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William Jackson & Son has acquired Parripak, the Bedfordshire-based vegetable processing company with 230 staff, for undisclosed terms. 21-Dec-2006 Bond International Software has acquired Gowi Group, the HR software developer with 120 staff in London, Portsmouth, Crawley, Lingfield and Wootton Bassett, for £8.9m. 20-Dec-2006 Quantum Microponents has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 70 jobs at its computer parts factory in Skelmersdale, but 28 jobs have been lost with the closure of its site in Cannock. 20-Dec-2006 WFEL, the Stockport-based manufacturer of military bridges with 160 staff, has undergone a £48m management buy-out from Kidde Group with the backing of Dunedin Capital Partners. 20-Dec-2006 Sillars Holdings, the Hartlepool-based road construction company with 190 staff, has been acquired by Downer EDI of Australia. 18-Dec-2006 MSW, the Long Eaton-based supplier of commercial flooring systems with 200 staff, has undergone a £24m management buy-out backed by Barclays Ventures. 18-Dec-2006 Boat International, the boating magazine, has undergone a £29m management but-out backed by August Equity. 18-Dec-2006 Langley Holdings has acquired ARO Group, the French welding equipment company with 600 staff, for undisclosed terms. 18-Dec-2006 Activity Superstore, the gift experience company, has undergone a management buy-out under the name of Days of Your Life. 18-Dec-2006 Scafftag, the Barry-based industrial safety products company with 45 staff, has been acquired by Brady Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms. 15-Dec-2006 Ex Pac, the West Yorkshire-based glass printing firm with 90 staff, has undergone a management buy-out under the name of KSA. 15-Dec-2006 CCA, the Preston-based greetings card maker with 180 staff, has been acquired by The Taylor Corporation of the US. 15-Dec-2006 Caledus has acquired Brunel Oilfield Services UK, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of engineered polymer thermoplastic casings, for undisclosed terms. 15-Dec-2006 Fibres Worldwide, the Grimsby-based fibres manufacturer with 170 staff, is to be bought out of administration by China National Bluestar Corporation. 14-Dec-2006 Global Resources has acquired Banford Associates, the oil services consultancy with 15 Inverurie-based staff and 50 field inspectors, for undisclosed terms. 12-Dec-2006 Browns Furniture Company of Glasgow has merged with Satelliet UK of London, creating a new furniture group called Satelliet Browns with 30 staff. 12-Dec-2006 RPM International of the US has acquired The Dane Group, the Manchester-based pigments manufacturer, for £11m. 12-Dec-2006 Brittons of Devon has been bought out of administration by Tredinnick Fine Foods, securing the future of 107 jobs at its pie factory in Newton Abbot. 12-Dec-2006 Prohire has acquired Midland Vehicle Contracts of Cobridge in a multi-million pound deal, creating a combined group with a fleet of 2,000 vehicles. 12-Dec-2006 ERDC, the Edinburgh-based civil engineering and sports surfaces group with 133 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 11-Dec-2006 John Haggas has acquired KM Group, the Stornoway-based manufacturer of Harris Tweed textiles with 80 staff. 11-Dec-2006 Action Sports Media is to merge with Permanent Publishing and 4130 Publishing to create a combined extreme sports publishing group with 24 magazines. 11-Dec-2006 Maxwell Batley is to merge with Winward Fearon to create a combined London-based property law firm called Maxwell Winward with 90 staff. 11-Dec-2006 Tecnolink, the Milton Keynes-based reprographics company with 35 staff, is to be acquired by LTG Technologies for £1.4m, and LTG plans to change its name to Imagelinx. 08-Dec-2006 Flowphonics, the Glasgow-based digital rights management firm, has been acquired by Arbinet of the US for undisclosed terms. 08-Dec-2006 Equazen Nutraceuticals, the London-based supplements supplier, has been acquired by Galencia of Switzerland for undisclosed terms. 06-Dec-2006 Thompson Building Centres has acquired Fossway Builders' Merchants, which has 50 staff at sites in Newcastle and Gateshead, and is now planning to invest £2m in a new warehouse, branch renovations and the creation of 20 jobs. 06-Dec-2006 Nasstar is to acquire Network Support International, the email software company that trades as Virtual Email, for £0.8m. 05-Dec-2006 Coms has acquired Exchange XT, the internet telephony supplier, for £0.5m. 05-Dec-2006 Change Recruitment Group, the recruitment company with 104 staff at offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has undergone a £14m management buy-out backed by NBGI Private Equity. 05-Dec-2006 Supreme Group, the Blackpool-based promotional products manufacturer with 200 staff, has been acquired by 4imprint of Trafford Park for £12m. 05-Dec-2006 Portman Film & Television, the independent TV production company, is to be acquired by the Digital Rights Group, funded by a £3m cash injection from Ingenious Media Active Capital. 05-Dec-2006 Equity Insurance Group, the insurance broker, is to be acquired by IAG of Australia for £570m. 04-Dec-2006 Bigmouth Media of Edinburgh has merged with Global Media of Germany, creating a combined internet marketing group with an estimated value of £100m. 04-Dec-2006 Coombs Quality Bakers of Leicester has been acquired by Hampshires Bakery, securing the future of 130 jobs. 01-Dec-2006 Gallacher Bros, the County Durham-based haulage firm with 30 staff and 22 vehicles, has been acquired by TAL Logistics of Sheffield. 29-Nov-2006 Classic Furniture, the Shropshire-based furniture supplier with 34 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 29-Nov-2006 Alex Stewart Assayers, the metals and minerals testing company with 130 staff at its Knowsley headquarters and 50 global offices and franchises, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Close Brothers Private Equity. 28-Nov-2006 Skelair has acquired Crushing & Recycling, the Preston-based reclamation firm, for undisclosed terms. 27-Nov-2006 Spectrum Printing Services, the Leicester-based printing company with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 22-Nov-2006 ABN has sold five poultry farms operated by its Sullivan Poultry division in Cambridge, Workshop and York to Ebco of Bilbrough in a multi-million pound deal. 21-Nov-2006 Photostatic Anglia, the Norwich-based office equipment supplier, has undergone a management buy-out. 20-Nov-2006 Listawood, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of promotional gifts, has been bought out of administration by AT Promotions, securing the future of 245 jobs. 20-Nov-2006 Build Center is acquiring three builders' merchants in Stockport, Wallasey and Liverpool from Murdock Group. 20-Nov-2006 Diamond Lifestyle, the Cambridgeshire-based provider of advice and brokering finance to council house tenants with 80 staff, is to be acquired by Enterprise North for up to £9m. 17-Nov-2006 Atteys has merged with Taylors of Sheffield to create a combined legal firm with nine offices and more than 300 staff. 17-Nov-2006 Silvanus Services has merged with Landscapes Southwest of Calstock, creating a combined environmental contracting group with 100 staff at seven offices across the South West and Midlands. 17-Nov-2006 Ticketline UK, the Cardiff-based ticket agency with annual turnover of £6m, has undergone a management buy-in. 16-Nov-2006 Unispec, the Evanton-based pipeline inspection company with 30 staff, has been acquired by CRC-Evans Pipeline International of the US for undisclosed terms. 16-Nov-2006 PTS Consulting has acquired Improcom, the IT and communications consultancy with offices in Lutterworth and London, for undisclosed terms. 16-Nov-2006 Blackburn Brakes, the Blackburn-based car parts supplier with branches in Accrington and Clitheroe, has undergone a management buy-out. 15-Nov-2006 Derwent Valley has agreed to acquire London Merchant Securities for £1bn, creating a combined London-based property development group called Derwent London with 5.6m sq ft of office space. 15-Nov-2006 Space2Work has acquired FP Construction, the Wakefield-based office refurbishment company with 22 staff, for undisclosed terms. 14-Nov-2006 Himar Performance Specialties, the Bradford-based industrial chemicals company, is to be acquired by Willington for up to £1m. 13-Nov-2006 Bowring Transport has acquired Whitkirk Waste Solutions, the North Yorkshire-based waste transport company with 20 staff. 13-Nov-2006 Dine is to acquire Garritts, the Yorkshire-based catering company that provides services at Allerton Castle, for undisclosed terms. 10-Nov-2006 Hunter Diving, the Dumfries-based manufacturer of diving suits, has been acquired by Trelleborg of Sweden, and production will transfer to Lithuania in early 2007. 09-Nov-2006 Fernan Retail has bought the Christies chain of 21 discount stores in Scotland out of administration, saving 140 jobs. 09-Nov-2006 Envair, the Haslingden-based supplier of laboratory cleaning products, has been bought out of administration by Bassaire of Southampton, securing the future of 26 jobs. 09-Nov-2006 Davidson Partnership, the Birmingham-based quantity surveyor with 25 staff, has been acquired by Oxford-based building consultants Ridge for undisclosed terms. 08-Nov-2006 SeaVation, the Aberdeenshire-based provider of subsea excavation services with 12 staff, has been acquired by Ability Group of Norway for about £5.5m. 08-Nov-2006 Norscot Truck & Van has acquired G Mutch Mechanical Services, the vehicle parts and services company with 30 staff in Dundee and Perth, for undisclosed terms. 08-Nov-2006 C3 Imaging, the digital printing company with ten branches, has been acquired by O'Flaherty Holdings. 07-Nov-2006 Work Group has acquired RCC HR, the Knutsford-based provider of recruitment communications services, for up to £4.4m. 07-Nov-2006 Aptec Technologies, the County Durham-based textiles manufacturer with 35 staff, has been bought out of administration by Dean Street for £0.3m. 07-Nov-2006 Powerhouse Fitness has acquired the former Fitness Network stores in Nottingham, Chessington, Battersea and within a Selfridges store in London, as well as a 57,000 sq ft distribution centre on Clydebank Industrial Estate. 07-Nov-2006 Balls Brothers has acquired the Lewis & Clarke chain of seven gastro pubs in London for undisclosed terms. 07-Nov-2006 Archimedes Pharma has acquired Link Pharmaceuticals of Horsham, West Sussex, for almost £25m. 06-Nov-2006 Expanded Metal Company, the Hartlepool-based manufacturer of expanded metal mesh components with 225 staff, has been acquired by Gibraltar Industries of the US. 06-Nov-2006 The Box Room, the Tamworth-based printing company, is to be acquired by SGS International of the US. 03-Nov-2006 Biofutures International is planning to acquire Zurex Corporation, the Malaysian company that holds a licence to produce biodiesel derived from palm oil, for £17m. 31-Oct-2006 Butterfly Hotels has bought the 74-room Cromwell Hotel in Stevenage from Corus Hotels and the 110-room Express by Holiday Inn in Castle Bromwich from Hotel Vienna. 31-Oct-2006 Process Combustion, the Harrogate-based supplier of heat transfer equipment with 60 staff, has been acquired by Roberts-Gordon of the US for undisclosed terms. 31-Oct-2006 The Wren Press has acquired Papyrus, the London-based stationery printer with outlets in Chelsea and Bath. 27-Oct-2006 HandMade is to acquire Sequence Film, the film sales and marketing company, for up to £4.5m. 27-Oct-2006 Grove Energy has sold most of its UK North Sea oil and gas licences to EnCore Oil, in return for 9.9m EnCore shares. 26-Oct-2006 Townends Chartered Accountants of Goole has merged with Robinson & Co of York to create a combined accountancy group with more than 80 staff. 26-Oct-2006 Armstrong Laing Group, the Knutsford-based software company, has been acquired by Business Objects of the US for £30m. 25-Oct-2006 Groupe Guillin of France has acquired Premier Packaging, the Canterbury-based supplier of thermoformed trays, for undisclosed terms. 24-Oct-2006 Robinson & Sawdon, the Hull-based construction company with 45 staff, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms. 24-Oct-2006 Jon George, the Redditch-based desserts supplier with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 20-Oct-2006 Harkness Hall, the Stevenage-based manufacturer of PVC screens, has undergone a £6.7m management buy-out from Allen McGuire & Partners. 20-Oct-2006 Care Monitoring 2000, the Sutton Coldfield-based provider of health monitoring services with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 18-Oct-2006 Vecta Software Corporation, the Oxford-based supplier of sales intelligence software, has been acquired by Electronic Data Processing for £0.9m. 17-Oct-2006 Ramon Hygiene Products, the Leicester-based textiles manufacturer with 140 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 17-Oct-2006 WW Group, the Leeds-based clothing supplier with 140 staff, has been bought out of administration by a new management-backed company called Star Garment. 17-Oct-2006 Minova, the Chipping Norton-based speciality chemicals company with 17 sites in ten countries, is to be acquired by Orica of Australia for £357m. 17-Oct-2006 Ulster Stores has acquired the De Gruchy department store in Jersey from Merchant Retail Group for undisclosed terms. 16-Oct-2006 Mwnci, the Cardiff-based TV production company with 12 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 16-Oct-2006 GE Robinson & Co, the Salford-based timber company with 120 staff, has been acquired by Haldane Fisher of Northern Ireland for more than £7m. 11-Oct-2006 Community Foods, the London-based supplier of dried fruit and nuts with more than 70 staff, has been acquired by the Milk Marque farmers co-operative. 11-Oct-2006 AAP Metal Fabrication Services has undergone a management buy-out, and will now expand its factory in Jarrow from 8,000 sq ft to almost 16,000 sq ft . 10-Oct-2006 Holiday Supplies, the Southport-based travel company with about 20 staff, has been acquired by Kuoni of Switzerland for more than £12m. 06-Oct-2006 Albert Bartlett & Sons has acquired Naturally Best, the Lincolnshire-based vegetable packing company with 120 staff, for undisclosed terms. 06-Oct-2006 Osborne has sold Cathedral Works Organisation, its Chichester-based stonemasonry subsidiary with 81 staff, to a management buy-out. 06-Oct-2006 Kaytu Systems, the Tyneside-based sheet metal company with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out, and now plans to create ten new jobs. 05-Oct-2006 Riverdale Paper has expanded its paper recycling business with the acquisition of the former Severnside processing operation at Thornley in Durham for undisclosed terms. 05-Oct-2006 Hastings Insurance Services, the East Sussex-based car insurance broker with 1,400 staff, has been acquired by Insurance Australia Group for £140m. 03-Oct-2006 DLT Training, the Bridgend-based freight logistics training company with annual turnover of £0.9m, has undergone a management buy-out. 03-Oct-2006 Samuel Grant Group has sold CL Plastics, its Bradford-based polythene extrusion and converting business, to Povoas Packaging in a multi-million pound deal. 03-Oct-2006 EFinancial Careers, the online recruitment company, has been acquired by Dice of the US for £48m. 03-Oct-2006 Handbag.com, the network of women's websites, has been acquired by Hearst Corporation's NatMag for about £22m. 03-Oct-2006 Seymour Pierce Ellis, the Crawley-based private client agency stockbroker with 21 staff, is to be acquired by Dowgate Capital for £4.6m. 02-Oct-2006 Lycetts is to acquire Hamilton & Partners, the Newmarket-based bloodstock insurance broker, increasing its workforce from 125 to 161. 02-Oct-2006 Lotus Construction, the Otley-based construction company with annual turnover of £19m, has undergone a £2.6m management buy-out. 02-Oct-2006 Rainford EMC, the St Helens-based supplier of electromagnetic equipment, has undergone a £2.5m management buy-out backed by the Merseyside Special Investment Fund. 28-Sep-2006 AWS Electronics has acquired Jantec Electronic Services, the Bedfordshire-based electronics manufacturer with 23 staff, for undisclosed terms. 27-Sep-2006 Hansatech, the printed circuit boards manufacturer with sites in King's Lynn, Cambridge and Poole, has been acquired by PartnerTech of Sweden for £5.8m. 22-Sep-2006 M2 Digital, the Manchester-based supplier of copiers and printers with 100 staff, has sold a majority stake to ECI Partners for an estimated £20m, and is now looking to open offices in Cambridge, Bristol and Glasgow. 22-Sep-2006 Pearl Fittings, the plumbing products supplier with 200 staff at Europower in Leeds and 1,000 staff at IBP in the West Midlands, has sold a majority stake to US private investment firm Sun Capital Partners. 22-Sep-2006 Shamrock Travel, the coach transport company with 300 staff in Abercynon, Swansea, Barry and Newport, has been acquired by Veolia Transport. 22-Sep-2006 Hallcalm, the Hartlepool-based steel fabrication company, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and now plans to double the 19-strong workforce over the next three years. 21-Sep-2006 Mercury Group is to sell its Navitas Hemway facilities management subsidiary to a management buy-out for £0.15m, in order to focus on its London-based commercial property agency. 20-Sep-2006 Irwin's has acquired Howell House, the Northern Ireland-based cake and biscuit manufacturer. 20-Sep-2006 Rowse Honey, the Wallingford-based honey supplier, has been acquired by Wellness Foods for an estimated £70m. 20-Sep-2006 Ecotec has acquired CSR Survey, the Staffordshire-based market research company with five full-time staff and a pool of up to 600 interviewers, for undisclosed terms. 19-Sep-2006 Cruise, the Glasgow-based chain of nine fashion stores, has been acquired by Arev for about £7m, and plans to open ten new outlets over the next few years. 18-Sep-2006 Bovey Castle, the Devon-based hotel and golf course, has been acquired by Hilwood Resorts & Hotels for £26m. 18-Sep-2006 Duco International, the printing blanket manufacturer with 130 staff in Slough and Swindon, is to be acquired by Day International of the US. 15-Sep-2006 Whitworth Hall, the Durham-based country house hotel, has been acquired by the Autumn Care Group, and is planning to create 30 new jobs over the next three years. 14-Sep-2006 Hudson Global Resources has sold its Scottish industrial division, including 16 staff in Edinburgh and Glasgow, to a management buy-out for more than £1m, as part of a strategy to focus on professional services recruitment. 14-Sep-2006 Wilcare Wales, the Llandow-based electric reclining chair supplier with 27 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 12-Sep-2006 Edward Billington & Son has sold Classic Couverture, the Speke-based chocolate manufacturer with 110 staff, to Archer Daniels Midland Company of the US for £10m. 12-Sep-2006 Toptable has acquired City-eating Group, the online restaurant booking service, for undisclosed terms. 12-Sep-2006 Sumus has acquired Financial Services Advice & Support, the Dunfermline-based independent financial advice network, for an initial £0.9m. 11-Sep-2006 Frontline Television, the London-based TV production company with 20 staff, is to undergo a management buy-out and will then be renamed as The Club. 11-Sep-2006 Abbot (Kings Langley), the Hertfordshire-based stationery supplier with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 08-Sep-2006 Blue Boar Contracts has acquired Fen Ditching, the Cambridgeshire-based dredging contractor with seven staff, for undisclosed terms. 07-Sep-2006 Rheochem is to acquire Wimbledon Oil & Gas for £7.3m, including ten North Sea licence blocks. 06-Sep-2006 Aitchee Engineering Associates of Surrey has been acquired by the Fire Testing Technology subsidiary of Judges Capital for £0.2m. 06-Sep-2006 NES Group, the Altrincham-based engineering recruitment company with 275 staff, is to undergo a £80m management buy-out backed by Graphite Capital. 06-Sep-2006 Philpotts, the Chester-based chain of 13 sandwich shops, has been sold to a management team backed by Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets for £8m. 06-Sep-2006 Milltech, the Sunderland-based business training company with 26 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 05-Sep-2006 Armstrong Watson is to merge with Manson & Partners, the Dumfries-based firm of chartered accountants with 35 staff. 05-Sep-2006 TriVest VCT has sold Secure Mail Services, the Northampton-based provider of business mail solutions with 550 staff, to Candover for about £4.2m. 05-Sep-2006 Zibrant has acquired Rand, the events management company with 30 staff in Canterbury and Coventry, and nine jobs will relocate from Coventry to Derby. 05-Sep-2006 La Pizza Company, the West Sussex-based bakery products manufacturer with 17 staff, has undergone a buy-in management buy-out backed by Vantis Corporate Finance. 04-Sep-2006 Hillendale Land Rover, the Lancashire-based car dealership, has undergone a management buy-out. 01-Sep-2006 Independent Pharmacy Care Centres has acquired seven AC Ferguson and MH Gill pharmacies in the West Midlands, taking its number of outlets to 34. 31-Aug-2006 Acetate Products, the acetate manufacturer with 750 staff in Derby and Coventry, is to be acquired by Celanese Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms. 31-Aug-2006 Reed Printers, the Penrith-based commercial printer with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 30-Aug-2006 Cavendish Press, the Manchester-based news agency with 11 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 30-Aug-2006 Exalia, the London-based web hosting company, has been acquired by NBT for £3.2m. 29-Aug-2006 Batley Foundries, the Batley-based iron products manufacturer with 14 staff, has undergone a £1.5m management buy-out. 28-Aug-2006 Millar McCowan has been bought out of administration by Principal Capital Management, securing the future of 140 jobs at its confectionery manufacturing operations in Broxburn and Stenhousemuir. 28-Aug-2006 Menzies Corporate Restructuring has sold the Pims printing plant in Somerset out of administration, and the business will be combined with London-based Garden House Press. 25-Aug-2006 JDF Logistics, the Barnsley-based transport and warehouse company with 125 staff, has undergone a management buy-out with funding of £1.5m from the South Yorkshire Investment Fund. 24-Aug-2006 Robinson Cleaning & Support Services is to acquire Waveney Laundry in Ballymena for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 65 staff. 23-Aug-2006 Chortex, the Lancashire-based towel manufacturer, has undergone a £2.6m management buy-out backed by GE Commercial Finance. 23-Aug-2006 Keston Boilers, the Bromley-based boiler manufacturer with a factory in Romania, has been acquired by Caradon Plumbing for undisclosed terms. 22-Aug-2006 Rack Industries, the Bingley-based supplier of storage systems and mezzanine floors, has undergone a management buy-out. 22-Aug-2006 Nation Water Treatments has acquired W4, the Bury St Edmunds-based water treatment company, for undisclosed terms. 21-Aug-2006 Shouksmiths has acquired Keda Plumbing, the Bolton-based plumbing company with 20 staff. 21-Aug-2006 Berkeley Consulting, the construction consultancy with offices in Camberley, London, Glasgow and Birmingham, has been acquired by AYH for undisclosed terms. 21-Aug-2006 Stephens Wholesale, the health and beauty wholesaler, has been acquired by Vitality Group and the distribution operation will be transferred from Dartford to North London. 21-Aug-2006 Enza Group, the Warrington-based Mercedes-Benz truck dealership with outlets in Manchester and Stoke, has undergone a £5m management buy-out. 18-Aug-2006 Acumen Waste Services, the Teesside-based waste consultancy with 48 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Lloyds Development Capital for undisclosed terms. 16-Aug-2006 Namco Europe has acquired Number Ten Group, the operator of bowling centres in Romford, Braintree, Norwich and Rugby, for undisclosed terms. 16-Aug-2006 Lynnet Leisure is to acquire the Rogano seafood restaurant in Glasgow for more than £6m. 16-Aug-2006 Camellia is planning to acquire Hill Martin, the financial planning company, for an initial £4.2m, in order to expand its Duncan Lawrie subsidiary. 14-Aug-2006 Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, the Leeds-based supplier of liquid medicines with 170 staff, has undergone a £93m management buy-out from US-based Savient Pharmaceuticals. 09-Aug-2006 Johnsons Photopia, the Staffordshire-based distributor of photographic equipment with 70 staff, has undergone a multi-million pound management buy-out. 07-Aug-2006 ISL Computers has acquired Microworld, the Huddersfield-based IT services company, for undisclosed terms. 07-Aug-2006 Wester Ross Salmon has undergone a £1.1m management buy-out, securing the future of 50 jobs at its salmon farming business in Ullapool. 07-Aug-2006 Frost Cars has acquired the City Vauxhall car dealership in Chichester from City Motor Holdings for undisclosed terms. 07-Aug-2006 Stephen James has acquired three BMW and two Mini car dealerships in the South East from the Whitehouse Group for undisclosed terms. 07-Aug-2006 Polymers Direct, the polymer distributor with offices in Newbury and Warwick, is to be acquired by Chance & Hunt. 07-Aug-2006 MetalFX, the Guiseley-based developer of metallic colours for printers, is to be acquired by Ciba Speciality Chemicals of Switzerland for undisclosed terms. 07-Aug-2006 Mitchell Charlesworth has merged with Tollit & Stockton of Chester to create a combined accountancy business with more than 130 staff. 07-Aug-2006 Vernaware, the Bolton-based insulation products manufacturer with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 07-Aug-2006 McNeill Menary Travel, the Belfast-based travel agency, has been acquired by Traveldev of Ireland, creating a combined ski holidays group with 25 staff in Dublin and 35 in Belfast. 07-Aug-2006 Titan Move, the holding company for Harringtons Caravans, is to acquire Leisure World Group for £5.7m, creating a chain of camping sales centres in Cheshire, Hampshire, Kent, South Wales and Tyneside under the name of Discover Leisure. 07-Aug-2006 Cumulus Technology, the mobile data services development company, has been acquired by WIN for £2m. 07-Aug-2006 Specialised Petroleum Services of Aberdeen has been acquired by M-I Swaco of the US for £89m. 04-Aug-2006 Avery Weigh-Tronix, the Birmingham-based scale manufacturer with 1,000 staff, is planning a £84m management buy-out backed by European Capital. 01-Aug-2006 ADDleisure is to acquire a 90% stake in the In Moments company, in order to expand its fitness equipment business into high street fitness centres. 27-Jul-2006 Microlease, the telecoms test equipment company, has undergone a £30m management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC. 21-Jul-2006 Graphoprint, the Flintshire-based printing company, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms. 21-Jul-2006 Appian Technology has acquired Genesis UK, the developer of automatic number plate recognition systems with sites in Cheshire and Somerset, for an initial £1.4m. 21-Jul-2006 MMP Group of Newton Aycliffe has sold its plastering and dry lining division out of administration to a management team operating under the name of Plaslines, securing the future of 41 jobs. 20-Jul-2006 VICS, the Manchester-based mobile video research company, is to be acquired by 2ergo. 18-Jul-2006 NTR has acquired Wastelink and RU Recycling for undisclosed terms, in order to create the UK's largest recycling-led waste management business. 18-Jul-2006 E2V Technologies is to acquire Atmel Grenoble, the French electronic components supplier with 450 staff, for £76m. 14-Jul-2006 Leeds Building Society has won approval to merge with Mercantile, the Wallsend-based building society with 12 branches. 14-Jul-2006 One Advice Group, the Sale-based consumer debt company with 212 staff, is planning to raise up to £27m in a share placing, and has also announced the £3m acquisition of Sale-based Abacus Financial Consultants. 14-Jul-2006 Bobst has sold Apollo, its Bedfordshire-based packaging machinery business with 15 staff, to a new company called Apollo Sheeters. 12-Jul-2006 Genesis APS, the North Yorkshire-based manufacturer of equipment for the flooring industry with 31 staff, has undergone a £4.5m management buy-out. 12-Jul-2006 James Bros, the Poole-based fabricated steel company with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 12-Jul-2006 Harris Allday, the Birmingham-based stockbroker, is to be acquired by EFG International of Switzerland for undisclosed terms. 11-Jul-2006 Complete Product Company has acquired APB Colour Printing of Bristol for undisclosed terms. 07-Jul-2006 Buller Jeffries is to acquire Dawkins & Grey, the Birmingham-based legal firm with six staff. 07-Jul-2006 GLJ Interiors, the Willenhall-based suspended ceilings and partitioning company with 12 staff, has undergone a £1.2m management buy-out. 07-Jul-2006 PGI Group is to sell Chillington, its Walsall-based wheelbarrow manufacturing division, to Bescot Construction Tools for £0.8m. 06-Jul-2006 Ultravox, the Manchester-based hearing aid retailer with 138 branches, has been acquired by Amplifon of Italy for £60m. 06-Jul-2006 Brodies is to merge with Bishops Solicitors of Glasgow, creating a combined legal firm with more than 360 staff. 06-Jul-2006 Homelux Nenplas, the Ashbourne-based plastic extrusion and tile accessory supplier, has undergone a management buy-out. 06-Jul-2006 Castlebeck, the chain of 15 residential care and rehabilitation centres, is to be sold by HgCapital to Lydian Capital Partners for £255m. 06-Jul-2006 Christy, the Cheshire-based towels manufacturer with 464 staff, has been acquired by Welspun of India for about £15m. 05-Jul-2006 Land Instruments International, the Dronfield-based temperature measurement specialist with 180 staff, has been acquired by Ametek of the US. 04-Jul-2006 Spacelabs Healthcare is to acquire Del Mar Reynolds Medical, the cardiac monitoring business, from Ferraris Group for £14m. 03-Jul-2006 Linear Composites, the West Yorkshire-based composites manufacturer with 32 staff, has been acquired by Macceferri Group of Italy for undisclosed terms. 30-Jun-2006 Clyde Materials Handling, the supplier of conveying and injection systems with 110 staff in Doncaster, Brazil, the US and elsewhere, has been acquired by Process Handling in a £7.3m reverse takeover. 29-Jun-2006 Harwich Express Freight, the Harwich-based haulage and warehousing company with annual turnover of almost £4m, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms. 29-Jun-2006 A&M Plastic Solutions, the Fareham-based vacuum forming company with 22 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team, and will now be renamed Mimtec. 29-Jun-2006 Taylor & Whiteley, the Huddersfield-based manufacturer of car turbo chargers with 70 staff, has been acquired by VTL Holdings for undisclosed terms. 29-Jun-2006 Rollalong Hire, the Dorset-based portable accommodation supplier with eight regional hire centres, has undergone a £11m management buy-out backed by Barclays Ventures. 29-Jun-2006 J Pickles Healthcare has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, securing the future of more than 25 jobs at its health and beauty products business in Lancashire. 28-Jun-2006 Esprit Ski, the skiing holidays company, is to undergo a £20m management buy-out backed by Isis Equity Partners. 26-Jun-2006 David Morris Stores, the jewellery retailer, has been acquired by Coleridge & Murphy, and the new owner is looking to open new outlets. 26-Jun-2006 Pennine Natural Gas, the Cheshire-based gas supplier, is to be acquired by Gazprom of Russia for undisclosed terms. 26-Jun-2006 O2 is to acquire Be, the broadband internet provider, for £50m, as part of a strategy to integrate mobile phone and internet technology. 22-Jun-2006 Sykes Group has acquired Bennetts Typewriter & Office Supplies to create a combined Nottingham-based office products business with more than 70 staff. 22-Jun-2006 Galaxy Travel, the East Anglian chain of 20 travel agency branches, has been acquired by Harvey World Travel of Australia. 21-Jun-2006 A&G Moulding of Hull has acquired the sign component moulding business of Aston Designs of Exeter for undisclosed terms. 21-Jun-2006 Dunfermline Press has acquired William Trimble, the Enniskillen-based newspaper publisher, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Ulster News Group subsidiary. 20-Jun-2006 Silcock Dawson has acquired John Ryan Partnership, the Leeds-based building services company. 20-Jun-2006 Leisure & Gaming has acquired the BetShop Group, the online gambling company and chain of Italian betting shops, for up to £32m. 20-Jun-2006 Chapelhouse Motors has acquired the West Coast Saab and Hyundai car dealership in Southport for undisclosed terms. 19-Jun-2006 Oxford Property Consultants has agreed to sell its fund management business to CBRE Investors for an estimated £4m. 19-Jun-2006 Red Vision, the visual effects company with sites in Bristol, Manchester and London, has been acquired by Inspired Gaming Group for up to £20m. 19-Jun-2006 Alstom Energy Recovery Systems, the Ealing-based manufacturer of heat exchange equipment, has undergone a management buy-out from Alstom Group. 16-Jun-2006 Pasta King, the Newton Abbot-based chilled meals supplier with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 14-Jun-2006 Dairygold Food Ingredients has acquired Dan Dairies, the Leeds-based soft cheese company with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms. 14-Jun-2006 Wisden is to acquire Hawk-Eye, the ball tracking system used by broadcasters of tennis and cricket matches, from Tinopolis for about £5m. 14-Jun-2006 Maintel has acquired District Holdings, the telecoms equipment supplier, for £1m. 13-Jun-2006 DIC Entertainment has acquired CPG, the London-based licensing agency operating in the entertainment and sports industries, for an initial £3.8m. 13-Jun-2006 Curidium, the London-based drug discovery company, is to be acquired by Aim-listed Cielo Holdings in a £3.9m reverse takeover. 13-Jun-2006 Goy Harris Cartwright has acquired Berkeley Fund Managers of Coventry for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of nine staff. 12-Jun-2006 Markham Vaughan Gillingham has acquired Edwards Hardwick & Partners, the Bristol-based warehouse property specialist, for undisclosed terms. 12-Jun-2006 Invocas has acquired Wilson & Co, the Edinburgh-based insolvency practice, for £0.1m. 08-Jun-2006 Ness Motors has acquired a Renault dealership with 31 staff in Perth for undisclosed terms. 08-Jun-2006 Pitchmastic PmB, the Sheffield-based supplier of structural waterproofing and anti-skid roads with 44 staff, has been acquired by Washington-based GJP Holdings. 07-Jun-2006 Karspace Management, the Kent-based provider of car park and traffic management services, has been acquired by Mission Capital for up to £2.6m. 06-Jun-2006 UK Automatic Vending Supplies, the St Helens-based ingredients supplier with 35 staff, is to be acquired by Eurogran of Denmark for undisclosed terms. 06-Jun-2006 Morrell Products has bought VT Technology, the automotive sound insulation manufacturer with 144 staff at sites in Chesterfield and Loughborough, out of administration for undisclosed terms. 05-Jun-2006 Azzurri, the Newbury-based data communications company with offices in Fareham, High Wycombe, Leeds, Kingston, Hull, Burnley, Birmingham and East Kilbride, has been acquired by PPM Capital for £182m. 05-Jun-2006 Tiger Aspect, the TV and film production company, is to be acquired by US-owned IMG Media for £30m. 05-Jun-2006 Rixonway, the Dewsbury-based kitchen manufacturer with 285 staff, has undergone a £20m management buy-out backed by private equity firm August Equity. 02-Jun-2006 Peak Group, the Aberdeen-based oilfield services company, is to be acquired by Ability Group of Norway for about £26m. 30-May-2006 ADL is to acquire the Solutions 40-bed nursing home in Leeds for £2.3m, taking its total chain of care homes to 12. 26-May-2006 Alpha Strategic is to acquire Winton Advisors from Winton Capital Management of London for £0.3m. 24-May-2006 Francis Graves has acquired Rose Project Services, the project management and building consultancy with 32 staff in London, Tewkesbury and Bristol, for undisclosed terms. 24-May-2006 AE Yates has acquired Steel Pile Installations, the Lancaster-based sheet piling contractor, for undisclosed terms. 22-May-2006 TRL, the Tewkesbury-based developer of communications and surveillance equipment, is to be acquired by L-3 Communications of the US for £90m. 22-May-2006 Swan Street Motors has been bought out of administration by the Wests Garage Group, securing the future of 29 of the 56 jobs at its Renault car dealership in King's Lynn. 19-May-2006 Walter Scott & Partners, the Edinburgh-based fund management company, is to be acquired by Mellon Financial of the US for undisclosed terms. 19-May-2006 EurotaxGlass, the automotive data supplier, has undergone a £325m management buy-out backed by Candover. 19-May-2006 Archibald Young has acquired the goodwill and order book of the aluminium sand casting foundry business of Edinburgh-based Charles Henshaw & Sons for undisclosed terms. 17-May-2006 Frontier Post has acquired Skyline Audio Post Production of London, and Skyline's TV production facilities are being relocated to Frontier's site in Wells Street. 17-May-2006 Tarmac Minerals & Materials, the Stoke-on-Trent-based company with 70 staff, has been acquired by Prince Minerals of the US for about £4m. 16-May-2006 Equator Group, the Aim-listed film library, is to acquire HandMade Holdings, the film production company, in a £15m reverse takeover. 16-May-2006 Garden Isle, the Wisbech-based frozen foods manufacturer with 130 staff, has been acquired by LambWeston Meijer for undisclosed terms. 15-May-2006 SQS Software Quality Systems of Germany is to acquire Cresta, the London-based software testing company with 200 staff, for up to £18m. 11-May-2006 Vale-Tech has acquired Inovex Systems, the Corby-based supplier of ink dispensers with annual turnover of £0.7m. 10-May-2006 Work Inc has acquired Steelcase, the Warrington-based office furniture manufacturer, for more than £1m. 10-May-2006 Fransen Transport, the Kidderminster-based refrigerated haulage company, has been acquired by Birmingham-based Cherrystone Investments for undisclosed terms. 09-May-2006 TASC Diamond Drillers and TASC Fire Protection Services have been acquired by management, which will affect about 60 Sheffield-based staff. 09-May-2006 Reebitex Fabrics, the Ilkeston-based textiles supplier with 55 staff, has been acquired by Whitaker Services of Rochester for undisclosed terms. 09-May-2006 Owl Video Systems, the Uckfield-based supplier of multimedia and video projection systems, has undergone a management buy-out. 05-May-2006 Snugpak, the West Yorkshire-based insulated clothing supplier with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 03-May-2006 PJ Musgrave of Matlock has merged with Paul Adams of the West Midlands to create a combined electrical services contractor called PJM Adams with more than 70 staff. 03-May-2006 Gascoyne & Beever, the Sheffield-based architectural metal worker, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Co-operative Bank. 02-May-2006 Hunter Rubber Company, the Dumfries-based boot maker, has been bought out of administration by a consortium that includes Pentland for about £3m, securing the future of 64 jobs. 02-May-2006 Bruce Shaw Group has sold BSFM, the Irish facilities management company, to Newcourt Group for £3.3m. 28-Apr-2006 Manugistics, the US-based developer of supply chain software with an office in Bracknell, has been acquired by JDA Software for £118m. 27-Apr-2006 Coburg Group has acquired Aroma Coffee, the supplier of coffees and espresso machinery, and will relocate the business from Southall to the Coburg site in Woolwich. 26-Apr-2006 Nanotech Energy is to acquire Impact Funding UK, the personal loans company, in a £3.2m reverse takeover. 24-Apr-2006 Mobile Streams has acquired Cyoshi Mobile, the German supplier of mobile media content, for £2m. 21-Apr-2006 Keyworld Investments has bought Goldshore, the provider of employee benefit and reward schemes, out of liquidation, and has also announced plans to relocate to a new office in central Milton Keynes. 20-Apr-2006 Kestrel Furniture, the Norwich-based kitchen and furniture maker with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 20-Apr-2006 Essential Publishing, the Colchester-based publisher of six consumer magazines with 75 staff, has been acquired by Hubert Burda UK. 20-Apr-2006 AFI Aerial is to acquire Alan Drew, the supplier of high-rise platforms with sites in Watford, Woolwich, Milton Keynes and Loughborough, for undisclosed terms. 20-Apr-2006 Kennametal Sheffield, the cutting tools manufacturer with 170 staff, is to be acquired by Suncraft International Corporation of China, and will revert to its former name of Presto International. 19-Apr-2006 CPL Heating & Plumbing has acquired Halsall Heating, the Southport-based heating, plumbing and electrical contractor with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms. 19-Apr-2006 City Dispense Services, the St Helens-based supplier of dispense equipment, has undergone a management buy-out from City Refrigeration Holdings. 19-Apr-2006 Credential Environmental has acquired Tyre Collection Services, the Wednesbury-based tyre recycling company, for undisclosed terms. 19-Apr-2006 Schmidlin UK, the cladding company, has been bought out of administration by Lindner of Germany, but the future of the 250 staff is not yet certain. 18-Apr-2006 Smurfit Print, the Denbighshire-based envelope manufacturer with 135 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Smurfit, and will be renamed Dobson & Crowther. 14-Apr-2006 Darlow Smithson Productions, the TV production company with annual turnover of £44m, has been acquired by TWI. 14-Apr-2006 Playgolf has sold Playgolf Heaton Park, which operates a golf centre in North Manchester, to Mack Trading for £0.5m. 12-Apr-2006 CPOS Systems, the Liverpool-based EPOS developer, has been acquired by Palmteq of Australia, and its workforce will rise from 16 to 24. 12-Apr-2006 Clarion Homes, the Yarm-based housebuilder with 40 staff, has been acquired by Woodford Group for undisclosed terms. 11-Apr-2006 Wylie & Bisset has acquired John Gray & Co of Port Glasgow, creating a combined accountancy group with more than 100 staff. 11-Apr-2006 Aquabeau of Halifax has sold its three bath brands out of administration, with Plumbing Imports taking the Airbath and Appollo brands and a private investor taking Aquarius. 11-Apr-2006 The Chase, the design consultancy with 40 staff in Manchester, London and Preston, has been acquired by Hasgrove for undisclosed terms. 10-Apr-2006 Castlewood Farm Products has acquired Dairygold's food service operation in Northern Ireland for undisclosed terms. 07-Apr-2006 Eleksen, the electronic sensor technology company, is to be acquired by Bora Communications for £19m. 06-Apr-2006 Trianco, the Sheffield-based central heating manufacturer with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 06-Apr-2006 Nexus Management has acquired Fix IT Worldwide, the London-based IT services company with eight staff. 05-Apr-2006 Portland Hotels has acquired the 137-bedroom Jurys Hotel in the West End of Glasgow for about £10m, and will invest £3m upgrading its interior. 05-Apr-2006 Sports Interactive, the London-based video games developer valued at about £30m, is expected to be acquired by Sega of Japan. 05-Apr-2006 S&B UK, the Salford-based manufacturer of laboratory furniture, has undergone a management buy-out from its Dutch owners, securing the future of 50 jobs. 04-Apr-2006 Bekaert of Belgium has acquired Cold Drawn Products, the West Yorkshire-based shaped wires manufacturer with 170 staff, for £12m. 04-Apr-2006 Hermes Private Equity has acquired the Mayfair Gaming chain of eight bingo clubs from Risk Capital Partners for about £28m. 04-Apr-2006 Adstream has acquired Quickcut, the print-based ad delivery company, for £35m, creating a combined London-based group with 200 staff. 03-Apr-2006 CPL Resources has acquired Nursefinders UK, the London-based nurse placement agency, in order to expand its Medical Recruitment Specialists business. 30-Mar-2006 Supreme Care Homes, the Teesside-based operator of four care homes with 240 staff, has been acquired by Avery Healthcare of Northampton for undisclosed terms. 29-Mar-2006 Boxmore Plastics has sold its Lurgan-based operation in Northern Ireland to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and the new business will be renamed Beverage Plastics and relocated to the Silverwood Business Park in Craigavon. 29-Mar-2006 APP Group has acquired Stowes the Printers of Stoke-on-Trent for undisclosed terms, creating a combined printing and publishing business with 29 staff. 28-Mar-2006 Jacksons Jolliffe Cork has sold Fawcetts Quality Butchers, the Sunderland-based chain of 19 butchers and delicatessens, out of administration to management for undisclosed terms. 28-Mar-2006 Belden CDT has sold its Manchester-based cables factory to management for £16m, securing the future of 230 jobs, and it will trade as B3 Cable Solutions. 28-Mar-2006 Harvestime, the Walsall-based bakery, has been acquired by Canadian Maple Leaf Bakery UK, securing the future of 250 jobs. 28-Mar-2006 IMEX has acquired DWJ Colourprint, the commercial printing company with sites in Port Talbot and Baglan, for undisclosed terms, and will consolidate the business at its site in Swansea this summer. 27-Mar-2006 The Pier, the homewares retailer with 45 stores, has been acquired by Lagerinn of Denmark for £8.6m, and is planning to open ten new outlets. 27-Mar-2006 Patisserie UK, the Livingston-based cake and dessert manufacturer with 50 staff, has been sold by Enterprise Foods to management for undisclosed terms. 22-Mar-2006 Beta Technology, the Doncaster-based technology funding company with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 21-Mar-2006 Loose's, the Norwich-based catering equipment supplier with 20 staff, is to be acquired by Alliance Disposables of Crewe for undisclosed terms. 20-Mar-2006 Swallow Hotels has acquired six more Scottish hotels, including the Ballachulish Hotel near Glencoe, The Isles of Glencoe Hotel, the Oban Caledonian Hotel, the Carnoustie Golf Hotel, the Gleddoch House Hotel at Langbank and the Huntly Arms in Aboyne. 20-Mar-2006 USwitch, the online price comparison company, is to be acquired by EW Scripps of the US for £210m. 20-Mar-2006 Nevisprint of Fort William and Highland Printers of Inverness have been acquired by NBH Holdings, creating one of Scotland's largest printing groups with 100 staff. 14-Mar-2006 Glatfelter of the US has bought the JR Crompton paper mill in Lydney, Gloucestershire, out of administration for £37m, securing the future of up to 240 jobs. 14-Mar-2006 North Sea Ventilation, the Hull-based heating and ventilation equipment company with 80 staff, has been acquired by Hastie Group of Australia for £0.9m. 13-Mar-2006 Sweet China is to acquire Essential Box Confectionery, the supplier of confectionery gift products, in order to establish a trading and manufacturing base in China. 10-Mar-2006 WightCable North, the cable TV and broadband company with 76 staff in Lancaster, Carlisle and Irvine, has been acquired by the owner of Netfonics for undisclosed terms. 10-Mar-2006 Octopus Asset Management has backed the £7.5m management buy-out of 110 franchised Perfect Pizza outlets from Papa John's. 09-Mar-2006 Street CraneXpress of Sheffield has acquired Integral Cradles, the London-based facade access supplier. 08-Mar-2006 CT Glass, the Bradford-based glass and mirror supplier, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 114 jobs. 07-Mar-2006 Bank of Scotland Corporate has provided a £10m debt and equity package to support a management buy-out at Mono Global, the Glasgow-based mobile telecoms support company with 150 staff at five sites. 06-Mar-2006 Lupus Capital has acquired Schlegel, the manufacturer of window seals, for £84m in a reverse takeover. 06-Mar-2006 Total Butler has sold its fuel oil distribution depots in Penclawdd and Port Talbot to Thomas Silvey for undisclosed terms, which will involve the transfer of 18 staff. 03-Mar-2006 Richard Harsher, the Romsey-based bookbinding and printing company, has been acquired by private equity firm Media & Print Investments. 02-Mar-2006 Facilitators UK has acquired Quality Management Scotland, the Perth-based business support consultancy, for undisclosed terms. 02-Mar-2006 Avad Group has acquired a 60% stake in Lynx DPM, the Oxfordshire-based printing company with 45 staff. 28-Feb-2006 Grosvenor Wilton, the Kidderminster-based carpet manufacturer with 28 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. 28-Feb-2006 Huws Gray Fitlock has acquired four Wirral-based building firms for undisclosed terms - Heswall DIY, Redrock Designs, Ault Bros and Fabbies Builders & Timber Merchants. 27-Feb-2006 Jil Sander, the fashion brand, has been acquired by Change Capital Partners for undisclosed terms, and is now planning to open stores in London, China, Japan and Russia. 27-Feb-2006 Ark-H has acquired Diss Promotional Services, the Norfolk-based promotions division of Bounty UK, which will involve the transfer of 185 staff. 24-Feb-2006 UHV Design, the East Sussex-based manufacturer of instruments used to manipulate objects in ultra-high vacuum chambers, has been acquired by Judges Capital for an initial £0.7m. 23-Feb-2006 Morris Furniture Group has acquired Homestyle Kitchens & Bedrooms, the furniture manufacturer with 450 staff in Cumbernauld, for undisclosed terms. 20-Feb-2006 RBA Plastics has staged a management buy-in at the plastics manufacturing business of Rolinx, securing the future of 200 staff in Wythenshawe and Wrexham. 17-Feb-2006 Mayflower Technology, the Sheffield-based laser cutting company with 133 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 15-Feb-2006 Zeus Capital has acquired Catalyst Securities, the Manchester-based provider of bridging loans, for £25m. 15-Feb-2006 Peters Door Systems, the Braintree-based bus door manufacturer with 32 staff, has been bought out of administration by a new company for undisclosed terms. 14-Feb-2006 UMAX, the Scottish oil services company with 250 staff, has been acquired by Serimer Holdings of France for undisclosed terms. 13-Feb-2006 Deloro Stellite, the Swindon-based supplier of wear-resistant alloys, is to be acquired by private equity firm Duke Street Capital for about £160m. 13-Feb-2006 Strongroom has acquired Air Studios, the London recording studio, from Chrysalis Group and Pioneer in a multi-million pound deal. 13-Feb-2006 Poppleton & Appleby is to sell the assets of the Sock Shop chain out of administration to Ruia Group of Manchester for undisclosed terms. 13-Feb-2006 Travellers Protection Services, the Norwich-based travel insurance company with 90 staff, has been acquired by Bermuda-based Primary Group for undisclosed terms. 10-Feb-2006 Micheldever Tyres, the Winchester-based tyre distributor with 550 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Graphite Capital. 10-Feb-2006 E Pawson & Son has acquired RCS, the Wakefield-based warehousing company, in order to expand its Yorkshire-based road haulage business. 10-Feb-2006 Taggart Holdings is to acquire Cecil M Yuill, the Hartlepool-based housebuilder with 200 staff, for an estimated £60m. 09-Feb-2006 Giles Foods, the Milton Keynes-based savoury products bakery with 110 staff, has been acquired by Food Investment Group, and FIG has also acquired Thomas Foods of Sheffield. 08-Feb-2006 Oil Quest is to acquire EnCore Exploration, EnCore Petroleum, EnCore Natural Resources and EnCore Oil & Gas in a reverse takeover, and has also raised £17m in a share placing. 08-Feb-2006 Intelligent Office UK has acquired a majority stake in Lawscript, the Alloa-based provider of transcription services to law firms with a team of more than 20 secretaries and paralegals. 07-Feb-2006 The Scotsman Hotel Group, which includes luxury hotels in Edinburgh and Leeds, has been acquired by MBI International for £63m. 07-Feb-2006 Harriman Chemsult, the London-based chemical industry consultancy, has been acquired by Access Intelligence for undisclosed terms. 07-Feb-2006 EBTM, the online retailer of music merchandise, has been acquired by E-retail in a £1.5m reverse takeover. 06-Feb-2006 ANC Group, the nationwide parcel delivery company, has undergone a £37m management buy-out backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital. 06-Feb-2006 V&A Marketing, the South Wales-based manufacturer of baby feeding products, has been bought out of administration by Amadeus Associates International, securing the future of most of the 45-strong workforce. 06-Feb-2006 Pitney Bowes is to acquire Emtex, the Hertfordshire-based printing software company, for £23m. 02-Feb-2006 DRS Data & Research Services is to acquire Peladon Software, the document processing company with offices in the US and Andover, for £2.7m. 02-Feb-2006 Langdowns DFK is to merge with CW Fellowes to create a combined Hampshire-based accountancy group with 100 staff called Langdowns Fellowes DFK. 02-Feb-2006 Caledonian Brewing Company has acquired the Harviestoun Brewery near Stirling for undisclosed terms, and plans to expand production at the site. 01-Feb-2006 William Anelay, the York-based property restoration and conservation company with 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 31-Jan-2006 Accura Support Services, the engineering services group with 300 staff in Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Pershore, Willenhall and Rotherham, has undergone a £12m management buy-in backed by Barclays Ventures. 30-Jan-2006 Horner Brothers Print Group, the Rotherham-based stationery printer with 170 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 26-Jan-2006 HPJ UK has been bought out of administration by its founding family, securing the future of 465 jobs at 73 jewellery stores. 26-Jan-2006 Metris of Belgium has acquired LK Tool, the Castle Donington-based measuring company with 120 staff. 25-Jan-2006 Bourn Hall, the Cambridge-based infertility clinic, has undergone a £13m management buy-out, and the deal includes its LCG Bioscience contract research subsidiary. 25-Jan-2006 Autobond has acquired the assets of Lamtex, the Sheffield-based laminating kit manufacturer, out of administration for undisclosed terms. 24-Jan-2006 Intuita has acquired E Vision, the Livingston-based supplier of software to the construction industry with 35 staff, for undisclosed terms. 24-Jan-2006 Capitol Films, the London-based film distribution and finance company, is to be acquired by the US owners of Mobius Pictures for undisclosed terms. 23-Jan-2006 Ambroplastics, the Telford-based polypropylene packaging manufacturer with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Celsur Holdings. 20-Jan-2006 Resource Print Solutions, the Leeds-based printing company with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 17-Jan-2006 York Helpers, the York-based homecare provider, has been acquired by Springfield Homecare of Leeds. 17-Jan-2006 WightCable, the Isle of Wight-based cable TV and telephone company with 27 staff, has been acquired by a new company called WightCable 2005. 16-Jan-2006 Robinia, the care company that specialises in people with learning difficulties, is to be sold by Bridgepoint Capital to Barclays Private Equity for about £80m. 16-Jan-2006 HighWater Designs, the Cheltenham-based pre-press workflow manufacturer, is to be acquired by Printware of the US. 13-Jan-2006 Dialight has acquired Lumidrives, the North Yorkshire-based supplier of lighting fixtures, for £2.5m. 12-Jan-2006 BRC Special Products has acquired Capital Structures, the Huntingdon-based supplier of architectural metalwork and structural steel, for undisclosed terms. 12-Jan-2006 Switch Car, the Merseyside-based car dealership with 70 staff, has been acquired by Rochdale-based UK Car Group. 06-Jan-2006 Enotria, the London-based wine importer, has been acquired by Isis Equity Partners for £8.2m. 04-Jan-2006 Tait Walker has sold the Tucci chain of fashion stores in the north-east out of administration to a new company formed by the owners of Teesside-based Box Clothing Company, securing the future of 150 jobs. 03-Jan-2006
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