging manufacturer with 1,300 staff at nine plants across Europe, for £205m.
16-Dec-2010
Consilia Partners has acquired HTG Holdings, the Ipswich-based catering equipment supplier.
16-Dec-2010
Silverfleet has bought the Office chain of 75 footwear stores and 46 concessions from West Coast Capital for undisclosed terms.
16-Dec-2010
Eton Group has sold its five hotels in London, Leeds and Edinburgh out of administration to Westmont Hospitality of the US for about £55m.
16-Dec-2010
Young & Co has acquired the London-based Geronimo chain of 26 managed pubs for £60m.
16-Dec-2010
Towergate Financial has acquired A1 Financial Services, the Wetherby-based provider of financial planning, life assurance, mortgages and pensions.
16-Dec-2010
Lloyd International Translations, the Cheshire-based provider of technical translation services with 40 staff, has been acquired by Welocalize of the US for undisclosed terms.
16-Dec-2010
Sytner is to acquire the Maidenhead BMW and Mini dealerships of Pendragon for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of up to 60 staff.
16-Dec-2010
Group NBT has acquired Indom, the French provider of domain name management services, for £14m.
15-Dec-2010
PsiOxus Therapeutics has announced the formation of a new Oxfordshire-based biotechnology group from the merger of Myotec Therapeutics with Hybrid Biosystems.
15-Dec-2010
General Physics has acquired Academy of Training, the Plymouth-based training firm with 38 staff, for undisclosed terms.
15-Dec-2010
Capita Group has acquired McKeown Software, the healthcare software firm trading as iSoft Business Solutions with 140 staff in Letchworth and Ireland, for £23m.
15-Dec-2010
Wellstream, the oil and gas services firm with 400 staff in Newcastle and 550 in Brazil, is to be acquired by General Electric of the US for £800m.
14-Dec-2010
GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire Maxinutrition, the Hemel Hempstead-based supplier of sports drinks and snacks, from Darwin Private Equity for £162m.
14-Dec-2010
Imagination Technologies is to acquire Caustic Graphics, the US developer of interactive ray tracing graphics technology, for £17m.
14-Dec-2010
IDOX has acquired McLaren Software, the supplier of engineering document management applications with offices in Glasgow, Germany and the US, for £1m.
14-Dec-2010
APS Group of Manchester has acquired Relate4U, the Dutch marketing and print management company with 34 staff.
14-Dec-2010
Nature Group is to acquire ISD and Ecoscrub, the Dutch waste processing companies, from Port Invest for £16m.
14-Dec-2010
Faversham House, the environmental publisher with 100 staff, has undergone a £4m management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners.
14-Dec-2010
Carleton Furniture of Pontefract has acquired the assets of Chamois Eco-Kitchens of Wolverhampton out of administration, securing six jobs.
14-Dec-2010
Airsprung has acquired Collins & Hayes, the East Sussex-based furniture manufacturer, for £2.3m.
13-Dec-2010
Accumuli has acquired Fujin, the Berkshire-based IT security services firm with five staff, for £2m.
13-Dec-2010
Synergy Health has acquired Gamma Service Produktbestrahlung, the German provider of sterilisation services, for £8m.
13-Dec-2010
Reckitt Benckiser is to acquire Paras Pharmaceuticals, the Indian supplier of over-the-counter medicines with 700 staff, for £460m.
13-Dec-2010
Wood Group of Aberdeen is to acquire PSN for £660m, in order to create a combined energy services group with a global workforce of 22,000.
13-Dec-2010
Yule Catto is to acquire PolymerLatex, the German manufacturer of emulsion polymer products, for £376m.
13-Dec-2010
Travelex has sold its Peterborough-based prepaid cards programme management division to MasterCard for £290m, with the transfer of 300 staff.
13-Dec-2010
Cawood Scientific, the analytical testing services firm with 130 staff in North Yorkshire and Berkshire, has undergone a £4m management buy-out backed by NVM Private Equity.
13-Dec-2010
Nevis Capital has acquired Shetland Wind Power, the supplier of small wind turbines with sites in Shetland and Stirling.
13-Dec-2010
MY Care Group has acquired three care homes in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire from Ruddington Homes, taking its total chain to seven.
13-Dec-2010
Redstone has sold the security business of Redstone Managed Solutions to a management team for £1m, with the transfer of about 58 Stoke-based staff.
13-Dec-2010
Survitec has acquired Revere Commercial Marine Business, the US supplier of safety equipment, for undisclosed terms.
13-Dec-2010
JA Harrison has acquired Acumen Seals, the Salford-based supplier of mechanical seals with five staff.
13-Dec-2010
Attraction World, the Birmingham-based supplier of theme park tickets, has undergone a £6.9m management buy-out backed by Maven Capital Partners.
13-Dec-2010
Redtooth, the Derbyshire-based operator of pub quizzes and poker leagues, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Strategic Corporate Finance.
13-Dec-2010
Stafforce Recruitment, the Rotherham-based chain of 11 recruitment branches, has undergone a management buy-out.
13-Dec-2010
Expamet, the Hartlepool-based building products supplier with 115 staff, has undergone a £8.3m management buy-out backed by GE Capital.
13-Dec-2010
Aerocan, the aerosol cans and bottles manufacturer with sites in Devizes, France and the Czech Republic, has been acquired by Ball for £185m.
13-Dec-2010
Arriva has acquired Wardle Transport, the Stoke-based bus operator with 64 vehicles and 105 staff, for undisclosed terms.
13-Dec-2010
H&H Group has acquired Reeds Printers, the Penrith-based printing firm with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
09-Dec-2010
Restore has acquired Formsafe, the West Sussex-based document storage firm with 12 staff, for £1m.
09-Dec-2010
National Grid is to sell its Granite State Electric and EnergyNorth operations in the US to Algonquin Power & Utilities for £178m.
09-Dec-2010
GRI Group has acquired Libra Chemicals, the Manchester-based chemicals manufacturer with 35 staff, and plans to double the size of the business by 2013.
09-Dec-2010
Wayside Group has acquired the Milton Keynes Seat car dealership for undisclosed terms.
09-Dec-2010
Enterprise Inns has raised £8.9m from the sale of eight pubs in London.
08-Dec-2010
British Gas has acquired ECL Contracts, the Rugby-based insulation company with 31 staff, for £4m.
08-Dec-2010
CitySprint, the nationwide network of 31 courier service centres, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Dunedin for undisclosed terms.
08-Dec-2010
Standard Life is to acquire Focus Solutions Group, the Leamington Spa-based financial software company, for £42m.
08-Dec-2010
GlaxoSmithKline is to acquire Nanjing MeiRui Pharma Co, the Chinese pharmaceuticals manufacturer, for £44m.
08-Dec-2010
G4S Secure Solutions has acquired Guernsey Air Conditioning, the Channel Islands-based building services firm with 55 staff.
08-Dec-2010
Green Compliance has acquired Enviroguard, the Kent-based pest control firm with 14 staff, for £1.6m.
08-Dec-2010
Axis-Shield is to acquire the global clinical chemistry homocysteine operations of US-based Catch Incorporated for £6.3m.
07-Dec-2010
Cash Generator, the Bolton-based chain of 130 second-hand goods stores, has been acquired by Axcess Financial of the US for undisclosed terms.
07-Dec-2010
Candover Investments is to sell its Candover Partners business to a management team operating under the name of Arle Capital Partners for a nominal sum.
07-Dec-2010
Brulines has acquired Amscreen M2M, the Bolton-based developer of data collection and monitoring systems with nine staff, for an initial £2m.
07-Dec-2010
Innovise has acquired the intellectual property assets of Pivetal out of liquidation, and is recruiting ten software engineers to develop Pivetal automation products in Southampton.
07-Dec-2010
Zolfo Cooper has sold the R2 Communications media agency out of administration to WTTW Communications, securing 20 jobs, while the Bath-based Attinger Jack division has been sold to a former owner.
07-Dec-2010
The Hut Group has acquired Mankind Direct, the Farnborough-based health and beauty products supplier with 30 staff, for £2.5m.
07-Dec-2010
Cobham is to acquire RVision, the US manufacturer of electro-optical and infrared imaging systems with 40 staff, for £18m.
07-Dec-2010
Thornber Home & Leisure has bought Busby & Busby, the Dorset-based textiles supplier with eight staff, out of administration.
06-Dec-2010
Saga is to acquire Nestor Healthcare, the provider of health and social services with 9,000 care workers operating from almost 100 branches, for £133m.
06-Dec-2010
Sinclair Pharma has acquired Cranage Healthcare, the Cheshire-based distributor of woundcare products, for an initial £0.4m.
06-Dec-2010
Biotec Services International, the Bridgend-based pharmaceutical services firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
06-Dec-2010
Aggreko has acquired Northland Power Services, the US supplier of power generators with 30 staff, for £17m.
06-Dec-2010
Dieselec has bought Thistle Generators, the Bothwell-based supplier of power generators, out of administration, and the business will relocate to Nevis Capital's 6.5-acre site in Milngavie.
06-Dec-2010
Uniserve has acquired a 50% stake in Metro Shipping, the Birmingham-based export specialist.
06-Dec-2010
Arvato has bought Credit Solutions, the debt collection agency, from ISIS Equity Partners for £10m.
06-Dec-2010
Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired Rossborough, the Jersey-based insurance firm with 180 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Dec-2010
Pira International, the Leatherhead-based provider of packaging and printing testing services with 120 staff, has been acquired by Smithers of the US.
06-Dec-2010
William Sinclair has acquired the assets and trade of Monro Horticulture's premium decorative aggregates business.
06-Dec-2010
Asperity Employee Benefits, the London-based provider of employee benefit programmes, has been acquired by private equity firm Inflexion for £25m.
06-Dec-2010
Building Automation Solutions, the Altrincham-based building management firm, has undergone a £40m management buy-out backed by Bridgepoint Development Capital.
06-Dec-2010
Callcredit Information Group of Leeds has acquired Process Benchmarking, the Kent-based credit risk management benchmarking consultancy.
06-Dec-2010
Green Compliance has acquired FDSA Fire Protection Services of Harrow for £0.6m.
02-Dec-2010
Daisy Group has acquired NEG MBO Two, the provider of communications services to the care sector, for an initial £23m.
02-Dec-2010
EKF Diagnostics has acquired Argutus Medical, the Irish developer of novel biomarkers of organ injury, for £2.2m.
02-Dec-2010
Straight has acquired Tapmagic, the Ipswich-based manufacturer of water-saving tap inserts, for £0.1m.
02-Dec-2010
United Drug has acquired World Events Group, the provider of event management and marketing services to pharmaceutical manufacturers with more than 100 staff, for £13m.
02-Dec-2010
Polestar Foods has been acquired by Privet Capital for undisclosed terms, but 166 jobs could be lost with the appointment of KPMG as administrators at its Leamington Desserts factory.
02-Dec-2010
Admiral Taverns has bought about 190 pubs that were previously owned by the Piccadilly Licensed Properties division of Active Asset Investment Management.
02-Dec-2010
KPMG has sold the Pilkington's Group Quiligotti Terrazzo business out of administration to a former management team, securing 23 jobs at its tiles factory in Manchester.
02-Dec-2010
Clyde Process Solutions, the supplier of pneumatic conveying and air filtration equipment with 520 staff at sites including Glasgow and Doncaster, is to be acquired by Schenck Process of Germany for £33m.
01-Dec-2010
Source BioScience has acquired ImaGenes, the German supplier of genomic products for manipulating gene and protein function, for £2m.
01-Dec-2010
Dechra Pharmaceuticals has acquired Genitrix, the Billingshurst-based veterinary pharmaceuticals company, for an initial £5.4m.
01-Dec-2010
BGL Group has bought a majority stake in Courtanet, the French insurance price comparison firm with 17 staff.
01-Dec-2010
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is to be acquired by UK Football Investments for a nominal sum.
30-Nov-2010
Enfis Group is to acquire PhotonStar LED, the Hampshire-based manufacturer of LED lighting fixtures, for £5.1m.
30-Nov-2010
Holidaybreak is to acquire a 50% stake in Meininger Holding, the German student and school tour accommodation group with 250 staff, for £31m.
30-Nov-2010
Creston is to acquire Cooney Waters and Alembic Health Communications, the US healthcare communications agencies with 50 staff, for up to £19m.
30-Nov-2010
Optimo has acquired TLC Homecare, the Doncaster-based care services firm with 140 staff, for undisclosed terms.
30-Nov-2010
The British Film Institute is to take on the responsibilities of the axed UK Film Council, including the allocation of the £15m lottery fund for movies.
30-Nov-2010
Sceptre Leisure has acquired the operations of RV Smith (Leisure) for £1.2m, including 925 amusement machines at 277 sites.
29-Nov-2010
DouglasBay Capital has sold its investment in TDG, the logistics firm with 6,300 staff, to Norbert Dentressangle for £196m.
29-Nov-2010
BAe Systems is to acquire Stratsec, the Australian information security firm with 50 staff, for £15m.
29-Nov-2010
Praesepe is to acquire a further 14 gaming centres from the Noble Organisation for £2.3m, taking its total chain to 96.
29-Nov-2010
Watts Tyre Group, the Gloucestershire-based wheel and tyre supplier with 70 staff, has been acquired by Trelleborg of Sweden.
29-Nov-2010
Engage Mutual has acquired Provincial Hospital Services Association, the Bedford-based provider of private medical insurance, for undisclosed terms.
29-Nov-2010
Chesnara is to acquire Save & Prosper, the Welwyn Garden City-based pensions provider, for £64m.
29-Nov-2010
Healthcare Locums is to acquire HCA, the Australian provider of nursing agency staff, for £75m.
29-Nov-2010
Chrysalis, the music publishing group, has been acquired by a joint venture between Bertelsmann and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for £107m.
29-Nov-2010
General Physics UK has acquired Bath Consultancy Group, the Bath-based training firm with ten staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-Nov-2010
Rivington Street Holdings is to acquire Quartzsite Medical and Biostability, in order to expand its new Isle of Man-based Athol Street Pharmaceuticals subsidiary.
29-Nov-2010
QDOS Communications, the Ipswich-based provider of internet and IT services with 18 staff, has undergone a £1.2m management buy-out from parent company Hilton Head.
25-Nov-2010
Interserve has acquired CMC Construction Services, the US formwork and shoring company, for £22m.
25-Nov-2010
Tate & Lyle is to sell its molasses business to W&R Barnett for £67m, including a trading desk in London, storage and worldwide marketing operations.
25-Nov-2010
OSSL has acquired Woodsetton Steels for undisclosed terms, and the business will relocate from Oldbury to its D&J Steels subsidiary in Wolverhampton.
24-Nov-2010
Batleys has acquired the foodservice business and three cash and carry depots in Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth from CJ Lang for undisclosed terms, allowing Lang to focus on its Spar retail outlets.
24-Nov-2010
Hillcliff Tools, the Sheffield-based tooling equipment distributor, has been acquired by Coburg Components for undisclosed terms.
24-Nov-2010
Scotts & Co has acquired the Artigiano and Spirito di Artigiano catalogue and online retailing brands, including a distribution centre on the Isle of Wight.
23-Nov-2010
Kier has acquired Beco, the Devon-based supplier of renewable energy sources based on photovoltaic technology, for up to £2.4m.
23-Nov-2010
Manx Financial has acquired ECF Asset Finance, the Wilmslow-based finance company with 16 staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Nov-2010
Britax Childcare, the manufacturer car safety seats and pushchairs, has been sold by private equity firm Carlyle to Nordic Capital for an estimated £450m.
23-Nov-2010
Laird has acquired Cattron Group International, the supplier of wireless control and automation products with 290 staff in the US, Canada, Germany, Brazil, China, South Africa and the UK, for £56m.
23-Nov-2010
Sleaford Quality Foods, the Lincolnshire-based supplier of herbs and spices with 95 staff, has been acquired by Jain Irrigation Systems of India for an estimated £10m.
22-Nov-2010
William Sinclair has acquired Growing Success Organics, the supplier of garden care products, from Monro Horticulture.
22-Nov-2010
Filtrona has acquired Stera Tape, the Bridlington-based manufacturer of adhesive tapes with gross assets of £2.6m.
22-Nov-2010
Aurelius of Germany has acquired a chemical production complex in Grangemouth from KemFine for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of up to 200 staff.
22-Nov-2010
BTG is to acquire Biocompatibles, the Farnham-based supplier of drug devices, for £156m.
22-Nov-2010
Education Development International of Coventry has acquired Sector Training, the Taunton-based training services firm with 20 freelance consultants, for about £1m.
22-Nov-2010
Expotel has acquired Venues Event Management, the Swindon-based conference organiser with 95 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Nov-2010
Quantum Controls, the Prudhoe-based supplier of industrial drives and motors with 28 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
22-Nov-2010
Biwater Holdings is to sell its Biwater Services construction subsidiary to the MWH Constructors division of MWH Global for undisclosed terms.
22-Nov-2010
Balfour Beatty's Mansell subsidiary has bought the construction and social housing division of Rok out of administration, securing 380 jobs at sites in Rochdale, Milton Keynes, Gatwick and Heathrow.
22-Nov-2010
TranscendIT has acquired Nectar Electronics, the Durham-based computer hardware supplier.
22-Nov-2010
Barker Collins, the Sheffield-based precision engineering firm with 22 staff, has been bought out of administration by its former management.
22-Nov-2010
Barclays is to sell its Barclays Private Equity division to a management team, in return for a share of future profits.
18-Nov-2010
Weir Group has acquired American Hydro, the US manufacturer of turbine components for power generation with 130 staff.
18-Nov-2010
K3 Business Technology has acquired Panacea, the Hampshire-based IT services firm, for £1.7m.
18-Nov-2010
British Gas New Energy has bought the assets of Cool Planet Technologies, the Northamptonshire-based heat pump installation firm, for £0.5m.
18-Nov-2010
Choice Care Group has acquired Excel Support Services, the provider of supported living for people with learning disabilities with offices in Bracknell and Sandwell.
18-Nov-2010
MGL, the Liverpool-based education services firm with more than 100 staff, has undergone a £1m management buy-out, and expects to create 50 new jobs over the next four years.
18-Nov-2010
Duncan Sheard Glass has acquired Eric N Jones & Co, the Bootle-based accountancy firm, taking its chain of offices to four.
18-Nov-2010
Northern Foods is to merge with Greencore to create a new food manufacturing group called Essenta Foods, including combined annual sales of £1.7bn and up to 16,000 staff.
17-Nov-2010
Monkey Kingdom, the London-based TV production company, has been acquired by NBC Universal for undisclosed terms.
17-Nov-2010
Moneysupermarket.com has acquired Financial Services Net, the Coventry-based consumer finance firm, for an initial£4.6m.
17-Nov-2010
Omega Diagnostics is to acquire the in-vitro diagnostics division of Allergopharma Joachim Ganzer of Germany for £5m, with the transfer of 29 staff.
17-Nov-2010
Imagination Technologies is to acquire HelloSoft, the provider of wireless LAN technologies with 85 staff in India and the US, for up to £30m.
17-Nov-2010
Kendall Press has sold the assets of its Trafford-based printing business out of liquidation to a new company called MTS Press.
17-Nov-2010
EJ Badekabiner has been bought out of administration by the Continental Shelf 515 subsidiary of Galliford Try for undisclosed terms, securing 90 jobs at its Cramlington-based bathroom manufacturing business.
17-Nov-2010
Money Controls, the Oldham-based supplier of coin handling products with 350 staff, is to be acquired by Crane Co of the US for undisclosed terms.
17-Nov-2010
Green Compliance has acquired Pestfree Environmental Services, the Northamptonshire-based pest control company with 37 staff, for £1.6m.
16-Nov-2010
May Gurney is to acquire Nordis Signs, the manufacturer of road signs for Northamptonshire County Council.
16-Nov-2010
Begbies Traynor has acquired Walletts Chartered Certified Accountants of Stoke-on-Trent for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to expand its insolvency and restructuring business.
16-Nov-2010
Electric Word has acquired Radcliffe, the publisher of healthcare books, for an initial £1.5m, having raised £2.5m in a share placing.
16-Nov-2010
Pagoda Public Relations has acquired Morhamburn Consultancy to create a combined Edinburgh-based public relations agency with 15 staff.
16-Nov-2010
CVS has acquired St David's Veterinary Hospital, the Exeter-based orthopaedic surgery specialist with 28 staff, for £1.9m.
16-Nov-2010
BBC Worldwide has sold its 50% stake in the Animal Planet and Liv TV channels to Discovery Communications for £97m.
16-Nov-2010
Barbon Insurance has acquired Rentshield, the Teignmouth-based residential lettings insurance firm.
16-Nov-2010
Pulse, the healthcare staffing agency with 4,000 staff, has been acquired by US private equity firm Blackstone for an estimated £75m.
15-Nov-2010
RBG, the Aberdeen-based oil services firm with 5,000 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm Montagu for about £200m.
15-Nov-2010
Staffline has acquired Qubic Recruitment Solutions, the Huntingdon-based recruitment firm with ten staff and 350 contractors, for up to £1.5m.
15-Nov-2010
Denholm Forwarding has acquired parts of the former LM Logistics Group in Felixstowe, including a 164,000 sq ft property and 35 staff.
15-Nov-2010
Hawick Knitwear, the textiles supplier with 200 staff, has been sold by Harris Watson to a management buy-out.
15-Nov-2010
Stellex, the Northumberland-based manufacturer of commercial kitchen equipment, has been bought out of administration by Scomac Catering Equipment of Edinburgh, securing ten of the 19 jobs.
15-Nov-2010
Misys is to acquire Sophis, the Irish capital markets software supplier with 360 staff, for £375m.
15-Nov-2010
Kingspan has acquired the European insulation business of CRH for £102m, including the Ecotherm brand in the UK.
15-Nov-2010
Concept4 has acquired Fusion Web Development, the Chorley-based digital technology firm.
15-Nov-2010
Virgin Racing, the Formula One motor racing team, is to be acquired by Marussia of Russia for undisclosed terms.
11-Nov-2010
The Hut Group has acquired Lookfantastic Group, the online supplier of beauty products and chain of hairdressing salons, for £19m.
11-Nov-2010
United Business Media has acquired Publishing Expo, the operator of a London tradeshow for the publishing industry, from Legend Exhibitions for £0.3m.
11-Nov-2010
Fuse8 has acquired Delete Digital Marketing, the recently-formed London-based digital agency, in a £0.4m deal.
11-Nov-2010
St Cuthberts Mill has been bought out of administration by a former manager, securing 41 jobs at its paper mill in Somerset.
11-Nov-2010
Devilfish Gaming of Altrincham is to sell its online poker business to an unnamed company for £0.3m.
11-Nov-2010
Futur, the Wiltshire-based waste management and recycling firm, has been acquired by SAICA of Spain.
10-Nov-2010
Daisy Group is to acquire SpiriTel, the business telecoms firm with offices in Wigan, London, Cardiff and Glasgow, for £27m.
10-Nov-2010
Bromley Insurance Services of Burnley has acquired KV Taylor Insurance of Blackburn.
10-Nov-2010
Perspective Financial Group has acquired Applewood, the wealth management firm with 16 staff in Chester and Oswestry.
10-Nov-2010
Accumuli is to acquire Tuscany Networks, the Basingstoke-based IT security services firm, for £4m.
10-Nov-2010
SurgiCare, the Manchester-based cosmetic surgery firm with 37 staff, has been sold out of administration to The Hospital Medical Group of Bromsgrove for undisclosed terms.
10-Nov-2010
London Graphic Systems has acquired Turning Point Integration, the London-based digital asset management and workflow specialist.
10-Nov-2010
Hammonds is to merge with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey of the US to create a combined law firm with 37 offices in 17 countries.
09-Nov-2010
Insul-eight, the Tameside-based asbestos removal and insulation firm with annual turnover of more than £3m, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
09-Nov-2010
Scotmid has acquired Botterills, the Scottish chain of 51 Spar convenience stores, for undisclosed terms.
09-Nov-2010
WS Atkins has acquired Gimsing & Madsen, the Danish bridge building consultancy, for £2.8m.
09-Nov-2010
Hurlingham is to acquire Manroy Systems, the weapons manufacturer, with funding from a £6m share placing.
09-Nov-2010
Vue Entertainment, the chain of 68 cinemas, is to be acquired by private equity firm Doughty Hanson for about £450m.
08-Nov-2010
Morleys Stores has acquired Pearsons, the operator of department stores in Enfield and Bishops Stortford, for undisclosed terms.
08-Nov-2010
Viridor has acquired Pearsons Group Holding, the operator of two recycling sites in Norfolk, for £16m.
08-Nov-2010
Printing.com has acquired Media Facility, the Dutch printing services firm, for £1.7m.
08-Nov-2010
Redstone has acquired Fujin Systems, the Berkshire-based IT integration specialist, for up to £2.9m.
08-Nov-2010
Living Ventures has acquired five restaurants in Manchester, Liverpool, Cheadle Hulme and Alderley Edge from Paul Heathcote for undisclosed terms.
08-Nov-2010
Begbies Traynor has acquired Hamiltons Insolvency Practitioners of Sheffield for undisclosed terms.
08-Nov-2010
Fenner is to acquire Belle Banne, the Australian conveyor belt maintenance firm, for up to £40m.
08-Nov-2010
Oakley Capital Private Equity has acquired an 84% stake in BDO Investment Management, the fund management firm with more than 200 staff, in a £14m deal.
08-Nov-2010
Unisurf Engineering, the Bradford-based precision engineering firm with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Castle Square Corporate Finance.
08-Nov-2010
Adair Paxton has merged with Neil Thornber Commercial to create a combined property consultancy with offices in Leeds, Horsforth and Wetherby.
08-Nov-2010
Pace has acquired Latens Systems, the Belfast-based developer of TV security software, for £29m.
08-Nov-2010
Rivington Street Ventures has acquired Jovus, the US financial research software firm, for up to £1m, in order to expand its Blue Curve division.
08-Nov-2010
PHS Group has acquired Fyr Fyter, the Durham-based provider of safety advice and equipment, for undisclosed terms.
08-Nov-2010
Sanofi Aventis has sold its pharmaceuticals plant in Alnwick to Covance of the US, with the transfer of 140 staff.
04-Nov-2010
Twofour has acquired The Rocket Science Group, the London-based corporate communications firm, for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2010
Amor Group has acquired DW Technology Services, the Aberdeen-based IT services firm with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2010
Mailway Packaging Solutions of Bradford has bought a range of packaging machinery assets from the liquidators of Concept to Consumer Europe.
04-Nov-2010
Fane Valley Co-op Society is to sell its liquid milk operation to Dale Farm for undisclosed terms, and up to 50 jobs will be lost with the closure of its site in Newry.
04-Nov-2010
Innocore, the North Shields-based electronic gaming company, is to be acquired by Advantech of Taiwan for £3.3m.
04-Nov-2010
Prevx, the Derby-based internet security firm with 28 staff, has been acquired by Webroot of the US for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2010
Vospers has bought the Mumfords car dealership in Plymouth out of administration for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of most of the 60 staff.
03-Nov-2010
Euroffice, the office supplies company with 49 staff in London and Italy, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Darwin Private Equity.
03-Nov-2010
Halma has acquired Alicat Scientific, the US supplier of industrial flow meters and controllers, for £16m.
03-Nov-2010
Park Engineering has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 60 jobs at its Weymouth-based engineering business.
03-Nov-2010
Apple Web Offset, the Warrington-based printing firm with 84 staff, has been sold by Trader Media Group to the owner of Essex-based Wyndeham Group for undisclosed terms.
03-Nov-2010
Antur Insurance has acquired DW Burrows, the Barry-based insurance broker, as part of a strategy to open more offices across South East Wales.
03-Nov-2010
Occupational Medicals, the Stockport-based occupational health firm, has been bought out of administration by Berkshire-based Evidence Health.
03-Nov-2010
Atlas Converting Equipment of Bedford has undergone a management buy-out from Bobst Group for undisclosed terms.
02-Nov-2010
Jays Engineering Supplies, the Oldbury-based engineering firm with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
02-Nov-2010
Wayside Group has acquired Keith Garages, the Aylesbury-based Volkswagen, Audi and Hyundai car dealership.
02-Nov-2010
Lumison, the IT services firm with offices in Edinburgh and London, has been acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital for undisclosed terms.
02-Nov-2010
Baird Capital Partners Europe is to acquire a controlling stake in Nigel Wright Group, the Newcastle-based recruitment firm with 100 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Nov-2010
Bloomsbury has acquired Duckworth Academic and Bristol Classical Press from Gerald Duckworth & Co for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its academic book publishing operation.
01-Nov-2010
Intertek has acquired Metoc, the environmental consultancy with 80 staff in Hampshire, Cardiff and Dundee, for £8m, as well as Profitech, the analytical laboratory technology firm, for £0.4m.
01-Nov-2010
ANS Group has acquired Alpha Business Computers, the IT services firm with 40 staff in London and Manchester, for £4.9m.
01-Nov-2010
Paramount Print Group has been bought out of administration by Character DPM, saving 36 of the 68 jobs at its Stockport-based printing business.
01-Nov-2010
TT Electronics is to sell WT Henley, the Kent-based manufacturer of electrical products, to Sicame for £12m.
01-Nov-2010
Iomart Group has acquired Titan Internet, the Essex-based hosting company, for up to £4.2m.
01-Nov-2010
Mpathy Medical, the Glasgow-based medical devices supplier, has been acquired by Coloplast of Denmark for £22m.
01-Nov-2010
Stokes has sold five of its greengrocer stores in Bath, Brixham, Cowley, Dawlish and Paignton out of administration to a new company called Argyle Trading.
01-Nov-2010
Active Energy is to sell its its Derlite gas ignition equipment division and its Gasignition distribution division to a former chief executive for £0.5m, in order to focus on its East Kilbride-based voltage optimisation business.
01-Nov-2010
Twentysix has acquired Creative North, the Huddersfield-based mobile apps developer with ten staff.
01-Nov-2010
Longbenton Foods has confirmed the acquisition of the former Northumberland Foods factory in Amble, securing the future of about 100 jobs.
01-Nov-2010
AES Engineering has acquired Ceetak Engineering, the Bedford-based provider of pump support services with 35 staff.
01-Nov-2010
Savile Group is to acquire 7days, the London-based restructuring and cost reduction consultancy, for an initial £1.3m.
01-Nov-2010
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is to be acquired by Venkateshwara Hatcheries of India for £46m.
28-Oct-2010
Fresh Service has acquired the Paddock Wood and Sheerness depots of Sheffield-based haulage firm RW Simpson Transport for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 30 staff.
28-Oct-2010
Innovise is to acquire Expolink Software of Chippenham from Expolink Europe for £0.9m.
28-Oct-2010
Brit Insurance, the Lloyd's of London insurer, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Apollo and CVC for £888m.
27-Oct-2010
Aegon UK is to sell its HS Admin third-party pensions administration business in Daresbury to Goddard Perry for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 82 jobs.
27-Oct-2010
AFH Wealth Management has acquired Rosa Lodge Financial Management, the Birmingham-based independent financial adviser.
27-Oct-2010
David Brown is to sell its Applied Products division, including the Radicon and Benzlers gearbox brands, to Elecon of India.
27-Oct-2010
Vickers Laboratories, the Leeds-based distributor of speciality chemicals with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
27-Oct-2010
Potteries Tyres, the Stoke-based supplier of tyres with 14 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
27-Oct-2010
Morgan Lambert, the Selby-based gas safety consultancy with 27 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
27-Oct-2010
Brokerbility of Leicester has acquired a controlling stake in O'Connor & Co, the Northampton-based insurance firm with 42 staff, for £2m.
27-Oct-2010
Metclad Contracts, the Nottinghamshire-based roofing and cladding firm with annual turnover of £15m, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
27-Oct-2010
Pentagon Protection has acquired International Glass Solutions, the US supplier of film-based glazing solutions, for up to £1m.
26-Oct-2010
T-Mobile is to acquire the intellectual property of Glasgow-based software company Vamosa out of administration, with the transfer of eight staff.
26-Oct-2010
Breconcherry, the Ledbury-based supplier of tank washing equipment, has been acquired by GEA Tuchenhagen of Germany.
26-Oct-2010
Dechra Pharmaceuticals is to acquire DermaPet, the US supplier of dermatological preparations for animals, for £40m.
25-Oct-2010
IMI is to acquire Zimmermann & Jansen, the German supplier of flow control products with 430 staff, for £120m.
25-Oct-2010
Portsmouth Football Club is to be sold out of administration to Balram Chainrai, Levi Kushnir and Deepak Chainrai.
25-Oct-2010
Bestobell Valves, the Sheffield-based valve manufacturer with 80 staff, has been acquired by a management team for undisclosed terms.
25-Oct-2010
ITV West has sold its 67,000 sq ft Bristol headquarters to Cube, in order to transform the site into a media village.
25-Oct-2010
Lancaster University has acquired The Work Foundation, the London-based economic research group with 43 staff.
25-Oct-2010
Compact Media Group, the London-based entertainment rights administrator, has undergone a £17m management buy-out backed by Lyceum Capital.
25-Oct-2010
SVM Textiles has been bought out of administration by sister company Hire Class, securing almost 100 jobs at its nine fashion stores in Northern Ireland.
25-Oct-2010
Robotic Technology Systems, the Salford-based robotic equipment manufacturer, is to be acquired by Cheshire-based Entologi.
25-Oct-2010
Guardian Products has bought Folding Services, the Bury St Edmunds-based print finishing firm, out of liquidation.
25-Oct-2010
Chillingo, the Macclesfield-based mobile games publisher, has been acquired by US-based Electronic Arts for undisclosed terms.
25-Oct-2010
Envisage Group has acquired AST Resourcing and AST Recruitment of Staffordshire, in order to expand its design business into the defence, rail and nuclear sectors.
25-Oct-2010
Digital Barriers has acquired Waterfall Solutions, the Guildford-based technology consultancy, for up to £5.5m.
25-Oct-2010
Bond International Software is to acquire VCG, the US supplier of software to the staffing industry, in a deal worth £5.7m.
25-Oct-2010
Pentland Precision Engineering has been sold out of administration by MLM Insolvency to a management team, securing the future of 26 jobs at its Loanhead-based engineering business.
25-Oct-2010
George White Superbikes has acquired GT Motorcycles, the motorcycle dealer with showrooms in Paignton, Plymouth and St Austell, for undisclosed terms.
21-Oct-2010
Carlton Laser Services, the Leicester-based engineering firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and plans to increase the 71-strong workforce.
21-Oct-2010
Character DPM has acquired Tech Litho and Tudor Print & Design of Bootle and APG Visual Colour of Stockport, in order to expand its mailing and direct marketing business.
20-Oct-2010
Mobiqa, the Edinburgh-based ticketing software firm, has been acquired by NCR Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms.
20-Oct-2010
FremantleMedia is to acquire a further 51% stake in Ludia, the interactive games developer, taking its total stake to 80%.
20-Oct-2010
Tribal Group has sold the trade and assets of Kindred Agency, the London-based communications agency with 50 staff, to a management team for a nominal sum.
20-Oct-2010
VTL Holdings has acquired Automatic Components Stanningley, the Cleckheaton-based automotive parts manufacturer.
20-Oct-2010
BlueBay Asset Management, the bond and fixed income asset management firm with 220 staff, is to be acquired by Royal Bank of Canada for £963m.
19-Oct-2010
Clipper Windpower, the wind turbine maker with a site in Northumberland, is to be acquired by United Technologies of the US in a £140m deal.
19-Oct-2010
LSL Property Services is to acquire Advance Mortgage Funding, which trades as Pink Home Loans, from Skipton Building Society for £1.6m.
19-Oct-2010
Enterprise has acquired Access Hire Services, the Oswestry-based provider of services to power network operators with 62 staff.
19-Oct-2010
Grant Thornton has acquired Legal Inc, the London-based legal consultancy with 14 staff.
19-Oct-2010
Resolution is to acquire Bupa Health Assurance, the Bristol-based income protection firm with about 300 staff, for £102m, in order to expand its Friends Provident business.
18-Oct-2010
Stagecoach is to acquire East London Bus Group, the operator of 1,400 buses, for £60m, in a pre-pack administration through KPMG.
18-Oct-2010
Booker has acquired Ritter Courivaud, the supplier of ingredients to restaurants, for £14m, as well as the Classic network of eight drinks depots for £4m.
18-Oct-2010
Redstone is to sell certain assets of Marcom Communications to Maintel Europe for £1.7m, with the transfer of 40 staff.
18-Oct-2010
Pressure Technologies has acquired Hydratron, the Altrincham-based manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and control panels with 46 staff, for £3.3m.
18-Oct-2010
Black Sheep Textiles, the Bury-based dyeing and finishing firm with 20 staff, has been bought out of administration by Thornber.
18-Oct-2010
Astaire has sold its Astaire Securities division to Northland Capital Partners of Canada for £2.5m.
18-Oct-2010
Paragon Group UK has bought the assets of Wright Printing Services of Rotherham.
18-Oct-2010
Serviced Office Group is to acquire Bourne Financial for an initial £0.6m, in order to add a further 350 work stations.
18-Oct-2010
NCC Group has acquired iSEC Partners, the US-based IT security testing services firm with 30 staff, for up to £14m.
18-Oct-2010
Town & Country Supplies, the Exeter-based equestrian retailer with 15 staff, has been acquired by Countrywide for undisclosed terms.
18-Oct-2010
Pearson Jones has acquired Parnell Fisher Child, the Reading-based independent financial adviser with 18 staff, for undisclosed terms.
18-Oct-2010
Backup Direct has acquired Activator UK, the Basingstoke-based IT services firm.
18-Oct-2010
LGV Capital has backed a management buy-out at Amber Taverns, and now plans to expand the Preston-based chain of 56 community pubs.
14-Oct-2010
Balfour Beatty has acquired Halsall Group, the Canadian building services firm with 300 staff, for £33m.
14-Oct-2010
Timpson Group is to merge its Chester-based lighting business LSS with Out There Events to create a combined events management group based in Manchester.
13-Oct-2010
Applied Language Solutions of Oldham has acquired Translate4me, the Harrogate-based translation services firm with six staff.
13-Oct-2010
Clarkson Hill Group, the Wisbech-based financial advice firm with 340 advisers in ten offices, has received a takeover approach.
13-Oct-2010
Oxford Cryosystems, the Long Hanborough-based company with 17 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Catapult Venture Mergers.
13-Oct-2010
WCR Vehicle Hire of Wednesbury has been acquired by a new company called Phoenix Vehicle Hire, with the transfer of 255 vehicles and 30 staff.
13-Oct-2010
Bibby Distribution has acquired TM Logistics and sister company PLS for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 350 staff at 16 sites.
13-Oct-2010
Lenstec Optical Laboratories has acquired Tant Laboratories, the Bishop's Stortford-based lens manufacturer with 25 staff.
13-Oct-2010
Acal has sold ATM Parts Company to Cennox for £0.7m, in order to focus on IT spares and outsourcing solutions for technology companies.
13-Oct-2010
Net-a-Porter has bought the assets of Koodos.com, the online fashion supplier, in order to expand its Outnet operation.
12-Oct-2010
Ultimate Finance Group is to acquire Ashley Commercial Finance of Manchester for an initial £4.7m.
12-Oct-2010
Bluebell Telecom of Newcastle has acquired Callstream, the Warwickshire-based telephony services firm.
12-Oct-2010
Vodafone Global Enterprise has acquired Quickcomm of Australia and TnT Expense Management of the US, in order to improve its telecom expense management capabilities.
11-Oct-2010
Total Fitness has been acquired by a management team for undisclosed terms, and £5m will be invested in the expansion of its chain of 24 clubs.
11-Oct-2010
Scotmid Co-operative Society is in negotiations to acquire Botterills, the Scottish chain of 51 Spar convenience stores.
11-Oct-2010
Thomas Cook and the Co-op are to merge their travel and foreign exchange businesses into a combined chain of more than 1,200 retail outlets, with Going Places shops being rebranded as Co-operative Travel.
11-Oct-2010
The Weather Lottery has acquired ClickNow, the provider of online marketing services to not-for-profit organisations.
11-Oct-2010
Mount Engineering, the York-based engineering firm with sites in Darlaston, Aldridge and Suffolk, is to be acquired by Cooper Controls for £19m.
11-Oct-2010
AEA Technology is to acquire Eastern Research Group, the US environmental science firm, for £52m.
11-Oct-2010
Johnson Matthey is to acquire Intercat, the US supplier of fluid catalytic cracking additives with 180 staff, for £35m.
07-Oct-2010
M3 Capital Partners has bought eight Extra motorway service areas from the administrators of Swayfields.
07-Oct-2010
Mole Valley Farmers has acquired CWG, the Lincolnshire-based farm supplies company with 11 retail outlets.
07-Oct-2010
Smallridge Brothers of Barnstaple is linking up with Robert Cole of Holsworthy to acquire the agricultural machinery assets of Cornwall Farmers for undisclosed terms.
07-Oct-2010
CBG Group has acquired Rockbridge Healthcare, the Bolton-based medical insurance firm, for undisclosed terms.
07-Oct-2010
Omega Red, the Nottingham-based lighting and electrical firm with 230 staff, has been acquired by Walsall-based South Staffordshire Group for undisclosed terms.
06-Oct-2010
Chess has acquired Shaftesbury Systems, the Potters Bar-based billing and customer care solutions firm with 14 staff.
06-Oct-2010
Legacy Hotels & Resorts is to acquire the 100-bedroom Novotel Hotel in Plymouth for undisclosed terms.
06-Oct-2010
Borble of Rhyl has merged with Berkshire-based Labels First to create a combined labels group with annual turnover of £2.3m.
06-Oct-2010
Lloydspharmacy has acquired Betterlifehealthcare, the Leyland-based supplier of mobility and healthcare products, for undisclosed terms.
06-Oct-2010
RSA Insurance has acquired GCAN Insurance Company, the Canadian mid-market and specialty commercial insurer, for £259m.
05-Oct-2010
Fenn Wright Manson, the chain of 12 fashion stores and 61 concessions, has been acquired by Darwin Private Equity for undisclosed terms.
05-Oct-2010
Shanks Group has acquired the UK waste PFI interests of United Utilities, including bids for contracts in Derbyshire, Leicester, Derry and Gloucester.
05-Oct-2010
Monthind has acquired Sanitec Cleaning Services, the Norwich-based cleaning firm with 170 staff, for undisclosed terms.
05-Oct-2010
CitySprint has acquired Road Runners, the Swindon-based courier firm with 40 vehicles, for undisclosed terms.
05-Oct-2010
Glossop Cartons has acquired the assets of Clowes Printers, the Manchester-based carton manufacturer, out of administration, saving 18 jobs.
05-Oct-2010
Alternative Networks has acquired Scalable Communications, the Buckinghamshire-based computer network integrator with 53 staff, for an initial £7.5m.
04-Oct-2010
Rotary UK has acquired CA Sothers, the Birmingham-based provider of mechanical and electrical installation services.
04-Oct-2010
Mears has acquired Jackson Lloyd, the building maintenance firm with 450 staff in Skelmersdale, Salford and Preston, for up to £5.8m.
04-Oct-2010
Royden Engineering has been bought out of administration by a new company called Royden Structures, securing 89 jobs at its St Helens-based structural steelwork business.
04-Oct-2010
Firstsource Solutions is to take over a Barclaycard payments call centre in Stockton from November, and some of the 700 jobs will be transferred abroad.
04-Oct-2010
Compass Group has acquired IDA Service, the Danish provider of food and support services, for £17m.
04-Oct-2010
Spectris has acquired N-TRON Corporation, the US manufacturer of rugged industrial networking components with 60 staff, for £32m.
04-Oct-2010
IQ Holdings is to acquire 1Spatial Group, the provider of services for the management of geospatial data, for £9.5m.
04-Oct-2010
Advanced Computer Software Group has acquired CareSys Software, the Surrey-based supplier of community healthcare software, for £2.6m.
04-Oct-2010
Enterprise Group has acquired the gas and power meter installation and support operations in the Midlands and North of England of United Utilities.
04-Oct-2010
Eden Supported Housing, the Newark-based supported-living provider with 560 staff in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Sovereign Capital.
04-Oct-2010
IQE has acquired Galaxy Compound Semiconductors, the US manufacturer of antimony substrates used in infrared technology, for up to £9m.
30-Sep-2010
Capita Group has acquired FirstAssist Services, the provider of telephone advice services with 360 staff in Leicestershire and Surrey, for £12m.
30-Sep-2010
Perspective Financial has acquired Warnes Anderton, the Rotherham-based independent financial adviser, and the customer database of Boroughbridge-based Ellam Financial.
30-Sep-2010
Copy IT Digital Solutions has acquired the photocopier division of Bentek, with the transfer of six Ipswich-based staff.
30-Sep-2010
Brookside Products, the Maryport-based fish processing firm with annual turnover of £12m, has been acquired by Morpol of Poland.
30-Sep-2010
Archial, the architectural firm with 500 staff, has been sold out of administration to Ingenium of Canada for undisclosed terms.
29-Sep-2010
Centrica is to acquire the gas and electricity services business of Connaught for £11m, including 600 staff, a training centre in South Wales and office in Bradford.
29-Sep-2010
Syndicate Asset Management is to acquire Co-operative Bank Independent Financial Advisers for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Ashcourt Rowan Financial Planning division.
29-Sep-2010
Priority Express has acquired Cardiff Cycle Couriers, the Pontcanna-based cycle delivery service.
29-Sep-2010
Sills & Betteridge Solicitors has merged with Godsons of Sleaford to create a combined Lincolnshire-based law firm with 143 staff.
29-Sep-2010
Panther Securities is to acquire the freehold of Merton Studios in Wimbledon for £4.7m, and a new company has been formed to operate the four-acre site as an independent film studio.
29-Sep-2010
Vertu Motors is to acquire a Renault and Nissan car dealership in Altrincham and a Renault and Ford dealership in Macclesfield from Lookers for £3.9m.
29-Sep-2010
Guardian Homecare, the Gillingham-based care services firm with 400 staff in Kent, Surrey, Essex, Northern Ireland and Lancashire, has been sold by Bupa to City & County Healthcare.
29-Sep-2010
ITV is to sell its 50% stake in the Screenvision cinema advertising business to US private equity fund Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II for £50m.
29-Sep-2010
Spice, the Leeds-based utility services provider, is to be acquired by private equity firm Cinven for £251m.
28-Sep-2010
XLN Telecom, the London-based telecoms firm with 180 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm ECI Partners for £80m.
28-Sep-2010
House of Townend has acquired Playford Ros, the North Yorkshire-based wine merchant with eight remaining staff, out of administration.
28-Sep-2010
Huntsman is to sell its EA West water treatment chemicals business to Industrial Chemicals, with the possible loss of 12 jobs in Grimsby.
28-Sep-2010
Unilever is to acquire Alberto Culver, the US-based supplier of hair care and skin care products with 2,700 staff in nine countries, for £2.3bn.
27-Sep-2010
PZ Cussons has acquired St Tropez Holdings, the supplier of sunless tanning products, from private equity firm LDC for £62m.
27-Sep-2010
Montpelier has merged with Armitage Jones, the Ilkley-based accountancy firm with eight staff, and three new offices will open in Birmingham, London and Manchester over the next year.
27-Sep-2010
Dunham Leisure, the Scottish holiday parks operator, has undergone a management buy-in backed by private equity firm RJD Partners.
27-Sep-2010
Oran, the Grangemouth-based waste management firm with 250 staff, has sold its business and assets to a new private equity-based firm called Oran Environmental Solutions for undisclosed terms.
27-Sep-2010
Intec, the telecom support services firm with 1,600 staff in 24 countries, has accepted a £237m takeover offer from CSG Systems of the US.
27-Sep-2010
CWE Solutions of London has acquired DCP Systems, the Sheffield-based supplier of printing machines.
27-Sep-2010
Ardagh Glass has bought Impress Cooperative, the metal packaging group with 7,500 staff, from Doughty Hanson for £1.4bn.
27-Sep-2010
LPC Print has acquired The Midas Press, the Farnborough-based printing firm with 78 staff, for undisclosed terms.
27-Sep-2010
Bluewater Bio International is to acquire Water Innovate, the developer of water treatment technologies spun out from the Cranfield University School of Water Sciences.
27-Sep-2010
EKF Diagnostics is to acquire Quotient Diagnostics, the Surrey-based developer of diabetes monitoring devices, for an initial £3.4m.
23-Sep-2010
James Fisher & Sons has acquired RigCool, the Aberdeen-based supplier of equipment to protect drilling rigs, for £2.1m.
23-Sep-2010
ValiRx is to sell ValiBIO, its Belgian diagnostics subsidiary, to Singapore Volition for £0.6m.
23-Sep-2010
Claymore Dairies, the Nairn-based dairy processing firm with more than 70 staff, is to be acquired by Graham's for undisclosed terms.
23-Sep-2010
Bruton Knowles has acquired a commercial property management operation from Coventry-based Countrywide, and ten staff will relocate to its Birmingham office.
23-Sep-2010
Paradigm Norton has acquired Torquay-based David Jones Financial Planning and a stake in Hooper & Wollen, taking its workforce to 32.
23-Sep-2010
Humberside Optical Services has been bought out of administration by a new company called Ardent Optical, securing 21 jobs at its Hull-based optical lens business.
23-Sep-2010
SnackTime is to acquire Vendia UK, the vending company trading as Simply Drinks, Integer, VMI and Drinkmaster, for up to £11m.
22-Sep-2010
Hollywood Cinema has bought four cinemas in Dereham, Fakenham, Norwich and Yarmouth out of administration, securing 40 jobs.
22-Sep-2010
Autologic has bought the assets of Autocarriers, the car logistics firm trading as MCD, out of administration for £0.5m.
22-Sep-2010
NSL, the parking enforcement and transport services firm, has been acquired by AAC Capital Partners for £120m.
22-Sep-2010
Feng Sushi, the London-based chain of six restaurants, has sold a majority stake in the business to the owner of Ego Restaurants.
22-Sep-2010
Experian has acquired Mighty Net, the US provider of online credit monitoring services, for £133m.
21-Sep-2010
Stanley Gibbons has acquired the trade and assets of Benham, the Jersey-based collectibles dealer, from Flying Brands for £1.5m.
21-Sep-2010
Wilmington Group is to acquire Axco Insurance Information Services, the London-based provider of insurance compliance services with 40 staff, for £21m.
21-Sep-2010
Eastern Airways is to acquire Air Southwest, the Plymouth-based airline with 135 staff, from Sutton Harbour Holdings.
21-Sep-2010
Broxap has acquired Edwards Sports Products, the Dorset-based manufacturer of sports equipment with 27 staff, for £1.2m.
21-Sep-2010
Amazon is said to be looking to acquire Lovefilm, the online movie rental firm valued at £200m.
21-Sep-2010
Nando's is to acquire Clapham House Group, the owner of 53 Gourmet Burger Kitchen and The Real Greek restaurants, for £30m.
20-Sep-2010
William Grant & Sons has sold its Carolans, Frangelico and Irish Mist liqueur brands to Gruppo Campari of Italy for £108m.
20-Sep-2010
Pineteum, the Warmington-based furniture manufacturer with 92 staff, is to be acquired by Hamptons Furniture of Portsmouth.
20-Sep-2010
BAe Systems is to acquire the SpecTal, Advanced Concepts and McClendon security operations of US-based L-1 Identity Solutions for £190m.
20-Sep-2010
Animalcare has confirmed the sale of its Fearing International and Ritchey agricultural operations to Tru-Test UK for £3.2m, in order to focus on veterinary medicines.
20-Sep-2010
Carpets of Kidderminster has been sold out of administration to a management team, securing 58 jobs at its carpets factory in Stourport.
20-Sep-2010
Motive Television is to acquire a 68% stake in Adecq Digital, the Spanish TV technology firm, for £1.6m.
20-Sep-2010
Mitchells & Butlers is to acquire 22 Ha Ha Bar & Grills from Bay Restaurant Group for £20m, and will convert most of the sites to its All Bar One and Browns formats.
20-Sep-2010
KemFine UK has been acquired by Aurelius of Germany for undisclosed terms, securing the future of up to 200 jobs at its chemicals production business in Grangemouth.
20-Sep-2010
NeutraHealth, the Birmingham-based vitamins supplier, is to be acquired by Elder Pharmaceuticals of India for £12m.
20-Sep-2010
In 'n' Out Services, the chain of 14 car servicing centres, has been bought out of administration by a private investor.
20-Sep-2010
Toptable, the London-based restaurant reservation website, is to be acquired by OpenTable of the US for £35m.
20-Sep-2010
Blue-NG, the Bath-based company planning to develop up to eight biofuel power plants, is expected to be fully acquired by 2OC with the sale of National Grid's 50% stake.
20-Sep-2010
Dimension Data has acquired Mvision, the London-based video conferencing and network services provider, for undisclosed terms.
20-Sep-2010
Confetti, the Oldham-based wedding supplies firm, has been sold out of administration by RSM Tenon to a new company called Confetti Celebrations, and the 34 staff will relocate to a new site.
16-Sep-2010
United Business Media is to acquire Canon Communications, the US-based trade shows operator with 343 staff worldwide, from Spectrum Equity Investors for £185m.
16-Sep-2010
Motive Television is to acquire the assets of NXVision, the Dunfermline-based internet TV company, out of liquidation.
16-Sep-2010
Vio Worldwide, the London-based publishing services firm with 29 staff, has been acquired by Dubsat of Australia.
16-Sep-2010
Axa has sold its Axa UK Life divivion, including its protection, corporate benefits and annuity business, to Resolution for £2.7bn.
16-Sep-2010
Openwork has acquired 2plan Wealth Management, the Leeds-based financial services firm with 200 advisers.
16-Sep-2010
Snow & Rock, the chain of 35 outdoor sports equipment stores, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LGV Capital, and now plans to open up to six new outlets a year.
15-Sep-2010
Cambabest has bought the assets of Orillo out of administration, and will reopen the bathroom and plumbing branches in Worcester, Malvern and Evesham.
15-Sep-2010
Danwood has bought the printer and copier division of The Admiral Group, the office supplies firm with outlets in Luton, London and Milton Keynes.
15-Sep-2010
Nexus Community is to merge with Greenwich Leisure to create a combined group operating more than 100 leisure centres across South East England.
15-Sep-2010
Oakley Capital Investments is to sell Host Europe, the web hosting firm trading as 123reg and Webfusion, to Montagu Private Equity for £222m.
15-Sep-2010
DJ McGough, the Blaydon-based provider of plumbing, heating and mechanical services, has been sold by Northern Bear back to its founders for a nominal sum.
15-Sep-2010
Polar Capital is to acquire HIM Capital Holdings, the specialist fund manager that was formerly part of Hiscox.
15-Sep-2010
Animalcare, the supplier of veterinary medicines, is in negotiations to sell its Fearing International and Ritchey agricultural operations.
14-Sep-2010
Trotec Laser of Birmingham has acquired Identify Engraving Systems, the Bristol-based supplier of engraving machines.
14-Sep-2010
NIS Holdings has acquired Hold Engineering, the Whitehaven-based metal fabrication firm with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms.
14-Sep-2010
Morgan Sindall is to acquire most of the assets of Connaught's social housing business out of administration for £28m, securing about 2,500 jobs.
13-Sep-2010
Better Capital has acquired the IT outsourcing, telecoms and software subsidiaries of Calyx Holdings out of administration, securing 300 jobs.
13-Sep-2010
Dunedin Independent, the Edinburgh-based independent financial adviser with 30 staff, has been acquired by Helvetia Wealth of Switzerland for about £4m.
13-Sep-2010
Randall & Quilter is to acquire Reinsurance Solutions and Excess & Treaty Management Corporation from Marsh & McLennan for £6.5m, including 40 staff in the US and 35 in the UK.
13-Sep-2010
Immunodiagnostic Systems has acquired MGP Diagnostics of Norway for undisclosed terms.
13-Sep-2010
Vertu Motors has acquired a Peugeot car dealership in Dunfermline for £0.3m.
13-Sep-2010
Pearson Jones has acquired Pace Financial Solutions, the Bishop Auckland-based wealth management firm with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
13-Sep-2010
Heathrow Truck Centre Group has acquired Morgan Elliott Group for undisclosed terms, including 117 staff at DAF franchises in Belvedere and Croydon.
13-Sep-2010
Thornton & Ross has acquired the Allens herbal remedies brand of Anglesey-based Allens & Co.
13-Sep-2010
European Wood Products, the Ormskirk-based supplier of doors trading as European Door Sets, has been acquired by Brathay Investments for undisclosed terms.
13-Sep-2010
CBI Global Freight Management of Manchester has been acquired by Globelink China Logistics, and will be rebranded as Uni Logistics.
13-Sep-2010
GE Sparkes & Co, the Manchester-based vehicle recovery firm with 20 staff, has been sold out of administration to a new management team.
13-Sep-2010
WH Smith has acquired Gadget Shop, the online supplier of gadgets and gifts, from The Entertainer.
09-Sep-2010
Robinson Design Group has acquired the Healthcare Design Partnership of architects, and will relocate the business to its office in Shipley.
09-Sep-2010
Pearsons Recycling has acquired the dry waste recycling operation of Thetford-based Envirowaste for undisclosed terms.
09-Sep-2010
Mitchells & Butlers is to sell a further six London pubs to Faucet Inn, the operator of 20 pubs.
08-Sep-2010
BAe Systems is to acquire OASYS Technology, the US manufacturer of electro-optical systems, for £16m.
08-Sep-2010
The Office Group, the operator of six flexible office sites in London and Bristol, has seen Bridges Ventures sell its majority stake to management for £43m.
08-Sep-2010
U-POL, the supplier of vehicle repair products, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Graphite Capital.
08-Sep-2010
Progressive Print Solutions, the Leeds-based printing firm, has been sold out of administration to PPS Grasmere, securing 20 of the 32 jobs.
08-Sep-2010
Alpha Newspaper Group has bought the Newry Democrat newspaper in County Down from Thomas Crosbie Holdings for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2010
Dana Petroleum is to acquire Petro-Canada's interests in two oil production hubs in the Central North Sea Triton Area and the Scott Telford Moray Firth fields for £240m.
08-Sep-2010
Lifestyle Living Group has acquired three caravan parks in Lincolnshire out of administration for £3m.
08-Sep-2010
Praesepe is to acquire eight gaming centres in Scotland, the North West and the Midlands from the Noble Organisation for £1m.
08-Sep-2010
Baric Systems, the Morpeth-based supplier of fluid handling systems with 100 staff, has been acquired by Colfax of the US.
08-Sep-2010
Coles Solicitors has acquired Daniels & Company, the York-based personal injury specialist, for undisclosed terms.
08-Sep-2010
Begbies Traynor has sold the MyWorld social gaming division of Dundee-based Realtime Worlds out of administration to an unnamed US company.
07-Sep-2010
Cable-Talk Communications, the computer cabling firm with offices in Wakefield and London, has been bought out of administration by a team of senior staff.
07-Sep-2010
Mavinwood has acquired Datacare, the Oxfordshire-based document storage firm with 30 staff, from Mears for £1.5m.
07-Sep-2010
Stenham Asset Management is to merge with Montier Partners to create a combined hedge fund group with £2.3bn in assets under management.
06-Sep-2010
Sheldon & Clayton has acquired AE Costin, the Willenhall-based haulage firm trading as Costin Logistics with an annual turnover of £2.5m.
06-Sep-2010
Survitec has acquired Seaweather, the marine servicing firm with sites in Bromborough, Dartford and Southampton, for undisclosed terms.
06-Sep-2010
Pendragon is to sell its Mercedes-Benz car dealerships in Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Preston and South Lakes to Marshall Motor Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 170 staff.
06-Sep-2010
Angel Distribution of Sunderland has sold the business of Harkers Distribution out of administration to a new company called Tanner Developments, securing the future of 70 jobs.
06-Sep-2010
Burger King, the fast food chain with 500 outlets in the UK, has been acquired by private equity firm 3G Capital for £2.1bn.
06-Sep-2010
Carluccio's, the London-based chain of more than 40 restaurants, is to be acquired by Landmark Group for £90m.
06-Sep-2010
Eric Wright Group has acquired Site Electrical, the mechanical and electrical engineering firm with 88 staff in Radcliffe, Bromsgrove and Dumfries.
06-Sep-2010
Donarbon, the provider of waste services to Cambridgeshire County Council, is to be acquired by AmeyCespa of Spain for £49m.
02-Sep-2010
Shred-it has acquired South Wales Shredding, the Cardiff-based document destruction firm, for undisclosed terms.
02-Sep-2010
Hardies has acquired a stake in WJR Christie & Partners, the Dundee-based property consultancy with ten staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Sep-2010
Dawsons Music, the Warrington-based chain of nine musical instrument stores, is in negotiations to be acquired by private equity firm YFM for about £5m.
02-Sep-2010
Ruddocks Print & Design has acquired Printmatrix of Colchester, and its digital printing operation will be moved to Lincoln.
02-Sep-2010
Stanley Gibbons has acquired M&N Haworth, the stamp dealer, for £0.3m.
02-Sep-2010
Bright Futures Group has acquired Yes Dining, the Oxfordshire-based contract catering company with 230 staff, for up to £0.2m.
02-Sep-2010
McBride has acquired a 70% stake in Dermacol, the Czech manufacturer of skincare products with more than 100 staff, for £8m.
02-Sep-2010
Progressive Digital Media Group has acquired Canadean, the Basingstoke-based provider of market intelligence to the beverage industry, for £9m.
02-Sep-2010
Weir Group is to acquire the valves business of BDK Engineering Industries of India, including gross assets valued at £17m.
02-Sep-2010
Metropolis International has bought the Packaging News, AV and Motoringjobs publishing activities of Haymarket Media Group.
02-Sep-2010
H&F Drilling Supplies, the Stirling-based manufacturer of drilling equipment with 20 staff, has been acquired by Atlas Copco for undisclosed terms.
02-Sep-2010
Diligenta has acquired Unisys Insurance Services, the Liverpool-based company that manages the closed life insurance books of RSA and Phoenix Group, for undisclosed terms.
02-Sep-2010
HSBC is to sell its US car loans business to Santander of Spain for £2.6bn.
01-Sep-2010
RPS Group is to acquire Boyd Exploration Consultants, the Canadian oil and gas and mining consultancy with 26 staff, for up to £8.5m.
01-Sep-2010
Warwick International is to sell its speciality chemicals distribution business, which has annual sales of £66m, to IMCD Group of the Netherlands.
01-Sep-2010
North West Precision Forms has been bought out of administration by a new company called North West Precision, saving 76 jobs at its Birkenhead-based engineering business.
01-Sep-2010
Alterian has acquired Intrepid Consultants, the market research consultancy with 40 staff in the US and London, for up to £7.5m.
01-Sep-2010
Anshen & Allen, the architectural firm with 200 staff in London and the US, has been acquired by Stantec of Canada for undisclosed terms.
01-Sep-2010
DR Shoes, the Staffordshire-based footwear supplier, has been bought out of administration by JD Sports Fashion for undisclosed terms.
01-Sep-2010
VBA, the Bolton-based supplier of audiovisual equipment, has been sold to Elitemark in a pre-pack administration through Begbies Traynor.
01-Sep-2010
Orchid Group has sold the Bel and The Dragon chain of four pubs in Cookham, Godalming, Reading and Windsor to Longshot for £4m, and Longshot aims to develop a chain of up to 50 sites.
31-Aug-2010
ImmunoSolv of Edinburgh has merged with Grampian BioConsultants of Aberdeen for undisclosed terms, having secured additional funding from Grampian BioPartners and Scottish Enterprise.
31-Aug-2010
Bland, Burgess & Hethershaw has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 11 jobs at its Gainsborough-based metal working business.
31-Aug-2010
Corus is in negotiations to sell the mothballed Teesside Cast Products plant to SSI of Thailand, which could create hundreds of new jobs from 2011.
31-Aug-2010
Prezzo is to expand its chain of 130 restaurants with the acquisition of 11 Caffe Uno, Il Bertorelli and Brasserie Gerard leaseholds from Paramount Restaurants for £3.1m.
31-Aug-2010
Compass Group is to acquire VSG Group, the security services firm with 6,000 staff and offices in Northampton, London, Belfast and Dublin, for £64m.
26-Aug-2010
Parseq is to acquire certain assets of Avance Group and Avance Rutherglen, the business process outsourcing firm, for £0.5m.
26-Aug-2010
Herbert Industrial, the label equipment manufacturer with 50 staff in Haverhill and Oldham, has undergone a buy-out for undisclosed terms.
26-Aug-2010
Hammonds is in merger talks with US-based Squire Saunders & Dempsey, which would create a global law firm with about 1,700 lawyers in 17 countries.
26-Aug-2010
Trianco Heating Products, the Sheffield-based boiler manufacturer, has sold its assets out of administration to TR Engineering.
26-Aug-2010
T Clarke has acquired DG Robson, the Essex-based mechanical services contractor, for up to £6.1m.
25-Aug-2010
Thoughts, the chain of nine greetings card stores, has been acquired by a new company called Thoughts Card Retail in a pre-pack administration.
24-Aug-2010
Capita Group has acquired National Dental Plan for £30m, with the transfer of about 20 London-based staff.
24-Aug-2010
Wolseley is to sell its Brandon Hire tool and equipment hire division to Rutland Partners for £43m.
24-Aug-2010
Prest Financial Services has acquired AJ Smith & Co, the Stockport-based financial advisory firm, for undisclosed terms.
24-Aug-2010
Pyramid International has bought some of the assets of The Art Group, the supplier of framed prints, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
24-Aug-2010
DataCash, the payment services firm, is to be acquired by MasterCard of the US for about £333m.
23-Aug-2010
Denby Pottery has acquired Burgess, Dorling & Leigh, the Middleport-based manufacturer of Burleigh pottery with 40 staff.
23-Aug-2010
Jefferson Sheard Architects, the Sheffield-based architects' firm, has been sold in a pre-pack administration to a new company called Jefferson Sheard, saving 16 jobs.
23-Aug-2010
TUI Travel has acquired the Manchester Academy of English for £3m, with the transfer of 40 staff.
23-Aug-2010
YRC Logistics, the Surrey-based freight forwarding firm, has been acquired by US venture capital firm Austin Ventures for £25m, and will be renamed as MIQ Logistics.
23-Aug-2010
Pinnacle Staffing Group is to sell its agency nursing and medical services business to Arabella Health Staffing for £2.7m, with the transfer of 117 staff.
23-Aug-2010
ERT (Scotland), the Edinburgh-based marine environmental consultancy with 25 staff, has been acquired by Fugro of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms.
23-Aug-2010
Crystal Palace, the London-based football club, has been bought out of administration by the CPFC 2010 consortium.
23-Aug-2010
Mitchells & Butlers has sold 333 pubs to private equity firm TDR Capital for £373m, including 52 Scream bars, 71 Bar and Venues, 75 town pubs and 67 community pubs.
23-Aug-2010
Enable Infomatrix, the Stratford-upon-Avon-based software firm, has been acquired by private equity firm Sovereign Capital.
23-Aug-2010
Allied Glass, the manufacturer of glass containers with 600 staff in Leeds and Knottingley, has undergone a £75m management buy-out.
23-Aug-2010
Westex Carpets has acquired Calder Bank Mills, the Dewsbury-based textile mill, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
23-Aug-2010
Braveheart Investment is to acquire Envestors, the London-based corporate finance advisory firm, for £2.5m.
19-Aug-2010
Enotria has acquired Great Western Wine, the Bath-based wine retailer with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
19-Aug-2010
EMIS Group has acquired a 79% stake in Rx Systems, the Hertfordshire-based pharmacy software and services firm, for up to £10m.
19-Aug-2010
Flying Brands has acquired Garden Centre Online, the internet supplier of gardening hardware, for £0.1m.
19-Aug-2010
Contract Solutions Grampian has bought the assets of Norsco Facilities out of liquidation, securing 48 jobs at its Aberdeen-based cleaning business.
19-Aug-2010
Amdega, the Darlington-based manufacturer of timber conservatories with 220 staff, has been acquired by investment firm Endless for undisclosed terms.
19-Aug-2010
AECOM has acquired the trading operations of Tritech Rail, the Wigan-based rail infrastructure services firm.
19-Aug-2010
B&M Bargains has acquired Opus Homewares, the chain of 36 homeware stores, for £48m.
18-Aug-2010
BeCogent, the call centre operator with 2,000 staff at sites including Airdrie, Erskine, Glasgow and Kilmarnock, has been acquired by Teleperformance of France for £35m.
18-Aug-2010
System Training of Carlisle has merged with Hargreaves Training Services of Leeds to create a combined driver training group with 300 staff at 20 sites.
18-Aug-2010
Wilkin & Sons has acquired Coles Traditional Foods, the Saffron Walden-based desserts manufacturer with 20 staff.
18-Aug-2010
Pennington Choices has acquired Invicta Analytical Services, the London-based asbestos specialist with 21 staff, for undisclosed terms.
18-Aug-2010
Goldstar Transport has acquired certain assets of Leggett's Transport of Suffolk for undisclosed terms, including container storage facilities, trucks and 69 staff.
18-Aug-2010
Shakespeare Putsman of Birmingham is planning to acquire Berryman's, the Nottingham-based law firm with 124 staff.
18-Aug-2010
Senior has acquired WahlcoMetroflex, the US manufacturer of dampers, expansion joints and exhaust gas systems, for £8.5m.
17-Aug-2010
Marwyn Materials is to acquire Breedon, the aggregates producer with 700 staff at Johnston in the Midlands and Thistle in Scotland, for £2.2m.
17-Aug-2010
Servoca has acquired Phoenix Employment Services, the provider of recruitment services to the care sector, out of administration for £1m.
17-Aug-2010
Rivington Street is to acquire Bridge Hall Corporate Finance of London for undisclosed terms.
17-Aug-2010
Optasia Medical, the Cheadle-based medical software firm with 15 staff, has been bought out of administration by Saffron Hill Ventures for undisclosed terms.
17-Aug-2010
Auriga Communications, the Harpenden-based supplier of IT systems for taxis, has been sold by Tait Electronics to the Trapeze Group of Canada.
17-Aug-2010
Straight has acquired Dyro Holdings, the Hull-based injection moulding firm trading as Powell Plastics, for £2.9m.
16-Aug-2010
Hunting has acquired Innova-Extel, the US supplier of harsh environment electronics technology with 300 staff, for £80m.
16-Aug-2010
Metrodome has acquired Target Entertainment, the TV distribution rights management firm, for £0.8m.
16-Aug-2010
All3Media has acquired Optomen, the TV production company, for an estimated £40m.
16-Aug-2010
Third Quad Capital has acquired Softline, the Crawley-based software distributor, for £1.3m, as well as VSA, the London-based corporate finance firm, for a nominal sum.
16-Aug-2010
Marsh & Company of Leicester has acquired Regency Insurance Brokers of Weston-super-Mare, creating a combined insurance group with 23 staff.
16-Aug-2010
Robinson Willey, the Merseyside-based gas fire manufacturer, has sold its assets out of administration to the GDC Group heating division of Glen Dimplex.
16-Aug-2010
United Business Media has acquired The Route Development Group, the Manchester-based operator of aviation route development events, for an initial £8m.
16-Aug-2010
Rivington Street Ventures is to acquire Presentation Matters, the London-based events management firm, for up to £0.3m.
12-Aug-2010
United Drug has acquired InforMed Group, the Macclesfield-based healthcare communications consultancy with 80 staff, for £11m.
12-Aug-2010
The Hut Group has bought Iwantoneofthose.com, Confetti.com and a direct sales business from Findel for £0.6m, in order to expand its online gift operations.
12-Aug-2010
Technis International has acquired a 51% stake in Fresh Bouquets, the Kent-based distributor of fresh flowers to forecourts and convenience stores, for £0.5m.
12-Aug-2010
Forest Support Services is to sell its Forest Traffic Signals business to a new company called Caswell Support Services.
12-Aug-2010
KPMG has acquired Analitica, the Altrincham-based business intelligence consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
12-Aug-2010
Unilever has acquired the Danish ice cream manufacturing operations of Diplom-Is for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 30 staff.
11-Aug-2010
Huws Gray has acquired Ainscough, the Wigan-based building supplies firm with 26 staff, taking its branch network to 31 sites.
11-Aug-2010
Bibby Distribution has acquired the English haulage operations of MRS Distribution out of receivership, including contracts with Board 24 and Greif UK.
11-Aug-2010
Unit Engineers & Constructors has acquired Birwelco from Haden Freeman, which could lead to the creation of more than 100 jobs in Swansea, Pembrokeshire and the West Midlands by 2013.
11-Aug-2010
Euromoney Institutional Investor is to acquire Arete Consulting, the online publishing firm, for up to £10m.
10-Aug-2010
Mattioli Woods has bought City Trustees and City Pensions from Lighthouse Group for £1.8m, in order to expand its pensions consultancy into London.
10-Aug-2010
YouGov is to acquire Harrison Group, the US marketing and strategic research consultancy, for an initial £3.8m.
10-Aug-2010
Chemring is to acquire Roke Manor Research, the Romsey-based engineering research firm with 450 staff, from Siemens for £55m.
10-Aug-2010
Geka Manufacturing has undergone a management buy-out from its German parent, securing 110 jobs at its packaging factory in County Durham.
10-Aug-2010
Mitchells & Butlers has sold its 24 Hollywood Bowl bowling centres to AMF Bowling for £39m.
10-Aug-2010
Northern Foods is to sell Dalepak Frozen Foods of North Yorkshire to the Irish Food Processors Group for £6.4m, with the transfer of 143 staff.
10-Aug-2010
Tower Supplies of Bury has merged with SCR Envelopes of Leeds to create a combined envelope printing group with 60 staff.
10-Aug-2010
John Grimes Sawmills, the Wolverhampton-based supplier of fencing products, has been acquired by BPS of Warwick.
10-Aug-2010
Davis Langdon, the construction consultancy with 2,800 staff, has been acquired by Aecom of the US for £204m.
09-Aug-2010
Alexandra has been sold out of administration to Dimensions, securing 446 jobs at its corporate clothing operations in Bristol, Swindon, Langley, London and Glasgow.
09-Aug-2010
Hartshorne Group, the Walsall-based commercial vehicle dealer with 450 staff at 17 locations, has been acquired by Crossroads Truck & Bus of Yorkshire.
09-Aug-2010
Royal Bank of Scotland has sold an 80% stake in its WorldPay credit card payment business to a team backed by Advent International and Bain Capital for £850m.
09-Aug-2010
Shed Media, the TV production company, is to be acquired by Time Warner of the US for £100m.
09-Aug-2010
Cyprotex has acquired Apredica, the US pharmaceuticals research firm, for £2.7m.
09-Aug-2010
Beales is to acquire the Westgate department store in Rochdale from The Anglia Regional Co-operative Society for £0.3m.
09-Aug-2010
Royal Bank of Scotland has confirmed the sale of 318 branches to Santander for about £1.6bn, including 40 SME banking centres, four corporate centres and three private banking centres.
09-Aug-2010
Finning International has bought the assets of McCormick Macnaughton out of administration, securing 50 jobs at its Lisburn-based construction equipment business.
09-Aug-2010
Mark Elliot, the Suffolk-based chain of ten furniture stores with 64 staff, has been bought out of administration by SKG Capital.
05-Aug-2010
Forth Wines, the Kinross-based drinks wholesaler with 51 staff, has been sold by Matthew Clark to a consortium of local business people for undisclosed terms.
05-Aug-2010
Esteem Systems has acquired SiRViS, the Woking-based IT services firm trading as Linetex and ATM with 130 staff.
04-Aug-2010
Wincanton has sold its recycling operations to Sims Group UK for £17m, with the transfer of 145 staff in Billingham, Daventry, Harlow and Widnes.
04-Aug-2010
Lifestyle Living Group has acquired the Yorkshire Dales holiday park in Leyburn for more than £2.5m, and will invest £10m at the site.
04-Aug-2010
Pearson is to acquire America's Choice, the US provider of school improvement services, for £50m.
03-Aug-2010
Vertu Motors has acquired a SEAT car dealership in Derby from GK Group for £0.5m.
03-Aug-2010
Nestle has acquired Vitaflo, the Liverpool-based medical nutrition firm with annual sales of £17m, for undisclosed terms.
02-Aug-2010
WS Atkins is to acquire PBSJ Corporation, the US planning, architecture, construction and programme management services firm, for £178m.
02-Aug-2010
Thermal Engineering, the Hertfordshire-based aircraft components manufacturer, has been acquired by private equity firm Privet Capital for undisclosed terms.
02-Aug-2010
Manx Financial Group has acquired Edgewater Associates, the Isle of Man-based independent financial advice firm with 15 staff, for £2m.
02-Aug-2010
Filtronic has acquired Isotek, the Leeds-based manufacturer of filters for mobile phones with 28 staff, for £11m.
02-Aug-2010
ATH Resources has sold its regeneration business to a new company called RecyCoal for an initial £6.5m, in order to focus on surface mining.
02-Aug-2010
RD Industries, the Plymouth-based stationery firm, has been bought out of administration by West Design Products of Folkestone.
02-Aug-2010
United Utilities is to sell its 50% stake in the Meter Fit non-regulated gas and electricity meter ownership business to its joint venture partner Marlin Acquisitions for £119m.
02-Aug-2010
Hays Travel has acquired Ripon Travel, the operator of travel agencies in Ripon and Knaresborough.
02-Aug-2010
Senergy Alternative Energy of Aberdeen has acquired SGC Engineering, the US energy services firm with 70 staff.
02-Aug-2010
KBC Peel Hunt, the London-based stockbroker with 136 staff, is to undergo a buy-out from its Belgian parent company KBC.
02-Aug-2010
Rical Group has acquired Kenwell Precision Diecastings of Rochdale for undisclosed terms.
29-Jul-2010
Tagg Clothing Group has bought Thomas H Loveday, the Blyth-based equestrian clothes and footwear brand, out of administration.
29-Jul-2010
Morrisons has acquired Simply Fresh Foods, the Manchester-based supplier of prepared vegetables, for undisclosed terms.
29-Jul-2010
Ascot Transport of Scunthorpe and its Skelton Transport subsidiary have been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new company called Westram.
29-Jul-2010
John West, the Liverpool-based canned fish firm with 67 staff, is to be acquired by Thai Union Frozen Products of Thailand, following the £568m sale of parent company MW Brands.
29-Jul-2010
Pearson has acquired Wall Street Institute, the US provider of language training services, for £58m.
29-Jul-2010
Integrated Design Associates, the Tattenhall-based data centre engineering company, has been acquired by Hurleypalmerflatt of London for undisclosed terms.
29-Jul-2010
Rachel's Dairy of Aberystwyth has been acquired by Lactalis of France for about £30m, with the transfer of 140 staff.
29-Jul-2010
Webb Capital has acquired Chatsford, the independent corporate and investment advisory firm, for less than £0.1m.
28-Jul-2010
Squirrel Storage, the Leeds-based document management firm, has been acquired by Cintas Corporation of the US.
27-Jul-2010
Teaching Personnel, the provider of supply teachers to schools with a network of 32 branches, has undergone a £45m management buy-out backed by Graphite Capital.
27-Jul-2010
TMD Friction has acquired Eurofriction, the Kilmarnock-based manufacturer of car parts with 130 staff.
27-Jul-2010
Tomkins, the engineering group with 25,000 staff in 23 countries, is to be acquired by a consortium of US private equity firm Onex and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for £2.9bn.
27-Jul-2010
IDOX is to acquire Computershare Electoral Management Services, the provider of electoral management software, from Computershare for up to £4.4m.
27-Jul-2010
Roar Betting has sold seven of its South East-based betting shops out of administration to Paddy Power and Ladbrokes.
27-Jul-2010
Redefine International is to acquire a portfolio of five Holiday Inn hotels in London from The Splendid Hotel Group for £106m.
27-Jul-2010
Dutton Carpets has been bought out of administration by Renewal Carpet Tiles, securing 115 jobs at its Blackburn-based carpet manufacturing business.
26-Jul-2010
Pace is to acquire 2Wire, the US provider of software and IT services with 1,600 staff, for £308m.
26-Jul-2010
Churchill Contract Services has bought St James Security and Touchline Event Management out of administration, saving 878 jobs in Gateshead, East Kilbride and Surrey.
26-Jul-2010
RTL Group has sold Five, the London-based TV channel, to Northern & Shell for £103m.
26-Jul-2010
Graham Labelling & Sleeving, the Essex-based labelling equipment firm, has been acquired by Accraply of the US for undisclosed terms.
26-Jul-2010
Barchester Healthcare has acquired Gorseway Care, the Hayling Island-based care home operator.
26-Jul-2010
Digital Barriers has acquired the solutions division of Overtis Group, the provider of integrated security solutions, for £3.2m.
26-Jul-2010
Quantum GB has acquired Surveying & Engineering, the Carmarthenshire-based civil engineering firm, for undisclosed terms.
26-Jul-2010
Livefoods Direct, the Sheffield-based supplier of mealworms with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
26-Jul-2010
Indair has been sold out of administration by Business Debt Adviser to a management team, saving 14 jobs at its Stockport-based heating and ventilation business.
26-Jul-2010
BSkyB is to sell Easynet Global Services, the telecoms company, to private equity firm LDC for £100m.
22-Jul-2010
Attractive Partners, the Alcester-based dating agency with 18 staff, has been acquired by Manex Leisure.
22-Jul-2010
BIB Cochran, the Annan-based boiler manufacturer with 170 staff, has been bought out of administration by the founder of SHBV of China.
21-Jul-2010
HBJ Gateley Wareing has acquired 200 staff from the collapsed Manchester-based law firm Halliwells, while 125 Liverpool and Sheffield staff have gone to Hill Dickinson.
21-Jul-2010
Fairpoint Group has acquired Moneyextra.com, the price comparison firm, for up to £8m.
21-Jul-2010
Promethean World has acquired SynapticMash, the US developer of educational software, for an initial £6.5m.
21-Jul-2010
SSL International, the manufacturer of health care products with sites in London, Manchester, Middleton, Peterlee and Redruth, is to be acquired by Reckitt Benckiser for £2.5bn.
21-Jul-2010
Scottish Salmon Company has acquired West Minch, the operator of 11 fish farms in the Western Isles.
21-Jul-2010
Lifestyle Living Group has bought the Redhill park homes site in Watton, Norfolk, out of administration for more than £3m.
21-Jul-2010
Sevenoaks Sound & Vision is to merge with Audio T to create a combined group of 50 hi-fi stores.
20-Jul-2010
Synchronica is to acquire Iseemedia, the Canadian mobile software company, for up to £5.3m.
20-Jul-2010
Volac has acquired Parnutt Foods, the Lincolnshire-based animal nutrition firm.
20-Jul-2010
Price Express Transport, the Sheffield-based haulage firm, has been acquired by JTT Express of Bristol for undisclosed terms.
20-Jul-2010
Healthcare Locums is to acquire Redwood Health, the provider of nursing staff, for up to £6.7m.
19-Jul-2010
Paragon Group has bought the BemroseBooth printing operations in Hull and Thornaby out of administration for undisclosed terms.
19-Jul-2010
Dutton Carpets, the Blackburn-based carpet manufacturer, is expected to be sold out of administration by RSM Tenon to a former management team, securing the future of 120 jobs.
19-Jul-2010
Hays Travel has acquired Ryedale Travel, the Thirsk-based chain of five travel agencies, for undisclosed terms.
19-Jul-2010
Travelodge is to acquire 52 hotels from Mitchells & Butlers for £75m, with the transfer of 430 staff, and will create a further 115 jobs as part of a £10m investment in the properties.
19-Jul-2010
Stobart Group has acquired parts of the business of Amenity Horticultural Services, the East Sussex-based supplier of woodchip biomass fuel, for £2m.
19-Jul-2010
Mothercare has acquired the Blooming Marvellous maternity clothing brand from Topfactor for an estimated £3m.
19-Jul-2010
Gray & Adams has acquired Brycol, the Bedfordshire-based vehicle repair firm, for undisclosed terms.
19-Jul-2010
BBC Worldwide has sold an 85% stake in BBC Audiobooks, the Bath-based publisher with 140 staff, to a new company called AudioGo for more than £10m.
15-Jul-2010
SDL is to acquire Language Weaver, the US developer of statistical machine translation technology with 96 staff, for £28m.
15-Jul-2010
BMG Rights Management is to acquire Stage Three Music, the London-based music publisher, from Apax Partners and Ingenious Ventures.
15-Jul-2010
Royal Bank of Scotland has acquired the closed Great Leighs racecourse in Essex for undisclosed terms.
15-Jul-2010
Geller Business Equipment, the Middlesex-based supplier of cash registers, has been acquired by Consolis Systems.
15-Jul-2010
Calnea Analytics, the London-based provider of residential property information, has been acquired by DMG Information Group.
15-Jul-2010
Four Seasons Group has acquired Berkeley Controls Group, the building controls company with offices in High Wycombe and Leicestershire, for undisclosed terms.
15-Jul-2010
Bishop Skinner, the Newcastle-based insurance broker with more than 50 staff, has been acquired by Cullum Capital Ventures of Kent.
15-Jul-2010
TQ Education & Training has bought Catalis, the Derby-based rail training company, out of administration.
15-Jul-2010
Platinum Training & Development, the childcare education provider with 80 staff in Dudley, Derby and Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been acquired by Paragon Education & Skills of Bournemouth.
14-Jul-2010
Borders Group is to sell the Paperchase chain of 65 stationery stores and 35 concessions to private equity firm Primary Capital for £20m.
14-Jul-2010
Altaire, the Hampshire-based IT services firm, has been acquired by Redstation of Gosport.
14-Jul-2010
Katmex, the Stockton-based manufacturer of parts for earth-moving equipment with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Katsushiro of Japan.
13-Jul-2010
Cyril Sweett has acquired Widnell, the Hong Kong-based quantity surveying firm with about 400 staff, for an initial £5.4m.
12-Jul-2010
D1 Oils has sold its 50-acre biodiesel refining site in Bromborough to Organic Waste Management for undisclosed terms.
12-Jul-2010
Pinstripe has acquired Edward Fox of Stafford, creating a combined printing group with annual sales of £4.5m.
12-Jul-2010
Morson is to acquire Acetech Personnel, the provider of recruitment and workforce services to Babcock's marine and rail operations, for £2.3m.
12-Jul-2010
Peter Scott & Company, the Hawick-based knitwear supplier, has been sold out of administration to Gloverall of Northamptonshire, with the transfer of the remaining 20 staff.
12-Jul-2010
Amari Plastics has acquired Graphic Printing Technologies, the Slough-based supplier of printing equipment.
12-Jul-2010
Dsicmm, the Essex-based printing firm, has been acquired by DST Systems of the US and will be combined with DST's UK-based print and mailing division.
12-Jul-2010
Kite Packaging has acquired the Hayes-based industrial packaging division of Bunzl Cleaning & Hygiene Supplies for undisclosed terms.
12-Jul-2010
Xafinity has acquired a division of the UK pension schemes business of PricewaterhouseCoopers, which will involve the transfer of 49 staff and a new office opening in Manchester in August.
12-Jul-2010
Huntsworth has acquired ScopeMedical, the medical communications company with offices in Sevenoaks and the US, for an initial £4.6m.
12-Jul-2010
Dailys, the Ellesmere Port-based manufacturer of protective clothing with 26 staff, has been acquired by 3M for undisclosed terms.
12-Jul-2010
Fenner has acquired MRI Medical, the US manufacturer of silicon-based items for medical devices, for about £1.7m.
12-Jul-2010
Peter Vardy has bought two Vauxhall car dealerships in Aberdeen and Edinburgh from John Martin Group for undisclosed terms.
08-Jul-2010
Green Compliance has acquired Envirocare, the pest control company with offices in Hull, Kenilworth, Exeter and Hayes, for an initial £1.8m.
08-Jul-2010
Spirax Sarco has acquired the Watson-Marlow and Bredel Pumps distribution business in Australia and New Zealand for up to £2.1m.
08-Jul-2010
Expansys is to acquire Data Select Network Solutions, the Buckinghamshire-based SIM card supplier, and PJ Media, the Buckinghamshire-based website developer, for a total £49m.
07-Jul-2010
CroftonMastrom has bought Clearview Press, the Hertfordshire-based printing firm with 30 staff, out of administration.
07-Jul-2010
Viridian is to sell Northern Ireland Electricity, including NIE Powerteam, Powerteam Electrical Services and 1,300 staff, to ESB for £1bn.
07-Jul-2010
DS Smith is to acquire Otor Group, the French corrugated packaging company, for £206m.
07-Jul-2010
Clancy Consulting has acquired Hodgins Smith, the Prestwick-based engineering consultancy with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
07-Jul-2010
Travis Perkins is to acquire BSS Group for £558m, creating a combined plumbing and heating supplies group with 19,000 staff.
06-Jul-2010
Lloyds Banking Group is to sell a 70% stake in Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance, its private equity business with a stake in 40 companies, to a joint venture with Coller Capital.
06-Jul-2010
Amplio Group has acquired Puresep Holdings, the water purification company with sales of £3.7m and sites in Lincolnshire and Herefordshire.
06-Jul-2010
Irish Dairy Board is to merge its Kerrygold cheese factory in Leek and its Somerset-based North Downs Dairy into a single group called Adams Foods in October.
06-Jul-2010
Allergy Therapeutics is to acquire Teomed, the Swiss pharmaceuticals distributor with 12 staff, for £0.7m.
05-Jul-2010
BG Group is to sell the Ballylumford gas-fired power station in County Antrim to AES Corporation for £99m.
05-Jul-2010
Debenhams is to acquire up to 115 Faith footwear concessions in its department stores out of administration.
05-Jul-2010
Witwood Food Products, the food ingredients manufacturer with 160 staff in Banbury, has been acquired by Newly Weds Foods.
05-Jul-2010
Bunzl has acquired Etablissements Glorieux, the Belgian supplier of cleaning and hygiene consumables and equipment trading as Global Net.
05-Jul-2010
Intelligent Environments Group is to acquire Documetric, the Rotherham-based provider of finance and administration outsourcing services, in a £14m reverse takeover.
05-Jul-2010
Highland Game has acquired Rick Bestwick, the Chesterfield-based meat supplier with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms.
05-Jul-2010
Kwik-Fit is to sell its West Lothian-based insurance services business to Ageas of Belgium for £215m.
05-Jul-2010
Countrywide has acquired The Letmore Group, the lettings agency with 40 staff at seven offices in East London and Essex.
05-Jul-2010
Addis & Co, the Stockport-based accountancy firm, has been acquired by the OJK division of the James Grant Group for undisclosed terms.
05-Jul-2010
Green Compliance has acquired Pure Group Management, the water treatment firm trading as Water Pure Systems, for an initial £5m.
05-Jul-2010
Vantis has sold its accountancy offices in Darlington, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool to a management team operating under the name of Evolution, with the transfer of 65 staff.
05-Jul-2010
Vantis has sold its business recovery division out of administration to management for undisclosed terms, securing 200 jobs, while RSM Tenon has acquired Vantis Financial Management for £7m.
05-Jul-2010
Monthind has acquired B&G Services Anglia, the Suffolk-based cleaning firm with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms, taking its total workforce to about 870.
05-Jul-2010
Amey has acquired WYG Engineering, the rail consultancy with about 100 staff.
05-Jul-2010
Scott Wilson, the London-based engineering consultancy with 80 sites worldwide, is to be acquired by URS Corporation of the US for £223m.
01-Jul-2010
Dunlop Heywood has acquired the assets of Edward King & Co, the commercial property rating firm, for undisclosed terms.
01-Jul-2010
Tate & Lyle is to sell its EU Sugar Refining division to American Sugar Refining of the US for £211m, including a London-based sugar refinery and Lyle's syrup factory.
01-Jul-2010
Morgan Sindall has acquired Powerminster, the building maintenance firm with 178 staff, from MJ Gleeson for £6.6m.
01-Jul-2010
Simply Coffee, the Exeter-based drinks vending firm, has been bought out of administration by The 2N's of Dorset.
01-Jul-2010
Aesica has acquired R5 Pharmaceuticals, the Nottingham-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer with 51 staff, for undisclosed terms.
01-Jul-2010
XPD8 Solutions, the Aberdeen-based oil services firm, has undergone a £6m management buy-out backed by Maven Capital Partners, and plans to double its 30-strong workforce over the next three years.
30-Jun-2010
SDL has acquired Xopus, the Dutch provider of online XML editing services, for an initial £1.3m.
30-Jun-2010
RSM Tenon has bought certain assets of Vantis out of administration for up to £6.8m, including offices in London, Leicester and Epsom and the transfer of about 300 staff.
30-Jun-2010
Motive Television has sold its Brown Eyed Boy TV production subsidiary to Shine Group in a £0.2m deal.
30-Jun-2010
Vertu Motors has acquired two Vauxhall car franchises in Crewe and Macclesfield out of administration for £1.5m.
30-Jun-2010
HR Owen has acquired the business and assets of an Audi car franchise in Wandsworth from the Dutton-Forshaw subsidiary of Lookers for £1.1m.
30-Jun-2010
Servosteel, the Dudley-based steel processing company, has been acquired by Essar Steel International of India.
30-Jun-2010
Waldeck has acquired Elliott & Brown, the Nottingham-based civil and structural engineering consultancy.
30-Jun-2010
CKD Galbraith has acquired Donalds, the Ayrshire-based firm of chartered surveyors.
29-Jun-2010
Rentokil Initial has acquired Knightsbridge Guarding and Perception UK of London for a total £6.9m, in order to expand its facilities services division.
29-Jun-2010
AIM Aviation, the Bournemouth-based aircraft interiors firm trading as Jecco, Henshalls and Composites, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LDC.
28-Jun-2010
Waverley TBS, the Hemel Hempstead-based drinks distributor with about 1,000 staff, is to undergo a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Manfield Partners.
28-Jun-2010
Mitie Group has acquired the integrated facilities management business of Dalkia in Ireland for up to £10m.
28-Jun-2010
Creston is to sell its London-based DLKW advertising business to the Lowe subsidiary of The IPG Group of Companies for £28m.
28-Jun-2010
Electricity North West is to acquire United Utilities Electricity Services, in order to create one group to own and maintain its network.
28-Jun-2010
Transport for London has completed the acquisition of Tube Lines, in order to bring all London Underground maintenance work in-house.
28-Jun-2010
RSM Tenon is in negotiations to sell the Cardinal Packaging carrier bags business in Ebbw Vale out of administration to a former director.
28-Jun-2010
TripAdvisor has acquired Holidaylettings.co.uk, the Oxford-based online travel firm, from Rightmove for undisclosed terms.
28-Jun-2010
Fabric has sold its London-based nightclub out of administration to one of its former investors, securing the future of 100 jobs.
28-Jun-2010
McKinnon & Clarke has acquired Encore, the energy risk consultancy with 80 staff, for £6.3m.
28-Jun-2010
Searcys has undergone a management buy-out, having secured £3m from Barclays Corporate Finance to expand its chain of Champagne bars.
28-Jun-2010
Waitrose has acquired five supermarkets in the Channel Islands from Sandpiper, and will rebrand them next year.
24-Jun-2010
Weldex, the Inverness-based crawler crane hire company, is to be acquired by private equity firm Dunedin for £100m.
24-Jun-2010
Memex, the East Kilbride-based software technology firm with 90 staff, is to be acquired by SAS of the US for undisclosed terms.
24-Jun-2010
Fords Bakery has been sold out of administration by KPMG to Scullions Wholesale Bakery of Glasgow, securing 87 jobs in Prestonpans.
24-Jun-2010
Pennon Group has acquired Reconomy Recycling Solutions, the materials recycling company with sites in Wellingborough, Soham and Corby, for £24m, in order to expand its Viridor Waste Management subsidiary.
24-Jun-2010
Hampson Industries has sold Hampson Precision Automotive to a new company backed by GIL Investments for £2.5m.
24-Jun-2010
Fuse8 Group, the digital marketing company with offices in Leeds and Russia, is to be acquired by investment firm Award International for £5m.
24-Jun-2010
Primary Health Properties is to acquire Health Investments, the owner of 14 primary care and pharmacy properties nationwide, for £12m.
24-Jun-2010
Peel Group has sold a 65% stake in its airports in Liverpool, Doncaster and Durham to Vancouver Airport Services of Canada for about £170m.
24-Jun-2010
Hopper Howe Sadler and Reid Jubb Brown have merged to create a combined Newcastle-based firm of architects called Sadler Brown.
24-Jun-2010
Vale Contract Services, the North Wales-based landscaping firm with 225 staff, has been acquired by Ground Control Holdings of Essex for undisclosed terms.
24-Jun-2010
General Dynamics has acquired Kylmar, the Andover-based manufacturer of sensors and optical surveillance systems with 50 staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Jun-2010
Careline Services, the contact centre provider with 1,000 staff, is to be acquired by Hinduja Global Solutions of India for undisclosed terms.
23-Jun-2010
Touchline (UK), the Warrington-based sports and school clothing supplier with 24 staff, has been sold out of administration by KPMG to a new company called DFN Embroidery.
23-Jun-2010
Inspectorate, the commodity testing company, is to be sold by 3i to Bureau Veritas of France for £450m.
23-Jun-2010
Hainsworth, the snooker cloth manufacturer, has acquired the Northern Rubber cushion brand and business from Icon Polymer of Retford for undisclosed terms.
23-Jun-2010
Opex Group has secured a £2m investment from Octopus Capital for Enterprise to fund the expansion of its Newport-based events support business.
23-Jun-2010
Excelerate Technology has acquired Norton Integrated Systems, the Pontypool-based manufacturer of surveillance systems with five staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Jun-2010
Danwood Group has acquired Talbographic, the digital printing firm, and will relocate the ten staff from Westleigh to Hamilton Business Park in Leicester in September.
23-Jun-2010
Carr's Milling Industries has acquired Scotmin Nutrition, the Ayr-based manufacturer of animal feed supplements with 41 staff, and three Borthwickburn branches in Jedburgh, Selkirk and Berwick from Buccleuch Country for £5.6m.
23-Jun-2010
N4 Solutions, the Cirencester-based supplier of fulfilment software to the financial services sector, has been acquired by 1st Exchange.
23-Jun-2010
Bestway has acquired Bellevue, the owner of two cash and carry depots in Edinburgh and Stirling, for undisclosed terms, and has also announced plans to open a new depot in Liverpool.
22-Jun-2010
Carole Nash of Altrincham has acquired the 5,000-strong motorcycle book of Co-operative Insurance for undisclosed terms.
22-Jun-2010
Daisy Group has acquired MurphX Innovative Solutions, the Hampshire-based provider of data connectivity solutions, for an initial £4.8m.
22-Jun-2010
Archant has acquired KOS Media Publishing, the Kent-based newspaper and magazine publisher with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Jun-2010
National Starch, the food ingredients manufacturer with 80 UK staff at sites in Stockport and Goole, has been sold by Akzo Nobel to Corn Products International of the US for £877m.
22-Jun-2010
Hain Celestial Group has acquired Churchill Food Products, the Nottingham-based manufacturer of food-to-go products, for undisclosed terms.
21-Jun-2010
Perspective Financial Group has acquired Wingham Wyatt, the Braintree-based independent financial adviser with 11 staff.
21-Jun-2010
Stockport County Football Club has been sold out of administration by Leonard Curtis to a local consortium for undisclosed terms.
21-Jun-2010
Roberts Bakery has acquired Aldreds, the Ilkeston-based bakery with 62 staff, from D&G Food Group for undisclosed terms.
21-Jun-2010
Republic, the chain of 103 fashion stores, has been acquired by US private equity firm TPG for £300m.
21-Jun-2010
Interior Services Group has acquired Olson Enterprises, the Russian fit out company with 125 staff, for a nominal sum.
21-Jun-2010
Xchanging is to acquire Data Integration, the security and communication technology provider with 56 staff.
21-Jun-2010
Brulines is to acquire LBI Installations, the provider of contract management solutions for forecourt operations, for an initial £0.4m.
21-Jun-2010
Countrywide is to acquire the UK, European, Asian and Latin American property operations of Hamptons International from Dubai-based Emaar Properties for undisclosed terms.
21-Jun-2010
Fulcrum Group, the provider of gas connection services, is to be sold by National Grid to cash shell Marwyn Capital 1 for a nominal sum.
21-Jun-2010
Total Marketing Services of Kent has been acquired by Inspired Thinking Group for £3.2m.
21-Jun-2010
Daisy Group has sold its WiMAX spectrum licences to the PCCW Group for £12m.
21-Jun-2010
Total Care North West has acquired Heritage Homecare Services, the Colne-based domiciliary care firm with 35 staff, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jun-2010
APG Visual Colour has sold its assets out of administration to Liverpool-based Character Mailing, securing 15 jobs at its Stockport-based printing business.
17-Jun-2010
Collins Stewart has acquired Andersen Charnley, the Surrey-based independent wealth management firm, for an initial £5m.
17-Jun-2010
DM Keith has acquired Martyn Beever, the operator of Skoda and Seat car franchises in York, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jun-2010
N Brown has acquired Figleaves, the online lingerie retailer with an office in Welwyn Garden City and warehouse in Haverhill, for £11m.
16-Jun-2010
Intertek is to acquire Expertises Technologies & Services Analyses, the French oil inspection company with 120 staff, from Air Liquide for £6.3m.
16-Jun-2010
Intelek, the Swindon-based electronic systems manufacturer, is to be acquired by Teledyne of the US for about £28m.
16-Jun-2010
Abru, the Derbyshire-based ladder manufacturer, has been acquired by Werner Co of the US.
15-Jun-2010
EFS Group has acquired 747 Express Freight, the Winsford-based courier, for undisclosed terms.
15-Jun-2010
Humyo.com, the Leeds-based provider of online data services, has been acquired by Trend Micro of the US for undisclosed terms.
15-Jun-2010
Brasserie Blanc is expanding into the pub market with the acquisition of two former Massive Group pubs in Teddington and Weybridge.
15-Jun-2010
United Utilities is to sell its non-regulated water businesses to Veolia Environnement of France for about £175m, including operations in Scotland, Bulgaria, Estonia and Poland.
15-Jun-2010
International Brand Licensing is to acquire EKF-diagnostic, the German supplier of diagnostic devices, for £12m, and will change its name to EKF Diagnostics Holdings.
15-Jun-2010
Stadium Group has sold its London-based branded plastics business to Flambeau Europlast for £2.5m.
15-Jun-2010
GlaxoSmithKline has acquired Laboratorios Phoenix, the Argentinian pharmaceuticals company, for £172m.
14-Jun-2010
Greene King is to expand its Hungary Horse and Eating Inn pub-restaurant chains with the £5.3m acquisition of four outlets in Aberdeen, Nottingham and Northampton from Punch Taverns.
14-Jun-2010
Fish Insurance, the Preston-based insurance company valued at £30m, has undergone a secondary buy-out backed by private equity firm Inflexion.
14-Jun-2010
Salts Healthcare has acquired UCI Healthcare, the dispensing appliance contractor with customer care centres in Charlbury, Chesterfield and Newcastle, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jun-2010
Apollo has acquired FWA West, the Essex-based social housing maintenance firm, for about £2m.
14-Jun-2010
Sessions of York has sold its labelling machinery division out of administration to local investment group Audasi, securing seven jobs.
14-Jun-2010
Digital Exchange has acquired Napier IT Group, the Chesterfield-based IT firm with four staff, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jun-2010
Cryptic Peach has sold its Manchester-based media training business out of administration to Soho Editors Training and Amsys.
14-Jun-2010
Santander is set to acquire 318 high street branches from Royal Bank of Scotland.
14-Jun-2010
Weir Group is to acquire Linatex, the Malaysian supplier of wear-resistant products to the mining industry, for £119m.
14-Jun-2010
Dana Petroleum is to acquire Petro Canada Netherlands, the North Sea exploration and production company, from Suncor Energy for £270m.
14-Jun-2010
Kewill has acquired Minihouse, the Benelux-based software group, for an initial £5m.
14-Jun-2010
Renewable Energy Generation has acquired the 4.9MW St Breock wind farm in Cornwall from Eon Climate & Renewables for an initial £2.8m.
14-Jun-2010
Petrofac has acquired TNEI Services, the energy consultancy with 50 staff in Newcastle and Manchester, for £7.5m.
14-Jun-2010
Heathcliff Haulage has undergone a pre-pack administration through Leonard Curtis, securing the future of 48 jobs at its Cambridgeshire-based haulage business.
10-Jun-2010
Greenstar UK is to be acquired by Montagu Private Equity and Global Infrastructure Partners for £135m, and will be merged with their existing Biffa waste management business.
10-Jun-2010
Energybuild, the South Wales-based mine operator, is to be acquired by Western Coal Corp of Canada in a £54m deal.
10-Jun-2010
Begbies Traynor has acquired Tomlinsons, the firm of insolvency practitioners with 13 staff in Manchester and Blackburn.
10-Jun-2010
Daisy Group has acquired Fone Logistics, the Northumberland-based supplier of mobile handsets and airtime, for £3.6m.
10-Jun-2010
Brooks Macdonald is to acquire Braemar Group, the Hale-based property management company with more than 40 staff, for £4m.
09-Jun-2010
Findel has sold its Choices Group UK home entertainment products business and its Webb Ivory Burton consumer mail order division to Endless for a nominal sum.
09-Jun-2010
Aerelink has acquired Rapier Systems, the Peterborough-based networking and wireless telecoms firm with seven staff, for £0.2m.
09-Jun-2010
Brulines is to acquire Retail & Forecourt Solutions, the Leicestershire-based supplier of fuel pump calibration services.
09-Jun-2010
Just Car Clinics has acquired a 10,000 sq ft car accident repair business in Keighley, with the transfer of 19 staff.
09-Jun-2010
Autonomy is to acquire CA Technologies' information governance business in the US for undisclosed terms, including CA Records Manager and CA Message Manager.
09-Jun-2010
Morson has bought the assets of Wynnwith, the Surrey-based technical recruitment firm, out of administration for £7.7m.
09-Jun-2010
Vertu Motors is to acquire two Ford and Mazda car dealerships in Glasgow and Hamilton from Shields Automotive for up to £2.5m.
09-Jun-2010
Green Compliance has acquired the assets of C&T Fire, the West Sussex-based fire protection firm, for an initial £0.6m.
08-Jun-2010
TruRead, the Cheshire-based smart metering firm with about 100 staff, has been acquired by Gazprom Marketing & Trading of Russia for undisclosed terms.
08-Jun-2010
Shakespeare Putsman of Birmingham is to merge with Stratford-based Needham & James to create a combined law firm with 320 staff.
08-Jun-2010
Clyde Blowers is to acquire Automatik Plastic Machinery, the German equipment manufacturer, for £125m.
08-Jun-2010
QV Foods has acquired the potato packing business of Perthshire-based Taypack, which will lead to the creation of more than 100 jobs.
08-Jun-2010
Chloride, the London-based manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies with 2,500 staff, is to be acquired by ABB of Switzerland for £860m.
08-Jun-2010
Compass Group has acquired Southeast Service Corporation, the US provider of business and education support services with 6,500 staff, for £45m.
08-Jun-2010
Manx Telecom, the Isle of Man telecoms provider with 300 staff, has been sold by Telefonica to private equity firm HG Capital in a deal worth £158m.
07-Jun-2010
BSkyB is to acquire a number of TV channels from Virgin Media for £160m, including Living, Challenge and Bravo.
07-Jun-2010
Beales has bought the Robbs of Hexham department store in Northumberland out of administration for £0.3m, securing 140 jobs.
07-Jun-2010
Rayware has bought the Typhoon housewares brand out of administration, with the loss of about 40 jobs in Chessington.
07-Jun-2010
Flex-Ability has been bought out of administration by Falcon PCB Group, securing 21 jobs at its Hartlepool-based electronics manufacturing business.
07-Jun-2010
Nexus Vehicle Rental has acquired Adapted Vehicle Hire, the car rental firm with sites in Chorley and Uxbridge, for undisclosed terms.
07-Jun-2010
Mazars has sold Ideal Furniture Manufacturers of Nelson out of administration to one of its shareholders, securing 27 jobs.
07-Jun-2010
Communicate Better Group has acquired Advance Computer Systems, the Salford-based IT support firm, for undisclosed terms.
07-Jun-2010
Sunseeker International has sold a majority stake in its Poole-based yacht manufacturing business to a consortium led by FL Partners for £25m.
07-Jun-2010
RDF Media, the TV production company, has been acquired by Zodiak Entertainment of France for an estimated £150m.
03-Jun-2010
Barclays is to acquire Tricorona, the Swedish trader in carbon emission reduction credits, for £98m.
03-Jun-2010
LSL Property Services has acquired the assets of the Goodfellows Group for £1m, including nine estate agency and lettings offices.
03-Jun-2010
Trafficmaster, the supplier of satellite navigation systems, is to be acquired by US private equity firm Vector Capital for £73m.
03-Jun-2010
Colorset UVI has acquired UVI Nottingham, the Sutton in Ashfield-based printing firm with 12 staff.
03-Jun-2010
Castle Support Services, the Birmingham-based electrical engineering group that includes Dowding & Mills, is to be acquired by Sulzer of Switzerland for £127m.
03-Jun-2010
TEG Group is to acquire Simpro, the operator of six waste composting sites in Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry, Nottingham, Telford and Warwick, for up to £6m.
03-Jun-2010
LPC Group, the Leicester-based tissue manufacturer with 620 staff, is expected to be acquired by Sofidel of Italy.
03-Jun-2010
Motan of Abingdon is to merge with Colortronic of Chesterfield to form a new plastics processing group called Motan-Colortronic.
03-Jun-2010
R&R Ice Cream has acquired Rolland, the French ice cream manufacturer with 520 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jun-2010
Centaur Media has acquired Taxbriefs Holdings, the provider of tax information services, for £1.9m.
02-Jun-2010
Netcall is to acquire Telephonetics, the Hemel Hempstead-based provider of speech automation and data integration solutions, funded by a £4.2m share placing.
02-Jun-2010
Paddock, the Walsall-based lock manufacturer with 250 staff, has been acquired by Assa Abloy of Sweden for undisclosed terms.
02-Jun-2010
MS International has bought the remaining 50% stake in its Global-MSI infrastructure products joint venture from Portman International Securities for £4.5m.
02-Jun-2010
Tribal Group has sold Nightingale Architects, the architecture firm with 260 staff at seven offices, to IBI Holdco for up to £13m.
02-Jun-2010
Plum Baby, the Hampshire-based baby foods supplier, has been acquired by Darwin Private Equity for £10m.
01-Jun-2010
St Ives has acquired Occam DM, the Bristol-based database marketing services company with 80 staff, for £12m.
01-Jun-2010
Eurotunnel has acquired GBRf, the rail freight operator with 299 staff, from FirstGroup for £31m.
01-Jun-2010
Respivert, the London-based drug discovery company, has been sold by Imperial Innovations to Centocor Ortho Biotech for £9.5m.
01-Jun-2010
Capita Group has acquired Premier Medical Group, the provider of medical screening services with 280 staff in Ludlow, Lincoln, Pangbourne and London, for £60m.
01-Jun-2010
Spice has sold its gas boiler maintenance division to Booth Securities for a nominal sum.
01-Jun-2010
Digitimer has bought Gaeltec, the Skye-based medical device manufacturer with 12 staff, out of administration.
01-Jun-2010
Bunzl has acquired Juba, the Spanish manufacturer of plastic gloves, for undisclosed terms.
01-Jun-2010
JD Sports has acquired the Sonetti menswear brand from WDT for undisclosed terms.
01-Jun-2010
Asda has acquired Netto Foodstores, the chain of 194 supermarkets, from Netto of Denmark for £778m, and the sites will be rebranded by summer 2011.
01-Jun-2010
Norman Broadbent, the London-based headhunter, is to be acquired by a consortium of venture capitalists.
01-Jun-2010
RPS has acquired Aquaterra Consulting, the Australian water and environmental consultancy with 90 staff, for up to £7.8m.
01-Jun-2010
Spiritel has acquired Housing Communications, the Shrewsbury-based mobile voice and data reseller, for £2.1m.
01-Jun-2010
DS Smith is to sell Copikas, its Turkish corrugated packaging business, to Olmuksa International Paper-Sabanci Ambalaj Sanayi Ve Ticaret for £4.7m.
01-Jun-2010
Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired the retail insurance business of James Hampden, including offices in Derby, Hertford and London.
01-Jun-2010
Martindale Pharmaceuticals has been sold by Cardinal Health to private equity firm AAC Capital for about £100m.
01-Jun-2010
Barclays Bank is to sell HomEq Servicing, its US mortgage servicing business, to Ocwen Financial Corporation for about £900m.
01-Jun-2010
ByBox has acquired PPR Solutions, the London-based courier, for undisclosed terms.
01-Jun-2010
Wynnstay Group has acquired Woodheads Seeds, the Selby-based seeds supplier, for more than £3m.
01-Jun-2010
Cathedral Financial Management of Exeter has merged with DMA Financial Planning of Plymouth.
01-Jun-2010
Baldwins has acquired Harrison & Co, the Nottingham-based accountancy, in order to combine it with its MHA Chartered Accountants business at the Eldon Business Park.
01-Jun-2010
Headland Media has acquired NewsLink Services, the provider of news and information services to seafarers.
01-Jun-2010
Denton Wilde Sapte is planning to merge with US-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal to create a global law firm called SNR Denton with 1,400 lawyers.
27-May-2010
BGlobal is to acquire Utiligroup, the Blackburn-based provider of energy data management and process solutions, for up to £13m.
27-May-2010
Staffline has acquired the trade and assets of DKM Labour Solutions, the Nottingham-based provider of recruitment solutions with 26 staff, in a pre-pack administration deal.
27-May-2010
Norwich & Peterborough Insurance Brokers has acquired Spiremark Insurance of Whittlesey.
27-May-2010
Garnett Dickinson has acquired Native Publisher Services, the magazine distributor, for undisclosed terms.
27-May-2010
West Bromwich Building Society is to sell its Mortgageforce mortgage broking franchise to management for a nominal sum.
27-May-2010
Orwelco Holdings has bought the assets of the GW Waite components business in Ulverston out of administration, and the 35 staff will relocate to Barrow.
27-May-2010
Plain Label Company, the Nottinghamshire-based label printer, has been sold out of administration by SFP to its former directors.
27-May-2010
GO-SIM has bought Oneroam Communications of the US for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to become a global supplier of prepaid SIM cards.
27-May-2010
SurgiCare has acquired Plastic Surgery Partners, the London-based cosmetic surgery practice, for undisclosed terms.
26-May-2010
Moy Park is to acquire O'Kane Poultry to create a combined poultry processing group with 5,000 of its 8,500 staff in Northern Ireland.
26-May-2010
Phoenix Beard is to merge with GBR to create a combined Birmingham-based property group with more than 70 staff.
26-May-2010
Flying Brands has acquired the customer base and assets of Flowers Direct, the flower delivery company, for £3m.
25-May-2010
Xitek is to acquire Optimec, the Malvern-based specialist optical equipment manufacturer.
25-May-2010
Burleigh, the Stoke-based pottery, has been acquired by restructuring group Hilco for about £1m, and will be combined with Denby.
24-May-2010
Godminster has acquired Daisy & Co, the Somerset-based cheesemaker.
24-May-2010
Clinton Devon Estates has sold the Victoria Sawmills timber merchant in Colaton Raleigh to The Fence Stores Group of Dorset.
24-May-2010
Scottish & Southern Energy has sold the 30MW Ardrossan Windfarm in Ayrshire to private equity firm Terra Firma for £28m.
24-May-2010
Horbury Group has acquired Tubular Scaffolding Services, the scaffolding contracting firm based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch with 40 staff.
24-May-2010
Yell has acquired Trusted Places, the operator of a local reviews website.
24-May-2010
Antler, the Bury-based luggage supplier with about 300 staff, has been bought out of administration by private equity firm LDC for undisclosed terms.
24-May-2010
TravelJigsaw, the Manchester-based online car rental firm with 120 staff, has been acquired by Priceline of the US for more than £90m.
20-May-2010
Liberty, the London department store, has been acquired by private equity firm BlueGem Capital Partners for £32m.
20-May-2010
MF Management is to acquire PFD, the literary agency, to create a new company called The Rights House.
20-May-2010
Europa has acquired Nationwide Building Services, the Leeds-based owner of Nationwide Maintenance, Falcon Mechanical and Nationwide LCS.
20-May-2010
Drallim Industries has bought the assets of Horsell Electrics, the Brighton-based manufacturing company, saving nine jobs.
20-May-2010
CVS has acquired Ark Alliance, the North Yorkshire-based chain of four veterinary practices.
20-May-2010
Country Harvest Frozen Foods has acquired Mike Fenwick, the Newton Aycliffe-based catering butcher with 15 staff, out of administration.
20-May-2010
Royal Bank of Scotland is to sell its French factoring business to GE Capital of the US for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2010
Rotork has acquired Ralph A Hiller, the US manufacturer of nuclear actuators, for £5.3m.
20-May-2010
BAe Systems is to acquire Atlantic Marine, the US-based vessel maintenance and repair firm with 1,000 staff, from JFL-AMH Partners for £240m.
19-May-2010
Manchester Building Society is in negotiations to sell Whiteaway Laidlaw, the Manchester-based bank with 17 staff, to Royal Bank of Scotland for about £10m.
19-May-2010
Key Technologies is to acquire Primetake, the Lincolnshire-based ammunition and equipment manufacturer with 54 staff, for undisclosed terms.
19-May-2010
Jaguar Land Rover is in negotiations to sell its Veneer Manufacturing Centre in Coventry to Lawrence Automotive Interiors, with the transfer of up to 390 staff.
19-May-2010
Addacabin has been sold out of administration to Wernick Hire for about £6m, securing 16 jobs at its Glenrothes-based cabin hire business.
19-May-2010
Chess has acquired NPC Telecom, the Warrington-based telecoms firm with 1,000 customers, for undisclosed terms.
19-May-2010
Pearson is to acquire Melorio, the London-based vocational training firm, for £99m.
19-May-2010
Allied Healthcare has acquired a 50.1% stake in Homecare Independent Living Group, the provider of social care services in Northern Ireland, for £3.9m.
18-May-2010
Man Group is to acquire GLG Partners, the investment management firm, in a deal worth about £1bn.
18-May-2010
Prosurgics has been acquired by a new venture capital-backed company called FreeHand Surgical for £3.2m, in order to fund the commercial development of its medical robotics technology.
18-May-2010
Vp has acquired Harbray Plant Hire, the Aylesford-based pipeline pressure testing rental firm, for £0.9m.
18-May-2010
Britvic is to acquire Fruite, the French soft drinks company with more than 500 staff, for about £200m.
18-May-2010
Nationwide Accident Repair Services has acquired a 15,000 sq ft vehicle repair site in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, taking its total network to 73.
18-May-2010
DotDigital Group has acquired Netcallidus, the Northamptonshire-based digital marketing agency, for up to £1m.
18-May-2010
Brightside Group is to acquire the eCar and eBike insurance brands for an initial £15m.
18-May-2010
Phase Eight has sold a 49% stake in its fashion retailing business to a consortium of investors that includes Kew Capital.
17-May-2010
M&O Trading is planning to expand its Brighton-based chain of 22 off-licences to 40 over the next few years.
17-May-2010
Brakes has acquired Browns Food Service, the catering butcher with 40 vans and depots in Rugby, Romsey and London.
17-May-2010
Raymarine, the marine electronics group, has been bought out of administration by FLIR Systems of the US for £120m.
17-May-2010
Minorplanet is to sell its UK telematics business out of administration to a new company called MPS 2010 for £2.7m.
17-May-2010
Steel Centre 4 has been bought out of administration by Bowdon Investments for undisclosed terms, securing 16 of the 27 jobs at its Scunthorpe-based steel processing business.
17-May-2010
RSM Tenon has sold Game Xchange (UK) of Bolton in a pre-pack administration deal, securing 24 jobs at four of its seven computer games stores.
17-May-2010
Hallam Freight, the Sheffield-based haulage firm with 15 vehicles, has undergone a pre-pack administration deal through The P&A Partnership.
17-May-2010
CB Richard Ellis has acquired M3, the industrial property services firm with offices in Birmingham, Sheffield and London.
17-May-2010
Concorde Excel Holdings has acquired Control Key, the Blackburn-based IT security firm with five staff, in order to expand its Concorde Informatics business.
17-May-2010
HEROtsc is to acquire a Vodafone call centre in Warrington, as part of an outsourcing deal that will involve the transfer of 600 staff.
17-May-2010
SLP Engineering has sold its Sea & Land Power and Energy subsidiary out of administration to a subsidiary of Smulders Group, securing 17 jobs in Lowestoft.
17-May-2010
Begbies Traynor has sold Quickseal, the waterproofing and concrete repair contractor, out of administration to VolkerLaser for £0.3m.
17-May-2010
Kier Group has acquired Pure Recycling Warwick, the owner of a materials recycling facility due for completion at Ettington in Warwickshire in March 2011, for an initial £2m.
17-May-2010
Cohort has acquired Abacus EW Consultancy, the Lincoln-based electronic communications firm, for an initial £1m, in order to expand its MASS Consultants subsidiary.
17-May-2010
Martins Foods has bought Mellors out of administration, securing more than 60 jobs at its bakery in Southport.
13-May-2010
Zeta Compliance has acquired The Fire Strategy Company, the Ramsgate-based fire engineering consultancy, for an initial £0.2m.
13-May-2010
Vincent Group has sold the business and assets of its Yeovil-based car dealership, including SMV Commercials, out of administration to the owner of Exeter-based Brooklands.
13-May-2010
Reeves+Neylan is to merge with FW Stephens to create a combined London-based financial consulting group with 43 partners and 330 staff.
13-May-2010
WEC Group has acquired Nutter Aircrafts, the Blackburn-based precision engineering firm with 22 staff, for undisclosed terms.
13-May-2010
Standard Life has sold its medical insurance division, which has 562 staff in Bournemouth and Stockport, to Discovery Holdings of South Africa for £138m.
12-May-2010
Wordsworth Holdings has sold Barford Construction Equipment, Fruehauf, Huffey Group, WH Rentals and Euroforce out of administration to Bowdon Investment Group, securing 70 jobs.
12-May-2010
J Mills, the Manchester-based maintenance contracting firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
12-May-2010
RSM Tenon is to sell FRC Packaging, the Oldham-based supplier of pallets and timber containers with 30 staff, out of administration.
12-May-2010
Bio-D, the Hull-based developer of environmentally-friendly cleaning products, has undergone a management buy-out.
12-May-2010
Development Securities is expected to acquire the 21,000-capacity Manchester Evening News Arena from GE Real Estate and Capital & Regional for more than £60m.
12-May-2010
HSS Hire has acquired Hydrex, the Bristol-based health and safety training consultancy with five branches.
11-May-2010
Mathiesons Bakeries has been bought out of administration by a new company called Mathiesons Foods, creating a new group with 560 staff and 51 shops across Scotland.
11-May-2010
Croda is to sell its oleochemicals production site at Emmerich in Germany to KLK Group for £55m.
11-May-2010
Hobs has acquired AM Reprographics, the Bristol-based printing firm with six staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-May-2010
United Utilities has sold its water and wastewater treatment operations in Australia to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for £136m.
11-May-2010
Gardner Group is to acquire some of the assets of RD Precision, the manufacturer of precision tools for the aerospace and defence sectors, out of administration for £1.1m.
11-May-2010
Ten Alps has acquired Grove House Publishing, the publisher of trade media in the farming sector, for an initial £0.7m.
11-May-2010
Hotelplan UK is to acquire Ski Esprit and Ski Total for about £25m, in order to expand its Inghams ski travel business.
10-May-2010
Harrods, the London department store, is to be acquired by Qatar Holding for more than £1.5bn.
10-May-2010
Orbis is to acquire Alphameric Solutions, the Stockport-based supplier of technology to bookmakers with 20 staff, from Alphameric for £15m.
10-May-2010
Allocate Software is to acquire Dynamic Change, the Keele-based software-as-a-service provider with 44 staff, for up to £9m.
10-May-2010
Daltons of Nottingham has bought the name and intellectual property of Wadkin, the Leicester-based manufacturer of woodworking machines, out of administration.
10-May-2010
H Beesley has been bought out of administration by Bromford Holdings, securing the future of almost 100 jobs at its Leicester-based engineering business.
10-May-2010
Intertek has acquired Norca Ingenieria de Calidad, the Spanish provider of infrastructure risk assessment services with 70 staff, for £3.7m.
10-May-2010
Cullum Capital Ventures has acquired DTE Insurance Brokers of Bury for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of eight staff to its office in Stockport.
10-May-2010
B3 Cable Solutions of Manchester has acquired broadband distributors ANPEQ of Germany and Catway of Sweden, with the transfer of about 40 staff.
10-May-2010
Engine Group has bought the Jam social media unit of I-level out of administration, securing the future of 20 jobs.
10-May-2010
Atmel is to sell its East Kilbride-based smart cards business to Inside Contactless of France for undisclosed terms.
10-May-2010
Grainger is to acquire Sovereign Reversions, the property finance company, for £34m.
10-May-2010
Tustain Motors has bought two Vauxhall car dealerships in Northumberland, and is now looking to acquire further sites across the North and Midlands.
10-May-2010
LSL Property Services has acquired the assets of the Home of Choice mortgage network out of administration for £1.5m.
10-May-2010
Bernard Matthews has acquired Lincs Turkeys, the Lincolnshire-based supplier of turkey products with annual sales of about £23m.
06-May-2010
Green Compliance has acquired Mayfair Fire Protection of Oldbury for an initial £2.4m and Professional Fire Solutions for an initial £0.1m.
06-May-2010
Compass Group has acquired Caterine Restauration, the French catering company, from Industries & Finances Partenaires.
06-May-2010
Court Homemakers, the Stockton-based supplier of kitchens and bathrooms with 26 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
06-May-2010
Haas-Tek Services has acquired ACE Engineering, the stainless steel fabrication firm, to create a combined Lockerbie-based engineering group with 59 staff.
06-May-2010
Guest Trucks has acquired three truck dealership sites in Boston, Cambridge and Peterborough from TC Harrison for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 37 staff.
06-May-2010
ZooBiotic of Bridgend has acquired BioMonde of Germany for undisclosed terms, creating a combined wound healing group with annual sales of £5m.
06-May-2010
Zolfo Cooper has sold Octaveward, the Lancashire-based window supplier, out of administration to Millfield Group of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
06-May-2010
Billington Holdings has sold Dosco Overseas Engineering and Hollybank Engineering, its Nottinghamshire-based mining engineering operations, to SMT Scharf of Germany for £1.8m.
06-May-2010
Rowlands has merged with Field Cunningham to create a combined Manchester-based law firm called Rowlands Field Cunningham with 120 staff.
06-May-2010
Finning is to sell Hewden Stuart, its Manchester-based construction equipment rental business with 1,300 staff at 63 sites, to private equity firm Sun European Partners for about £110m.
06-May-2010
Inspired Gaming, the gaming machines and software supplier, is to be acquired by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners for £134m.
05-May-2010
Sophos has sold a majority stake in its Abingdon-based anti-virus software business to private equity firm Apax Partners in a deal that values the company at £547m.
05-May-2010
Mattioli Woods has acquired the pension administration and employee benefits business of Cooper Parry Wealth Strategies for up to £1.2m.
05-May-2010
NetServices of Salford is planning to sell WAN Services and the trade and assets of NetServices plc to GCI Telecom of Lincoln for £3.2m, and will then change its name to Accumuli.
05-May-2010
Law Print Pack has acquired the Qbag food cooking bags business from FFP Packaging Solutions of Northampton for undisclosed terms.
05-May-2010
Ashley House has acquired SPS, the Daresbury-based developer of mental health facilities, for about £1.5m.
05-May-2010
Bibby Distribution has acquired Taygroup, the transport firm with 300 vehicles in Biggleswade, Cardiff, Melksham and Wigan, for undisclosed terms.
05-May-2010
Adventi, the Bellshill-based IT services firm, has been bought out of administration by Castle Computer Services for undisclosed terms.
05-May-2010
Bart Spices, the Bristol-based supplier of herbs and spices, is to undergo a management buy-out backed by Langholm Capital for undisclosed terms.
04-May-2010
Poundland, the chain of 260 discount stores, is to be acquired by US private equity firm Warburg Pincus for an estimated £200m.
04-May-2010
Schroders is to sell its third party private equity administration services businesses in Bermuda and Guernsey to JP Morgan International Finance.
04-May-2010
Paragon Print & Packaging has bought the assets of the label division of York-based Sessions out of administration, securing eight jobs.
04-May-2010
Adelaide Engineering has bought Leopold Grove Engineering of Blackpool out of administration for undisclosed terms.
04-May-2010
William Grant has bought the spirits division of C&C Group of Ireland for £260m, with the transfer of 57 staff.
04-May-2010
GF Interiors has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a consortium led by its founder, securing 30 jobs at its Brighouse-based joinery business.
04-May-2010
Climate Exchange, the carbon emissions exchange operator, is to be acquired by Intercontinental Exchange of the US for £395m.
04-May-2010
Document Despatch, the Basingstoke-based direct mail firm with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
04-May-2010
XTC Clothing has bought the Adams name out of administration and plans to reopen up to 40 childrenswear stores.
04-May-2010
HandMade, the owner of HandMade Films, is to be acquired by a new company called Almorah Services for £2.3m.
04-May-2010
HobbyCraft, the chain of 47 arts and crafts stores, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Bridgepoint for undisclosed terms.
04-May-2010
TAG Safety, the Oldham-based safety training firm with 12 staff, has been acquired by Capital Safety Group of the US for undisclosed terms.
04-May-2010
Pinstripe Print Group has acquired Edward Fox & Sons, the Birmingham-based printing firm with about 20 staff, for undisclosed terms.
04-May-2010
Pope & Parr, the Nottingham-based glazing firm, has been bought out of administration by Cassco Holdings for undisclosed terms, and plans to create 30 new jobs over the next year.
04-May-2010
Twenty is to sell DFPP, the holding company of Dataforce Interact, to HOV Global Services for an initial £7.2m.
04-May-2010
Pimlico Plumbers is in negotiations to sell a 30-40% stake in its London-based plumbing business to the founder of Dyno-Rod, in order to raise £25m to fund its nationwide expansion.
04-May-2010
Charlton House Hotel, the Somerset-based luxury hotel, has been bought out of administration by Bannatyne Group for about £3m.
04-May-2010
Boost Juice, the Australian juice bar operator with ten franchised outlets in the UK, has been acquired by US private equity firm Riverside Company in a £40m deal.
04-May-2010
Global Brands of Chesterfield has acquired Inspirit Brands, the London-based drinks marketing firm.
04-May-2010
Leach Distribution, the Rochdale-based haulage firm with 90 staff and 40 vehicles, has been acquired by Dachser of Germany for undisclosed terms.
29-Apr-2010
SpaceandPeople is to acquire Retail Profile Holdings, the operator of retail merchandising units in 34 shopping centres, for £6.3m.
29-Apr-2010
F&C Asset Management is to acquire Thames River Capital, the London-based asset management firm with 135 staff, for up to £54m.
29-Apr-2010
Swiss Post International has acquired MCM Direct, the Southampton-based direct marketing firm, for undisclosed terms.
29-Apr-2010
WR Financial Management is to merge with Barrington Slimmings to create a combined Teesside-based financial services firm with 14 staff.
29-Apr-2010
Industrial Door Engineering, the Northwich-based industrial door manufacturer with 40 staff, has been acquired by Monsoon Industries of Australia for undisclosed terms.
29-Apr-2010
Datamonitor has acquired Pack-Track, the packaging research firm, for undisclosed terms.
28-Apr-2010
TAS Engineering Consultants, the Stockton-based supplier of control room simulators, has been acquired by GSE Systems of the US, and expects to double its 30-strong workforce over the next few years.
28-Apr-2010
General Physics of Stockport has acquired Marton House, the Bournemouth-based supplier of e-learning training services, for undisclosed terms.
28-Apr-2010
Talbots Solicitors has acquired Tanfields, the Dudley-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
28-Apr-2010
Petrofac has acquired CO2DeepStore, the Aberdeen-based carbon dioxide capture and storage company.
28-Apr-2010
Lectec, the Lincolnshire-based instrumentation supplier, has been acquired by Engenda of Cheshire for undisclosed terms.
28-Apr-2010
BGL Group of Peterborough has acquired the motor and home insurance operations of Bradford & Bingley, in order to expand its Junction division.
28-Apr-2010
Patriot Aerospace has reached agreement to acquire Coventry Airport, and plans to restart commercial flights and secure up to 400 jobs.
28-Apr-2010
Morse, the IT services firm with offices in London, Edinburgh, Leeds and Manchester, is to be acquired by 2e2 of Newbury for £70m.
27-Apr-2010
Balfour Beatty has sold its 50% stake in Aberdeen Environmental Services to an affiliate of Kelda Water Services and its 24% stake in Consort Healthcare to ERI Holdings for a total £24m.
27-Apr-2010
Spice has agreed to sell its telecoms business to Siatel Holdings, a vehicle backed by funds managed by Gresham, for £33m.
27-Apr-2010
The British Florist Association has acquired the Society of Floristry, increasing its membership from 2,500 to 3,200.
27-Apr-2010
Boparan Holdings is to acquire Storteboom Group, the Dutch poultry processing firm with 5,500 staff, in order to expand its 2 Sisters food group.
27-Apr-2010
Baker Tilly is to merge with Robson Taylor, the accountancy firm with offices in Bristol and Bath.
27-Apr-2010
Grieg Seafood Hjaltland is to acquire Northern Aquaculture, the Shetland-based salmon processing firm with four production sites, for £1.8m.
26-Apr-2010
DFS, the Doncaster-based chain of 74 furniture stores with 2,600 staff, has been acquired by private equity firm Advent International for £500m.
26-Apr-2010
Dow Schofield Watts is to merge with management due diligence consultancy Diligencia, with the transfer of seven Diligencia staff to its office in Daresbury.
26-Apr-2010
CSE-Global has acquired Systems Integration & Automation, the engineering and construction services firm with about 50 staff in Sheffield and Aberdeen, for undisclosed terms .
26-Apr-2010
NCC Group has acquired SDLC Solutions, the Cheshire-based testing services firm with more than 70 staff, for up to £15m.
26-Apr-2010
Technis has acquired a 51% stake in Professional IT, the Aylesbury-based supplier of software for the management of private hire and courier contracts, for £0.3m.
26-Apr-2010
Martin Luck, the Plymouth-based stationery supplier with 68 staff, has been sold out of administration to SET Office Supplies of Swansea.
26-Apr-2010
Wesleyan Assurance Society has acquired Key Business Professions, the Poole-based provider of loans for lawyers, for undisclosed terms.
26-Apr-2010
Oltec Group has bought the assets of Crest Recruitment, the Blackpool-based supplier of staff to local authorities, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
26-Apr-2010
Arriva, the Sunderland-based bus and train operator, is to be acquired by Deutsche Bahn of Germany for £1.6bn.
22-Apr-2010
Bunzl has acquired MS Global and its trading subsidiary Silco Utensils, the Israel-based supplier of foodservice disposables.
22-Apr-2010
Invensys has acquired Skelta Software, the Indian developer of process management software with 130 staff.
22-Apr-2010
Glanbia is to sell its Irish dairy and agri-business operations to Glanbia Co-operative Society for £263m.
21-Apr-2010
Streetcar, the car sharing club, is to be acquired by Zipcar of the US for undisclosed terms.
21-Apr-2010
Sceptre Leisure of Preston has sold its betting terminal rental division to Global Draw for £3.7m.
21-Apr-2010
STV Group is to sell Pearl & Dean, the cinema advertising firm, to a new company called Image for a nominal sum.
21-Apr-2010
Broomfield & Alexander has merged with Griffith & Miles to create a combined accountancy firm with 90 staff in Swansea, Cardiff and Newport.
20-Apr-2010
Griffon Hoverwork has acquired Hovercraft Consultants, the Hampshire-based developer of air cushion technology, for undisclosed terms.
20-Apr-2010
Samedaydoctor Group, the nationwide chain of eight private GP clinics, has bought back its Manchester franchise for undisclosed terms.
20-Apr-2010
Encore, the ticketing agency, has been acquired by its founders backed by private equity firm Isis for about £20m.
19-Apr-2010
Morgan Sindall is to merge its Morgan Ashurst construction business with its Morgan Est infrastructure services business into a new division under the Morgan Sindall name.
19-Apr-2010
Westminster Group has acquired CTAC, the Kidderminster-based security solutions company, for up to £1.8m.
19-Apr-2010
Managed Support Services has acquired Data Sound, the health and safety consultancy, for £2.8m.
19-Apr-2010
Pilkington Automotive has acquired Glasstox, the automotive glass distributor with about 60 staff in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Newmarket and Rotherham, for undisclosed terms.
19-Apr-2010
Hansteen Holdings has bought a portfolio of 54 freehold properties from the receivers of Edinburgh-based Kilmartin for £80m.
19-Apr-2010
Rowlands has acquired Otten Penna, the Manchester-based firm of solicitors, with the transfer of 20 staff.
19-Apr-2010
Chase Templeton has acquired Jigsaw Healthcare, the Northwich-based private medical insurance firm, for undisclosed terms.
19-Apr-2010
GO-SIM has acquired the business of Oneroam UK, the Hampshire-based communications company, for undisclosed terms.
19-Apr-2010
White Horse Press is to restart its printing business in Newbury following the acquisition of the assets by Synergie, and 20 staff have been re-employed.
19-Apr-2010
Sharp Interpack has been acquired by Groupe Guillin of France for undisclosed terms, including packaging production sites in Aylesham, Bridgewater and Yate.
19-Apr-2010
Sisson & French, the Ilkeston-based haulage firm, has been acquired by William Ferguson for undisclosed terms.
19-Apr-2010
Smurfit Kappa has secured clearance from the OFT to acquire Mondi's three corrugated plants in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and North Wales.
19-Apr-2010
Precision Polymer Engineering, the Blackburn-based seals manufacturer with 200 staff, has been acquired by IDEX Corporation of the US, and sister companies Perlast and Aberdeen O-Rings & Seals are also included.
19-Apr-2010
JMP Wilcox has acquired the wholesale textile collection business of Cannock-based European Textile Recycling, with the transfer of 12 staff.
19-Apr-2010
Customworks has acquired Castle Melamine, the Stirling-based manufacturer of table mats with annual turnover of £1m.
19-Apr-2010
Henderson Insurance Brokers has acquired Denney O'Hara, the Leeds-based independent financial adviser with 18 staff, for undisclosed terms.
19-Apr-2010
Homeserve has acquired the contract services division of National Grid Energy Services for £9m, in order to expand its home equipment repair operations in the US.
15-Apr-2010
Mazars has sold the joinery assets of Rochdale-based A Train & Sons out of administration to a former director.
15-Apr-2010
Card Factory, the Wakefield-based chain of 480 greetings card stores with 4,500 staff, is to be acquired by private equity firm Charterhouse for about £350m.
15-Apr-2010
Malvern Instruments has bought some of the assets of Reologica Instruments of Sweden out of administration, with the transfer of a number of staff.
15-Apr-2010
Andor Technology has acquired Photonic of the US for £3.2m, and will transfer the manufacture of precision lighting systems to Belfast.
15-Apr-2010
EnerMech has acquired Norson Power, the Aberdeen-based hydraulics firm, for £11m, and Norson's 90-strong workforce will relocate to the EnerMech site in Howes Road later this year.
15-Apr-2010
Sutcliffe Play, the West Yorkshire-based manufacturer of playground equipment with 90 staff, has been sold to its workforce for £1.3m.
14-Apr-2010
Centrica has acquired Hillserve, the insulation supplier with 159 staff in Stockport, Stoke, Warrington and Gwynedd, for £5m.
14-Apr-2010
Lick Group has bought the assets of Lick UK in a pre-pack administration deal with BWC Business Solutions, securing the future of its Leeds-based direct mail operation.
14-Apr-2010
Prosper Distribution, the bolt manufacturer with 120 staff in Kingswinford and Aberdeen, has been acquired by Beck Industries for undisclosed terms.
14-Apr-2010
Montpelier Chartered Accountants of Manchester has bought a majority stake in London-based Auerbach Hope for undisclosed terms, creating a combined accountancy group with 220 staff.
14-Apr-2010
Furnace Construction Company, the Hyde-based furnace manufacturer, has been acquired by Matthew International of the US for undisclosed terms.
14-Apr-2010
Ladbrokes is to sell its Italian betting business to Cogetech for £4.6m.
13-Apr-2010
Google has acquired Plink, the UK-based developer of video search technology, for undisclosed terms.
13-Apr-2010
LVS IMAS, the Chorley-based conveyor belts manufacturer with 12 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
13-Apr-2010
Dowding & Mills has sold its calibration division to Trescal for £6.5m, in order to focus on the maintenance of generators and motors.
13-Apr-2010
Turners (Soham) has acquired Dart Distribution, the Felixstowe-based container haulage firm with depots in Birmingham, Daventry, Leeds and Teesport.
13-Apr-2010
Durrants has acquired the Gorkana news service for journalists for about £25m.
12-Apr-2010
Reader's Digest has sold its UK-based magazine publishing business out of administration to private equity firm Better Capital for £13m, securing the future of 100 jobs.
12-Apr-2010
Lanes Assistance Services, the insurance claims firm with 45 staff in Eccles and 30 in Birmingham, has undergone a management buy-out with Gresham Private Equity taking a 70% stake for £12m.
12-Apr-2010
Euro Media Group has acquired Aerial Camera Systems, the Surrey-based supplier of film and TV cameras with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
12-Apr-2010
Norton & Brooksbank is to merge with Livestock International to create a combined Gloucestershire-based livestock auctions business called Norton & Brooksbank International.
12-Apr-2010
JF Longman has merged with Staffordshire Meat Packers to create a combined Stoke-based meat wholesaling business with annual turnover of more than £15m.
12-Apr-2010
Crompton Greaves of India has acquired Power Technology Solutions, the Stockport-based supplier of electricity substations, for £30m.
12-Apr-2010
Tenderlean Meats has been bought out of administration by a new company called Tenderlean, securing more than 100 jobs at its meat processing business in Fermanagh.
12-Apr-2010
Williams Lea is to take over the mailing operation of Royal Bank of Scotland, in a £100m deal that will involve the transfer of 215 staff in Shepshed and 60 in Livingston.
08-Apr-2010
Innovise acquired Identifile Systems, the Welwyn Garden City-based supplier of tracking and control software.
08-Apr-2010
STM Group has acquired Zenith Trust Company, the Jersey-based provider of corporate and trustee services, for up to £5.1m.
08-Apr-2010
Line Packaging & Display, the Kent-based supplier of temporary retail displays with about 100 staff, has been acquired by STI Group of Germany.
08-Apr-2010
Solent Mediation Group has merged with Wessex Civil Mediation Group to create a new Portsmouth-based dispute resolution group with 15 staff.
08-Apr-2010
Mercian Labels has bought AC Labels, the Derby-based labels supplier, out of administration.
07-Apr-2010
Intertek has acquired Ciba Expert Services, the Swiss pharmaceutical and chemical safety testing firm with 200 staff and an office in Macclesfield, from BASF for undisclosed terms.
07-Apr-2010
Positive Options, the Hanley-based training consultancy with seven staff, has been acquired by the Crisis Prevention Institute of the US for undisclosed terms.
07-Apr-2010
Kerridge Commercial Systems, the Berkshire-based developer of trading and financial software, has undergone a management buy-out from ADP.
07-Apr-2010
HL Interactive of Manchester is to merge with Collings, the Altrincham-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
07-Apr-2010
Five Star Fish, the Grimsby-based fish processing firm, has been bought out of administration by Boparan Group, securing more than 300 jobs.
07-Apr-2010
Codemasters, the developer of computer games with 450 staff in Birmingham, Leamington Spa and Guildford, is to be acquired by Reliance Industries and venture capital firm Balderton Capital.
07-Apr-2010
Countrystyle Group has acquired TJ Composting, the operator of composting sites in Sussex, Kent, Essex and Hampshire, for undisclosed terms.
07-Apr-2010
Leonard Curtis has sold the assets and goodwill of Best Cover UV, the supplier of coatings to the printing sector with sites in Leeds and Bristol, out of administration to a newly-formed company.
07-Apr-2010
Portland Financial Management has acquired Alchemy Wealth Management of Chepstow for undisclosed terms, creating a combined independent financial advice group with 65 staff.
07-Apr-2010
Ethel Austin is to sell 90 of its 276 fashion stores out of administration to its former owner, securing the future of almost 1,200 jobs.
06-Apr-2010
Chrysalis has acquired First State Media Group, the Irish owner of publishing rights to 45,000 songs, for £11m.
06-Apr-2010
Scottish & Southern Energy is to acquire natural gas assets in three regions of the North Sea from US-based Hess for £278m.
06-Apr-2010
Saltrock, the North Devon-based chain of nine surf clothing stores with 70 staff, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new company called Surfwear.
06-Apr-2010
Wayside Group has acquired an Audi car dealership in Peterborough for undisclosed terms.
06-Apr-2010
Vertu Motors has acquired the Johnston of Renfrewshire Peugeot car dealership in Paisley for up to £2.1m, and will rebrand the site as Macklin Motors.
06-Apr-2010
Petrofac has acquired Stephen Gillespie Consultants, the Grangemouth-based engineering consultancy with almost 40 staff, for up to £3.5m.
06-Apr-2010
Richard Irvin Services has acquired A&R Hepburn, the Edinburgh-based gas heating and insulation firm with 100 staff, for about £1m.
01-Apr-2010
Freshwater UK has acquired Profile Plus, the Edinburgh-based PR agency, for up to £0.4m.
01-Apr-2010
Midas Capital is to sell Midas Capital International of Guernsey to MitonOptimal International and Midas Capital Asset Management of South Africa to a management consortium for an initial £0.3m.
01-Apr-2010
East of England Co-op is to sell its last remaining Citroen car dealership in King's Lynn to Duff Morgan of Norwich, with the transfer of 22 staff.
01-Apr-2010
Amec has acquired Entec, the Newcastle-based environmental consultancy with 700 staff at 14 offices, for £61m.
31-Mar-2010
Investec is to acquire the remaining 53% stake in Rensburg Sheppards, the investment management firm with 600 staff at 11 regional offices.
31-Mar-2010
Cardsave Group of Grimsby has acquired the credit card terminal hire operations of Transaction Network Services.
31-Mar-2010
Praesepe is to acquire Beacon Entertainments, the Loughborough-based operator of 26 Showboat gaming centres and six Beacon bingo clubs with 500 staff, for £5m.
31-Mar-2010
Weird Fish, the fashion brand, has undergone a £8m management buy-out backed by Piper Private Equity.
30-Mar-2010
Capita Group has acquired Ramesys, the Nottingham-based IT services firm with about 300 staff, from Lloyds Banking Group for £15m.
30-Mar-2010
Faith Shoes, the footwear retailer with 78 stores and 120 concessions, is considering plans for a management buy-out.
30-Mar-2010
LEEC, the Nottingham-based manufacturer of hospital and laboratory equipment with 70 staff, is to undergo a £4.4m management buy-out backed by Octopus Ventures.
30-Mar-2010
Dental Buying Group, the Cheshire-based dental supplies firm, is to undergo a management buy-out backed by Synova Capital.
29-Mar-2010
Camelot, the National Lottery operator, is to be acquired by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund of Canada for £389m.
29-Mar-2010
Independent News & Media is to sell The Independent national newspaper to the Russian owner of the Evening Standard for a nominal sum.
29-Mar-2010
Avon has acquired Liz Earle Beauty, the Isle of Wight-based skincare firm with 300 staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-Mar-2010
Digital Barriers has acquired Security Applications, the supplier of thermal imaging equipment trading as D Ford Associates, for up to £2.5m.
29-Mar-2010
KPMG has sold the remaining printing business of The Print Factory of Northampton out of administration to its former management, securing the future of about 100 jobs.
29-Mar-2010
RehabWorks, the chain of 19 rehabilitation centres with 72 staff, has undergone a £10m management buy-out backed by Sovereign Capital.
29-Mar-2010
Cherry Valley, the Lincolnshire-based duck processing firm with 600 staff, has been acquired by Bangkok Branch Group of Thailand for undisclosed terms.
29-Mar-2010
Elite Creations has acquired Phase Two Accessories, the London-based supplier of fashion accessories, for undisclosed terms.
29-Mar-2010
Ceridian has acquired Intellinet, the Wigan-based supplier of payroll software with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-Mar-2010
Wainwright & Gibson, the Birkenhead-based manufacturer of pumps and motors, has undergone a secondary management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
29-Mar-2010
Warburtons has bought the former North East Bakery site in Newcastle out of administration.
29-Mar-2010
Ebiquity is to acquire Xtreme Information Services, the international advertising monitoring firm with 300 staff, from VS&A for £18m.
29-Mar-2010
Active Assistance of Kent has merged with First Call Care Services of Essex, and the combined group will expand its live-in care operations with support from private equity firm August Equity.
29-Mar-2010
DEVI Electroheat, the Suffolk-based supplier of underfloor heating systems, has undergone a management buy-out from Danfoss of Denmark.
29-Mar-2010
JLA, the West Yorkshire-based supplier of commercial laundry equipment with 340 staff, has sold a majority stake to private equity firm HG Capital.
29-Mar-2010
Cath Kidston, the chain of 25 fashion accessory stores, has been acquired by a management team and US private equity firm TA Associates in a deal worth about £100m.
25-Mar-2010
Redrock Engineering has been bought out of administration by Steel Solutions of Fermanagh, securing the future of 28 of the 80 jobs at its agricultural and construction equipment business in County Armagh.
24-Mar-2010
Babcock has reached agreement to acquire VT Group for £1.3bn, creating a combined defence engineering and support services group with about 27,000 staff.
24-Mar-2010
Coventry Building Society is to acquire Stroud & Swindon, creating a combined group with 91 branches across the Midlands and South West, but some of the 215 jobs at the Stroud head office will be lost.
24-Mar-2010
MX Telecom, the London-based mobile messaging and payments firm, has been acquired by Amdocs of the US for £69m.
24-Mar-2010
CWPro, the London-based supplier of professional audio and visual equipment, has been acquired by Academia.
24-Mar-2010
CVS is to acquire Cedar Veterinary Services, the operator of an animal hospital and two surgeries in Hampshire and Dorset with 34 staff.
24-Mar-2010
Oval has acquired JL Fisher & Co, the Gloucester-based insurance broker with 20 staff, for £3m.
24-Mar-2010
Andrew Page, the Leeds-based vehicle parts distributor with 1,100 staff and 46 branches, has been acquired by Phoenix Equity Partners.
24-Mar-2010
Fretwell-Downing Hospitality has acquired Xpress Ordering, the Rotherham-based developer of touch-screen self-service technology, for undisclosed terms.
24-Mar-2010
Gabriel Ash, the Chester-based manufacturer of cedar wood greenhouses with 35 staff, has been acquired by Juliana of Denmark for undisclosed terms.
24-Mar-2010
Ultimate Products is to acquire the luggage manufacturing operations of Japinda Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 30 Oldham-based staff.
23-Mar-2010
Caterfood Holdings has bought Quality Cuisine South West out of administration, securing the future of 13 jobs at its handmade savouries production facility in South Devon.
23-Mar-2010
Brulines has acquired Energy Level Systems, the Market Harborough-based supplier of fuel management systems, for an initial £0.7m.
23-Mar-2010
Goedhuis has acquired David Roberts Domaines, the Suffolk-based fine wine merchant, for undisclosed terms.
22-Mar-2010
T Clarke is to acquire D&S Engineering, the East Lancashire-based facilities management company with 150 staff, for up to £12m.
22-Mar-2010
Spiritel has acquired Nessco, the Glasgow-based provider of telephony and network services, for an initial £1.2m.
22-Mar-2010
ReThink Group has acquired Trustech, the London-based recruitment consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
22-Mar-2010
BTC Activewear, the West Midlands-based clothing distributor with 116 staff, has been acquired by Falk & Ross for undisclosed terms.
22-Mar-2010
Collins Stewart has acquired Corazon Capital Group, the investment management firm with offices in Guernsey and Geneva, for an initial £1m.
22-Mar-2010
NCC Group is to acquire Meridian Services International, the Warrington-based credit card security firm with 13 staff, for £3m.
22-Mar-2010
Industrial Chemicals has acquired a 35-acre chemical production site in Selby from Clariant Production for undisclosed terms, and will use it as an additional manufacturing facility.
22-Mar-2010
Judges Scientific has acquired Sircal Instruments, the Surrey-based manufacturer of gas purifiers, for £1m.
22-Mar-2010
Precision Technologies Group is to sell its machine tool manufacturing operations in Rochdale and Huddersfield to Chongqing Machinery & Electric of China for £20m, with the transfer of about 184 staff.
18-Mar-2010
Envy Retail, the chain of 23 fashion stores and 20 concessions, has been sold to a consortium of private equity investors for undisclosed terms.
18-Mar-2010
Leaders, the property agency with 42 branches across the South of England, has undergone a £48m management buy-out from RO Group, with the backing of private equity firm Bowmark Capital.
18-Mar-2010
Wheatley Associates, the Suffolk-based developer of mobile field force scheduling software, has undergone a management buy-out backed by a £4.7m investment from Hotbed.
18-Mar-2010
Bolton Brass, the Aldridge-based brass fittings manufacturer with 45 staff, has been acquired by private investment company Fox Access.
18-Mar-2010
Domus Healthcare has acquired Clear Care Agency, the Hebden Bridge-based care home operator, for undisclosed terms.
18-Mar-2010
Ginetta has acquired Farbio Sports Cars, the South Gloucestershire-based sports car manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
18-Mar-2010
Lanner Group, the Redditch-based software firm with 35 staff, has undergone a £3m management buy-out backed by NVM Private Equity.
17-Mar-2010
JBW Group has acquired National Enforcement Service, the Darlington-based provider of council tax and commercial rent recovery services, and plans to expand its workforce from 14 to 40 within two years.
17-Mar-2010
Standard Life has acquired Threesixty, the Cheadle Hulme-based provider of financial support services with 60 staff, for undisclosed terms.
17-Mar-2010
McCann Manchester is to acquire Blue Banana, the Manchester-based market research agency with five staff.
17-Mar-2010
Green Compliance is to acquire Waterchem, the provider of water treatment services with offices in Worcester, Northampton and Essex, for an initial £5.5m.
17-Mar-2010
French Connection is to sell its Nicole Farhi fashion label to US private equity firm OpenGate Capital for up to £5m.
16-Mar-2010
Fuel Conservation Services, the Cannock-based manufacturer of furnace liners with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
16-Mar-2010
Euro Environmental Group has bought parts of Future Environmental Services out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 120 jobs in Inchinnan.
16-Mar-2010
Net-a-Porter, the online fashion retailer with more than 800 staff in London and New York, is to be acquired by Richemont of Switzerland for up to £350m.
15-Mar-2010
Cravats, the Chard-based shirt and tie manufacturer with 25 staff, has been bought out of administration by Charles Mortimer of London for undisclosed terms.
15-Mar-2010
Go-Ahead has acquired KonectBus, the Norfolk-based bus operator with 39 buses and 60 staff, for undisclosed terms.
15-Mar-2010
Armsons Darwent Shaw, the Sheffield-based firm of quantity surveyors, has undergone a management buy-out.
15-Mar-2010
Polartech, the Manchester-based supplier of chemicals to the metalworking industry with 130 staff, has been acquired by Afton Chemical Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms.
15-Mar-2010
EG Solutions has acquired XTAQ, the Bristol-based supplier of business performance measurement software with eight staff, for up to £0.2m.
15-Mar-2010
Gee's Haulage has acquired RW Edwards & Sons, the Dewsbury-based haulage firm with 18 drivers.
15-Mar-2010
Avisen is to acquire Xploite, the West Sussex-based IT services firm, for up to £11m.
15-Mar-2010
Datum International has acquired Root3, the Bristol-based developer of data capture software, for an initial £0.6m.
15-Mar-2010
Loddon Engineering, the Norfolk-based stabling manufacturer with 13 staff, has been acquired by Camellia Group for undisclosed terms.
15-Mar-2010
Daresbury Services Group has acquired IMS Maxims, the software supplier with 75 staff in Buckinghamshire and Dublin, as well as Total Asset Finance, the Warrington-based corporate finance firm with 25 staff.
15-Mar-2010
Greenshoots Print & Direct Mail has bought Print Wright and DNA Printing Solutions of Ipswich out of administration, securing the future of 24 jobs.
15-Mar-2010
Scottish & Southern Energy has acquired Atlas Connect, the fibre-optic telecoms network that links six business parks across Scotland, from Scottish Enterprise for undisclosed terms.
11-Mar-2010
Thomas Cook has acquired Think W3, the owner of the Essential Travel online travel services business, for undisclosed terms.
11-Mar-2010
Global Energy Group has acquired the fabrication division of Sovereign Oilfield out of administration, securing about 400 jobs in Aberdeen and Dunfermline.
11-Mar-2010
IFG Group has acquired James Hay, the Salisbury-based pensions firm with 533 staff, from Banco Santander for up to £39m.
11-Mar-2010
Ethos Recycling, the Uxbridge-based recycling firm, has been sold out of administration by Pitman Cohen to a new company called Ethos Environmental Management.
11-Mar-2010
Membrane Extraction Technology, the London-based chemical separation products supplier, has been acquired by Evonik Industries of Germany for about £4m.
10-Mar-2010
Robson Brown, the Newcastle-based advertising and marketing agency with 95 staff, has been acquired by Round2 of the US.
10-Mar-2010
Pearson & Curtiss has acquired JW O'Pray & Sons for £1m, creating a combined Hull-based lift equipment manufacturing group with 19 staff.
10-Mar-2010
Thomson Litho, the East Kilbride-based printing firm with about 300 staff, has been acquired by GZ Media of the Czech Republic for undisclosed terms.
10-Mar-2010
Hallam Beauty, the Bradford-based manufacturer of personal care products, has been acquired by Mibelle for undisclosed terms.
09-Mar-2010
Travelodge is to acquire the Micklegate Ramada in York, the Best Western Stansted Manor in Essex and the Hanover Hotel in Edinburgh, in a £14m investment.
09-Mar-2010
Straight has acquired the Rotherham-based waste bin manufacturing business of Helesi of Greece for £1.6m.
09-Mar-2010
K3 Business Technology is to acquire the trade and assets of Pebblestone, the Dutch supplier of enterprise resource planning solutions, for £1.3m.
09-Mar-2010
Brakes is to acquire a majority stake in Menigo, the Swedish wholesaler with annual turnover of about £450m.
08-Mar-2010
Baker Tilly has sold the Caesar's World chain of 106 amusement arcades out of administration to a buyout vehicle called Minmar (929).
08-Mar-2010
PayPoint has acquired Verrus, the mobile phone services firm with offices in Gloucester and Canada, for up to £29m.
08-Mar-2010
Northgate Information Solutions has acquired the human resources outsourcing division of Convergys for £66m, with the transfer of up to 2,600 staff worldwide.
08-Mar-2010
Abbey Roadtanks has acquired TP Farrell Transport, the Knowsley-based pallet haulage firm with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
08-Mar-2010
Bon Bon Buddies has bought the Kshocolat confectionery brand out of administration from RSM Tenon for undisclosed terms.
08-Mar-2010
Deloitte has sold Glendel, the Poole-based chain of Superbuys discount stores, out of administration to an unnamed buyer.
08-Mar-2010
Filtrona has acquired BP Labels, the Cardiff-based manufacturer of self-adhesive labels, for up to £4.5m.
08-Mar-2010
Atlantic Link, the Nottingham-based developer of online training software with ten staff, has been acquired by Kaplan of the US for undisclosed terms.
08-Mar-2010
James Grant Group has acquired Michael Kay & Company, the Birmingham-based accountancy, for undisclosed terms.
08-Mar-2010
Care UK is to be acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint in a £423m deal, and plans to build up to 30 new nursing homes over the next five years.
04-Mar-2010
Virgin Group has acquired a 75% stake in the medical division of Assura Group, which operates about 30 NHS walk-in GP surgeries, in a £4m deal.
04-Mar-2010
Deloitte has acquired Dcarbon8, the London-based environmental consultancy with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2010
Carrylift, the Skelmersdale-based supplier of material handling equipment with 230 staff at seven depots, has been acquired by Altrincham-based CorpAcq for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2010
Visage, the South Shields-based clothing supplier, has been acquired by Li & Fung of Hong Kong for an initial £57m, securing the future of about 200 jobs.
04-Mar-2010
Gist has acquired G&S International, the Bellshill-based operator of temperature-controlled transport to continental Europe.
04-Mar-2010
SQW Group has acquired Hampshire-based Fasset for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to expand its Oxford Innovation network of 14 regional technology parks across the country.
04-Mar-2010
Avacta has acquired Reactivlab, the Glasgow-based veterinary diagnostics firm, for up to £5m.
04-Mar-2010
Sovereign Capital has backed a £20m management buy-out at Euro Environmental Group, the drains cleaning firm with 200 staff at nine sites across Scotland and England.
04-Mar-2010
Deb Group, the skincare and cleaning products manufacturer with 220 staff in Derbyshire, has undergone a £325m management buy-out backed by Charterhouse Capital.
03-Mar-2010
K3 Business Technology Group is to acquire DigiMIS, the operator of data centres in London, Edinburgh and New York, for up to £2.3m.
03-Mar-2010
JCT600 has acquired three Audi car dealerships in Boston, Grimsby and Lincoln from Bramall & Jones for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 155 staff.
03-Mar-2010
CitySprint has acquired Goldstar Couriers of Coventry for undisclosed terms, and it will be operated from CitySprint's Warwick depot.
03-Mar-2010
Pace is to acquire Bewan Systems, the French IP and cable gateways firm, for up to £11m, as part of a strategy to become a world leader in converged digital TV entertainment.
03-Mar-2010
Advanced Computer Software has acquired Cerrus, the Surrey-based provider of community care and support management solutions, for £0.4m.
03-Mar-2010
Ultralase, the Leeds-based chain of 17 laser eye clinics, has been sold in a pre-pack administration by KPMG to a consortium of its lending banks.
02-Mar-2010
ApaTech, the Hertfordshire-based synthetic bone developer, is to be acquired by Baxter International of the US for up to £222m.
02-Mar-2010
Stobart Group is to sell its 528,000 sq ft fresh produce distribution centre in Widnes to the pensions arm of Legal & General Assurance, as part of a £61m sale and leaseback deal aimed at funding further expansion.
02-Mar-2010
Michelmersh Brick is to acquire Freshfields Lane Brickworks, the East Sussex-based manufacturer of clamp-fired stock bricks, for £10m.
02-Mar-2010
DavyMarkham, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of heavy engineering components with annual turnover of £20m, has been acquired by HDO of India for undisclosed terms.
02-Mar-2010
Access Intelligence has acquired Cobent, the provider of training and compliance solutions with offices in Chipping Norton, Manchester, Teddington and the US, for £5.2m.
02-Mar-2010
Duraweld, the Scarborough-based plastic stationery manufacturer with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
02-Mar-2010
Group 1 Automotive of the US has acquired the Barons BMW and Mini car dealerships in Farnborough and Hindhead for undisclosed terms, taking its UK network to five sites.
02-Mar-2010
Trutex, the Lancashire-based supplier of school uniforms with about 100 staff, has sold its business and assets to private equity firm Endless in a pre-pack administration.
01-Mar-2010
Scarborough Development Group has bought Modus Properties out of administration for £37m, including properties in Wigan, Boston, Rhyl, Congleton, Stockport, Preston and Glossop.
01-Mar-2010
Kettle Foods, the crisps manufacturer with more than 700 staff at factories in Norwich and the US, has been sold by Lion Capital to Diamond Foods of the US for £400m.
01-Mar-2010
Synseal Extrusions, the Nottingham-based windows and doors manufacturer with about 500 staff, has undergone a £30m management buy-out backed by HIG Capital.
01-Mar-2010
John M Allen, the Lincolnshire-based haulage firm with about 40 staff, has been acquired by AP Texel of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2010
WHP Newbury, the Berkshire-based printing firm with 58 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2010
Foray Motor Group of Salisbury has acquired Hine Motors, the Shaftesbury-based Ford car dealership, taking its total network to nine.
01-Mar-2010
PPS Equipment Management has acquired TFA Box Company, the Grimsby-based supplier of pallets to fish wholesalers, for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2010
Guy Machinery has acquired the assets of the Lindley Pate agricultural supplies business in Lancashire out of liquidation for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2010
Outsourcery has acquired Call Navigator IP from Hampshire-based Reality Telecom for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2010
Bigmouthmedia of Edinburgh is to merge with Lost Boys International of the Netherlands to create a combined website marketing business with 1,800 staff, and £35m of private equity will be invested.
01-Mar-2010
Aggregate Industries has acquired a 51% stake in Lytag Group, the York-based supplier of aggregate, and has also announced a joint venture in Denmark with Dansk Natursten.
01-Mar-2010
CPL Resources has acquired an 80% stake in Servisource Healthcare and Servisource Recruitment, the providers of home health care and recruitment services on a nationwide basis.
01-Mar-2010
Skipton Building Society is to merge with The Chesham, the building society with branches in Chesham, Aylesbury and Little Chalfont, creating a combined group with 92 outlets.
25-Feb-2010
Meridian Business Support has acquired Westaff, the Gloucester-based recruitment firm with 18 branches and 340 staff, for undisclosed terms.
25-Feb-2010
FDM Group, the Brighton-based IT services firm, has undergone a £28m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Inflexion.
25-Feb-2010
Pendennis of Cornwall has acquired Devonport Yachts, the Devon-based builder of superyachts.
24-Feb-2010
Burnden Group has been sold in a pre-pack administration to K2 Conservatories, securing about 300 jobs at its Blackburn-based conservatory manufacturing business.
24-Feb-2010
United Business Media has acquired Game Advertising Online, the New Zealand-based online advertising agency, for up to £4.5m, in order to expand its TechWeb subsidiary.
24-Feb-2010
Warner Bros is to acquire a 68% stake in Rocksteady Studios, the London-based video games developer with about 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
24-Feb-2010
Towergate Insurance has bought the John Charcol mortgage broking business in London out of administration, securing the future of more than 100 jobs.
24-Feb-2010
Hoseasons, the Lowestoft-based cottage and boating holidays firm, has been acquired by Wyndham Worldwide of the US for £39m.
23-Feb-2010
Isoft has acquired UltraGenda, the Belgian supplier of software to the healthcare sector, for £9.3m.
23-Feb-2010
FGH Security has acquired Guardhall Group of Accrington, in order to expand its security business into East Lancashire and Manchester with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
23-Feb-2010
CVS is to acquire Veterinary Enterprises & Trading, the West Sussex-based chain of 27 surgeries operating under the Pet Doctors brand, for up to £12m.
23-Feb-2010
Lansdowne Venture Group, the owner of the Brighton-based RED driving school with 400 staff, is to be bought out of administration by private equity firm Kelso Place.
22-Feb-2010
Halfords has acquired Nationwide Autocentres for £73m, and plans to expand the Solihull-based chain of 224 car repair outlets with 25 new sites a year.
22-Feb-2010
Capita Symonds has acquired NB Real Estate, the property consultancy with 560 staff in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, for £20m.
22-Feb-2010
London Town is to undergo a pre-pack administration through PricewaterhouseCoopers, with about 200 pubs going to Anglo Irish Bank and a further 150 to a new vehicle.
22-Feb-2010
Daisy Group has acquired BNS Telecom, the Northumberland-based mobile phone reseller with 212 staff, for £10m.
22-Feb-2010
Carewatch has acquired Always There Homecare of Crewe and Four Seasons Homecare of Burnley for undisclosed terms, creating a network of 147 domiciliary care branches.
22-Feb-2010
Office2office has acquired the trade and assets of the business process outsourcing division of The Print Factory London out of administration for up to £0.7m.
22-Feb-2010
Excelsyn, the North Wales-based provider of manufacturing services to pharmaceutical companies with 60 staff, has been acquired by Albany Molecular Research of the US for £12m.
22-Feb-2010
Mailway Packaging Solutions has undergone a pre-pack administration, securing the future of 230 jobs at its Bradford-based contract packing business.
22-Feb-2010
Ballet Lingerie has been bought out of administration by EBI Apparel, with the relocation of 16 staff from Nelson to Leeds.
17-Feb-2010
Anachem, the Luton-based supplier of scientific equipment, has been acquired by Mettler Toledo International.
17-Feb-2010
SAM Mouldings, the Antrim-based manufacturer of architectural mouldings, has undergone a management buy-in.
17-Feb-2010
Brooks Bros has acquired the trading assets of Quality Timber, the Sunderland-based supplier of mouldings, decking and joinery products with 18 staff.
17-Feb-2010
Marshall Motor Group is to acquire Francis Group, the chain of Seat, Suzuki and Honda car dealerships in Leicestershire, with the transfer of 85 staff.
17-Feb-2010
East of England Co-operative Society has sold its Peugeot car dealership in King's Lynn to local firm Walkers, with the transfer of 20 staff.
17-Feb-2010
Playtech has acquired Virtue Fashion, the Channel Islands-based online bingo company, for up to £36m.
16-Feb-2010
Daniel Stewart Securities has acquired MENA-RI, the financial consulting firm with offices in London, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, for £1.1m.
16-Feb-2010
Harrington Brooks has acquired two debt management back books for undisclosed terms, including FreshStart Financial Solutions of Poynton and Fresh Start Home Loans of Truro.
16-Feb-2010
UBC Media has acquired Above the Title, the radio production company, for up to £1m.
16-Feb-2010
Advanced Computer Software has acquired COA Solutions, the Surrey-based IT services firm, from Alchemy Partners for £100m.
15-Feb-2010
Eschmann, the West Sussex-based medical equipment manufacturer with 200 staff, has been acquired by Sisk Group of Ireland.
15-Feb-2010
Lloyds Banking Group has sold its 70% stake in Esure, the insurance group with 1,500 staff, to a management team and its founder for £185m.
15-Feb-2010
O2 has acquired Jajah, the Israeli internet telephony company, for £130m.
15-Feb-2010
Select Software, the Canterbury-based HR software firm, has been acquired by Access of Stratford St Mary for undisclosed terms.
15-Feb-2010
Blacks Leisure has sold its Mambo surf fashion brand to the chief executive of Lush Cosmetics for £0.8m.
15-Feb-2010
Samurai International, the Norfolk-based sportswear manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Royal Bank of Scotland.
15-Feb-2010
Fishawack of Knutsford has acquired Nexus Communications, the US healthcare communications agency.
15-Feb-2010
Spiritel has acquired Mobotel Management, the London-based mobile phone services firm, for £1.2m.
15-Feb-2010
Cardpoint, the Northwich-based cash machine operator, has sold a 69% stake to private equity firm Duke Street Capital, following the restructuring of its parent company Payzone.
15-Feb-2010
Car Crash Line Group, the national car insurance services firm with 160 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
15-Feb-2010
Barclays has acquired the Italian credit card operations of Citi for undisclosed terms, including gross assets of £205m.
15-Feb-2010
Palm Paper has acquired the Cheshire Recycling paper collection business out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 40 jobs, and will use the recycled newspapers and magazines at its mill in King's Lynn.
15-Feb-2010
The Bar Group has sold eight of its London-based bars to a new company called Orange Sun Bars in a pre-pack administration, and a buyer is being sought for the remaining nine outlets.
15-Feb-2010
Pantheon Ventures, the fund management firm, is to be acquired by Affiliated Managers Group of the US from Russell Investments for £496m.
11-Feb-2010
Glisten, the snack foods manufacturer with 650 staff in Leeds, Blackburn, Bolton, Skegness, North Wales, Newport, Liphook, London and Swindon, is to be acquired by Raisio of Finland for £20m.
11-Feb-2010
Care UK, the health and social care provider, is in advanced negotiations for a £276m management buy-out backed by Bridgepoint Capital.
11-Feb-2010
Seajacks, the Great Yarmouth-based provider of offshore maintenance services, has been acquired by US private equity firm Riverstone Holdings for £130m.
11-Feb-2010
Howarth Maitland is to merge with Butcher & Barlow Solicitors to create a combined Bury-based law firm with 16 partners and 100 staff at eight offices.
11-Feb-2010
CP Group has acquired the tile distribution business of Staffordshire-based Creta Ceramica out of administration for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-2010
Fitness TV of Huddersfield has merged with Body in Balance TV to create a combined fitness broadcasting group called Media Health & Fitness.
11-Feb-2010
Astaire Group is to acquire Hoodless Brennan Holdings, the London-based stockbroker, for £3.6m.
11-Feb-2010
Brighton Housing Trust has acquired Blue Rocket, the East Sussex-based public relations firm, for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-2010
Trinity Mirror is to acquire 32 regional newspaper titles from Guardian Media Group for £45m, with the transfer of about 790 staff and the relocation of MEN Media from Manchester's Spinningfields to Oldham.
10-Feb-2010
Ainsleys has sold its Leeds bakery out of administration to Country Style Foods, while 20 Yorkshire outlets have been sold to Cooplands of Doncaster and Cooplands of Scarborough and the sandwich vans business to AW Food Services.
10-Feb-2010
Dyson Group has sold its Precision Ceramics division to a management team trading as Magma Ceramics, with the transfer of 24 Dewsbury-based staff.
10-Feb-2010
Brett & Randall, the Leicester-based insurance broker, has undergone a management buy-out, and is now looking to make a series of acquisitions to double its turnover to £40m by 2015.
10-Feb-2010
Daisy Group has acquired Managed Communications, the Nottingham-based supplier of business data networks, for £6.5m.
09-Feb-2010
BSS Group has acquired UGS, the distributor of ground drainage equipment with ten branches nationwide, for £5.1m.
09-Feb-2010
Cartwright King has merged with Jerman Hollingsworth, the Leicester-based law firm with 12 staff at two offices.
09-Feb-2010
CareCapital has sold Sinclair Montrose Properties, the owner of 14 medical centres, to Primary Health Investment Properties for £24m.
09-Feb-2010
AML, the Swindon-based supplier of vehicle armour, has been acquired by TenCate of the Netherlands for £10m.
09-Feb-2010
Pressure Technologies has acquired Al-Met, the Cardiff-based valve manufacturer with 29 staff, for up to £2.2m.
09-Feb-2010
Alliance Pharma is to acquire the trade and assets of Cambridge Laboratories for up to £16m, with the transfer of about 30 staff in Newcastle and Dublin.
09-Feb-2010
Compass has acquired Hurley Group, the Canadian facilities management and cleaning firm, for £30m.
08-Feb-2010
LGC, the forensic research group with 1,500 staff at 28 biological and chemical laboratories, is to be acquired by Bridgepoint for £257m.
08-Feb-2010
Boxlogix, the Bury-based vending machine management firm with 16 staff, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to Hilton Lane Associates of Bolton for undisclosed terms.
08-Feb-2010
Chess Telecom has acquired the customer base of Surrey-based telecoms firm Pennycom.
08-Feb-2010
Green Compliance has acquired CEA Link, the South Yorkshire-based provider of energy compliance services, for up to £1m.
08-Feb-2010
Gardner, the Ilkeston-based aerospace components supplier with sites in Basildon, Burnley, Hull and Glamorgan, has been acquired by private equity firm Better Capital for undisclosed terms.
08-Feb-2010
Technology Services Group has acquired Croft Technology, the IT services firm with 90 staff in Newcastle and Hertfordshire, for undisclosed terms.
08-Feb-2010
DRC Group, the Milton Keynes-based provider of staff to the NHS, has been acquired by private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw.
08-Feb-2010
Byotrol has acquired ByoFresh, the Knutsford-based pet care products supplier.
08-Feb-2010
Ineos Fluor is to sell its Runcorn-based fluorochemicals business to Mexichem of Mexico for an estimated £220m, with the transfer of about 280 staff.
08-Feb-2010
Paperfeel, the Peterborough-based packaging manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out and will be renamed Bespoke Polythene Packaging.
08-Feb-2010
Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired GLP Taylors, the provider of property consultancy services to the healthcare sector, from LNT Group for undisclosed terms.
08-Feb-2010
Medina Foodservice has acquired Manor House Produce, the Isle of Wight-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler, taking its total workforce to 40.
08-Feb-2010
Phoenix IT has bought the telecoms support and field maintenance operations of Hull-based Kcom for £1.8m, with the transfer of 142 staff.
04-Feb-2010
Diamonds & Pearls has been sold out of a pre-pack administration to a new company called Renaissance Jewellery, securing 300 jobs at 50 jewellery stores, but 100 jobs have been lost with the closure of 36 stores.
04-Feb-2010
Anglian Chemicals has been bought out of administration by a former owner, securing 25 jobs at its cleaning chemicals manufacturing business in Fakenham.
04-Feb-2010
Klarius has acquired Quinton Hazell, the Leicestershire-based car parts manufacturer, from Affinia of the US for undisclosed terms.
04-Feb-2010
Flowcrete has acquired the Belfast-based resin floor products business of Resdev Ireland for undisclosed terms.
04-Feb-2010
Trafficmaster is to acquire Fleet Management Solutions, the US provider of satellite tracking systems for mobile devices, for £4.2m.
04-Feb-2010
Optegra Eye Hospitals has acquired Yorkshire Eye Hospital, the Apperley Bridge-based private hospital with 49 staff, for £4m, and will invest £1.2m at the site.
04-Feb-2010
Thompson & Morgan has acquired Chempak, the Ipswich-based supplier of plant foods, for undisclosed terms.
04-Feb-2010
Minivator, the West Midlands-based stairlift manufacturer, has been sold by Gresham Private Equity to Handicare of Norway for undisclosed terms.
03-Feb-2010
Trumeter, the manufacturer of electromechanical devices with 170 staff in Radcliffe and Malaysia, has been sold out of administration by Leonard Curtis to Energize Capital for undisclosed terms.
03-Feb-2010
FT Print has acquired UDM Print Management of Buckinghamshire, creating a combined group with annual turnover of £26m.
03-Feb-2010
Adventis Group has acquired bChannels, the Oxford-based technology marketing firm with 24 staff, for up to £4.5m.
03-Feb-2010
Woodspeen Training has acquired S&S Training Services, the Huddersfield-based vocational training firm with 12 staff, for £0.5m.
03-Feb-2010
Artemis, the fund management firm with offices in Edinburgh and London, has been sold by BNP Paribas to Affiliated Management Group of the US and a management team for undisclosed terms.
02-Feb-2010
Balfour Beatty has bought Multibuild Hotels & Leisure and Multibuild Interiors of Stockport out of administration for £1.9m.
02-Feb-2010
Capita Symonds has acquired Inventures, the Bath-based project management consultancy with more than 100 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Feb-2010
Midas Press, the Farnborough-based printing firm with 85 staff, has been sold out of administration by Middleton & Partners to a management team.
02-Feb-2010
Spiritel has acquired Boucon Network Solutions, the Swansea-based internet telephony provider, for an initial £0.6m.
02-Feb-2010
Twenty has acquired The Moving Service, the London-based consumer data firm trading as Moveme, for an initial £1m.
02-Feb-2010
Education Development International has acquired Peter Honey Publications, the Maidenhead-based supplier of self-assessment learning services, for £1.1m.
02-Feb-2010
Vindon Healthcare is to acquire Westech Instruments, the US distributor of low-temperature storage products, for up to £0.2m.
01-Feb-2010
Morson Projects has acquired Power Engineering Systems, the Tyneside-based engineering firm, for undisclosed terms.
01-Feb-2010
Ridgeway Group has acquired two former Motorworld Volkswagen car dealerships in Oxford from Johnson Cars, increasing its total workforce from 650 to 740.
01-Feb-2010
Amec has acquired Currie & Brown, the Australian project services consultancy with 200 staff, for £20m.
01-Feb-2010
ICI-Imagedata, the coatings manufacturer with 50 staff, has been acquired by Illinois Tool Works of the US for undisclosed terms.
01-Feb-2010
Callprint Group has bought Redwood Press, the Liverpool-based commercial printing firm with 15 staff, out of administration.
01-Feb-2010
Cleansing Service Group has acquired Mitchell Parker White, the Lymington-based sewage plant maintenance firm.
01-Feb-2010
Midway Colour Print has been sold out of administration by Harrisons to a new company called Trowbridge, securing up to 40 jobs at its Wiltshire-based printing business.
01-Feb-2010
MCR has sold Riverside Flexibles out of administration to a company called Different Page, securing up to 31 jobs at its Somerset-based flexible packaging business.
01-Feb-2010
Smith Fire Protection has been sold out of administration by Northpoint Associates to a management team, securing 20 jobs at its North Shields-based fire protection engineering business.
01-Feb-2010
Wesco, the Cheshire-based supplier of branded merchandise, has been acquired by Zeon of London for undisclosed terms.
01-Feb-2010
Pets at Home, the Cheshire-based chain of 252 pet stores with 4,200 staff, is to be acquired by US private equity firm KKR for £955m.
28-Jan-2010
Lotte Chemical UK is to acquire two PTA and PET chemical plants at Wilton on Teesside from the administrators of Artenius UK, which will save 41 jobs and create up to 132 new jobs.
28-Jan-2010
Sportech has acquired SGR, the US pari-mutuel betting firm, from Scientific Games Corporation for up to £51m.
28-Jan-2010
Greene King is to expand its chain of 2,500 pubs with the acquisition of eight outlets from Punch Taverns for £16m.
28-Jan-2010
Sinemaster has acquired Autocol, the chain of three car parts stores with 34 staff in Bury, Accrington and Birmingham, for undisclosed terms.
28-Jan-2010
Midas Capital has sold iimia Wealth Management to Jardine Lloyd Thompson for £7.3m, in order to focus on its fund management business.
27-Jan-2010
Keepmoat has acquired Milnerbuild, the building maintenance contractor with 120 staff in Leeds and Darlington, for undisclosed terms.
27-Jan-2010
Orchestra Group has bought Cove (SW), the Somerset-based digital printing firm with 12 staff, out of administration.
27-Jan-2010
Spectrum Interactive has acquired Ocean Wave Europe, the Kent-based provider of wireless internet access at 40 marinas, for undisclosed terms.
26-Jan-2010
CPA Global, the Jersey-based legal services firm with 1,600 staff, is planning a £440m management buy-out backed by Intermediate Capital Group.
25-Jan-2010
Brakes has acquired Freshfayre, the Leeds-based chilled food wholesaler with seven depots, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jan-2010
Deloitte has acquired Drivers Jonas, the property services firm with 650 staff in London, Slough, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
25-Jan-2010
Survitec, the Belfast-based supplier of safety equipment with 1,100 staff, is expected to be sold by Montagu to buy-out firm Warburg Pincus for about £280m.
25-Jan-2010
West One Express has gone into administration through Begbies Traynor and its Cardiff-based haulage business has been sold to West One Overnight, securing the future of 63 jobs.
25-Jan-2010
Smartcellar, the Oxfordshire-based supplier of beer flow monitoring equipment, has been acquired by the founder of Brulines, and expects to create 40 jobs at a new data management division on Teesside.
25-Jan-2010
Randall & Quilter has acquired JMD Specialist Insurance Services from BP Marsh & Partners for £2m.
25-Jan-2010
Wilkin Chapman is to merge with Grange Wintringham to create a combined Grimsby-based law firm with more than 350 staff.
25-Jan-2010
Chappell's Fine Foods, the Leicester-based pork pie manufacturer, has been bought out of liquidation by Lodgegate Developments.
25-Jan-2010
SMD has acquired Hallin Robotics, the North Yorkshire-based robotics firm, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jan-2010
Inter-Group Communications has acquired Chrome, the Pontefract-based telecoms firm, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jan-2010
The Listening Company has acquired a call centre at the Arndale Tower in Manchester for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of more than 300 staff working on a customer services contract for O2.
25-Jan-2010
Nichols has acquired the trade and assets of the Ben Shaws soft drinks dispense business, but the Huddersfield operation will close with the loss of about 17 jobs.
25-Jan-2010
Mortons Print has acquired Lincolnshire Mailing Company, the Horncastle-based mailing firm with 13 staff.
25-Jan-2010
Medina Dairies has acquired the former DFB dairy at Blaydon near Newcastle, and will re-commission the site by the end of March.
25-Jan-2010
Jardine Motors has expanded its chain of 50 car dealerships with the acquisition of a Land Rover site in Welwyn Garden City from Pilling Motor Group for undisclosed terms.
25-Jan-2010
Acorn Care & Education, the Bolton-based provider of care services for children with 14 offices across the country, has been acquired by Teachers' Private Capital of Canada for undisclosed terms.
21-Jan-2010
Noble Foods is to acquire a majority stake in Gu, the London-based supplier of luxury desserts, for up to £35m.
21-Jan-2010
Harry Ramsden's, the chain of 36 fish and chip shops, has been sold by SSP to the owner of the 2 Sisters chicken processing business, and plans to open 100 additional outlets over the next five years.
21-Jan-2010
NMJ Insurance Brokers has acquired Ridge Insurance Services of Glossop for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of ten staff.
21-Jan-2010
Chemring is to acquire Allied Defense Group, the US ammunition manufacturer, for £36m.
20-Jan-2010
Niocom has acquired Central Radio, the Preston-based radio station, after UTV Media decided to return its licence to broadcast across Central Lancashire.
20-Jan-2010
CitySprint has acquired Post Haste Group, the West Sussex-based courier, for undisclosed terms.
20-Jan-2010
Cadbury, the Birmingham-based confectionery manufacturer with 45,000 staff worldwide, has agreed terms for a £11.6bn takeover by Kraft of the US.
19-Jan-2010
Contagious Communications, the marketing intelligence firm with 20 staff, has undergone a buy-out from Xtreme Information backed by venture capital firm IBIS Media.
19-Jan-2010
SDL has acquired Fredhopper, the Dutch marketing software firm with offices in London, France, Germany and Bulgaria, for undisclosed terms.
19-Jan-2010
Morris & Son has acquired Sweet Luxuries, the Cleckheaton-based sugar-free sweets manufacturer with 15 staff.
19-Jan-2010
Primark is to acquire ten clothing stores from Bhs, with the transfer of 350 staff.
18-Jan-2010
Barclays Capital is to acquire LaBranche & Co, the US market maker, for £15m.
18-Jan-2010
Stagecoach has completed the acquisition of Islwyn Transport from Caerphilly Council for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 33 buses and 62 staff.
18-Jan-2010
Maven Capital has agreed to acquire LitComp, the Lincolnshire-based supplier of financial and legal insurance products, for £5.5m.
18-Jan-2010
Gilbert Thompson, the Leeds-based fruit and vegetable wholesaler with more than 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by HSBC.
18-Jan-2010
Octavian Security, the Nottingham-based security services firm with 743 staff, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a management team.
18-Jan-2010
Media Square has acquired Chick Smith Trott, the London-based advertising agency, from Cagney for £0.4m.
18-Jan-2010
Priory Group is to acquire Affinity Healthcare Group, the operator of the Middleton St George Hospital near Darlington and the Cheadle Royal Hospital in Cheshire, from Duke Street Capital for undisclosed terms.
18-Jan-2010
Copper Dragon has been bought out of administration by its founder, securing 55 jobs at its Skipton-based brewery.
18-Jan-2010
Drydens has acquired LCL Collections, the commercial recovery services firm, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined Bradford-based group with 165 staff.
18-Jan-2010
Lindam, the Harrogate-based manufacturer of nursery products with 40 staff, has been acquired by Munchkin of the US for undisclosed terms.
18-Jan-2010
Reliance MediaWorks of India has acquired the assets of the iLab film processing business in London's Soho.
14-Jan-2010
Healthcare Homes of Colchester has acquired the 35-bed Olive House care home at Newton Flotman in Norfolk, taking its chain to 23.
14-Jan-2010
Pinnacle Telecom has acquired Solwise Telephony, the Leicestershire-based telecoms services firm, for £0.5m.
14-Jan-2010
GCI Telecom has acquired Invomo, the telephony services firm with offices in London and Wiltshire, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jan-2010
Rosewood Packaging has sold its corrugated and timber packaging facility in Cumbernauld to Scott Timber.
14-Jan-2010
Arco has acquired ARC Associates, the Hull-based environmental training consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jan-2010
Latitude Group, the Warrington-based digital marketing agency with 90 staff, has been sold to its management and private equity backers in a pre-pack administration through BDO.
13-Jan-2010
JHP Group, the Coventry-based training firm with more than 1,000 staff at 57 sites, has undergone a £56m management buy-out backed by Lloyds Banking Group.
13-Jan-2010
SIS Live is to acquire the assets of O21 Television from Gravity Media Group, with the transfer of 23 staff and six trucks.
13-Jan-2010
Laing O'Rourke has acquired Privica, the York-based construction modelling firm, for undisclosed terms.
13-Jan-2010
Vertu Motors is to acquire the Dunfermline Autocentre Ford car dealership for £2.7m, in order to expand its Bristol Street First Investments subsidiary.
13-Jan-2010
Plessey Semiconductors has acquired the X-Fab semiconductor manufacturing facility in Plymouth for undisclosed terms, and expects to create 30 new jobs over the next few years.
13-Jan-2010
LNT Group has sold its Rugby-based Taylors Business Surveyors & Valuers business to management for undisclosed terms.
13-Jan-2010
Begbies Traynor has sold the business and assets of 2nd Thoughts, the Leeds-based chain of Happit and Ellie Louise clothing stores, out of administration to Ellie Louise Trading, but 29 stores have closed with the loss of 140 jobs.
13-Jan-2010
Coba International has acquired Copely Developments, the Leicester-based hosing manufacturer with 70 staff.
13-Jan-2010
Benfield Motor Group has acquired a Hyundai car dealership in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, taking its total network to 31 sites.
13-Jan-2010
Wolseley is to sell its Irish building materials business to WIBHM for £24m, with the transfer of 650 staff at 67 branches.
12-Jan-2010
Dynamic Materials, the Nottingham-based manufacturer of industrial materials, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
12-Jan-2010
Car-Comm Aid, the Staffordshire-based vehicle repair company, has been acquired by Fast Line Bodies for undisclosed terms, and expects to create 16 new jobs this year.
12-Jan-2010
Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire Investment Strategies, the London-based asset management firm, from Royal Bank of Scotland for £85m.
11-Jan-2010
Deloitte has acquired ReportSource, the London-based information management consultancy with 66 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Jan-2010
Virgin Money is to acquire Church House Trust, the Somerset-based private bank with 3,000 customers, for £12m, in order to offer savings and mortgage products under the Virgin brand.
11-Jan-2010
D2 Jeans is to sell about 44 of its fashion stores out of administration to a management team, securing about 500 jobs.
11-Jan-2010
Davis Service Group has acquired the Scandinavian mat cleaning operation of ISS and the German workwear business of Klarner for a total £44m.
11-Jan-2010
Apollo Group has acquired Goldhall Electrical, the Yeovil-based mechanical and electrical firm with more than 50 staff.
11-Jan-2010
Marshall Aerospace has acquired Slingsby Advanced Composites, the aerospace components manufacturer with 130 staff in North Yorkshire and Glasgow Prestwick Airport, for undisclosed terms.
11-Jan-2010
Claymore Dairies is to be sold by Arla Foods and North Milk Coop to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, which is expected to lead to the loss of 65 of the 132 jobs in Nairn.
07-Jan-2010
DS Smith has sold Demes, its logistics and pallet service, to international transport packaging group Cartonplast Holding.
07-Jan-2010
Network Group Holdings has acquired IT Recruitment Network, the Solihull-based IT recruitment firm, for a nominal sum.
07-Jan-2010
Litho Supplies has sold its Derbyshire-based printing consumables business out of administration to a new company called DM1 (Herts), securing 82 jobs.
07-Jan-2010
Zolfo Cooper has sold most of the 12 pubs of Bradford-based Suburban Style Bars out of administration to Cal Management, securing 40 jobs.
07-Jan-2010
Home Delivery Network is to acquire the UK parcels division of DHL for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of about 4,700 staff.
06-Jan-2010
Henderson Group has acquired The Streat, the chain of 37 franchised cafes with 350 staff in Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, for undisclosed terms.
06-Jan-2010
Close Brothers is to acquire the invoice financing loan book of GMAC Commercial Finance for a net value of up to £4m, with the transfer of 23 staff.
06-Jan-2010
Evans Transport has acquired Seymour Transport, the Kent-based haulage firm with depots in Maidstone, Barnsley and Newport, for undisclosed terms.
06-Jan-2010
OHS has acquired Fieldside Health & Safety Management of Doncaster for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Bradford-based environmental management consultancy.
06-Jan-2010
Proximagen Neuroscience is to acquire Minster Pharmaceuticals, the London-based drug development company, for £4.3m.
05-Jan-2010
McKinnon & Clarke, the Dunfermline-based energy consultancy with about 370 staff in 18 countries, has sold a majority stake to private equity firm Lyceum Capital in a £22m deal.
05-Jan-2010
KSS Retail, the Manchester-based supplier of pricing software and services to the retail sector, has been sold by Eurovestech to Dunnhumby for £13m.
05-Jan-2010
PHSC has acquired Quality Leisure Management, the Gloucestershire-based leisure services firm, for £0.2m.
01-Jan-2010