Mergers & Acquisitions 2011

Simplyhealth is to acquire Denplan, the Winchester-based dental insurance firm with 320 staff, from AXA for £115m. [29-Dec-2011]

Capita Group has acquired Applied Language Solutions, the Oldham-based provider of translation services with 130 staff, for up to £67m. [29-Dec-2011]

BAe Systems is to sell its US and German safety products businesses to Takata Corporation of Japan for £20m, with the transfer of 150 staff. [29-Dec-2011]

Plescon Security Products, the Ipswich-based supplier of asset management products with nine staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [29-Dec-2011]

Experian has acquired Garlik, the London-based provider of web monitoring services, for undisclosed terms. [29-Dec-2011]

Linder Myers has bought Rowlands Field Cunningham, the Manchester-based law firm with 80 staff, out of administration. [29-Dec-2011]

Ideagen has acquired Proquis, the Kent-based supplier of compliance and quality management software, for an initial £1m. [29-Dec-2011]

Unitech Industries has acquired Driver Southall, the Walsall-based manufacturer of electronic weighing systems, for undisclosed terms. [29-Dec-2011]

Brandon Hire has acquired Phoenix Surveying Equipment, the Bristol-based supplier of surveying and construction equipment with 50 staff at five depots. [29-Dec-2011]

Chime Communications has acquired an 85% stake in Essentially France, the French sports agency, for up to £3.2m. [29-Dec-2011]

Barrie & Hibbert, the Edinburgh-based risk management firm with 110 staff, has been acquired by Moody's of the US for £50m. [22-Dec-2011]

Road Range has sold its Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealerships in Merseyside and North Wales to a management buy-out, and a new £1.5m site will open in Deeside in June. [22-Dec-2011]

Avacta Group is to acquire Aptuscan for £1.5m, in order to expand its proprietary reagents and consumables business, and the deal will be funded by a £5.1m share placing. [22-Dec-2011]

Scapa Group has acquired the business and assets of WEBTEC Converting, the US manufacturer of adhesive-backed medical devices, for an initial £19m. [22-Dec-2011]

Elite Telecom has acquired GPNS, the London-based business telecoms firm, for £4.9m. [22-Dec-2011]

Atlas Clean Air has bought the maintenance business of T Jolly Services out of administration, securing the future of 79 jobs in Preston. [22-Dec-2011]

RJP (999) has been sold out of administration by the P&A Partnership to a new company called RJP (Lincoln), securing 22 jobs at its Langworth-based haulage business. [22-Dec-2011]

GlaxoSmithKline has sold a portfolio of over-the-counter medicines to US-based Prestige Brands for £426m. [21-Dec-2011]

Peninsula Business Services has acquired the employment law and compliance operation of Ireland-based Graphite HRM, with the transfer of five staff. [21-Dec-2011]

MCM Select Foods, the Bracknell-based canned fish supplier, has been acquired by investment firm Manfield Partners. [21-Dec-2011]

Selection Services of Kent has undergone a management buy-out backed by Palatine Private Equity, and will be combined with Brighton-based Cloud Data to create a new IT services group with 360 staff. [21-Dec-2011]

Mitchell Charlesworth is to merge with Vanguard Corporate Finance to create a combined Merseyside-based finance group with five offices. [21-Dec-2011]

Jacques Vert, the womenswear retailer with about 900 stores and concessions, is to be acquired by US private equity firm Sun Capital for £41m. [20-Dec-2011]

American Golf, the Warrington-based chain of 88 golf stores, is to be acquired by Sun European Partners for £32m. [20-Dec-2011]

Benson Group, the carton supplier with 900 staff in Bardon, Newcastle, Gateshead and Crewe, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyd's Development Capital. [20-Dec-2011]

K3 Business Technology has acquired Retail Systems Group, the Coleshill-based retail software developer, for an initial £1.3m. [20-Dec-2011]

Paragon Creative, the York-based developer of attractions with 60 staff, is to be acquired by the Marwyn Capital II investment fund for up to £4m. [20-Dec-2011]

Hunter Boot, the Dumfries-based boot manufacturer, has been acquired by US private equity firm Searchlight Capital Partners. [19-Dec-2011]

Collins Stewart Hawkpoint, the London-based stockbroker with 810 staff, is to be acquired by Canaccord Financial of Canada for £235m. [19-Dec-2011]

Playtech has acquired Ash Gaming, the London-based betting games developer with 40 staff, for up to £23m. [19-Dec-2011]

Newcastle Building Society has sold its Pre Paid Cards operation to the Wirecard Card Solutions subsidiary of Wirecard of Germany for £7.5m, with the transfer of 24 staff. [19-Dec-2011]

Midland Industrial Glass, the Smethwick-based glass processing firm with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Key Capital Partners. [19-Dec-2011]

Assura Group has sold its Birmingham-based Assura LIFT healthcare property business to a management team backed by Zeus Capital. [19-Dec-2011]

Communicate Better of Salford has acquired Green House Telecom, the Hebden Bridge-based telecoms company, and is also looking to set up a southern hub next year. [19-Dec-2011]

British Gas has acquired the remaining 81% stake in Econergy, the Bedfordshire-based biomass heating company, for £6.5m. [19-Dec-2011]

Alliance Pharma has acquired the Quinoderm and Ceanel dermatology brands from Ferndale Pharmaceuticals for £1.5m. [19-Dec-2011]

Prezzo has acquired three restaurant sites in Cobham, Marlborough and Sevenoaks from Caffe Uno Brasseries for £1.1m. [19-Dec-2011]

K3 Business Technology has acquired certain assets of the Integrated Business Systems division of Maxima Holdings for an initial £1.4m. [15-Dec-2011]

Pilgrim Systems, the Edinburgh-based software company with about 60 staff, has been acquired by the US-based Elite subsidiary of Reuters Thomson for undisclosed terms. [15-Dec-2011]

Daily Mail & General Trust is to sell its Teletext TV news and information service to a management team for undisclosed terms. [15-Dec-2011]

Engineering Test Services has been acquired by Mistras Group of the US for undisclosed terms, and now plans to expand its 80-strong Hartlepool-based workforce with 50 new jobs. [14-Dec-2011]

Crusader Holidays, the Clacton-based coach firm, has been bought out of administration by Aylesbury-based Motts Leisure. [14-Dec-2011]

McGill's of Greenock is to acquire the West Scotland division of Arriva for an estimated £10m, including 165 buses and 380 staff. [14-Dec-2011]

MB Aerospace has acquired Gentz Industries, the US engine parts manufacturer with 250 staff, for undisclosed terms. [14-Dec-2011]

Edward Symmons has acquired Storeys:ssp, the property services firm with 71 staff in Tyneside, Teesside, Leeds, London and Manchester. [14-Dec-2011]

Contour Aerospace, the airline seat manufacturer with 1,250 staff in Cwmbran and Surrey, is to be acquired by Zodiac Aerospace of France. [14-Dec-2011]

Chess Telecom has acquired Directory Business Services, the Lincolnshire-based provider of non-geographic telephone numbers. [14-Dec-2011]

Quore Group has acquired Intouch Cellular Solutions, the Dorset-based telecoms supplier, for undisclosed terms. [14-Dec-2011]

Whitby Seafoods has acquired Rockall Seafoods, the County Down-based scampi manufacturer, in order to expand its Middleton Seafoods operation. [14-Dec-2011]

Nabco has sold its Scottish shopfitting operation to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [14-Dec-2011]

Thomas Cook is to sell its stake in Hoteles Y Clubs De Vacaciones, the owner of five Spanish hotels, to Grupo Iberostar for £60m. [13-Dec-2011]

Diploma has acquired the business and assets of J Royal Co, the US supplier of rubber moulded and machined parts with 25 staff, for up to £12m. [13-Dec-2011]

Firstassist Legal Assistance, the Croydon-based legal firm with 32 staff, has been sold by private equity firm Equistone to Burford Capital for an initial £10m. [13-Dec-2011]

Reservoir Group has acquired The Tool Company, the Dutch well intervention firm, as well as Aberdeen-based Wellbore, for undisclosed terms. [13-Dec-2011]

Premier Foods has sold Brookes Avana, the manufacturer of ready meals, pizzas and cakes with more than 2,000 staff in Newport and Leicester, to 2 Sisters Food Group for £30m. [12-Dec-2011]

Compass Group is to acquire DORA Gastro, the Czech foodservice provider with annual sales of £15m. [12-Dec-2011]

DiGiCo, the Surrey-based audio console manufacturer, is to be acquired by private equity firm Isis for £50m. [12-Dec-2011]

Luminar has been sold out of administration to a team of leisure industry executives for £45m, saving up to 3,000 jobs at its chain of Liquid, Oceana and Lava & Ignite nightclubs. [12-Dec-2011]

Halcyon Hotels & Resorts and Patron Capital have bought seven hotels in the South from Von Essen Hotels, and will invest £10m in improvements. [12-Dec-2011]

Central Insurance of Aberdeen has acquired Castle Cairn Insurance Brokers of Edinburgh for £2.3m. [12-Dec-2011]

PJD Group, the Castle Donnington-based mechanical engineering firm with more than 250 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC. [12-Dec-2011]

Media Square, the operator of ten marketing agencies, has been bought out of administration by a management team called MSQ Partners. [12-Dec-2011]

Centaur Media has acquired Venture Business Research, the London-based digital information and analytics firm, for up to £7.5m. [12-Dec-2011]

Pearson is to sell its 50% stake in FTSE International, the London-based provider of global index and analytical solutions, to the London Stock Exchange Group for £450m. [12-Dec-2011]

WorkPlace Systems International, the Milton Keynes-based supplier of workforce management software, has undergone a £41m management buy-out. [12-Dec-2011]

HgCapital Trust has acquired a majority stake in IRIS Software Group, the software supplier with offices in Berkshire, Manchester, Wigan and Knutsford. [12-Dec-2011]

Sinclair IS Pharma is to acquire Advanced Bio-Technologies, the supplier of Kelo-cote dermatological products, from HealthEdge Investment Partners for £21m. [12-Dec-2011]

K3 Business Technology has acquired Unisoft, the Dutch supplier of retail systems, for an initial £0.4m. [12-Dec-2011]

Intermarketing, the Leeds-based advertising agency with more than 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [12-Dec-2011]

Intertek Group has acquired Labs & Testing, the Chile-based non-destructive testing firm with 80 staff, for £1.3m. [12-Dec-2011]

Wiggle, the Portsmouth-based online cycle retailer, has been acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint for £180m. [08-Dec-2011]

Singularity, the Londonderry-based software technology firm with 215 staff, has been acquired by Kofax of the US for £30m. [07-Dec-2011]

FootprintMatters2U has acquired IT Asset Disposal, the Port Talbot-based electronics recycling firm with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms. [07-Dec-2011]

Mitie has acquired a majority stake in Direct Enquiries, the access and disability consultancy, for up to £8.3m. [07-Dec-2011]

Chorion is selling its Mr Men and Little Miss brands to Sanrio, as part of the Japanese company's plans to set up a UK subsidiary to expand its children's characters business. [07-Dec-2011]

Coolabi, the London-based children's TV production company, has undergone a £4.9m management buy-out backed by Edge Performance VCT. [06-Dec-2011]

Cumbrian Seafoods has been bought out of administration by Lion Capital, the owner of Young's Seafood, securing 570 jobs in County Durham, Cumbria and Northumberland. [06-Dec-2011]

RK Harrison Group has acquired Mercury West Associates, the Hatfield-based sports car insurance specialist, for undisclosed terms. [06-Dec-2011]

The Innovation Group has acquired Claims Services, the Australian provider of outsourced motor and property claims management services with 110 staff, from Calliden Group for £13m. [06-Dec-2011]

Jacuzzi UK has sold its ceramic bathrooms factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme to a management team operating as Silverdale Bathrooms, securing 50 jobs. [06-Dec-2011]

Knights of Old is to merge with Northampton-based Mainland Group to create a combined transport group with 400 staff and 200 trucks. [06-Dec-2011]

Mazars has acquired the Gloucester-based volume personal insolvency business of PwC, with the transfer of 27 staff. [06-Dec-2011]

PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold Target Financial Management out of administration to a new London-based company called Million Plus Financial Planning. [06-Dec-2011]

Northside Graphics has bought the printing assets of Belfast-based Bradbury Graphics out of administration for undisclosed terms. [06-Dec-2011]

R&R Ice Cream has acquired Durigon Gelato, the German ice cream manufacturer with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms. [06-Dec-2011]

Mecom is to sell its Edda Media business in Norway to A-pressen for £190m. [06-Dec-2011]

Heineken has bought 918 former Scottish & Newcastle pubs from Royal Bank of Scotland for £422m, taking its total estate to 1,380. [05-Dec-2011]

Advanced Medical Solutions is to acquire Resorba, the German woundcare firm, for £55m. [05-Dec-2011]

SDL is to acquire Alterian, the marketing technology firm with offices in Bristol, Newbury and Poole, for £68m. [05-Dec-2011]

DTZ, the property services firm with 4,700 staff, has been acquired by UGL of Australia for £77m. [05-Dec-2011]

Ultra Electronics has acquired Zu Industries, the US supplier of cyber surveillance systems, for £49m, as well as Special Operations Technology for £25m. [05-Dec-2011]

Selwyns Travel Group has bought Haytons Executive Travel out of administration, saving 60 jobs at its Manchester-based coach travel business. [05-Dec-2011]

MediaCom has acquired Brilliant Media, the media buying agency with 75 staff in Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham. [05-Dec-2011]

Sprecher Grier Halberstam is to merge with Martineau to create a combined law firm called SGH Martineau with 360 staff in Birmingham, London and Belgium. [05-Dec-2011]

Cigna International has bought FirstAssist Insurance Services from Barclays Private Equity, in order to expand its travel insurance operation in the UK. [05-Dec-2011]

HomeServe has bought the remaining 51% stake in the Domeo home maintenance business in France from joint venture partner Veolia for about £83m. [05-Dec-2011]

Katmex has acquired Geoffrey Maskell Engineering, the Seaham-based structural steel firm with 28 staff. [05-Dec-2011]

Clarksons is to acquire Boxton Holding and Bridge Maritime, the Norwegian ship broking firms with gross assets of £1.1m. [05-Dec-2011]

Clarksons has acquired EnShip, the Aberdeen-based shipping agency and marine logistics firm with gross assets of £3m. [01-Dec-2011]

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings is to acquire Synergy Insurance Services, the managing general agent for insurance carriers. [01-Dec-2011]

Yule Catto has sold Uquifa, the manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients with 390 staff in Spain and Mexico, to Vivimed Labs for £35m. [01-Dec-2011]

Rotork has acquired Prokits, the Mansfield-based manufacturer of valve adaptor kits with gross assets of £0.6m. [01-Dec-2011]

GKN has sold its aerospace engineering services business in the UK and Australia to QuEST Global Services, including gross assets of £8.1m. [01-Dec-2011]

Maven Capital Partners is to acquire HM Corporate Solutions, the Glasgow-based provider of funding for hotel developments. [01-Dec-2011]

Mechan Controls has acquired PJO Group, the Yorkshire-based provider of certification and calibration services to utility companies, for an initial £0.8m. [01-Dec-2011]

Shine Productions is to acquire three CDC Leisure music bars in Belfast out of administration for undisclosed terms. [01-Dec-2011]

Vodafone is to acquire Bluefish Communications, the Reading-based IT and communications consultancy with gross assets of £3.1m. [01-Dec-2011]

Parkam Foods, the West Yorkshire-based supplier of processed meat products with 750 staff, has been acquired by Tulip. [30-Nov-2011]

Clearswift, the Reading-based web and email security supplier with 170 staff, has been acquired by investment firm Lyceum Capital. [30-Nov-2011]

Marwyn Gaming has acquired 63 Agora amusement arcades for £14m, in order to expand its Praesepe business. [30-Nov-2011]

Creston has acquired The Corkery Group, the US health and medical public relations company with 25 staff, for £3.8m. [30-Nov-2011]

Viridor Waste Management has acquired Community Waste Holding, the Milton Keynes-based recycling and paper trading firm for £16m. [30-Nov-2011]

City & County Healthcare Group has acquired Springbank Community Care, the Staffordshire-based home care business with about 100 staff. [30-Nov-2011]

Platts Harris has acquired Golf & Turf Machinery, the Wakefield-based supplier of golf course equipment. [30-Nov-2011]

Begbies Traynor has sold its tax division to Smith & Williamson for an initial £2.9m, with the transfer of 56 staff in Birmingham, London and Manchester. [29-Nov-2011]

Senior has acquired Weston EU, the Lancashire-based aerospace components manufacturer with about 230 staff, for £54m. [29-Nov-2011]

Cosalt, the Grimsby-based safety and workwear supplier, is expected to be acquired by a new company called Oval in a £0.4m deal. [29-Nov-2011]

Clear Insurance has acquired Bryant Kesek & Partners, the Surrey-based insurance broker. [29-Nov-2011]

Redseven has acquired Eclipse Leisure, the Brighton-based travel agent, for undisclosed terms. [29-Nov-2011]

Countrywise Water Coolers of Hull has merged with Chilburne Spring, the North Yorkshire-based water distributor. [29-Nov-2011]

Experian is to acquire 192business, the London-based provider of online identity verification services with annual sales of about £7m. [29-Nov-2011]

DWF is to merge with Crutes, the law firm with 95 staff at offices in Newcastle, Carlisle and Teesside. [29-Nov-2011]

Brasserie Blanc has bought eight Chez Gerard restaurants in London out of administration for an estimated £10m, and Deloitte is seeking a buyer for the remaining 24 sites. [28-Nov-2011]

Compass has acquired Supercare, the South African contract cleaning firm with 16,000 staff, for undisclosed terms. [28-Nov-2011]

MF Global has sold its London-based metals division to US broker FCStone, securing the future of about 50 jobs. [28-Nov-2011]

Asco Group, the Aberdeen-based energy logistics group with 1,600 staff, has been acquired by private equity firm Doughty Hanson for about £250m. [28-Nov-2011]

Brightside Group is to acquire E-Systems and eDevelopment for £17m, in order to improve its suite of broking assets. [28-Nov-2011]

Pukka Pads, the Poole-based stationery supplier, has acquired Inspired Forms and Cardinal Brands, with the transfer of 39 staff. [28-Nov-2011]

Loders Motor Group has been acquired by Heritage Automotive, including car dealerships in Dorchester and Yeovil. [28-Nov-2011]

Iomart Group has acquired EQSN, the Glasgow-based provider of managed hosting solutions, for £2.5m. [24-Nov-2011]

Blusource has merged with Raynorwest to create a combined accountancy group with offices in Nottingham, Birmingham, Leicester, Derby and Northampton. [24-Nov-2011]

Cova Colour Print, the Edinburgh-based digital printing firm, has undergone a management buy-in. [24-Nov-2011]

STM Polythene of Norwich has merged with Northampton-based Shirlplass, and the combined group has also acquired the KT Supplies online packaging sales business. [24-Nov-2011]

Outsource UK of Swindon has acquired Staffordshire-based Omnium IT Recruitment, creating a combined group with annual turnover of £35m and 45 staff. [24-Nov-2011]

British Ceramic Tile of Devon has acquired Ceramic Prints, the Brighouse-based tile firm, for undisclosed terms, but plans to shed almost 100 jobs from the 430-strong combined workforce. [24-Nov-2011]

Hamworthy, the engineering group with more than 1,000 staff at sites including Dorset and Hull, is to be acquired by Wartsila of Finland for £383m. [23-Nov-2011]

Weir Group is to acquire Seaboard Holdings, the US oil and gas wellhead solutions provider with 400 staff, for £430m. [23-Nov-2011]

Business By Technology has acquired SOS Office Supplies of Anglesey for undisclosed terms. [23-Nov-2011]

Genesis Associates has acquired PeopleGenius, the Manchester-based recruitment agency, and plans to double its workforce to 60 over the next year. [23-Nov-2011]

UCB of Belgium is to acquire certain drug discovery and development programmes of Manchester-based Lectus Therapeutics for undisclosed terms. [23-Nov-2011]

FFastFill is to acquire the trade and assets of WTD Consulting, the US technology consulting and software solutions firm with 39 staff, for up to £7.6m. [23-Nov-2011]

Stafforce Personnel has acquired the Centre for Food Robotics & Automation, in order to expand its Yorkshire-based recruitment business into new areas. [23-Nov-2011]

Network Rail has bought the rail division of Hydrex Equipment out of administration, with the transfer of 530 staff. [21-Nov-2011]

Baxters has acquired Fray Bentos from Princes for about £20m, and pie production will transfer from East Anglia to Fochabers with the creation of up to 125 jobs. [21-Nov-2011]

Virgin Money is to acquire Northern Rock, the Newcastle-based savings and mortgage bank with 2,500 staff and 70 branches, for £747m. [21-Nov-2011]

Viridor has acquired JWS Churngold, the Leyland-based waste logistics and transport firm with 38 staff, for £14m. [21-Nov-2011]

Digital Barriers has acquired Stryker Communications, the Surbiton-based supplier of video surveillance products, for an initial £0.8m. [21-Nov-2011]

Pearson is to acquire Global Education & Technology, the Chinese provider of test preparation services for students, for £98m. [21-Nov-2011]

Rentokil Initial is to acquire MSS Facilities Management from Managed Support Services for up to £6.5m, with the transfer of 22 staff in Manchester and London. [21-Nov-2011]

Centrica is to acquire a package of oil and gas assets in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea from Statoil for £965m. [21-Nov-2011]

Tetrosyl has bought Godfrey Automotive Parts, the Grimsby-based chain of seven car parts stores with 77 staff, out of administration for an estimated £1m. [21-Nov-2011]

Bakery Products has bought Hobson Foods out of administration, saving 122 jobs at its Tindale & Stanton bakery in County Durham. [21-Nov-2011]

Ramada Park Hall Hotel & Spa in Wolverhampton has been sold out of administration by Grant Thornton to RS Power, securing more than 100 jobs. [21-Nov-2011]

Scott Brothers, the Cheshire-based supplier of household storage products with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [21-Nov-2011]

Addison Lee, the London-based minicabs firm, has acquired the passenger cars division of Lewis Day for undisclosed terms. [21-Nov-2011]

Rotork has acquired Fairchild Industrial Products, the US pneumatic controls manufacturer, for £48m. [21-Nov-2011]

CitySprint is to acquire the UK courier business of Lewis Day, creating a combined group of 2,000 couriers and 35 service centres. [17-Nov-2011]

Thalassa Holdings has acquired WGP Exploration, the Cornwall-based provider of marine geophysical services to the oil industry, in a deal worth £0.8m. [17-Nov-2011]

Maxsys Fuel Systems, the Telford-based energy saving technology firm, has been acquired by Selas Heat Technology for undisclosed terms. [17-Nov-2011]

MoneyPlus of Altrincham has announced four recent acquisitions, including Cardiff-based Easier Debt and the customer back books of Manchester-based Byrom & Keeley and Debt Solver. [17-Nov-2011]

Clyde Blowers is to acquire Moventas, the Finnish wind turbine and industrial gear supplier, for £85m, and is now looking to set up manufacturing sites in Scotland. [16-Nov-2011]

Tasty has acquired two Cafe Pasta outlets in Stratford-upon-Avon and central London from Relish Restaurants for £0.6m, and will refurbish them under the Wildwood brand. [16-Nov-2011]

Trifast is to acquire Power Steel & Electroplating Works, the Malaysian manufacturer of industrial fastenings, for up to £15m. [16-Nov-2011]

Paddy Power has acquired Cayetano, the online and mobile games developer with sites in the Isle of Man and Bulgaria. [16-Nov-2011]

FW Thorpe is to sell Mackwell Electronics, the Walsall-based emergency lighting manufacturer, to NACB Holdings for £6.5m. [16-Nov-2011]

Insurance Partnership has acquired Rhodes Wood Risk Services, the Wolverhampton-based insurance broker with six staff, for undisclosed terms. [15-Nov-2011]

VG Energy has bought the business of Shetland Wind Power, the supplier of wind turbines, from Nevis Capital. [15-Nov-2011]

IDOX has acquired CTSpace, the London-based document management firm, from Sword Group for £12m. [15-Nov-2011]

Sinclair IS Pharma has sold its Mysoline prescription-only medicine to Laboratoires SERB of France for £11m. [15-Nov-2011]

Restore has acquired Brunswick Document Management, the Middlesbrough-based records management business, for £1.2m. [15-Nov-2011]

Connells has acquired Burchell Edwards, the chain of 16 estate agency branches in the Midlands, for undisclosed terms, taking its total network to 487 offices. [15-Nov-2011]

Rotech Group has sold its Aberdeen-based subsea division to Surrey-based Reef Subsea for undisclosed terms, in order to focus on engineering and fabrication. [15-Nov-2011]

Confidential Publishing has acquired How-Do and Place North West for undisclosed terms, in order to create a combined Manchester-based online publishing operation with 32 staff. [15-Nov-2011]

Barclays is to sell Barclays Private Equity to a management buy-out, and the business is being relaunched as Equistone Partners Europe. [14-Nov-2011]

Centrica has acquired Home Warranty of America, the US home protection plan provider, for £30m. [14-Nov-2011]

ABI, the Beverley-based caravan and holiday home manufacturer with 300 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LGV Capital. [14-Nov-2011]

Gleadell Agriculture is to acquire Dunns (Long Sutton), the pea and bean seed supplier. [14-Nov-2011]

FH Gilman has sold its assets out of administration to Gerald D Harries & Sons, saving 66 jobs at its quarrying business in West Wales. [14-Nov-2011]

EMI, the record company, has been acquired by Universal Music Group of France for £1.2bn. [14-Nov-2011]

Fiberweb is to sell its hygiene division to Petropar for £179m, including 600 staff involved in the manufacture of nonwoven fabrics in Sweden, Germany, Italy, China and the US. [14-Nov-2011]

Picard Vins & Spiritueux of France has bought the Tullibardine Distillery in Perthshire. [14-Nov-2011]

Higos Insurance Services has acquired RM Gillingham & Son, the Bridport-based insurance broker. [14-Nov-2011]

John Peters has sold the assets of its Doncaster-based furniture retailing business out of liquidation to a new company called Oak Contract Solutions. [14-Nov-2011]

VIP Computer Centre has acquired CMS Computers, the Liverpool-based computer assembly firm with 54 staff, for undisclosed terms. [10-Nov-2011]

Ocean Automotive has bought the Yeovil Audi car dealership from the Loders Motor Group, with the transfer of 35 staff. [10-Nov-2011]

Motherwell Bridge has sold Nayler Petroseals, the industrial seals supplier, to US-based HMT for undisclosed terms. [10-Nov-2011]

Kesa Electricals is to sell the Comet electrical chain to private equity firm OpCapita. [09-Nov-2011]

Westhouse is to acquire Arbuthnot Securities, the investment banking firm, from Arbuthnot Banking Group for undisclosed terms. [09-Nov-2011]

May Gurney has acquired TransLinc, the provider of fleet and passenger services with more than 400 staff at 20 sites, for £35m. [09-Nov-2011]

Donegal Creameries has acquired AJ Allan Seed Potatoes, the Brechin-based seed potato supplier. [09-Nov-2011]

Adam Furniture Group has been sold out of administration to a management team, securing the future of 35 jobs at its Droylsden-based furniture manufacturing business. [09-Nov-2011]

HML Holdings has acquired the assets of Scotts of Putney, the London-based property agency, for £1.9m. [08-Nov-2011]

Icon Energy has been acquired by a new company called Greenfish Energy, securing the future of 30 jobs at its Perthshire-based wind turbine installation business. [08-Nov-2011]

William Sinclair has acquired Yorkshire Horticultural Supplies, the Doncaster-based compost manufacturer, for undisclosed terms. [08-Nov-2011]

Rivington Street has agreed to sell its RSCF corporate finance subsidiary to Webb Capital for undisclosed terms. [08-Nov-2011]

IDOX has acquired Interactive Dialogues, the supplier of e-learning services with sites in Guildford and Belgium, for £1.9m. [08-Nov-2011]

Patrick Parsons has acquired Doyle Partnership, the Huddersfield-based consulting engineer, and will increase its workforce over the next year. [08-Nov-2011]

Betty, the London-based TV production firm with 24 staff and 70 freelancers, has been acquired by Discovery Communications for an estimated £10m. [08-Nov-2011]

Volvox Group, the Leeds-based supplier of auto electrical products and industrial consumables, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Elysian Capital. [08-Nov-2011]

Salts Healthcare has acquired Healthlink, the Shoreham-based dispensing appliance contractor, for undisclosed terms. [08-Nov-2011]

International Airlines Group is to acquire BMI, the Donnington Hall-based airline with 3,500 staff, from Lufthansa for undisclosed terms. [07-Nov-2011]

Kings Road Tyres, the Hayes-based tyre distributor with 12 depots, has undergone a £15m management buy-out backed by GE Capital. [07-Nov-2011]

Ambrian Capital is to sell its London-based Ambrian Partners investment banking business to RFC Group of Australia. [07-Nov-2011]

LSL Property Services is to acquire Marsh & Parsons, the London-based estate agency with 13 offices, for £50m. [07-Nov-2011]

Arriva has acquired control of Grand Central, the York-based operator of trains between London and Sunderland, for undisclosed terms. [07-Nov-2011]

Profound Services has acquired Northern Care Training, the South Shields-based assessment centre and training firm, and is now seeking two further acquisitions to expand its workforce from 45 to 120. [07-Nov-2011]

Walsh International Travel, the London-based travel management firm, is to be acquired by ALTOUR of the US for undisclosed terms. [07-Nov-2011]

Shakespeares is to merge with Wood Glaister, the Solihull-based law firm with 55 staff. [07-Nov-2011]

AFH Financial has expanded the workforce at its Bromsgrove-based independent financial advice business to more than 100 with the acquisition of three unnamed companies in the Midlands for £0.4m. [07-Nov-2011]

Oxford Instruments has acquired Platinum Medical Imaging, the US supplier of medical imaging parts with 33 staff, for an initial £11m. [07-Nov-2011]

William Hill is to sell its 15 betting shops in Ireland to Boylesports, with the transfer of 65 staff. [07-Nov-2011]

Servest Multi Service Group has acquired Turners Cleaning & Support Services, the Hertfordshire-based contract cleaning firm, for undisclosed terms. [07-Nov-2011]

Forthglade, the Devon-based pet food manufacturer with 55 staff, has been bought out of administration by a new company called Forthglade Foods. [07-Nov-2011]

Darnton EGS has acquired Thomas Spencer, the Leeds-based architects. [03-Nov-2011]

Astrum UK, the County Durham-based tank track manufacturer with 250 staff, has been bought out of administration by Sheffield-based William Cook. [03-Nov-2011]

EMaC, the Crewe-based provider of service plans to the motor trade with 55 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity. [03-Nov-2011]

Contract Natural Gas, the Harrogate-based gas supplier with more than 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [03-Nov-2011]

GB Group is to acquire Capscan Parent, the London-based supplier of customer registration software with 54 staff, for £11m. [02-Nov-2011]

Quindell Portfolio has acquired Maine Finance, the online financial services broker, for £2.1m. [02-Nov-2011]

Safehands Group, the Blackpool-based care services firm with 250 staff, has been acquired by Simon Rigby for undisclosed terms. [02-Nov-2011]

Heron & Brearley of the Isle of Man has acquired Market Town Taverns, the Yorkshire-based chain of pubs and wine bars. [02-Nov-2011]

Xperience Group has acquired TCS Solutions, the Belfast-based IT services firm. [02-Nov-2011]

Winterbotham, Strachan & Playne, the Stroud-based manufacturer of specialist felt for tennis balls, has undergone a £25m management buy-out backed by Vespa Capital. [02-Nov-2011]

MCR, the corporate restructuring firm with 150 staff in Manchester, Birmingham and London, has been acquired by US investment bank Duff & Phelps for undisclosed terms. [01-Nov-2011]

Encon Group, the Wetherby-based insulation supplier with 560 staff at 24 sites, has undergone a management buy-out from Wolseley with £35m of backing from Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance. [01-Nov-2011]

Plymouth Argyle Football Club has been bought out of administration by a new company called Green Pilgrim. [01-Nov-2011]

Merchant Securities, the London-based stockbroker, is to be acquired by Sanlam of South Africa for £12m. [01-Nov-2011]

Danilo Promotions has acquired Pixel Colour Imaging, the East London-based printing firm. [01-Nov-2011]

Free Trade Hall, the five-star hotel in Manchester, has been bought out of administration by the owner of Radisson Edwardian Hotels for about £40m. [31-Oct-2011]

John Lomas Removals, the Cannock-based removals firm with 14 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [31-Oct-2011]

Interior Services Group has acquired the French retail fit-out business of Alpha International for an initial £1.5m, including 20 staff. [31-Oct-2011]

Dixon & Hall, the chain of three pharmacies in Stanley, Peterlee and Craghead with 32 staff, has been acquired by Chemcare of Jarrow. [27-Oct-2011]

PCL Air Technology, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of tyre inflation products, has been acquired by HORN of Germany. [27-Oct-2011]

Options Utility Services has been bought out of administration by former directors, saving 60 jobs at its Maidenhead-based civil engineering business. [27-Oct-2011]

Woodside Group of Antrim has acquired All-Route Shipping, the Belfast-based freight forwarding firm with 20 staff. [27-Oct-2011]

Star Rentals, the Newtownabbey-based truck rental firm, has been bought out of administration by Gaffer Group and £2m will be invested in the new group. [27-Oct-2011]

Fryer's Garden Centre of Cheshire has been acquired by Blue Diamond Garden Centres of Guernsey for £2.7m. [27-Oct-2011]

Daniels Group, the Leeds-based owner of New Covent Garden Soup and other food brands, is to be acquired by Hain Celestial of the US for £145m. [26-Oct-2011]

Dunbia has acquired Heathfield Foods, the Crewe-based meat supplier, for undisclosed terms, taking its network of processing plants to ten. [26-Oct-2011]

Frederick J French, the Chelmsford-based building contractor, has been bought out of administration by the owner of Hart Projects. [26-Oct-2011]

Jet-Vac Systems, the Port Talbot-based industrial cleaning firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Finance Wales. [26-Oct-2011]

Callcredit Information Group of Leeds has acquired TenantID, the tenant database firm, in order to expand into the home rental market. [26-Oct-2011]

Proper Pies of Redditch has acquired Barton & White, the Leicestershire-based desserts and savouries manufacturer, for undisclosed terms. [25-Oct-2011]

Mouchel is to sell its Hinckley-based pipeline design business to Mott MacDonald for £2.5m, with the transfer of 50 staff. [25-Oct-2011]

Fuller, Smith & Turner is to acquire five pubs in London and Wendover from Marston's for £16m, taking its estate to 365. [25-Oct-2011]

Compass Group has acquired Integrated Cleaning Management, the provider of cleaning services with 8,000 staff at 3,800 sites nationwide, for undisclosed terms. [25-Oct-2011]

National Grid has sold its OnStream metering business to Macquarie of Australia for £274m. [25-Oct-2011]

Enterprise has acquired Byzak, the Urmston-based civil engineering company with 240 staff, for undisclosed terms. [25-Oct-2011]

HIT Entertainment, the children's characters firm, has been acquired by Mattel of the US for £426m. [25-Oct-2011]

Von Essen Hotels has sold four country house hotels in Gloucestershire and West Sussex out of administration to Andrew Brownsword for an estimated £30m. [24-Oct-2011]

Lowe Alpine, the Kendal-based outdoor clothing supplier, has been acquired by Derby-based RAB in a £20m deal backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners. [24-Oct-2011]

Wealth at Work, the Liverpool-based employee benefits firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Palatine Private Equity for an estimated £6m. [24-Oct-2011]

OSS Group has acquired Hall & Campey, the Nottingham-based waste management firm with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms. [24-Oct-2011]

Broker Assistance has sold its Birchwood-based insurance services division out of administration to its managing director, but about 50 jobs have been lost in its credit hire business. [24-Oct-2011]

UK Drainage Network of Solihull has merged with Slough-based Waterflow Holdings to create a combined drainage services group with 500 staff at 17 depots. [24-Oct-2011]

Kerridge Commercial Systems has acquired TIS Software, the Buckinghamshire-based ERP software supplier, for undisclosed terms. [20-Oct-2011]

CFH Total Document Management has bought the business of FST Technologies out of administration, securing 41 jobs in Livingston. [20-Oct-2011]

Dong Energy of Denmark is to acquire Shell Gas Direct, the natural gas sales and marketing company, from Royal Dutch Shell for £30m. [19-Oct-2011]

Taylor, the Droitwich-based waste container manufacturer, has been acquired by Sullivan Street Partners for £15m. [19-Oct-2011]

ITV has acquired Channel Television, the Channel Islands-based TV broadcaster with 78 staff, for about £10m. [19-Oct-2011]

RAM Active Media has acquired Brandplay UK, the operator of advertising systems in shopping centres, for an initial £0.1m. [19-Oct-2011]

Lavendon Group has acquired Blue Sky Access, the designer of powered access equipment with sites in Marlow and Bristol, for £3.4m. [19-Oct-2011]

Randall & Quilter is to acquire Principle Insurance Company from Principle Insurance Holdings for £4.3m. [19-Oct-2011]

Mouchel, is to sell Mouchel Rail, the provider of project management services to the rail industry with 107 staff in London and Manchester, to Sinclair Knight Merz for £3.4m. [19-Oct-2011]

Capita Symonds has acquired ESA, the architecture and design group with more than 60 staff in London, Hull and Poland, for undisclosed terms. [19-Oct-2011]

PRR Plus, the Blackburn-based provider of IT services to dental practices, has been been sold out of administration to its management team for undisclosed terms. [19-Oct-2011]

IMI has acquired TH Jansen Armaturen, the German valve manufacturer with 120 staff, for £15m. [19-Oct-2011]

Scott-Moncrieff is to sell its wealth management division to Close Asset Management for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of about ten staff in Edinburgh and Glasgow. [19-Oct-2011]

Solid State has bought the trade and assets of Blazepoint, the supplier of rugged computers, out of administration for £0.2m. [18-Oct-2011]

Onyx Group, the Stockton-based data centre firm with ten sites nationwide, has undergone a £27m management buy-out backed by ISIS Equity Partners, and a further £15m will be used for acquisitions. [18-Oct-2011]

Lakehouse has acquired K&T Heating Services, the London-based provider of gas maintenance services to local authorities with 140 staff, for undisclosed terms. [18-Oct-2011]

Pearson has acquired TQ Holdings, the Derbyshire-based training services firm with gross assets of £23m. [18-Oct-2011]

Yule Catto has acquired Quality Polymer, the Malaysian aqueous polymer manufacturer with 30 staff, for £10m. [18-Oct-2011]

Tangerine Confectionery has bought the Wham and Highland Toffee brands of McCowans out of administration, and will transfer production from Scotland to Blackpool and York. [17-Oct-2011]

Liberty has acquired Christys', the Oxfordshire-based hatmaker, for undisclosed terms. [17-Oct-2011]

Elite Telecom has acquired Tariff Reduction Services, the Shropshire-based provider of business phone services with annual sales of £1.4m. [17-Oct-2011]

McKechnie Brass has been sold out of administration to an unnamed company, saving 60 jobs at its Walsall-based brass extrusion manufacturing business. [17-Oct-2011]

Krispy Kreme, the UK chain of 46 doughnut stores, is to undergo a £25m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Alcuin Capital. [17-Oct-2011]

Unilever is to acquire Concern Kalina, the Russian skin and haircare company with 1,900 staff, for £342m. [17-Oct-2011]

Daily Mail & General Trust is to take a 55% stake in a new online estate agency that will merge the activities of FindaProperty with Primelocation and Zoopla. [17-Oct-2011]

Recycled Carbon Fibre, the Coseley-based carbon recycling firm with 45 staff, has been acquired by ELG of Germany for undisclosed terms. [17-Oct-2011]

Benfield Motor Group has acquired Colebrook & Burgess, the Audi car dealer with 279 staff at sites in Newcastle, Stockton and Sunderland. [17-Oct-2011]

Simon Foster Sourcing is to acquire Xavia Fashions, the London-based jersey wear supplier. [17-Oct-2011]

EC Harris, the London-based project management firm, is to be acquired by Arcadis of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms. [17-Oct-2011]

Dominion Petroleum, the oil exploration firm operating in east Africa, is to be acquired by Ophir Energy for £118m. [17-Oct-2011]

Ebiquity has acquired Faulkner Media Management, the Australian media analytics consultancy with 25 staff, for up to £3.7m. [17-Oct-2011]

Kingspan Renewables has bought Proven Energy out of administration for undisclosed terms, saving 20 jobs at the wind turbine manufacturing business in Ayrshire. [17-Oct-2011]

Resource Services Group, the Leeds-based provider of outsourced services with 2,800 staff in Northern Ireland, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Anglo Irish Bank. [13-Oct-2011]

Pinnacle Computing has acquired Plus One Computer Services of Aberdeen for undisclosed terms, taking its total workforce to 85. [13-Oct-2011]

Optos of Dunfermline has acquired the eye testing instrumentation division of US-based Opko Health for £11m. [13-Oct-2011]

GSC Chartered Surveyors of Barnard Castle has merged with North Yorkshire-based Gray's Chartered Surveyors to create a combined land agency called GSC Grays with 35 staff. [13-Oct-2011]

B3 Cable Solutions has acquired Tri-Wire, the West Yorkshire-based copper wire manufacturer with 32 staff, as well as Blue Helix, the Crawley-based cable supplier with 28 staff. [12-Oct-2011]

Chime Communications is to acquire Gulliford Consulting, the marketing consultancy, for up to £4.7m. [12-Oct-2011]

Richard Jackson, the Suffolk-based consulting engineer with 65 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [12-Oct-2011]

Avisen has acquired 1Spatial, the Cambridge-based location software company, for £4.7m. [12-Oct-2011]

Amor Group has acquired Invisys, the London-based healthcare IT firm with six staff, for undisclosed terms. [12-Oct-2011]

Restore is to acquire Thoroughshred, the London-based provider of shredding and recycling services, from TGM Environmental for an initial £0.4m. [11-Oct-2011]

Pinnacle Telecom Group has acquired RMS Managed ICT Security, the Stoke-based IT security software firm with 30 staff, for £0.6m. [11-Oct-2011]

KPMG has acquired Xantus, the Stockport-based management consultancy with annual sales of £16m, for undisclosed terms. [11-Oct-2011]

Headland Multimedia of Leeds has acquired Odin Solutions, the London-based web design firm with five staff, for undisclosed terms. [11-Oct-2011]

August Equity has moved into the veterinary market by merging Advanced Vetcare with the Rowe chain of four Bristol-based surgeries. [11-Oct-2011]

Movac Group has bought three Hex Holdings vehicle refurbishment sites in Coventry, Nottingham and Spalding out of administration. [11-Oct-2011]

Wasdell Packaging has announced the recent acquisition of Quantum Straightforward, the Swindon-based storage and distribution firm. [11-Oct-2011]

Lupton Fawcett has acquired Davidson Large, the law firm operating in Harrogate and the Tees Valley. [11-Oct-2011]

MBL Group of Leyland has sold its Global Media Vault digital and e-commerce operations to Sainsbury's for £1m. [11-Oct-2011]

Axis-Shield, the medical diagnostics firm with sites in Dundee and Uxbridge, is to be acquired by Alere of the US for £235m. [10-Oct-2011]

MWH ByProduct, the Heywood-based provider of waste recycling services, has been acquired by 4R Group of Leeds. [10-Oct-2011]

Domino Printing Sciences has acquired Kameleon Source Codes, the Norwegian developer of software that controls printing equipment, for £1.4m. [10-Oct-2011]

DWS Bodyworks, the chain of vehicle repair sites across the South East, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [10-Oct-2011]

Baker Tilly has merged with Stephen Hay & Associates to create a combined accountancy group with 170 staff in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Lerwick. [10-Oct-2011]

Sala International, the Essex-based document management firm, has merged with EDM Group in a £52m deal backed by LDC. [10-Oct-2011]

The College Group has sold a majority stake to private equity firm Vitruvian Partners, in a deal that values the London-based marketing services firm at £45m. [10-Oct-2011]

Vindis Group has acquired the Peterborough Audi car dealership from Jardine Motors. [10-Oct-2011]

Acal has acquired MTC Micro Tech Components, the German supplier of electromagnetic shielding products with 20 staff, for £2.1m. [06-Oct-2011]

Kitwave has acquired Automatic Retailing, the Northumberland-based supplier of confectionery and soft drinks for vending machines, for undisclosed terms. [06-Oct-2011]

Romac Technical Services, the Buckinghamshire-based logistics firm with 120 staff, has been sold out of administration by Baker Tilly to Lupprian's Computer Express. [06-Oct-2011]

Learndirect, the Sheffield-based online learning firm, has been acquired by Lloyds Development Capital for about £40m. [06-Oct-2011]

Ubisense has acquired Realworld OO Systems, the Cambridge-based geospatial consultancy with 20 staff, for £2.4m. [06-Oct-2011]

Premier Oil is to acquire EnCore Oil, the North Sea oil exploration company, for £221m. [06-Oct-2011]

Bristol Water has had a 70% stake in its business sold by Suez Environmental to investment fund Capstone Infrastructure for £132m. [06-Oct-2011]

HiTech Coatings, the Merseyside-based powder coatings company with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [06-Oct-2011]

Practice Plan has expanded its dental membership plans business with the acquisition of Glasgow-based Isoplan and Irvine-based Medenta for undisclosed terms. [06-Oct-2011]

Spectris has acquired Sixnet, the US instrumentation manufacturer with 110 staff, for £44m. [06-Oct-2011]

Pinnacle Telecom has acquired Online Computer Developments, the Glasgow-based provider of IT solutions with ten staff, for £0.1m. [06-Oct-2011]

WS Atkins is to sell its UK Asset Management business to Sodexo for £5m. [06-Oct-2011]

TalkTalk has acquired Greystone Telecom, the Northwich-based telecoms reseller, for undisclosed terms. [06-Oct-2011]

Peninsula Business Services has acquired Health Assured, the Taunton-based HR consultancy with 15 staff, which should lead to the creation of 20 sales jobs at its Manchester office. [06-Oct-2011]

Just-Eat has acquired Urbanbite, a London-based online food delivery provider, for undisclosed terms. [06-Oct-2011]

Cambridge Water is to be sold by HSBC to Alinda, the US owner of South Staffordshire Water, for an estimated £75m. [05-Oct-2011]

Wells & Young's has bought the McEwan's and Younger's beer brands from Heineken UK for about £20m. [05-Oct-2011]

Euro Car Parts, the Wembley-based chain of 89 car parts outlets with 3,500 staff, has been acquired by LKQ Corporation of the US for £225m. [05-Oct-2011]

Interfleet Technology, the Derby-based railway systems firm with 300 staff, has been acquired by SNC-Lavalin of Canada. [05-Oct-2011]

Fetch Media has acquired Lucidity Mobile, the London-based mobile media buying firm, for undisclosed terms. [05-Oct-2011]

Tekmar Energy, the Newton Aycliffe-based supplier of sub-sea cable protection systems, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Elysian Capital. [05-Oct-2011]

Harvest Housing of Manchester is planning to merge with Liverpool-based Arena Housing to create a combined housing group with 32,000 properties and 1,400 staff. [05-Oct-2011]

Hamworthy has acquired AW Flow, the Leeds-based valve manufacturer with 140 staff, for £24m. [05-Oct-2011]

Adderstone has bought Quayside Joinery out of liquidation, securing eight jobs at its timber staircase factory in Blyth. [04-Oct-2011]

Toby Churchill has acquired DJ Rehab, the Aylesbury-based supplier of electronic control systems for doors and windows. [04-Oct-2011]

Birchall Foodservice has acquired Willow Foods, the Wrexham-based distributor of chilled and fresh foods, for undisclosed terms. [04-Oct-2011]

Davies Group, the Stoke-based insurance claims management firm, has been sold by LDC to private equity firm Electra Partners for £60m. [04-Oct-2011]

Lumison has acquired DediPower Managed Hosting, the Reading-based IT services firm with 50 staff, for undisclosed terms. [04-Oct-2011]

S3 Interactive, the Clydebank-based mobile phone recycling firm with about 70 staff, has been acquired by Sims Recycling Solutions for undisclosed terms. [04-Oct-2011]

SA Brain has acquired Coffee#1, the Cardiff-based chain of 15 coffee shops with 120 staff, for undisclosed terms. [04-Oct-2011]

Jarvis Hotels has sold 24 of its 28 hotels to a new company called Jupiter Hotels through a pre-pack administration, and they will be rebranded from Ramada to Accor's Mercure franchise. [03-Oct-2011]

Alexon has been acquired by Sun European Partners in pre-pack administration deal through KPMG, saving 2,700 jobs at its chain of 83 fashion stores and 847 concessions. [03-Oct-2011]

NWF Group has acquired Swan Petroleum, the Oswestry-based fuel distribution firm with depots in Middlewich and Irlam, for £2.8m. [03-Oct-2011]

AVEVA has acquired Z+F UK, the Manchester-based supplier of laser scanning software, for £6.3m. [03-Oct-2011]

Ludlow Wealth Management Group has acquired Lancashire-based Chartwell Finance Management for undisclosed terms. [03-Oct-2011]

Simclar has been sold out of administration to investment firm Greenfold Partners, securing the future of 70 of the 200 jobs at its Dunfermline-based engineering business. [03-Oct-2011]

Vitec Group is to acquire Haigh-Farr, the US antennae manufacturer, for up to £23m. [03-Oct-2011]

Maintel is to acquire Totility, the Croydon-based mobile telecoms provider, for an initial £2.8m. [03-Oct-2011]

Acutec has acquired Chase Meadow Communications, the Warwickshire-based telecoms firm, for undisclosed terms. [03-Oct-2011]

Aesica Pharmaceuticals has sold a majority stake in its Northumberland-based drug development business to private equity firm Silverfleet Capital. [03-Oct-2011]

Riverford Organic Vegetables has acquired BoxFresh Organics, the Ledbury-based boxed vegetable supplier. [03-Oct-2011]

Ultra Electronics has acquired AEP Networks, the supplier of network communication solutions with 80 staff at sites including Ascot and Hemel Hempstead, for an initial £37m. [29-Sep-2011]

CPMG Architects, the Nottingham-based architect with 56 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [29-Sep-2011]

Yes Dining, the contract catering firm, has sold a majority stake to Luke Johnson and will be renamed as the Genuine Dining Co. [29-Sep-2011]

Dawn Meats has acquired the Duerden Lindal Moor beef abattoir in Ulverston, Cumbria. [29-Sep-2011]

Sealine International, the Kidderminster-based luxury boat builder, has been acquired by Oxford Investment Group for undisclosed terms. [29-Sep-2011]

Gem, the Belfast-based call centre operator with about 700 staff, has been acquired by the Concentrix division of US-based SYNNEX Corporation for undisclosed terms. [29-Sep-2011]

Aston Wood Golf Club has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new company, securing the future of 52 staff. [29-Sep-2011]

Independent Forgings & Alloys, the Sheffield-based supplier of forged products with more than 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [29-Sep-2011]

Highams Systems Services is to acquire Nakama, the technology staffing firm with offices in London, Australia and Hong Kong, for £1.3m. [28-Sep-2011]

Gala Coral has acquired Chas Kendall, the Cumbria-based chain of 30 betting shops with 150 staff, for undisclosed terms. [28-Sep-2011]

Dantec Hose, the Wirral-based composite hose manufacturer with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Maven Capital Partners. [28-Sep-2011]

Assist Recruitment of Liverpool has merged with Bury-based HC Recruitment to create a combined industrial recruitment business with 16 branches. [28-Sep-2011]

Venture Photography has been bought out of administration by a new company called Indigo Venture Capital, saving 135 jobs at its Cheshire-based chain of 38 franchised photography studios. [28-Sep-2011]

Tribune Business Systems has acquired Zentek Solutions, the Bolton-based educational technology firm. [28-Sep-2011]

Tunstall Healthcare is to acquire American Medical Alert Corp, in order to expand its remote health monitoring operations in the US. [28-Sep-2011]

TMD Friction, the owner of a brake materials factory in Hartlepool with 380 staff, has been acquired by Nisshinbo Holdings of Japan. [28-Sep-2011]

Ubisense has acquired Integrated Mapping Services, the US provider of geospatial business solutions, for £0.5m. [28-Sep-2011]

COBRA Holdings is to sell its insurance broking operations in Caterham and Alton to the ASG Risk Management subsidiary of Aston Scott for an initial £5m. [28-Sep-2011]

Halcrow, the civil engineering group with 6,000 staff, is to be acquired by CH2M Hill of the US for £230m. [27-Sep-2011]

Ashurst is to merge with Blake Dawson of Australia to create a global law firm with forecast turnover of more than £550m. [27-Sep-2011]

Brown Shipley is acquire the investment management division of Edinburgh-based law firm Gillespie Macandrew for undisclosed terms. [27-Sep-2011]

SG Wealth Management has acquired Stan Gaskin, the Ipswich-based financial management firm, for undisclosed terms. [27-Sep-2011]

ITRS Group, the London-based supplier of financial monitoring software with annual turnover of £16m, has been acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group. [27-Sep-2011]

Reed Elsevier is to acquire Accuity Holdings, the US provider of financial subscription services with 300 staff and an office in London, for £343m. [27-Sep-2011]

Capita has acquired Cedar HR Software, the Cambridgeshire-based supplier of HR management software with 45 staff, from Advanced Computer Software for £15m. [26-Sep-2011]

Telecity has acquired UK Grid, the Manchester-based data centre operator, for £12m. [26-Sep-2011]

Lucion has acquired AOH, the asbestos management firm with 30 staff in Chester, Rotherham, Newcastle and Leicester, for undisclosed terms. [26-Sep-2011]

Res-Q Contact Services has been sold out of administration to a new company called RSE Contract Services, securing the future of 400 jobs at its Hull-based call centre business. [26-Sep-2011]

Elite Telecom has acquired Liquid Business Services, the London-based VOIP systems firm with annual sales of £1.9m. [26-Sep-2011]

DCC has agreed to acquire certain Total oil distribution assets from Rontec Investments for £59m, including Total Butler and 550 staff. [26-Sep-2011]

Kerry Group is to acquire Cargill's global flavours division for £105m, including 40 staff at Trafford Park. [26-Sep-2011]

Play.com, the online retailer with 500 staff in Jersey and Cambridge, has been acquired by Rakuten of Japan for £25m. [26-Sep-2011]

Ryder, the architects firm with 80 staff in Newcastle, Glasgow, London and Liverpool, has merged with London-based Jeffery Associates Architecture. [26-Sep-2011]

Baker Tilly is to merge its Newcastle office with Charlton Williamson Partnership, creating a combined business advisory service with 60 staff. [26-Sep-2011]

Panad has been sold out of administration by RSM Tenon to its former management, saving about 100 jobs at its Crewe-based building services business. [26-Sep-2011]

Crossgate, the electronic data exchange firm with an office in Slough, is to be acquired by SAP for undisclosed terms. [22-Sep-2011]

Sage Group is to sell Sage Software Healthcare, the US supplier of electronic health record solutions, to Vista Equity Partners for £205m. [22-Sep-2011]

Glen Dimplex has acquired Valor, the Birmingham-based gas fire manufacturer, from BDR Thermea. [22-Sep-2011]

Wolfson Microelectronics is to acquire Dynamic Hearing, the Australian voice communications software company with 22 staff, for £3.4m. [22-Sep-2011]

Dillistone is to acquire Woodcote Software, the Basingstoke-based supplier of recruitment software trading as Voyager, for an initial £1.5m. [21-Sep-2011]

St Ives has acquired Pragma Holdings, the Twickenham-based retail and consumer markets consultancy with 17 staff, for an initial £3.3m. [21-Sep-2011]

Powerdial Systems has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a former executive, saving 13 jobs at its telecoms business in County Durham. [21-Sep-2011]

Optimum Coatings, the Morecambe-based optical lens manufacturer with 16 staff, has been acquired by Manchester-based MasterObjective for undisclosed terms. [21-Sep-2011]

IGas Energy is to acquire Star Energy, the onshore oil production firm with sites in Hampshire and Lincolnshire, from Petronas for £110m. [20-Sep-2011]

Capita has acquired the private sector cell centre business of Vertex for £40m, with the transfer of 1,400 staff in Forres, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford and Sheffield. [20-Sep-2011]

Eezehaul is selling its APC Overnight parcels delivery operation in Crawley to Streetwise Couriers. [20-Sep-2011]

Porta Communications is to acquire an 80% stake in Threadneedle Communications, the London-based financial public relations company, for £3.8m. [20-Sep-2011]

Alcumus Group has acquired Drury, the Bradford-based HR outsourcing company. [20-Sep-2011]

Ark Home Healthcare has acquired the Anchor Trust home care business with the transfer of 200 staff in Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, and is now looking to create 150 new jobs. [20-Sep-2011]

DS Smith is to sell its Higher Kings Mill paper mill in Devon to Asia File Corporation Berhad for £4.6m. [20-Sep-2011]

Whittington Group is to sell its London-based Whittington Insurance Markets business to a consortium of Tawa, Skuld and Paraline Group. [20-Sep-2011]

Motivcom has acquired the business and assets of online marketing firm Goldserve for an initial £1.5m, in order to expand its Zibrant events subsidiary. [20-Sep-2011]

Maria Mallaband Care Group has acquired 35 former Southern Cross care homes, and plans to grow its newly-formed Countrywide Care Homes division to 70 sites over the next five years. [19-Sep-2011]

Blackstone is planning to acquire the chain of eight Mint Hotels for about £600m, in order to expand its Hilton Worldwide business. [19-Sep-2011]

Retail Eyes is to expand its Milton Keynes-based mystery shopping business with the acquisition of US-based acquire Market Force Information for undisclosed terms. [19-Sep-2011]

BAe Systems is to sell Advanced Ceramics, the US-based ceramic materials business with 105 staff, to CoorsTek for £4.4m. [19-Sep-2011]

Wey Education is to acquire Place Group, the programme management and school services firm with annual turnover of £5.6m, for £1.6m. [19-Sep-2011]

Staffline has acquired TFR, the Peterborough-based recruitment agency with four offices trading as Taskforce. [19-Sep-2011]

Perspective Financial Group has acquired Walter Wright, the Durham-based financial services firm. [19-Sep-2011]

Pearson has acquired Connections Education, the US operator of online schools, for £250m. [19-Sep-2011]

Unipart has sold a 50.1% stake in its car parts and workshop equipment distribution division to private equity firm H2 for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 200 jobs in Oxford. [15-Sep-2011]

Design Catering Equipment, the Stockport-based catering equipment supplier with 35 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [15-Sep-2011]

St Ives has acquired Response One, the Bath-based marketing services firm with 70 staff, for up to £19m. [15-Sep-2011]

MDY Healthcare has sold its Trust William online healthcare products business to the Optima Consumer Health subsidiary of William Ransom for a nominal sum. [15-Sep-2011]

GAEIA has merged with Castlefield, the Manchester-based investment management firm. [15-Sep-2011]

Bibby Line is to acquire the remaining 49% stake in the Costcutter chain of 1,550 convenience stores for undisclosed terms. [15-Sep-2011]

Confluence Management, the construction management consultancy with offices in Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Manchester, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Midven. [15-Sep-2011]

KPMG has sold the Scarborough-based confidential printing division of Pindar out of administration to Secure & Confidential Documents, saving the remaining 13 jobs. [14-Sep-2011]

Berwyn Bakery has been sold out of administration by Baker Tilly to a management team, securing 70 jobs in North Wales. [14-Sep-2011]

Victoria Carpets has acquired C&H Distribution, the Exeter-based flooring tile distributor with ten staff, for £0.4m. [13-Sep-2011]

Abcam is to acquire Ascent Scientific, the Bristol-based biochemical reagents supplier with 23 staff, for £10m. [13-Sep-2011]

National Express has acquired Petermann Partners, the US provider of student transportation services with 3,300 vehicles at 66 locations, for £126m. [13-Sep-2011]

John Semple Travel, the Glasgow-based online and retail travel agent, has been acquired by Minoan Group for £2m. [13-Sep-2011]

Hill Cannon, the Harrogate-based structural engineering firm with 13 staff, has been sold out of administration to a new company created by former directors. [13-Sep-2011]

Cambria Automobiles has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Southampton, taking its network to 27 sites. [13-Sep-2011]

CB Richard Ellis has acquired Michael Peddar & Co, the London-based retail property agency with 13 staff, for undisclosed terms. [12-Sep-2011]

Evolution Group, the London-based fund management firm, is to be acquired by Investec of South Africa for £233m, prompting speculation that up to 100 jobs could be lost. [12-Sep-2011]

Mitchells & Butlers is to acquire the Old Orleans chain of eight restaurants for undisclosed terms, and could convert the sites to its Browns and Harvester formats. [12-Sep-2011]

Capita Group has acquired Insurance Medical Group, the Durham-based medical reporting and physiotherapy company with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms. [08-Sep-2011]

Tradebe has acquired Solvent Resource Management, the Clitheroe-based waste management firm, for undisclosed terms. [08-Sep-2011]

Stirling Fibre Group, the paper and plastics recycling firm with 100 staff at six sites in Scotland and northern England, has been acquired by SAICA of Spain. [07-Sep-2011]

Compact Media Group has acquired Rights.tv, and will relocate the media rights consultancy to its London office. [07-Sep-2011]

Coral Products has acquired Interpack, the Luton-based manufacturer of plastic packaging, and has also raised £1.8m in a share placing. [07-Sep-2011]

Different Aspect Software, the Carlisle-based software developer, has been acquired by Infomedia of Australia for £3.2m. [07-Sep-2011]

AssurIT has merged with Apex Computers International, in order to create a combined IT infrastructure group called APSU with offices in Warwick, Coventry, Cirencester and Newport. [07-Sep-2011]

Sealex, the Ellesmere Port-based gasket manufacturer with 28 staff, has been acquired by FDS Group of France for undisclosed terms. [07-Sep-2011]

Hornby Baker Jones & Wood has acquired SRBlegal, the Newport-based commercial law firm with seven staff. [07-Sep-2011]

Itac has acquired Texas Coating Developments from Allied Textiles for undisclosed terms, and will relocate its waterproof coatings business from Rawtenstall to Radcliffe. [07-Sep-2011]

Hunters has acquired 90 Bairstow Eves estate agency branches from Countrywide, taking its nationwide chain to almost 200. [06-Sep-2011]

Punter Southall has acquired the Newcastle-based corporate pensions business of Brewin Dolphin, with the transfer of 14 staff. [06-Sep-2011]

CMS Acoustic Solutions is to merge with Danskin, in order to create a combined acoustic products supplier called CMS Danskin Acoustics with offices in Glasgow, Warrington and St Ives. [06-Sep-2011]

Advanced Childcare has acquired Clifford House, the Herefordshire-based operator of 13 children's homes with 120 staff, for £10m. [06-Sep-2011]

Lyntech Systems has acquired Aspire Interiors, the Coventry-based commercial and industrial refurbishment firm. [06-Sep-2011]

See Tickets, the online ticketing agency, is to be sold by Parcom Capital to Vivendi of France for about £80m. [05-Sep-2011]

Smiths Group is to acquire Power Holdings, the US provider of power supply equipment with 370 staff, for £145m. [05-Sep-2011]

Compass has acquired Cygnet Foods, the Warrington-based supplier of school meals with annual turnover of £9.3m, for undisclosed terms. [05-Sep-2011]

Brintons Carpets, the carpet manufacturer with 700 staff in Kidderminster and Telford and 1,670 worldwide, has been acquired by Carlyle Group for about £40m. [05-Sep-2011]

Brammer has acquired Buck & Hickman, the Coventry-based power tools supplier with a nationwide network of 28 branches, from Travis Perkins for £27m. [05-Sep-2011]

Hunting has acquired WL Doffing, the US supplier of machining services to the energy industry with 75 staff, for £13m. [05-Sep-2011]

Multisol, the Nantwich-based chemicals distributor with 170 staff, has been acquired by Brenntag of Germany for an estimated £112m. [05-Sep-2011]

Antur Insurance, the Swansea-based network of insurance offices with 80 staff, has been acquired by Cullum Capital Ventures for undisclosed terms. [05-Sep-2011]

Lark Group is to acquire Cadogan Hanover Park of Croydon to create a combined insurance broking group with 280 staff. [05-Sep-2011]

Vertu Motors has acquired Widnes Car Centre, including a Nissan car dealership and a mobility vehicle conversion business, for £3.2m. [05-Sep-2011]

Lifeways Community Care has acquired SLC Group, the Lancashire-based community support services business, from ISIS Equity Partners for undisclosed terms. [05-Sep-2011]

CMS Peripherals has acquired CCI Distribution, the Harrogate-based storage distributor with 60 staff, for undisclosed terms. [05-Sep-2011]

HCB Solicitors has acquired Hadens Solicitors, the Walsall-based law firm with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms. [05-Sep-2011]

Elta Group has acquired Duct Products, the Belfast-based supplier of ventilation equipment, for undisclosed terms. [05-Sep-2011]

IBM has acquired i2, the Cambridge-based security information software firm with 350 staff, for undisclosed terms. [01-Sep-2011]

Northern Rock is to sell its Irish savings subsidiary to Irish Life & Permanent, including 17,000 customer accounts. [01-Sep-2011]

Flow Matters has merged with Technical Ex Services to create a combined Middlesbrough-based mechanical and engineering support group called Enex, with plans to expand into Aberdeen and southern England. [01-Sep-2011]

General Physics has acquired Blackpool-based training provider TK Holdings and its Beneast subsidiary, with the transfer of 120 staff. [01-Sep-2011]

Restore has acquired Paterson Data Management, the Glasgow-based document storage firm, for £0.6m. [01-Sep-2011]

Rolls-Royce has acquired R Brooks Associates, the US nuclear reactor services firm with 104 staff. [01-Sep-2011]

Haulfryn, the operator of 35 holiday parks, has returned to private ownership with the support of a £60m refinancing deal with Barclays. [31-Aug-2011]

Capita Symonds has bought the safety and water management operations of Managed Support Services, with the transfer of 34 staff in London and Manchester. [31-Aug-2011]

GVA has acquired Acuity Management Solutions, the London-based facilities management firm with 70 staff, from Broadgate Estates. [31-Aug-2011]

Spire Healthcare has acquired Lifescan, the Kent-based provider of computerised tomography scans, for £1.4m. [31-Aug-2011]

Clyde Union Pumps, the Glasgow-based engineering firm with more than 2,000 staff worldwide, has been acquired by SPX Corporation of the US for £750m. [30-Aug-2011]

Wardell Armstrong has bought North Pennines Archaeology, the Cumbria-based archaeology services firm with 18 staff, out of administration. [30-Aug-2011]

Pindar has sold its Agility software business in York out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 27 jobs. [30-Aug-2011]

Bunzl is to acquire Majestic Products, US Glove Co and Total Safety Supply Belgium from Majestic Holding of the Netherlands, as well as the Netpak packaging supplies business in Canada. [30-Aug-2011]

Mattioli Woods has acquired TCF Global Independent Financial Services and its subsidiary Kudos for £8.7m, including 45 staff in Aberdeen, Glasgow and London. [30-Aug-2011]

Bunzl has sold its London-based Provend vending business to Autobar UK for £30m. [30-Aug-2011]

Hampson Industries is to sell four of its Shims aerospace component businesses, including Middlesex-based Attewell, to Bridgeport Development Capital for £51m. [30-Aug-2011]

RAP Spiderweb of Oldham has bought Hyde-based Pearson Print out of administration for undisclosed terms. [30-Aug-2011]

Sertec Group has acquired the Tyseley division of DPE Automotive for undisclosed terms, including 106 staff and a 110,000 sq ft car parts factory. [30-Aug-2011]

Premier Paper Group has acquired Arc Paper, the Dorset-based merchant. [30-Aug-2011]

Reflex Labels has bought the assets of The Plain Label Company out of administration. [30-Aug-2011]

Garden Centre Group has acquired Country Homes & Gardens for undisclosed terms, expanding its garden centre chain by 12 sites to 131. [25-Aug-2011]

Aegis is to acquire Master Ad, the Russian outdoor media firm with 80 staff, for up to £88m. [25-Aug-2011]

Send Marketing Solutions has acquired Seal & Send and will relocate the direct mail business from Derbyshire to its main site in Walsall. [25-Aug-2011]

Naim Audio has merged with Focal to create a combined audio speaker manufacturer with 325 staff in Salisbury and France. [25-Aug-2011]

HB International has acquired Ingram Mayet, the London-based financial services recruitment firm, for undisclosed terms. [25-Aug-2011]

Filtrona is to acquire Reid Supply Company, the US distributor of industrial components, for up to £19m. [24-Aug-2011]

Daily Mail & General Trust has sold its George Little Management trade shows business in the US to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners for about £90m. [24-Aug-2011]

Norwich Colour Print is to merge with F Crowe & Sons to create a combined Norwich-based printing group with more than 70 staff. [24-Aug-2011]

Becketts Foods, the Coventry-based supplier of bacon products, has been acquired by CPC Foods for undisclosed terms. [24-Aug-2011]

Balfour Beatty has acquired Office Projects Group, the fit out contractor with offices in Birmingham and London, for £8m. [23-Aug-2011]

Costain has acquired Promanex, the Warwickshire-based industrial support services firm with about 800 staff, for £19m. [23-Aug-2011]

Aromco, the Hertfordshire-based flavours company with 40 staff, has been acquired by Israel-based Frutarom for £15m. [23-Aug-2011]

Moneygate Group has acquired IFA Results Financial, the Sheffield-based independent financial adviser with 16 staff. [23-Aug-2011]

Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank has acquired Link Loans, the Brentwood-based secured loans lender. [23-Aug-2011]

Bezier, the point of sale marketing services firm with nine sites across the country, has undergone a management buy-out backed by HIG Europe. [23-Aug-2011]

Centaur Media has acquired Investment Platforms, the information provider to the retail financial services sector, for £1.8m. [23-Aug-2011]

Autonomy, the Cambridge-based software firm, is to be acquired by Hewlett-Packard for £7.1bn. [22-Aug-2011]

Life & Style has been bought out of administration by Sue Townsend for £1.5m, saving 470 jobs at its Altrincham-based chain of about 60 stores. [22-Aug-2011]

Network Group Holdings has acquired recruitment companies SSR Contract & Technical Limited and SSR General & Management for up to £0.4m each. [22-Aug-2011]

Wholebake, the Denbighshire-based manufacturer of seed and fruit bars, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Finance Wales. [22-Aug-2011]

Leacy MG, the Birmingham-based supplier of classic car components, has been acquired by Hicorp95 for undisclosed terms. [22-Aug-2011]

Rigby & Peller, the London-based chain of seven lingerie stores, has been acquired by Van de Velde of Belgium for about £8m. [18-Aug-2011]

Pathway Care, the foster care agency, has been acquired by Fostering Solutions, part of Acorn Care & Education Group, for undisclosed terms. [18-Aug-2011]

Liberation Group is to acquire JJ Le Sueur, the Jersey-based wines and spirits distributor, for undisclosed terms. [18-Aug-2011]

Grafton Merchanting has acquired Silverstone Builders Merchants of Leek, Staffordshire, in order to expand its Buildbase operation. [18-Aug-2011]

Protocol Education, the London-based supply teacher company with 18 branches, has been sold by Bridgepoint to Teaching Personnel for undisclosed terms. [17-Aug-2011]

Guardian Financial Services is to be sold by Aegon to private equity firm Cinven for £275m, with the transfer of most of the 170 staff. [17-Aug-2011]

BBC Worldwide is to sell the Radio Times and ten other magazines to private equity firm Exponent, as part of deals worth £121m that also involve the sale of its 50% stake in Worldwide Media to Bennett Coleman. [17-Aug-2011]

SimplyBiz has acquired SIFA, the support organisation for independent financial advisers, for undisclosed terms. [17-Aug-2011]

Norwood Interiors has been bought out of administration by My House Group for undisclosed terms, saving 20 jobs at its kitchen and bathroom sites in Brighouse and Leeds. [17-Aug-2011]

Wilkin & Sons has acquired Jules & Sharpie, the Suffolk-based preserves manufacturer, in order to expand its Thursday Cottage division. [17-Aug-2011]

Quarto has acquired Frances Lincoln, the London-based book publisher, for £4.5m. [17-Aug-2011]

Wincanton has sold its logistics operations in continental Europe to Rhenus for £39m, with the transfer of 3,000 staff. [16-Aug-2011]

Virgin Media has sold its 50% stake in UKTV, which includes ten entertainment and factual channels, to Scripps Networks Interactive of the US for up to £339m. [16-Aug-2011]

Wireless Logic, the Marlow-based mobile data firm, has undergone a £38m management buy-out backed by ECI Partners. [16-Aug-2011]

Business By Technology has acquired Oakham Business Systems, the Preston-based office equipment supplier, and is now seeking further acquisitions. [16-Aug-2011]

Hunting has acquired Dearborn Precision Tubular Products, the US precision machining services firm with 225 staff, for £51m. [16-Aug-2011]

Sigma Capital Group has acquired Inpartnership, the urban regeneration firm with offices in Birmingham and Manchester, for an initial £0.3m. [16-Aug-2011]

Bibby Distribution has acquired Atchison Topeka, the Worcester-based logistics firm with 170 staff, for undisclosed terms. [15-Aug-2011]

National Energy Services, the Milton Keynes-based firm of energy assessors, has been acquired by Kingfisher. [15-Aug-2011]

Allocate Software has acquired Zircadian, the London-based supplier of software to the NHS with 43 staff, for up to £7m. [15-Aug-2011]

Trumeter Technologies has acquired Redington Counters, the US manufacturer of electronic and mechanical counters with 25 staff. [15-Aug-2011]

Haines Watts has acquired Sully & Co Bideford, the Devon-based accountancy firm with 25 staff. [15-Aug-2011]

Silverdell is to acquire RDS Asbestos Management Consultants, the East Anglia-based asbestos consultancy with 33 staff, for up to £2.3m. [15-Aug-2011]

Onyx Scientific, the Sunderland-based drug discovery firm, has been acquired by Ipca Laboratories of India for about £4.6m. [15-Aug-2011]

W&M Watson Packaging has acquired Kite Packaging Scotland of Cumbernauld, with the transfer of five staff. [15-Aug-2011]

Young & Co is to sell its 40% stake in the Wells & Young brewing business in Bedford to Charles Wells for £15m, in order to focus on its 250 pubs. [15-Aug-2011]

Reich Insurance has acquired Surenet Agency, the Glasgow-based insurance broker. [15-Aug-2011]

Fishawack Communications has acquired Phocus Services, the Swiss medical communications firm, and its US subsidiary. [15-Aug-2011]

Perfect Pizza, the Staffordshire-based chain of 100 franchised pizza outlets, has been acquired by Jatinder Wasu for undisclosed terms. [15-Aug-2011]

The AA has acquired Intelligent Data Sytems, the Harrogate-based fleet management service with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms. [15-Aug-2011]

Tinopolis has acquired BASE Productions, the US TV production company, for an estimated £25m. [15-Aug-2011]

Super Travel Omnibus has been acquired by Home James Travel in a pre-pack administration deal that saves 70 jobs at its Speke-based coach and bus business. [15-Aug-2011]

Telecity has acquired Data Electronics, the Irish data centre operator, for £88m, and is now seeking acquisitions in other European countries. [15-Aug-2011]

Evolution Group is to acquire the UK private investment management operations of BNP Paribas Wealth Management for £25m, in order to expand its Williams de Broe business. [15-Aug-2011]

Symington's of Leeds has bought the Chicken Tonight and Ragu sauce brands from Unilever for undisclosed terms. [15-Aug-2011]

G&J Greenall, the Warrington-based gin manufacturer with 120 staff, has undergone a £7.5m management buy-out from De Vere Group. [15-Aug-2011]

Valpak, the packaging recycling compliance scheme, is considering plans for a management buy-out. [15-Aug-2011]

Allofus, the London-based digital consultancy, has been acquired by McCann Worldgroup and will relocate to Bloomsbury in September. [15-Aug-2011]

IOS has bought Lateral Group, the marketing communications services firm trading as Howitt, Data Lateral and Dialogue Solutions, for undisclosed terms. [15-Aug-2011]

Crown Telecom Solutions has acquired Strata Communications, the Rochdale-based communications engineering company. [15-Aug-2011]

NCC Group has acquired Axzona, the Edinburgh-based website monitoring firm, for up to £1.7m. [15-Aug-2011]

Petty Wood has acquired Tree of Life, the Staffordshire-based organic products supplier, from Wessanen for undisclosed terms. [15-Aug-2011]

Cambridge Water has been sold by CKI UK Water to HSBC Bank for £75m, in order to facilitate CKI's acquisition of Northumbrian Water. [15-Aug-2011]

Brooks Macdonald is to acquire the Taunton-based investment management activities of law firm Clarke Willmott for an initial £1.6m. [15-Aug-2011]

Gregory Distribution has acquired Dylan Thomas International, the Fishguard-based refrigerated freight firm, for undisclosed terms. [04-Aug-2011]

HCA International has acquired Rood Lane Medical, the London-based private primary care firm, for undisclosed terms. [04-Aug-2011]

HSKS has merged with Greenhalgh Chartered Accountants to create a combined accountancy group with 75 staff in Derby, Burton, Nottingham and Uttoxeter. [04-Aug-2011]

Simplyhealth is to acquire the Groupama Healthcare insurance business in the UK from Groupama Insurances of France. [04-Aug-2011]

Red Bee Media has acquired TV Genius, the Harrow-based developer of TV content discovery software. [04-Aug-2011]

AFI-Uplift of Wakefield has acquired the powered access rental division of AJ Access Platforms, including depots in Swansea and Newport. [04-Aug-2011]

Brettex Engineering has been sold out of administration to Defabs, securing 24 jobs at its Derby-based vessels and pipes manufacturing business. [04-Aug-2011]

Contract Fire & Security of Sutton Coldfield has acquired the Southampton branch of Chris Lewis Fire & Security, with the transfer of 25 staff. [04-Aug-2011]

IPEC Furniture, the Accrington-based bespoke furniture manufacturer with 88 staff, has been sold out of administration by Leonard Curtis Recovery to a management team. [04-Aug-2011]

Bagel Nash, the Leeds-based chain of 11 bakery outlets, has undergone a management buy-in backed by YFM Equity Partners, and plans to open more sites in the North and Midlands. [04-Aug-2011]

Bishop Fleming is to merge with Worcester-based Rabjohns to create a combined accountancy group called Bishop Fleming Rabjohns with 230 staff. [04-Aug-2011]

Lightning Aerospace, the Coventry-based engineering firm with 30 staff, has been acquired by Andrew Redfern for undisclosed terms. [04-Aug-2011]

Mears has acquired the Supported Living division of Choices, the provider of social care services in Scotland and the North, for £7.4m. [04-Aug-2011]

Lipoxen is to acquire SymbioTec, the German clinical trials firm, for £8.8m. [04-Aug-2011]

DG3 Europe has bought FS Moore, the East London-based printing firm with 26 staff, out of administration. [03-Aug-2011]

Giles Insurance Brokers is to acquire CBG Group, the corporate general insurance and financial services intermediary with 120 staff in Manchester, London and Blackpool, for £5.1m. [03-Aug-2011]

PowerHouse is to acquire the remaining 70% stake in Pyromex Holding, the German developer of waste-to-energy gasification technology, for up to £33m. [03-Aug-2011]

TJ Hughes has sold four discount department stores in Liverpool, Eastbourne, Glasgow and Sheffield out of administration to Lewis's Home Retail, with the transfer of 442 staff. [02-Aug-2011]

A&B Insurance Brokers has acquired Corporate Insurance Brokers of Stockport. [02-Aug-2011]

Building Blocks has acquired Ucensis, the Liverpool-based web design agency, increasing its workforce to 40. [02-Aug-2011]

Stagecoach has sold its Metrolink tram operation in Manchester to Ratp Developpement of France for undisclosed terms. [02-Aug-2011]

Northumbrian Water is to be acquired by Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings for £2.4bn. [02-Aug-2011]

Capita Group is to acquire AIB International Financial Services, the Irish financial outsourcing firm with 160 staff, for £29m. [02-Aug-2011]

Heart of England Grain, the Northamptonshire-based grain trader with 15 staff, has been acquired by Countrywide for undisclosed terms. [02-Aug-2011]

The Scott Partnership has acquired Kapler Communications, the Bedfordshire-based life sciences PR firm, for undisclosed terms. [02-Aug-2011]

HR Owen has acquired Broughtons of Cheltenham, the chain of three Bentley dealerships and one Aston Martin franchise, for £1.5m. [02-Aug-2011]

MeetingZone, the conferencing services provider, has been acquired by private equity firm GMT Communications Partners for £38m. [02-Aug-2011]

York Linings International, the refractory linings contractor with 90 staff, has been acquired by Cape for £4m. [02-Aug-2011]

Allied Healthcare is to be acquired by private equity firm Acromas for £107m, and its chain of 100 care branches will be merged with Nestor Healthcare. [01-Aug-2011]

GKN has acquired Getrag, the German vehicle components manufacturer, for £280m. [01-Aug-2011]

Intertek has acquired Food Analytical Laboratory, the Stoke-based laboratory with 73 staff, for £6m, as well as Farnborough-based fuel analysis firm OALTB for £0.5m and Recherche Developpement & Consulting of Belgium for £5m. [01-Aug-2011]

Pinnacle Telecom Group has acquired the business and assets of MacLellan IT, the Scottish IT services firm, for £1m. [01-Aug-2011]

Pindar has sold its cartography business in Aylesbury out of administration to Halstan Holdings, securing 16 jobs. [01-Aug-2011]

Volvere has acquired a 54% stake in Shire Foods, the Leamington Spa-based pie manufacturer with about 100 staff. [01-Aug-2011]

WFCA has acquired Williams Blake Reay, the Tunbridge Wells-based healthcare advertising agency, for up to £0.5m. [01-Aug-2011]

UBM has acquired International Business Events, the owner of the London-based Ecobuild exhibition business with nine staff, for an initial £31m. [01-Aug-2011]

Trinity Expert Systems has acquired Eurodata Systems, the London-based IT consultancy, for £15m. [01-Aug-2011]

Fired Up Corporation has bought Aurora Marble, the Huddersfield-based fire manufacturer, out of administration. [01-Aug-2011]

GB Group has acquired Advanced Checking Services, the Glasgow-based provider of driving licence checking services, for an initial £0.4m. [01-Aug-2011]

Zodiak Media Group has acquired Bwark, the London-based TV production company, for undisclosed terms. [01-Aug-2011]

ITIS Holdings, the Altrincham-based provider of traffic and travel information with 150 staff, has been acquired by INRIX of the US for £37m. [01-Aug-2011]

Amazon has acquired Pushbutton, the London-based TV technology company, for undisclosed terms. [01-Aug-2011]

Benchmark Scaffolding has been sold out of administration to a new company called BSL Realisations, securing the future of 350 jobs at its London-based scaffolding business. [01-Aug-2011]

W Denis Insurance Brokers has acquired JCP Insurance Brokers of Essex for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its credit risks subsidiary. [01-Aug-2011]

Belpac, the Wolverhampton-based packaging manufacturer with 46 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [01-Aug-2011]

Holidaybreak, the Cheshire-based activity travel firm, is to be acquired by the Prometheon subsidiary of Cox & Kings for £312m. [28-Jul-2011]

PJ Livesey Group has sold its GL-14 health clubs to Bannatyne Group, including gyms in Manchester and Bedfordshire. [28-Jul-2011]

Aegis Group has sold its Synovate market research business to Ipsos of France for £525m. [28-Jul-2011]

CLE Group, the Huntingdon-based printing firm, has been acquired by Mimeo of the US. [27-Jul-2011]

Experian has acquired LM Group, the Nottinghamshire-based provider of commercial credit information services that trades as Riskdisk and has annual revenue of £7m. [27-Jul-2011]

Premier Foods has sold its canning plants in Wisbech and Long Sutton to Liverpool-based Princes for £182m, with the transfer of more than 1,000 staff. [26-Jul-2011]

DCL Print has bought the assets of Orchestra Wotton out of administration, securing the future of 16 jobs at its Gloucestershire-based printing business. [26-Jul-2011]

Wallace Whittle, the building services consultancy with 135 staff in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, London, Ireland and Abu Dhabi, has been acquired by TUV SUD Group of Germany for up to £20m. [26-Jul-2011]

Life IT has acquired Professional Software Solutions for undisclosed terms, and will relocate the IT business from Tenby to Wilmslow. [26-Jul-2011]

General Medical Clinics has bought Medicentres (UK), the London-based operator or primary medical care centres, out of administration for £0.7m. [26-Jul-2011]

Ryness, the London-based chain of 12 lighting and electrical stores, has been acquired by Marlowe Holdings, the parent company of Edmundson Electrical, for undisclosed terms. [26-Jul-2011]

Saffil Group, the Widnes-based manufacturer of fibre mats with annual sales of £45m, has been sold by Dyson Group to Unifrax of the US for undisclosed terms. [26-Jul-2011]

Hydra Mining Tools, the Rotherham-based mining equipment manufacturer with 130 staff, has been acquired by ESCO of the US for undisclosed terms. [26-Jul-2011]

HLW Commercial Lawyers is to merge with Keeble Hawson to create a combined law firm with more than 250 staff and offices in Doncaster, Leeds and Sheffield. [26-Jul-2011]

Wolseley is to sell its Build Center building materials distribution business to Saint Gobain, as part of a £310m deal that will also include its French plumbing and heating business Brossette. [25-Jul-2011]

H&H Reeds Printers of Penrith has acquired Albany Sign & Display of Carlisle for undisclosed terms. [25-Jul-2011]

Yeomans, the Derbyshire-based chain of 90 outdoor clothing stores, has been acquired by investor Jason Granite for undisclosed terms. [25-Jul-2011]

Beachcroft is to merge with Davies Arnold Cooper to create a combined law firm called DAC Beachcroft with more than 2,000 staff. [25-Jul-2011]

Staffline has bought the assets of Arnashade Recruitment, the Luton-based industrial recruitment firm, out of administration. [25-Jul-2011]

Hill & Smith has sold Ash & Lacy Building Systems, the supplier of metal external building envelope systems, to a new company called GG 149 for £5.1m. [25-Jul-2011]

Yorkshire Building Society is to acquire the Egg Banking mortgage and savings business from Citigroup, including a £2.5bn savings book and a £430m mortgage book. [25-Jul-2011]

K3 Business Technology is to acquire FD Systems, the Cardiff-based e-commerce firm, for £2.2m. [25-Jul-2011]

Rotork has acquired K-Tork International, the US fluid systems firm, for £6.5m, as well as Centork Valve Control of Spain for £3m. [25-Jul-2011]

Moonpig, the online greetings cards firm, is to be acquired by PhotoBox for £120m. [25-Jul-2011]

AmbiRad, the Brierley Hill-based heating systems firm with 270 staff, has been acquired by Thomas & Betts of the US for £18m. [25-Jul-2011]

Moray Seafoods, the prawn processing firm with 50 staff, has been acquired by Associated Seafoods for undisclosed terms. [25-Jul-2011]

Capita Hartshead is to acquire the trade and assets of the pensions administration and software business of NorthgateArinso for £27m, with the transfer of 90 staff in Bristol, Marlow and Stoke. [25-Jul-2011]

Hebridean Jewellery has been sold to its employees, securing the future of 14 jobs at its South Uist-based jewellery manufacturing business. [25-Jul-2011]

Breedon Aggregates has bought the C&G Concrete out of administration for £10m, saving 130 jobs at its building materials business in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Humberside. [25-Jul-2011]

Vickers Electronics, the Manchester-based supplier of energy management systems with 29 staff, has undergone a £7.2m management buy-out. [25-Jul-2011]

Keepmoat is to merge with Apollo Group to create a combined Doncaster-based social housing and regeneration business with annual turnover of £1bn. [25-Jul-2011]

Medicina, the Bolton-based medical supplies firm with 19 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [25-Jul-2011]

Seafield Logistics has bought the freight forwarding business of Distribution Investments, and will relocate it from Hythe to Aylesham. [25-Jul-2011]

Macpac of Stockport has acquired Hamilton Plastic Packaging of Northampton for undisclosed terms. [25-Jul-2011]

Technology in Motion, the Manchester-based orthopaedic products supplier, has undergone a management buy-out from Ossur of Iceland, and is now planning to create franchises across the country. [25-Jul-2011]

Ruskinn Technology, the Pencoed-based supplier of research equipment, has been acquired by Baker Company of the US for undisclosed terms. [25-Jul-2011]

Zeus Technology, the Cambridge-based cloud computing firm, is to be acquired by Riverbed Technology of the US for £86m. [21-Jul-2011]

Technology Services Group has acquired Rocket Solutions, the Tyneside-based software consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [21-Jul-2011]

Mediatech has been sold out of administration to a new company called MDP Direct, securing the future of 40 jobs at its Rugby-based direct mail and print business. [21-Jul-2011]

Moneygate has acquired Equus Independent Financial Management, the London-based firm with 37 financial advisers and 34 other staff, for undisclosed terms. [21-Jul-2011]

Drivers Direct has acquired Transport Solutions, in order to expand its haulage recruitment business into Crewe. [21-Jul-2011]

Patsystems is to acquire Mixit, the US supplier of order management systems, for an initial £13m. [21-Jul-2011]

Ulma Packaging and G Mondini are merging their packaging automation operations in the UK, with the transfer of services to a new facility at Stone in Staffordshire. [21-Jul-2011]

Antal International has acquired Parkside Recruitment, the financial recruitment firm with offices in Staines and Uxbridge, from Ochre House. [21-Jul-2011]

Finsbury is to merge with US-based sister company Robinson Lerer & Montgomery to create a combined public relations group called RLM Finsbury with 180 staff. [20-Jul-2011]

JO Hambro Capital Management, the London-based asset management firm, is to be acquired by BT Investment Management of Australia for £209m. [20-Jul-2011]

Playtech has acquired Mobenga, the Swedish developer of mobile betting software, for up to £14m. [20-Jul-2011]

Homeserve has sold its Retail Warranties division to a management buy-out advised by Catalyst Corporate Finance, and the business will be called Castelan. [20-Jul-2011]

Wernick Group has acquired Eventlink, the Coventry-based supplier of temporary stadium seating, as well as Rovacabin, the nationwide cabin hire firm. [20-Jul-2011]

Direct Corporate Clothing has bought Proteam out of administration, securing 37 of the 41 jobs at the Kent-based leisure products business. [20-Jul-2011]

Writtle Holdings has acquired Loewy Group to create a combined marketing services firm with 16 companies operating in branding, PR and design. [20-Jul-2011]

Dairy Crest has acquired MH Foods, the Kent-based manufacturer of cooking oil and salad dressings, for £13m. [20-Jul-2011]

Countrywide has acquired Blundells, the Sheffield-based estate agency with 13 offices. [20-Jul-2011]

GKN has acquired Stromag, the German manufacturer of industrial clutches and brakes, for £174m. [19-Jul-2011]

Chozen Venues has bought four Samurai Sushi takeaway restaurants in central London out of administration. [19-Jul-2011]

Reservoir Group has expanded its Aberdeen-based oilfield services business with the acquisition of the business and assets of Canada Tech from IROC Energy Services for £3m. [19-Jul-2011]

Greene King is to acquire Capital Pubs, the London-based chain of 34 pubs, for £93m. [19-Jul-2011]

Original Additions, the beauty accessories supplier with annual turnover of about £30m, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LDC. [19-Jul-2011]

Scotbet, the Edinburgh-based chain of 65 betting shops, has undergone a management buy-out from Festival Group for undisclosed terms. [19-Jul-2011]

Abbey Logistics Group has bought the bulk powder transport operations of RH Stevens Transport, including 25 trucks, drivers and support staff. [19-Jul-2011]

MCR has sold Glenn Freight North West, the Liverpool-based haulage firm, in a pre-pack administration to Store It UK. [19-Jul-2011]

Quadnetics has acquired Indanet, the German surveillance and security management firm, for up to £8.7m. [19-Jul-2011]

Lossie Seafoods, the Buckie-based salmon processing firm, has been acquired by Glasgow-based Associated Seafoods for undisclosed terms. [18-Jul-2011]

Hasgrove has sold Interel, its public affairs and communications business with an office in London, to a management buy-out for £8.4m. [18-Jul-2011]

TUI Travel has acquired the English Language Centre in York, in order to expand its TUI Education division. [18-Jul-2011]

SeeSaw, the online video-on-demand service, is to be acquired by a consortium led by US merchant bank Criterion for an estimated £10m. [18-Jul-2011]

ICON has acquired Firecrest Clinical, the Irish provider of site performance management systems, for undisclosed terms. [18-Jul-2011]

National Flexible, the Bradford-based flexible packaging distributor, has undergone a management buy-out. [18-Jul-2011]

Rubicon Software of Woking is to sell its RSL trading subsidiary to iAccel for £0.1m. [18-Jul-2011]

Card Factory has acquired GettingPersonal, the Manchester-based online gifts supplier with annual sales of about £11m. [14-Jul-2011]

Redefine International is to merge with Wichford in a £209m deal that will create a combined property group called Redefine International. [14-Jul-2011]

YourSchoolUniform, the Peterborough-based online supplier of school clothing, has been acquired by Hubaco of Derbyshire. [14-Jul-2011]

Motorclean, the Essex-based provider of car valet services at 300 sites across the country, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners. [14-Jul-2011]

Wolseley is to sell Electric Center, the Leamington Spa-based electrical wholesaler with 85 branches and 575 staff, to Edmundson Electrical for undisclosed terms. [13-Jul-2011]

Uniq, the sandwich and desserts manufacturer with 1,900 staff at sites in Northampton, Spalding, Shropshire and Somerset, has been acquired by Greencore of Ireland for £113m. [13-Jul-2011]

Express Engineering has bought Northern Precision Engineering out of administration, securing the future of about 40 jobs in Wallsend. [13-Jul-2011]

Williams Lea has acquired Tag Worldwide, the design and production agency with about 2,500 staff, for undisclosed terms. [13-Jul-2011]

Fairline Boats, the Oundle-based luxury boatbuilder, is to be sold by Becap to Better Capital for £21m. [13-Jul-2011]

Baker Boys has bought The Cake Bake Company, the Kent-based cake supplier, out of administration for undisclosed terms. [13-Jul-2011]

Teknek, the Renfrewshire-based manufacturing technology firm with about 100 staff, has been acquired by Illinois Tool Works of the US for undisclosed terms. [13-Jul-2011]

Chime Communications has acquired Reynolds-MacKenzie, the London-based healthcare PR firm, for an initial £2.6m. [13-Jul-2011]

Alter Technology Group, the Portsmouth-based satellite components supplier with annual revenue of £53m, has been acquired by TUV Nord Group. [13-Jul-2011]

Higos Insurance has acquired Vaughan Insurance Brokers of Somerset, and now has 200 staff at 17 offices in the South West. [13-Jul-2011]

Hyder Consulting has acquired ESR Technology, the engineering and safety consultancy with 94 staff in the UK and Abu Dhabi, from Coller Capital for £3.7m. [13-Jul-2011]

Farsound Engineering, the Essex-based precision components manufacturer with about 100 staff, has been acquired by RG Industries. [13-Jul-2011]

V8 Gourmet has been bought out of administration by an unnamed buyer, securing the future of 264 staff at 17 Bombay Bicycle Club, Vama and Tiffinbites restaurants. [12-Jul-2011]

CCV has acquired Lincsure, the Lincolnshire-based insurance broker, in order to expand its Fenton Insurance Solutions division. [12-Jul-2011]

HSBC has sold its HSBC Insurance UK division to Syndicate Holding Corp for £65m, in order to withdraw from car insurance underwriting. [12-Jul-2011]

Halma has acquired Avo Photonics, the US photonic components manufacturer, for an initial £5.6m. [12-Jul-2011]

Menzies Hotels has been sold to management in a pre-pack administration through KPMG, securing the future of 1,300 jobs at its chain of 16 hotels. [11-Jul-2011]

Yell Group is to acquire Znode, the US ecommerce firm, for an initial £11m. [11-Jul-2011]

Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired Continuum International Publishing, the academic and professional publisher with offices in London and New York, for £20m. [11-Jul-2011]

Aegis has acquired a 75% stake in MediaVest (Manchester), the media planning and buying agency with 216 staff, for an initial £27m. [11-Jul-2011]

Amor Group has acquired FS Walker Hughes, the Warrington-based IT firm, for undisclosed terms. [11-Jul-2011]

Capita has acquired Beat Systems, the Glasgow-based mobile computing software firm, for undisclosed terms. [11-Jul-2011]

Loganair of Glasgow is to acquire Suckling Airways, the air charter firm with 60 staff in Cambridge, Dundee and London. [11-Jul-2011]

John Menzies has acquired Media on the Move, the provider of media management services to the travel industry, from Journey Group for £1.2m. [11-Jul-2011]

Ogilvie Fleet has expanded its car fleet management operations in Northern Ireland with the acquisition of the corporate division of Contraflex Contract Hire & Leasing. [11-Jul-2011]

Swinton has acquired Brunsdon Westinsure, the Swindon-based commercial insurance broker, taking its chain of commercial offices to 34. [11-Jul-2011]

Flex Language Services, the translation services firm spun out of the University of Ulster with 250 interpreters, has been acquired by the Ortus development agency for undisclosed terms. [11-Jul-2011]

Merseyside Coatings has been sold out of administration by BDO to a management team, securing 44 jobs at its Widnes-based coatings business. [11-Jul-2011]

Weidenhammer UK has acquired L&D Mouldings, the Bradford-based plastic injection moulding firm with 15 staff, and will transfer production to its new site nearby. [11-Jul-2011]

Environmental Scientifics Group has acquired PMS Micro, the Leeds-based microbiological laboratory, in order to expand its Eclipse Scientific food division. [11-Jul-2011]

DS Smith has sold its Spicers office products business to Unipapel of Spain for £200m, and the UK and Ireland operations have been sold on to private equity firm Better Capital. [07-Jul-2011]

Homeform has sold its Wolverhampton-based Sharps Bedrooms business to a new company created by Sun European Partners, in a pre-pack administration deal that will save 627 jobs. [07-Jul-2011]

Cutts Recycling, the waste paper processing firm with 70 staff in Doncaster and Sheffield, has been acquired by SAICA of Spain. [07-Jul-2011]

WEMS International has acquired Smart Energy, the Wilmslow-based supplier of energy management systems, as part of a strategy to double in size by 2013. [07-Jul-2011]

Winterhill Largo has acquired David Currie & Co, the property consultancy with nine staff in Manchester and Liverpool. [07-Jul-2011]

Westley Group has sold Mathers Foundry, the Manchester-based steel castings manufacturer, to WPIL of India for undisclosed terms. [07-Jul-2011]

Leighs Paints, the Bolton-based industrial paints manufacturer with 260 staff, has been acquired by Sherwin-Williams of the US for undisclosed terms. [07-Jul-2011]

Marshalls, the Huddersfield-based paving supplier, is to sell its Compton garage and Alton and Robinsons greenhouse brands to an unnamed company. [07-Jul-2011]

GB Group has expanded its identity management business with the acquisition of Data Discoveries, the supplier of trace software, for £0.6m. [07-Jul-2011]

CG Pitcher & Son has been sold out of administration to Hazel & West (Dorset), saving 20 jobs at its Bournemouth-based building business. [07-Jul-2011]

Sports Direct is set to acquire an 80% stake in USC and Cruise, the fashion retailers with 50 stores, from West Coast Capital for an initial £7m. [06-Jul-2011]

Travelex is to sell its global payments division to Western Union of the US for £606m, and some of the proceeds will be used to expand its consumer foreign exchange business. [06-Jul-2011]

Penta Capital is looking to invest £60m in the creation of a new unnamed company to provide managed data services, starting with the acquisition of UKSolutions, NetworkFlow and Protel. [06-Jul-2011]

TalkTalk Telecom has sold its international prepay and Instant Dial Around business to New Call Telecom for undisclosed terms. [06-Jul-2011]

Intrinsic Technology, the IT services firm with 125 staff in Haydock, Glasgow and London, has undergone a £30m management buy-out backed by private equity firm RJD Partners. [06-Jul-2011]

LSL Property Services has bought The Mortgage Alliance from Santander UK for £0.25m, in order to expand its First Complete division. [06-Jul-2011]

Walker Technical, the Aberdeen-based offshore engineering firm with 45 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Gresham Private Equity and HSBC. [06-Jul-2011]

Inverarity Vaults has merged with WM Morton for undisclosed terms, in order to create one of Scotland's leading wine and spirit merchants. [06-Jul-2011]

MacIntyre Hudson has merged with London-based accountancy firm Gotham Erskine, in order to increase its presence in the voluntary and charity sector. [06-Jul-2011]

Amazon is to acquire The Book Depository, the online book retailer with annual sales of about £120m. [05-Jul-2011]

Allocate Software has acquired RosterOn, the Australian supplier of workforce management software with 17 staff, for £2m. [05-Jul-2011]

Lochcarron of Scotland, the Selkirk-based knitwear manufacturer, has been acquired by E-Land of South Korea. [05-Jul-2011]

Kembrey Wiring Systems, the Swindon-based aerospace components manufacturer with 180 staff, has been acquired by Arundel Aerospace & Defence Systems for undisclosed terms. [05-Jul-2011]

Perspective Financial Group has acquired McGrath Rathbone, the Oxfordshire-based financial adviser with seven staff. [05-Jul-2011]

Stewart Group, the Knowsley-based mineral analysis firm with 900 staff worldwide, is to be sold by CBPE Capital to ALS Group of Australia for £146m. [04-Jul-2011]

Redrow has sold its housebuilding business in Scotland to Elgin-based Springfield Properties for £49m. [04-Jul-2011]

Capita Group has acquired the Ventura customer services business from Next for £65m, with the transfer of 8,000 staff in Yorkshire, Cardiff, Milton Keynes and India. [04-Jul-2011]

Flybe is investing £21m in a joint venture with Finnair to acquire Finncomm Commuter Airlines of Finland. [04-Jul-2011]

Balfour Beatty has acquired Howard S Wright, the US construction management company, for £58m. [04-Jul-2011]

Robinson is to sell its paperboard containers business in Chesterfield to Sonoco for £2.6m. [04-Jul-2011]

Media Sales Network has acquired the Manchester-based Sustain' magazine and awards business, and is now looking to acquire a further five titles. [04-Jul-2011]

Reich has acquired D Barnett Insurance Brokers of Bolton, with the transfer of 20 staff. [04-Jul-2011]

Red Commerce, the IT recruitment firm, has undergone a £44m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Dunedin. [04-Jul-2011]

Redeem has acquired Environmental Mobile Control, the Staffordshire-based recycling and data security services firm with 35 staff, for undisclosed terms. [04-Jul-2011]

K3 Business Technology Group has acquired the retail merchandising division of Azurri Computer Solutions for £1m. [04-Jul-2011]

Access Intelligence has sold its Solcara search technology business to Thomson Reuters for £2.5m. [04-Jul-2011]

Leonard Curtis has arranged a pre-pack administration at Sugarvine, securing the future of about 20 jobs at its Blackpool-based online media business. [04-Jul-2011]

Harrison Clark and Shawcross & Co have merged their law offices in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. [04-Jul-2011]

FW Thorpe has acquired Portland Lighting, the West Midlands-based supplier of sign lighting. [04-Jul-2011]

Imagesound, the Chesterfield-based supplier of commercial music services, is to be acquired by a new company called Concentia for £10m. [04-Jul-2011]

SW Wreford & Sons has acquired P Chaplin & Sons of Northampton for undisclosed terms, creating a combined haulage firm with 80 vehicles. [04-Jul-2011]

SPP Process Technology Systems (SPTS), the Newport-based supplier of equipment to the semiconductor industry with 500 staff, has undergone a £125m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Bridgepoint. [04-Jul-2011]

Lok n Store is to acquire Saracen Datastore, the Leatherhead-based operator of four document storage sites, for £4m. [04-Jul-2011]

Synchronica is to acquire Nokia's Operator Branded Messaging business in North America for £15m, with the transfer of 250 staff. [30-Jun-2011]

Ian Macleod Distillers has acquired the Tamdhu distillery in Speyside from the Edrington Group for undisclosed terms. [30-Jun-2011]

Music Festivals has acquired a further five festival operators, including Benicassim, Kent Festival, Finsbury Park Events, EP Events and SP Events. [30-Jun-2011]

Minerva, the London-based property developer, has recommended a £202m takeover offer from a consortium led by Delancey and Area Property Partners. [30-Jun-2011]

Tinopolis has acquired A Smith, the US TV production company, for about £60m. [29-Jun-2011]

Edinburgh Woollen Mill has bought 33 Jane Norman fashion stores in a pre-pack administration, securing the future of almost 400 jobs, but a further 33 stores will close. [29-Jun-2011]

Scottish & Southern Energy is to sell its 50% stake in the Braes of Doune 36MW wind farm near Stirling to Climate Change Capital for £61m. [29-Jun-2011]

Experian is to acquire Medical Present Value, the US provider of services in the healthcare payments market, for £115m. [29-Jun-2011]

HMV has sold its 121 stores in Canada to retail restructuring firm Hilco for £2m. [28-Jun-2011]

DS Smith has sold its Horncastle-based sacks subsidiary to a management buy-out operating under the name of Forum Packaging, securing the future of 83 jobs. [28-Jun-2011]

Advanced Power Components has acquired the assets of Quo Vadis, the Bedfordshire-based supplier of intelligent lighting systems. [28-Jun-2011]

Roger Bullivant, the Staffordshire-based piling contractor with about 800 staff, is to be acquired by the Bachy Soletanche subsidiary of Vinci. [27-Jun-2011]

YCO Group is to sell its Yacht Fuel Services division to World Fuel Services Europe for £1.7m. [27-Jun-2011]

UBM is to sell its UK entertainment and technology magazines portfolio to Intent Media for £2.4m, with the transfer of up to 36 staff. [27-Jun-2011]

Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has acquired the Midlands Treatment Centre in Burton for £2.5m, with the transfer of 100 staff. [27-Jun-2011]

Scott Group has acquired Ellis Pallets, the Wolverhampton-based pallet supplier with ten staff. [27-Jun-2011]

Schuh, the Livingston-based chain of 59 footwear stores and 2,800 staff, is to be acquired by Genesco of the US for up to £125m. [27-Jun-2011]

Foot Shop, the Somerset-based footwear supplier operating as Cosyfeet and Walktall, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [27-Jun-2011]

Atkinson & Kirby has bought FW Mason & Sons, the Nottingham-based timber flooring firm with 78 staff, out of administration. [27-Jun-2011]

Aviva is to sell RAC, the Birmingham-based roadside assistance business with about 4,000 staff, to Carlyle Group for £1bn. [23-Jun-2011]

Town & City Pub Company is to merge with Stonegate Pub Company to create a combined group of 560 pubs, including the Yates's and Slug & Lettuce brands. [23-Jun-2011]

Altitude Group is to sell its promotional products division to a new company called Stridage Holdings for £6.3m. [23-Jun-2011]

Cupid has acquired a 75% stake in the German online media companies OnlineLiebe and WomenWeb for £2.5m. [23-Jun-2011]

DCC has acquired Oakwood Fuels, the Nottinghamshire-based oil and hazardous waste recycling firm with 105 staff, for an initial £9.6m. [23-Jun-2011]

Weedon Holdings has acquired Rowpak Containers of Manchester from Jardin Corrugated Cases, with the transfer of about 100 staff. [23-Jun-2011]

FreshTL has acquired Mobile Safety Solutions, the developer of health and safety software, from Mobile Safety Systems of Wetherby. [23-Jun-2011]

Snax 24 has acquired 810 Total petrol stations for about £350m, and 254 sites have been sold on to Shell for £240m. [22-Jun-2011]

Iliffe Newspapers has acquired five former Northcliffe Media newspapers in Staffordshire and South Cheshire for about £1m. [22-Jun-2011]

InterQuest has acquired Contract Connections, the London-based technology staffing firm, for up to £4.6m. [22-Jun-2011]

AstraZeneca is to sell Astra Tech, its Sweden-based dental products business with 2,200 staff, to Dentsply International for about £1.1bn. [22-Jun-2011]

Steve Porter Transport Group has acquired Red Funnel Distribution, the transport operation with sites in Southampton and the Isle of Wight, for undisclosed terms. [22-Jun-2011]

Donaldson & McConnell has sold its Canterbury-based roofing business out of administration to a management buy-out operating as Harmony Timber Solutions, securing 12 jobs. [22-Jun-2011]

Jobpartners, the London-based HR technology firm, is to be acquired by Taleo Corporation of the US for £23m. [22-Jun-2011]

Mission Capital has acquired Business Advisory Service, the West Sussex-based price comparison firm, for £8.2m, in order to expand its Quindell operation. [22-Jun-2011]

Carr's Milling Industries is to sell Carrs Fertilisers, the fertiliser supplier with sites in Silloth, Invergordon and Montrose, to Origin Enterprises for £19m. [21-Jun-2011]

Aldridge Print Group has been acquired by Blue Printing Company in a pre-pack administration deal through Grant Thornton, with the transfer of 33 London-based staff. [21-Jun-2011]

Rexam has sold its US-based lid manufacturing business to Berry Plastics for £223m, with the transfer of about 1,500 staff. [21-Jun-2011]

Digital Barriers has acquired Zimiti, the Cambridge-based manufacturer of sensor systems, for an initial £1.5m. [21-Jun-2011]

JD Sports is to acquire the Cecil Gee chain of eight fashion stores from Moss Bros for £1.7m, and has also announced the acquisition of the Sprinter sports retailing business in Spain. [21-Jun-2011]

Assura is to sell its chain of 36 pharmacy stores to the Gorgemead division of The Cohens Group for £39m, in order to focus on medical property development and investment. [21-Jun-2011]

BWA, the Manchester-based supplier of water treatment chemicals with 85 staff, has been acquired by investment management firm Berwind Corporation for £185m. [21-Jun-2011]

Holidaybreak has sold West End Theatre Bookings, the London-based supplier of theatre tickets, to Encore Tickets for £11m. [21-Jun-2011]

GlycoMar of Oban has sold VeroMara, its seafood testing business with ten staff, to US-based Neogen for undisclosed terms. [21-Jun-2011]

DAS Transport, the Hull-based haulage company with 21 vehicles, has undergone a pre-pack administration through KPMG. [21-Jun-2011]

ReThink Group has acquired Berkley Recruitment, the Irish recruitment consultancy with 30 staff, for an initial £2.3m. [21-Jun-2011]

Euromoney Institutional Investor is to acquire Ned Davis Research Group, the US-based provider of independent financial research, for an initial £69m. [21-Jun-2011]

Denby Pottery is to acquire Poole Pottery, in a deal backed by private equity firm Vanco Capital Partners. [20-Jun-2011]

Provexis has acquired Science in Sport, the Lancashire-based sports nutrition firm with 50 staff, for £8m. [20-Jun-2011]

ARM Holdings has acquired Obsidian Software, the US developer of validation tools for processors, for undisclosed terms. [20-Jun-2011]

Adderstone has bought the building and joinery operations of Tyneside-based Hastie Burton out of liquidation. [20-Jun-2011]

Balfour Beatty has acquired Fru-Con Construction, the US water and waste infrastructure contractor, for £12m. [20-Jun-2011]

Perspective Financial Group has acquired Chorley-based Shirebrook Wealth Management and Buckinghamshire-based Austin James Consulting, taking its network of financial advice firms to 22. [20-Jun-2011]

Stewart Company, the Croydon-based plastic products manufacturer with 75 staff, has undergone a £12m management buy-out backed by ECI Partners. [20-Jun-2011]

Contis Group has acquired GTP Financial Services for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Skipton-based online banking and prepaid card technology business. [20-Jun-2011]

Orchard Information Systems has acquired Applaud Web Solutions, the Middlesbrough-based software developer, and has also announced plans to create 12 new jobs over the next year. [16-Jun-2011]

Sandvik has sold its 70,000 sq ft factory at Tile Hill in Coventry to RA Shield Holdings, the owner of the Woolley GMC engineering business, for undisclosed terms. [16-Jun-2011]

NSG UK, the Deeside-based scaffolding company with 320 staff, has been acquired by Altrad of France for undisclosed terms. [15-Jun-2011]

Sterling Thermal Technology has acquired Applied Cooling Technology, the West Midlands-based heat exchange equipment manufacturer, and its Britannia Heatex subsidiary for undisclosed terms. [15-Jun-2011]

Communisis has bought the trade and assets of OBL, the Bristol-based marketing services firm, out of administration for £2.2m. [15-Jun-2011]

Loveurope has acquired Asset Graphics, the London-based printing company with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms. [14-Jun-2011]

Royal Bank of Scotland is in negotiations to sell its Lombard Vehicle Management car finance business to GE Capital. [14-Jun-2011]

Stax Trade Centres has acquired DF Wishart, the Edinburgh-based wholesaler with 48 staff, for undisclosed terms. [14-Jun-2011]

Oxford Instruments has acquired Omicron NanoTechnology of Germany for £28m and Omniprobe of the US for £12m, in order to expand its industrial tools and systems business. [14-Jun-2011]

Avis Europe, the car hire group, has agreed to be acquired by Avis Budget of the US for £636m. [14-Jun-2011]

Landcatch, the Alloa-based salmon breeding company, has been acquired by Hendrix Genetics of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms. [14-Jun-2011]

Dexela, the London-based medical imaging firm, has been acquired by PerkinElmer of the US. [14-Jun-2011]

Morrisons has acquired Flower World, the Derbyshire-based flower wholesaler with annual sales of £34m. [13-Jun-2011]

Crown Paints, the Lancashire-based paints manufacturer with about 1,500 staff, is to be sold by private equity firm Endless to Hempel of Denmark for undisclosed terms. [13-Jun-2011]

Xchanging is to acquire Cambridge Integrated Services Victoria of Australia and an Indian business process outsourcing business from Cambridge Solutions for £44m. [13-Jun-2011]

CorpAcq has acquired Hessle Fork Trucks, the Castleford-based supplier of earth-moving equipment with 40 staff. [13-Jun-2011]

Inchcape has sold its Kia car dealership in Burton to a management team, securing 26 jobs. [13-Jun-2011]

Bigwood is to merge with Curry & Partners to create a combined Birmingham-based chartered surveying group with 125 staff. [13-Jun-2011]

Group Rhodes has acquired Slater & Crabtree, the Wakefield-based precision engineering firm with 25 staff. [13-Jun-2011]

MSA Digital, the London-based marketing agency, has been acquired by Home Marketing of Leeds, taking the total workforce to 90. [13-Jun-2011]

Lookers, the chain of 71 car dealerships, is in negotiations to be acquired by the Trefick consortium for about £300m. [09-Jun-2011]

Rank Group is to be acquired by Guoco, as the Hong Kong-based investment group has increased its stake in the gaming operator to 56%. [09-Jun-2011]

Boomerang Plus has acquired the trade and assets of Oxford Scientific Films, the London-based film production company, for £0.5m. [09-Jun-2011]

Ryder Europe is to acquire Hill Hire, the chain of 13 truck rental depots with 300 staff, from Lloyds Banking Group for £151m. [09-Jun-2011]

Lexicon Partners, the London-based advisory firm with about 100 staff, is expected to be acquired by US investment bank Evercore for about £86m. [08-Jun-2011]

Timico has acquired Powernet, the internet services firm with 30 staff in Milton Keynes, London and Manchester, for undisclosed terms. [08-Jun-2011]

Viridor Waste Management has acquired Storm Recycling, the Winsford-based cardboard and plastic recycling firm, for £1.7m. [08-Jun-2011]

VEKA has expanded its Burnley-based PVC windows business with the acquisition of Bowater Building Products for undisclosed terms. [08-Jun-2011]

DH Budenberg, the pressure calibration equipment manufacturer with 30 staff in Manchester, has been acquired by WIKA of Germany. [08-Jun-2011]

Calyx has acquired Trinity Computer Services, the Stockport-based IT company with 30 staff, as well as the integrated business software division of Touchstone Group. [07-Jun-2011]

MoneyPlus Group, the Altrincham-based debt management firm with 130 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Palatine Private Equity for undisclosed terms. [07-Jun-2011]

Smiths News is to acquire Dawson Holdings of Croydon for £20m, in order to expand its Bertrams book wholesaling business. [07-Jun-2011]

Clyde & Co is in merger discussions with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert to create a combined London-based law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers. [06-Jun-2011]

BetFred is to acquire the Tote, the Wigan-based chain of 517 betting outlets with more than 4,000 staff, from the government for £265m. [06-Jun-2011]

SeaEnergy is to sell its 80% stake in SeaEnergy Renewables, the operator of three wind farms off the coast of Scotland, to Repsol Nuevas Energias for £39m. [06-Jun-2011]

WS Atkins has acquired the oil and gas support services business of Poyry for £15m, with the transfer of 130 staff in Aberdeen, Norway and Australia. [06-Jun-2011]

Melrose is to sell Dynacast, the precision die cast components manufacturer with sites in 20 countries, to a new company called KDI Holdings for £360m. [06-Jun-2011]

Vislink has acquired Gigawave, the Colchester-based supplier of wireless camera, microwave and antenna products with 87 staff, for £3.7m. [06-Jun-2011]

Colin Buchanan & Partners, the transport consultancy, has been acquired by Sinclair Knight Merz of Australia for undisclosed terms. [06-Jun-2011]

Kurt Geiger, the shoe retailer with 43 stores in the UK, has been acquired by Jones Group of the US for £215m. [06-Jun-2011]

Jardine Motors has bought three Toyota car dealerships in Colchester, Frinton and Ipswich, and a Lexus site in Ipswich, from Thorndale Investments for undisclosed terms. [06-Jun-2011]

Acal has acquired Hectronic, the Swedish embedded computing technology firm with 28 staff, for £1.2m. [02-Jun-2011]

Wates Group has acquired Linbrook Services, the London-based housing repairs and maintenance firm with about 400 staff, for undisclosed terms. [02-Jun-2011]

Tracsis is to acquire MPEC Technology, the supplier of data logging and remote monitoring equipment to the rail industry, for up to £2m. [02-Jun-2011]

Thomson Shepherd, the Edinburgh-based independent financial adviser, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms and has been renamed Carbon Financial Partners. [02-Jun-2011]

Xchanging has sold its US-based employee compensation and claims handling business to Sedgwick for £23m. [01-Jun-2011]

Global Energy Group has acquired Training Competency Consultancy, the Ellon-based provider of safety training courses with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms. [01-Jun-2011]

First Milk has acquired Kingdom Cheese and Kingdom Dairies of Fife for undisclosed terms. [01-Jun-2011]

Douglas Equipment, the Cheltenham-based manufacturer of tractor units with 135 staff, has been acquired by Curtiss-Wright Flow Control of the US for £12m. [01-Jun-2011]

BAe Systems has sold BAe Asset Management, its regional aircraft division, to Fortress Investment Group for £115m. [31-May-2011]

Jones Lang LaSalle is to merge with King Sturge to create a combined London-based property services group with 5,300 staff. [31-May-2011]

Deloitte has sold five Oddbins off-licence stores out of administration to Ex Cellar. [31-May-2011]

Lektronix, the industrial machines repair company with 290 staff at 11 sites including Aldridge and Cannock, has been acquired by Rockwell Automation for undisclosed terms. [31-May-2011]

JD Sports Fashion has bought the assets of Peter Werth and Pink Soda out of administration. [31-May-2011]

Chesterton Humberts has acquired Robert Clarke, the Nottingham-based chartered surveying firm with 15 staff. [31-May-2011]

OpSec Security is expanding its anti-counterfeiting technology business into the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with the acquisition of Marohu Investments and Advantics Corporation for up to £3.7m. [31-May-2011]

CitySprint has acquired Despatch UK, the Essex-based courier company. [31-May-2011]

Valiant Petroleum is to acquire Sagex Petroleum, the Norwegian oil and gas exploration firm with 12 staff, for £7.1m. [31-May-2011]

Capita Group has acquired Call Centre Technology, the Bristol-based supplier of products and services to customer contact centres with 130 staff, for £15m. [31-May-2011]

Capita Group has acquired Team24, the Surrey-based healthcare recruitment firm with 80 staff, for £24m. [31-May-2011]

Brewin Dolphin is to acquire Tilman, the Irish private client fund management company with 16 staff, for an initial £18m. [31-May-2011]

Serco is to acquire Intelenet, the Indian provider of business process outsourcing services to the private sector with 32,000 staff, for up to £385m. [31-May-2011]

Sportingbet is to acquire Centrebet, the Australian betting firm, funded by a £130m share-and-bond issue. [31-May-2011]

The BBC is in negotiations to sell its magazine publishing business to private equity firm Exponent for an estimated £100m. [26-May-2011]

Northern Bear is to sell The Roof Truss Company, the supplier of rafters for houses across the North East of England, to management for £0.9m. [26-May-2011]

Morrisons has acquired a further two Netto stores in Manchester and Dunstable from Asda. [26-May-2011]

ITN Mark Education, the Manchester-based education recruitment firm with 16 offices, has been acquired by Core Projects & Technologies of India for £13m. [26-May-2011]

Twitter is expected to acquire TweetDeck, the London-based software developer with about 15 staff. [25-May-2011]

BAe Systems is to sell its US-based Composite Structures business EnCore Composites Holdings for £20m, with the transfer of 170 staff. [25-May-2011]

Tesco has acquired BzzAgent, the US social marketing company, for about £40m. [25-May-2011]

Actimax has acquired Universal Office Automation, the Hertfordshire-based telecoms infrastructure and network services firm, for £2.7m. [25-May-2011]

Lab21 is to acquire Myconostica, the Manchester-based developer of molecular diagnostic products, from Amphion Innovations. [24-May-2011]

Beannchor Group is expected to buy Wen Inns, the County Down-based chain of 15 pubs, out of administration. [24-May-2011]

Network Group Holdings has acquired Procurement People Recruitment, the recruitment firm with offices in London and Warwick, for £0.2m. [24-May-2011]

Abcam has acquired MitoSciences, the US provider of mitochondrial research tools with 24 staff, for £3.7m. [24-May-2011]

Tullow Oil is to acquire Nuon Exploration & Production from Vattenfall Group for £260m, in order to expand its operations in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. [24-May-2011]

HMV has agreed to sell its Waterstone's chain of 296 book stores to A&NN Capital Fund Management for £53m, with the transfer of 4,500 staff. [23-May-2011]

Newport Paper has acquired the assets of North East Recycling, in order to establish a commercial waste recycling depot at Blaydon near Gateshead. [23-May-2011]

Jimmy Choo, the luxury shoe manufacturer, has been acquired by Austria-based Labelux for an estimated £500m. [23-May-2011]

EKF Diagnostics is to acquire Stanbio Laboratory, the US medical diagnostic devices firm, for £16m. [23-May-2011]

B&M Retail has bought 11 Focus DIY stores out of administration, securing the future of 211 jobs. [23-May-2011]

Ebiquity has acquired Echo Research, the advertising and media analysis firm with 45 staff in London, France, Singapore and the US, for up to £10m. [23-May-2011]

Umeco is to sell Pattonair, the provider of aerospace supply chain services with 680 staff, to Exponent Private Equity for about £150m. [23-May-2011]

Scottish & Southern Energy has acquired the Keadby wind farm project near Scunthorpe, and construction of the 34 turbines will start later this year. [23-May-2011]

Triumph Furniture has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 200 jobs in Merthyr Tydfil and Tredegar. [23-May-2011]

Ramora UK, the Portsmouth-based explosives disposal firm with 25 staff, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new company called Ramora Global. [23-May-2011]

Barcrest, the Manchester-based supplier of gaming machines with 300 staff, has been acquired by Scientific Games Corporation of the US for up to £35m. [23-May-2011]

SHS Group has bought a majority stake in Bottlegreen Drinks, the Gloucestershire-based soft drinks manufacturer, from private equity firm Piper for £25m. [19-May-2011]

Hill & Smith has acquired ATA, the Swedish supplier of road safety barriers, for £9.8m. [19-May-2011]

PX Group is looking to expand into the Middle East following the recent acquisition of Simpson Coulson, the Billingham-based engineering consultancy. [19-May-2011]

BP is to sell the Wytch Farm oilfield in Dorset to Perenco, as part of a £370m deal that also includes the Wareham, Beacon and Kimmeridge fields. [19-May-2011]

Shire Pharmaceuticals is to acquire Advanced BioHealing, the US regenerative medicine firm with 400 staff, for £462m. [18-May-2011]

Sinclaire Group has acquired Wilman Interiors, the Burnley-based furnishings supplier. [18-May-2011]

Higos Insurance Services has acquired Plymstock Insurance Centre of Plymouth, taking its network of South West offices to 16. [18-May-2011]

Graeme M Fraser has sold its assets out of administration to Orkney-based The Long Partnership, saving 14 jobs at its accountancy operations in the Highlands. [18-May-2011]

Dawson International has sold Dawson Home Group, the Manchester-based supplier of bed linen with 53 staff, to Brookmann Home for £4m. [18-May-2011]

Dolphin, the Liverpool-based music retailer, has been bought out of administration by S&T Audio. [18-May-2011]

Travis Perkins has bought 13 Focus DIY stores out of administration for £8.4m, in order to expand its Wickes business. [18-May-2011]

Commercial Clutch Services has been sold out of administration by MCR to HGV Direct, securing eight jobs at its Birmingham-based commercial vehicle spare parts business. [18-May-2011]

Amec is to acquire MACTEC, the US engineering and environmental services company with 2,600 staff at 70 offices, for £172m. [18-May-2011]

Jones Lang LaSalle is in negotiations for a £160m merger with property services firm King Sturge. [18-May-2011]

Stonegate has acquired Farmhouse Freedom Eggs, the Monmouthshire-based egg supplier, for undisclosed terms. [18-May-2011]

Fiberweb has acquired Tubex, the Aberdare-based supplier of tree shelters, for £5.1m. [17-May-2011]

General Physics UK has acquired Ultra Training, the Bodmin-based training firm with annual turnover of £2.8m. [17-May-2011]

RBG, the Aberdeen-based energy services firm with about 3,000 staff in Scotland, has been acquired by Stork Technical Services of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms. [17-May-2011]

Andrew Jones Pies has undergone a pre-pack administration, securing 17 jobs at its Huddersfield-based pie manufacturing business. [17-May-2011]

Britvic has bought Quinn's of Cookstown, the Tyrone-based drinks wholesaler with 30 staff, from C&C Northern Ireland. [17-May-2011]

Autonomy has bought Iron Mountain's archiving, eDiscovery and online backup operations for £216m, in order to expand its Cambridge-based cloud computing business. [17-May-2011]

Sparkes Porter is to merge with BDG London to create a combined property agency called BDG Sparkes Porter with ten staff in London. [16-May-2011]

Environmental Resources Management, the environmental consultancy with 3,600 staff in 40 countries, is to be sold by Bridgepoint to Chaterhouse Capital for £586m. [16-May-2011]

Centrica has acquired PH Jones, the Cheshire-based provider of central heating services to the social housing market with 850 staff at 30 branches, for £30m, in order to expand its British Gas Community Energy division. [16-May-2011]

PhotonStar LED has acquired Camtronics Vale, the Tredegar-based electronics manufacturer, for up to £0.4m. [16-May-2011]

Charles Stanley is to acquire Jobson James Financial Services, the Birmingham-based wealth management firm, for £2.2m. [16-May-2011]

Next Fifteen Communications has acquired CMG Worldwide, the digital agency trading as Bourne with offices in Glasgow, London and the US. [16-May-2011]

Liberty & Cole, the Edinburgh-based PR firm, has been acquired by 72 Point for undisclosed terms. [16-May-2011]

Talacre Beach Leisure has sold four holiday parks in North Wales to Darwin Leisure Property Fund and Pario Leisure Group for undisclosed terms. [16-May-2011]

Sudlows has acquired York Technology Group, the Manchester-based data storage firm, for undisclosed terms. [16-May-2011]

ACS Clothing, the Glasgow-based kilt hire firm with 180 staff, has bought Etiquette Formal Hire out of administration for £2m. [12-May-2011]

Premex Group, the Bolton-based provider of medical reporting services with 300 staff, has been acquired by ExamWorks of the US for £66m. [12-May-2011]

Corrosion Resistant Products, the Rochdale-based manufacturer of pipes and fittings with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Yorkshire Bank. [12-May-2011]

Secure Options has been sold out of administration to Julian Nicholls, securing about 100 jobs at its Oldham-based security equipment business. [12-May-2011]

Key Technologies has sold its Cradley Heath-based STS Rail Signals business to Mors Smitt of the Netherlands for £2.4m. [12-May-2011]

Steven Abbott Associates has acquired Barden Planning Consultants, the Kendal-based town planning consultancy. [11-May-2011]

Icera, the Bristol-based semiconductors company with 300 staff, is to be acquired by Nvidia of the US for £224m. [11-May-2011]

Unicom, the Manchester-based telecoms firm with 450 staff, is said to have undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners. [11-May-2011]

Team Telecom Group has acquired C&C Technology, the Basingstoke-based IT consultancy with about 150 staff. [11-May-2011]

Sims Metal Management has acquired Dunn Brothers, the Birmingham-based operator of nine metal recycling plants, for undisclosed terms. [10-May-2011]

Elan is to sell Elan Drug Technologies, its drug formulation business, to Alkermes of the US for £590m. [10-May-2011]

Braemar Shipping has acquired the business of BMT Marine & Offshore Surveys out of administration for £2.4m, including about 94 marine surveyors at 21 offices worldwide. [10-May-2011]

SIG has sold its Beaver 84 scaffolding and fencing business to Altrad Group of France for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 150 staff at 11 sites. [10-May-2011]

Prater, the cladding firm with 300 staff at seven depots and fabrication plants in Thurrock and East Sussex, has been acquired by Lindner of Germany. [10-May-2011]

Tangerine Confectionery, the confectionery manufacturer with 1,340 staff in Blackpool, Liverpool, Cleckheaton, York, Pontefract and Poole, is in negotiations to be acquired by private equity firm Blackstone for about £100m. [10-May-2011]

All Saints, the chain of 62 fashion stores and 45 concessions, has been acquired by a consortium led by Lion Capital in a deal estimated at £105m. [09-May-2011]

Skan Group has bought the waste vehicle and equipment manufacturing assets of the Boughton Group in Staffordshire and Devon out of administration. [09-May-2011]

Boxclever has been acquired by investment company Weight Partners for undisclosed terms, securing more than 300 jobs at its white goods rental business. [09-May-2011]

Silentnight, the Lancashire-based bed maker with 1,250 staff, has been bought out of administration by private equity firm HIG Capital. [09-May-2011]

Quindell is to undergo a reverse takeover by cash shell Mission Capital, in order to gain a £33m listing on Aim and expand its marketing business. [09-May-2011]

Smiths Gore is to merge with Stratton Holborow, the chartered surveyors with offices in Exeter, St Mellion and Truro. [09-May-2011]

Rangers, the Glasgow-based football club, has been acquired by Wavetower, following the sale of an 85% stake in Murray MHL. [09-May-2011]

Poundstretcher has bought 15 Alworths stores out of administration, securing more than 200 jobs. [09-May-2011]

Central Catering Services has acquired Express Cafes, the mobile catering firm, from Compass for undisclosed terms. [09-May-2011]

Syntopix Group is to acquire Leeds Skin Centre for Applied Research, the Wetherby-based testing laboratory, for £0.9m. [09-May-2011]

Francis Clark is in merger discussions with Cornwall-based Winter Rule to create a combined accountancy group with 350 staff. [09-May-2011]

The Buy to Let Business has bought The Good Mortgage Company of Southampton out of administration. [09-May-2011]

Armstrong Watson has acquired O'Reilly, the Carlisle-based chartered accountant with 13 staff. [09-May-2011]

Manchester Organics has sold a 51% stake in its Runcorn-based chemicals business to Navin Fluorine International of India for £4.3m. [09-May-2011]

M Winkworth has acquired the Mitchells chain of four real estate offices in the Bournemouth area for £0.5m. [05-May-2011]

Wynnstay has acquired Wrekin Grain, the Telford-based grain marketing and agricultural supplier, for £4m. [05-May-2011]

GT Produce of Leeds has acquired RS Fruits, the Kent-based fruit marketing firm. [05-May-2011]

Uniline Safety Systems, the Redditch-based manufacturer of safety equipment with 38 staff, has been acquired by Capital Safety Group for undisclosed terms. [05-May-2011]

Cosalt has sold its marine safety equipment business to Survitec Group for £31m. [04-May-2011]

WorldPay has acquired Envoy Services, the London-based e-commerce firm with 70 staff, for £70m. [04-May-2011]

William Hill has acquired Brandywine Bookmaking of the US for £9.6m, in order to gain 16 Lucky's betting outlets in Nevada. [04-May-2011]

Compass has acquired BGP, the Swedish catering company, for £1.6m. [04-May-2011]

SDL has acquired Calamares, the Dutch media asset management company, for undisclosed terms. [04-May-2011]

Micro Spring & Presswork has acquired Invincible Spring Company, the Wolverhampton-based manufacturer of spring components. [04-May-2011]

GVA is to acquire Humberts Leisure, the hotel property specialist with 30 staff in five offices, for undisclosed terms. [04-May-2011]

Experian is to acquire a majority stake in Computec, the Colombian credit information services firm valued at £240m. [04-May-2011]

Savills has sold an 80% stake in Savills Private Finance to a management team, and the business will be renamed SPF Private Clients. [04-May-2011]

Villandry, the food store and restaurant operator with two sites in London and Bicester, has been acquired by the founder of Village du Pain for undisclosed terms. [04-May-2011]

Penningtons Solicitors has merged with Dawsons Solicitors, the London-based law firm with more than 40 staff. [04-May-2011]

Heating Plumbing Supplies, the East Sussex-based chain of plumbers' merchants, has undergone a £13m management buy-out. [04-May-2011]

Bond Aviation, the helicopter services firm with 480 staff at sites including Gloucestershire and Glasgow, has been acquired by World Helicopters for £267m. [03-May-2011]

Smith Group, the Lancashire-based air conditioning and engineering firm with 270 staff, has been acquired by Imtech. [03-May-2011]

Quinn Insurance's assets are to be sold out of administration to Liberty Mutual Direct Insurance Company of the US, with the transfer of 1,570 staff in Northern Ireland and the Republic. [03-May-2011]

CAN Media Group, the Preston-based community TV company with 85 staff, has been acquired by Live It & Learn of Cheshire for undisclosed terms. [03-May-2011]

Gooch & Housego has acquired Crystal Technology, the US optical equipment manufacturer, for £8.6m. [03-May-2011]

FRP Advisory has sold six Options Employment businesses out of administration to recruitment agencies Network, Spring Payroll, Recroot and Solsbury Solutions, securing 50 permanent and 1,300 temporary jobs. [03-May-2011]

Manesty, the Merseyside-based pharmaceutical equipment manufacturer with 110 staff, has been acquired by Bosch of Germany for undisclosed terms. [03-May-2011]

Beechdale Motors, the Derby-based Alfa Romeo, Hyundai and Isuzu car dealership, has undergone a management buy-out. [03-May-2011]

OpSec Security, the Wearside-based anti-counterfeiting technology firm with 85 staff, is to be acquired by Orca Holdings of the US for £28m. [28-Apr-2011]

Wonderland Software, the Guildford-based games developer, has been acquired by Zynga of the US for undisclosed terms. [28-Apr-2011]

Barcrest, the Manchester-based supplier of amusement machines, is to be acquired by Scientific Games for up to £40m. [28-Apr-2011]

Caterham Cars, the Surrey-based manufacturer of racing cars with about 100 staff, has been acquired by the Malaysian owner of the Lotus Formula One Team for undisclosed terms. [28-Apr-2011]

Greene King has acquired Realpubs, the London-based chain of 14 pubs, for £53m. [28-Apr-2011]

SAS Daniels has acquired Berry & Co, the Macclesfield-based personal injury law firm, and expects to make further acquisitions over the next two years. [28-Apr-2011]

Pinewood Shepperton has agreed a £96m takeover offer from Peel Holdings, and £20m will be invested in the expansion of its film studios. [28-Apr-2011]

Iomart has acquired Switch Media, the Liverpool-based internet hosting firm, for £1.2m. [28-Apr-2011]

A-Gas has raised £70m from the sale of a stake to private equity firm LDC, in order to fund the expansion of its Bristol-based industrial gases and chemicals business. [28-Apr-2011]

Domino's Pizza is to expand into Germany with the acquisition of a 75% stake in the Intergrowth Enterprises master franchisee. [28-Apr-2011]

G4S has acquired Broomco, the owner of the Guidance Monitoring offender monitoring technology business with gross assets of £10m. [28-Apr-2011]

Virgin Active is to acquire 55 Esporta fitness clubs in the UK for £78m. [27-Apr-2011]

Whittalls Wines has bought 37 Oddbins off-licences out of administration for an estimated £4m, securing more than 200 jobs. [27-Apr-2011]

Syndicate Asset Management is to sell its institutional fixed income asset management business to Hume Capital for up to £2.1m. [27-Apr-2011]

Active Energy has acquired Red Line Engineering Services of Essex for £0.5m. [27-Apr-2011]

Binding Site, the Birmingham-based biotechnology company, has been acquired by private equity firm Nordic Capital for undisclosed terms. [27-Apr-2011]

Individual Restaurant Company, the owner of 33 Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill outlets, is expected to be acquired by a new consortium called W2D2 for £17m. [26-Apr-2011]

Bristol Cars has been bought out of administration by the Kampkorp Autokraft division of Frazer-Nash. [26-Apr-2011]

Speedy Hire has sold the Speedy Space chain of 14 accommodation hire depots to the Elliott Group subsidiary of Algeco Scotsman for £35m. [26-Apr-2011]

Pearson is to acquire Schoolnet, the US education technology company, for £140m. [26-Apr-2011]

Staffline has acquired Fourstar Employment & Skills, the provider of Work Programme services in the Birmingham area with 170 staff, for £3m. [26-Apr-2011]

Gul International, the Bodmin-based chain of ten surfwear shops, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor, securing 82 jobs. [26-Apr-2011]

Midlands Truck & Van has acquired Gerard Mann, the Mercedes-Benz dealer with sites in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. [26-Apr-2011]

BDO has sold the Sunday Sport newspaper out of administration to its original owner, and it will be relaunched with eight staff based at Ardwick in Manchester. [26-Apr-2011]

Ideal Shopping Direct, the TV shopping company, is to be acquired by Inflexion Private Equity for £78m. [21-Apr-2011]

Yorkshire Building Society has confirmed plans to merge with Norwich & Peterborough Building Society to create a combined group with 224 branches and 3,700 staff. [21-Apr-2011]

Tesco has acquired an 80% stake in Blinkbox, the London-based movie streaming service, for undisclosed terms. [21-Apr-2011]

Northern Bear is to sell its Hastie D Burton building services business to Datewood Builders for a nominal sum. [21-Apr-2011]

Browne's Chocolates has been bought out of liquidation by two local businessmen for undisclosed terms, and production at its Okehampton factory will restart with about ten staff. [21-Apr-2011]

The Mill, the London-based TV and film production company, has been acquired by Barclays Private Equity in a £119m deal. [20-Apr-2011]

Tate & Lyle is to sell its Vietnamese sugar business to TH Milk Food Joint Stock Company for £33m. [20-Apr-2011]

Montpellier Marketing Communications Group (MMCG), the Cheltenham-based PR and marketing firm, has been sold out of administration by Smith & Williamson to a management team. [20-Apr-2011]

Hanover Insurance is to acquire Chaucer Holdings, the Lloyd's insurance group with offices in London and Whitstable, for £313m. [20-Apr-2011]

Chemring is to acquire the US detection systems business of General Dynamics Armament & Technical Products for £55m. [20-Apr-2011]

M Kettlewell has acquired Allen W Brown, the Ripon-based haulage firm with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms. [20-Apr-2011]

The Landscape Centre has acquired Bryan Hynds Services, the Portadown-based maintenance firm with 35 staff. [20-Apr-2011]

International Sports Management has acquired Rule 1.02 Marketing, the US sports marketing consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [19-Apr-2011]

Plotters Plus, the Bolton-based printing equipment supplier trading as Pluss, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new management team. [19-Apr-2011]

CitySprint has acquired TnM Couriers, the Warrington-based pharmaceuticals courier. [19-Apr-2011]

Haldanes has acquired 20 former Netto supermarkets from Asda, and will convert them to its UGO discount brand. [18-Apr-2011]

Smiths of Peterhead has been bought out of administration by a new company called Touch Interactive, securing 17 jobs at its weaving factory near Mintlaw. [18-Apr-2011]

Technology Services Group has acquired Concentrix, the Loughborough-based customer relationship management firm with 61 staff. [18-Apr-2011]

TalkTalk has acquired Executel, the Gateshead-based telephone systems supplier with about 50 staff, for undisclosed terms. [18-Apr-2011]

Woodhead has sold its Scarborough bakery and 11 shops out of administration to Haldane Retail, while a further 18 shops have been sold to Coopland & Sons. [18-Apr-2011]

Quod has acquired Hunt Dobson Stringer, the London-based firm of regeneration and development consultants. [18-Apr-2011]

Scottish & Southern Energy has sold two wind farms in Dumfries & Galloway and one in Northern Ireland to Infinis for £174m. [18-Apr-2011]

Balfour Beatty is to sell its UK trackwork manufacturing business, which has five sites and annual sales of £55m, to the Progress Rail Services subsidiary of Caterpillar. [18-Apr-2011]

RSM Tenon is in negotiations to sell the 154-acre former Phoenix Chemicals site in Annan out of administration to Bakhu Pharma. [18-Apr-2011]

Boss Direct has acquired JM Roberts Print to create a combined Bolton-based printing group with 34 staff. [18-Apr-2011]

Capita Group has acquired Right Document Solutions, the London-based print services firm, for £30m. [18-Apr-2011]

William Hill is expanding into the US sports-betting market with the £24m acquisition of American Wagering Inc and Cal Neva Sportsbook in Nevada. [18-Apr-2011]

Britton Group, the Cheshire-based packaging firm, has been acquired by Sun Capital Partners for an estimated £90m. [18-Apr-2011]

Zetar has acquired Derwent Lynton, the Derby-based chocolate confectionery manufacturer, for up to £0.8m. [14-Apr-2011]

Ioko, the York-based online video services developer with 380 staff, is to be acquired by KIT Digital for about £50m. [14-Apr-2011]

PTS UK, the Ipswich-based haulage firm with 40 staff, has been acquired by Greencarrier of Sweden for undisclosed terms. [14-Apr-2011]

Osprey Group has acquired Old House Books, the Devon-based map publishing firm, for undisclosed terms. [14-Apr-2011]

Liontrust Asset Management is to sell its credit business, which has £85m in assets under management, to Avoca Capital Holdings. [14-Apr-2011]

Acorn Group has acquired Draig Personnel, the Caerphilly-based recruitment firm, for undisclosed terms. [14-Apr-2011]

Brabners Chaffe Street is to merge with Murphy Hodgkinson, the Liverpool-based property law firm with 11 staff. [13-Apr-2011]

Rippleglen, the chain of 144 newsagents trading as Arden News, Supernews and News Shops, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyds TSB. [13-Apr-2011]

Carter Jonas is to merge with Jeffersons, the Cambridge-based commercial property firm. [12-Apr-2011]

Synergy Health has acquired BeamOne, the US provider of sterilisation services to the health sector, for £21m. [12-Apr-2011]

Cabot Financial has been acquired by private equity firm AnaCap, and will be merged with Apex Credit Management to create a leading debt purchasing group. [12-Apr-2011]

Restore has bought the business and assets of Sargents, the London-based document storage firm with 65 staff, out of administration. [12-Apr-2011]

Cello Group has acquired Red Kite Consulting, the Surrey-based healthcare marketing consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [12-Apr-2011]

Bond International Software has sold its Abacus Software subsidiary to a management buy-out for £1.7m. [12-Apr-2011]

Interior Services Group has acquired an 85% stake in Realys Group, the Chinese design and project management company, for £5.6m. [12-Apr-2011]

Astex Therapeutics, the Cambridge-based drug discovery firm, has been acquired by SuperGen of the US for up to £75m. [11-Apr-2011]

Business & Enterprise UK has acquired Business-to-Business, the event management and international trade firm with 36 staff in London, Newcastle and Coventry. [11-Apr-2011]

Emailvision is to acquire SmartFocus, the Bristol-based provider of email and marketing services, for £25m. [11-Apr-2011]

Capita Group is to acquire the government and health advisory businesses of Tribal Group for up to £16m. [11-Apr-2011]

Airwave has acquired Kelvin Connect, the Glasgow-based communications software firm with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms. [11-Apr-2011]

G4S has acquired Cotswold Group, the Gloucester-based surveillance and investigations firm with 260 staff, for £10m. [11-Apr-2011]

Automated Systems Group has acquired Transcribe Copier Systems, the printer supplier with sites in Kent and East Anglia. [11-Apr-2011]

Provident Insurance, the Halifax-based motor insurer with 400 staff, has been acquired by Covea of France for undisclosed terms. [11-Apr-2011]

Cineworld is to acquire Cinesur Circuito Sanchez-Ramade, the Spanish chain of 11 multiplex cinemas, for undisclosed terms. [11-Apr-2011]

Plumbase has acquired 12 former PTS plumbing depots, taking its total network to 194. [11-Apr-2011]

Magnadata has bought Character DPM out of administration, saving about 111 jobs at printing operations in Bootle, Aintree and Warrington. [11-Apr-2011]

CableCom Networking of Somerset has acquired Freewire, the provider of telephone and internet services, from Move Networks. [07-Apr-2011]

A&R Carton of Sweden has acquired a majority stake in Speciality Paperboard Containers, the Rotherham-based packaging manufacturer. [07-Apr-2011]

Chime Communications is to acquire Icon, the Sidcup-based marketing and branding firm, for an initial £11m. [07-Apr-2011]

Compass Group has acquired PPP-Infrastructure Management, the support services firm with annual revenue of £20m, from Semperian for undisclosed terms. [07-Apr-2011]

Centaur Media has acquired The Forum for Expatriate Management for up to £6.7m. [07-Apr-2011]

Woodspeen Training has acquired BDTS Training Services, the Bradford-based vocational training firm with 20 staff, for £0.6m. [07-Apr-2011]

Ambrian Capital is to sell its Ambrian Commodities business to INTL FCStone for £10m. [07-Apr-2011]

Costain has acquired a 75% stake in ClerkMaxwell, the Aberdeen-based engineering and oil support services firm, for an initial £3.2m. [07-Apr-2011]

Balfour Beatty has acquired Power Efficiency, the Kent-based energy procurement and carbon strategy consultancy, for up to £18m. [07-Apr-2011]

Eviivo, the London-based accommodation booking service, has been acquired by Investcorp Technology Partners in a £30m deal. [07-Apr-2011]

Beales is expected to acquire 19 department stores from the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society for £7.5m. [06-Apr-2011]

Priory Group has acquired Craegmoor Group, the Worcester-based provider of mental health services with more than 6,000 staff, for undisclosed terms. [06-Apr-2011]

CJ Lang is to acquire AM Landsburgh, the Dundee-based chain of ten Spar convenience stores, for undisclosed terms. [06-Apr-2011]

Investbx, the Birmingham-based online stock exchange, is to be acquired by a new company called Colmore Row Managed Services for undisclosed terms. [06-Apr-2011]

Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients, the manufacturer of pastry fillings with seven sites, is to be acquired by Dawn Foods of the US for undisclosed terms. [06-Apr-2011]

Romag, the County Durham-based specialist glass manufacturer with 160 staff, has been acquired by Gentoo of Sunderland in a pre-pack administration. [05-Apr-2011]

Barclays has acquired the small business credit card portfolio of MBNA Europe, which will affect up to 50 staff in Chester. [05-Apr-2011]

Daisy Group has acquired the communications assets of Telinet and Ipitomi for up to £15m. [05-Apr-2011]

Close Brothers has acquired Cavanagh Group, the wealth management firm with 60 financial advisers in eight offices, for £26m. [05-Apr-2011]

HW Martin has acquired the commercial and industrial waste operations of Durham-based Premier Waste for undisclosed terms. [05-Apr-2011]

Countrywide has acquired Mortgage Intelligence, the Bournemouth-based mortgage broker, for undisclosed terms. [05-Apr-2011]

Converteam, the French power conversion company with 280 staff in Staffordshire, has been acquired by General Electric for £2bn. [05-Apr-2011]

Silverdell has acquired AH Allen, the asbestos consultancy with offices in Hessle and Sheffield, for up to £0.9m. [05-Apr-2011]

Tony Pryce Sports, the Somerset-based chain of 34 sports shops, has been acquired by Mantra Brands in a pre-pack administration. [05-Apr-2011]

Vodafone is to sell its 44% stake in the SFR mobile network in France to joint venture partner Vivendi for £6.8bn. [04-Apr-2011]

Six Piers has sold the North Pier in Blackpool to Sedgwick's for undisclosed terms, and the pier's Victorian heritage will be restored. [04-Apr-2011]

James Townsend & Sons, the Exeter-based label printing firm with 74 staff, has been acquired by Enniskillen-based Webtech NI for undisclosed terms. [04-Apr-2011]

Matthews & Goodman has merged with Edmund Kirby to create a combined group of chartered surveyors with offices in Manchester, Liverpool and London. [04-Apr-2011]

WYG has sold Adams Kara Taylor, its London-based engineering business with 120 staff, to a management team for £3.7m. [04-Apr-2011]

AGA Rangemaster has acquired the business and assets of Redfyre Cookers and Don Heating Products from Gazco for £0.8m. [04-Apr-2011]

Croma is to sell its RDDS Avionics surveillance solutions business to Oak Manor Investments for £1m. [04-Apr-2011]

Harland has acquired Cobalt IS Auto ID, the Crewe-based printing equipment supplier, for undisclosed terms. [04-Apr-2011]

Prezzo has acquired five Il Bertorelli outlets and a Caffe Uno from Paramount Restaurants for £0.6m, as part of a strategy to open at least 20 new sites this year. [31-Mar-2011]

Northumbrian Fine Foods, the Team Valley-based biscuit manufacturer with 160 staff, has been sold by Duke Street to a management team for a nominal sum. [31-Mar-2011]

Washington Display has undergone a pre-pack administration deal through Begbies Traynor, securing the future of 62 jobs at its Washington-based point-of-display materials business. [31-Mar-2011]

Zotefoams has acquired the remaining 70% stake in MuCell, the US developer of microcellular foam extrusion technology, for £4.6m. [31-Mar-2011]

Daisy Group has acquired the Vodafone mobile service business of Outsourcery Group for £12m. [31-Mar-2011]

Omiino, the Belfast-based telecoms firm with 16 staff, has been acquired by Xilinx of the US for undisclosed terms. [31-Mar-2011]

Fisher German is to merge with Worcestershire-based John Sanders to create a combined chartered surveying group with 13 offices. [31-Mar-2011]

Taylor Wimpey is to sell its North American housebuilding business to TMM Holdings for £595m. [31-Mar-2011]

Red Arrow Entertainment is to acquire a 51% stake in The Mob Film Company, the film production company with offices in Manchester and London. [31-Mar-2011]

Westfield Health of Sheffield has acquired PatientChoice, the Surrey-based health insurance firm. [31-Mar-2011]

Gifford, the engineering and environmental consultancy, has been acquired by Ramboll of Denmark. [31-Mar-2011]

Daler-Rowney, the Bracknell-based supplier of fine art materials, has undergone a £26m management buy-out backed by Electra Partners. [31-Mar-2011]

Lyceum Capital has acquired EAT from Penta Capital for about £65m, and plans to expand its chain of 110 sandwich stores to 300. [30-Mar-2011]

Charter International is to acquire Thomassen Compression Systems, the Dutch engineering firm, for £88m, in order to expand its Howden division. [30-Mar-2011]

Vicinity of Liverpool is to merge with Salford-based Contour to create a new low-cost housing provider called Symphony Housing Group. [30-Mar-2011]

Accumuli is to acquire Boxing Orange, the West Yorkshire-based IT security solutions firm with 24 staff, for an initial £5.5m. [30-Mar-2011]

Phlexglobal, the Amersham-based pharmaceutical support services firm with 200 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Inflexion Private Equity for undisclosed terms. [30-Mar-2011]

NCC Group has acquired Escrow Associates, the US software company with ten staff, for up to £5.9m. [30-Mar-2011]

MTH Express Services has acquired Pallet Systems of Wednesbury to create a combined logistics group with 34 staff. [30-Mar-2011]

EADS is to acquire Vector Aerospace, the helicopter repair and maintenance firm with 2,500 staff and sites in Canada, Croydon, Gosport and Farnborough, for £399m. [29-Mar-2011]

MB Aerospace has sold its Roberts and WellClad manufacturing operations to a new Aberdeen-based company called Glacier Energy Services. [29-Mar-2011]

KPMG has sold Beetham Hotels Liverpool and Beetham Hotels Manchester out of administration to Blue Liverpool and Blue Manchester for undisclosed terms. [29-Mar-2011]

Senior has acquired Damar Machine Company, the US manufacturer of precision machined parts, for £15m. [29-Mar-2011]

Travel Management Group has acquired the corporate travel division of Warwickshire-based Complete World Travel out of administration. [29-Mar-2011]

TJ Hughes, the Liverpool-based chain of 57 discount department stores, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Endless for undisclosed terms. [28-Mar-2011]

Tom's Kitchens has been acquired by Istanbul Doors Restaurant Group of Turkey for undisclosed terms, and plans to open eight more restaurants in London. [28-Mar-2011]

Bond Aviation, the Gloucester-based helicopter operator, is expected to be acquired by Inaer of Spain for £300m. [28-Mar-2011]

K3 Business Technology has acquired Clarita Solutions, the Southampton-based provider of Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP solutions, for £0.8m. [28-Mar-2011]

Ageas UK has acquired Castle Cover, the Dorset-based insurance firm, for £53m. [28-Mar-2011]

West Bromwich Building Society has sold its Mortgage Force broker franchise to a management team, in order to focus on savings, investments and mortgages. [28-Mar-2011]

Marshall Motor Group is to acquire four car dealerships in Welwyn Garden City and Milton Keynes from Pilling Motor Group. [28-Mar-2011]

Baker Tilly has merged with Richardson Groves, the Bath-based accountancy with 22 staff. [28-Mar-2011]

Hammerson has acquired seven shopping centres in Coventry, Croydon, Falkirk, Folkestone, Lichfield, Newcastle and Rugby for £280m. [24-Mar-2011]

Baker Tilly has sold six Maypole Group pubs in Norfolk, Suffolk and Wiltshire out of administration to Marco Pierre White. [24-Mar-2011]

Unilever has sold its Sanex soap and shower gel brand to Colgate-Palmolive for £585m, in order to secure approval for the recent acquisition of part of Sara Lee. [24-Mar-2011]

Billington Holdings is to acquire certain assets of Marshall Steel Stairs, the Leeds-based steel fabrication firm, out of administration. [24-Mar-2011]

Blue Sky People Solutions, the Birkenhead-based training firm, has undergone a management buy-out. [24-Mar-2011]

Alliance Pharma has acquired the Ashton & Parsons teething treatment and Anbesol mouth ulcer brands from Reckitt Benckiser for £2.6m. [24-Mar-2011]

Middleby is to acquire Lincat, the Lincoln-based catering equipment manufacturer with 300 staff, for £58m. [23-Mar-2011]

Marex Financial is to acquire Spectron Group, the energy broker, from Imarex of Norway for £94m. [23-Mar-2011]

Hughes Electrical has bought some of the assets of Bennetts out of administration, and will reopen six of the East Anglian electrical stores with the creation of up to 100 jobs. [23-Mar-2011]

Huntsworth has acquired Atomic PR, the US-based PR agency with an office in London, for an initial £8.3m. [23-Mar-2011]

United Auctions has bought the Stirling Agricultural Centre livestock market from Elphinstone for undisclosed terms. [23-Mar-2011]

Litho Supplies, the Derbyshire-based print products supplier with 64 staff, has been acquired by Agfa of Belgium. [23-Mar-2011]

Ego Restaurants has merged with Rocket Restaurants, the London-based chain of three pizza restaurants, to create a new group called 3Sixty Restaurants. [22-Mar-2011]

Compass Group is to acquire Elior Nederland, the Dutch foodservice company with gross assets of £25m. [22-Mar-2011]

Mace & Jones has confirmed plans to merge with Weightmans to create a combined law firm with more than 1,000 staff across the country. [22-Mar-2011]

Glasses Direct has acquired Sunglasses Shop for undisclosed terms, creating a combined online eyewear supplier with more than 100 staff in Southend, London and Swindon. [22-Mar-2011]

Fourth Hospitality, the supplier of IT systems to restaurant chains, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm ECI Partners. [22-Mar-2011]

Shell has agreed to sell the Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire to Essar Energy of India for £217m, with the transfer of 960 staff. [21-Mar-2011]

Spark Response has acquired Ethical Superstore, the Gateshead-based fair trade retailer, in order to create a new Spark Etail subsidiary. [21-Mar-2011]

JD Sports Fashion has bought the Fenchurch fashion brand out of administration for about £1.5m, but all the staff are being made redundant. [21-Mar-2011]

Yorkshire Building Society is undergoing merger discussions with Norwich & Peterborough Building Society to create a combined group with 224 branches. [21-Mar-2011]

Close Brothers has sold its Cayman Islands trust, fiduciary services, fund administration and banking business to Intertrust Group for £21m. [21-Mar-2011]

Judges Scientific has acquired a 51% stake in Deben UK, the Suffolk-based supplier of equipment for microscopes, for £3.3m. [21-Mar-2011]

Bunzl is to acquire Cannon Consumables, the supplier of hygiene consumable products with annual revenue of £16m, from OCS Group. [21-Mar-2011]

Centrica is to acquire Gateway Energy Services Corporation for £55m, in order to expand its Direct Energy subsidiary in the US. [21-Mar-2011]

BF1systems, the Diss-based supplier of motorsport products with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [21-Mar-2011]

Spire Automotive has acquired the Hatfield Peugeot car dealership from ASE for undisclosed terms. [21-Mar-2011]

AF Blakemore has acquired Capper & Co, the Spar convenience store supplier with 141 staff at its Pontyclun headquarters and 2,259 in its sales network, for about £35m. [21-Mar-2011]

Phones 4u, the Staffordshire-based chain of more than 500 mobile phone stores, is to be sold by Providence Equity Partners to BC Partners for up to £700m. [21-Mar-2011]

Savant Distribution, the Leeds-based supplier of nutritional supplements, has been acquired by Naturalife Health of Ireland. [21-Mar-2011]

Advanced Childcare, the Stockport-based group of 30 residential care homes, has been acquired by private equity firm GI Partners for £28m. [21-Mar-2011]

Singleton Clamp & Partners has acquired PTP Consultants, the London-based traffic consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [21-Mar-2011]

British Garden Centres Group has acquired Yorkshire Garden Centre of Gilberdyke, as part of a strategy to expand its chain of six sites to ten over the next five years. [21-Mar-2011]

Oxalis Group has acquired the Video Marine International CCTV manufacturing operations in the UK, Italy and Singapore. [21-Mar-2011]

Foyles has acquired Grant & Cutler, the London-based foreign language bookshop. [21-Mar-2011]

Avisen is to sell Inca Software, the Surrey-based supplier of IBM business analytics products, to Logicalis UK for £8.6m. [17-Mar-2011]

Staffline has acquired Ethos Recruitment, the Daventry-based recruitment agency, for undisclosed terms. [17-Mar-2011]

James Latham has acquired DLH UK, the hardwood importer, from Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman for a nominal sum, and will invest £4.2m in the expansion of the business. [17-Mar-2011]

Alito Color Group is expected to sell its East London printing business out of administration back to its former management team. [17-Mar-2011]

Wales Environmental, the Pembrokeshire-based waste management firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [17-Mar-2011]

Emerald Group Publishing has acquired Pier Professional, the Brighton-based publisher of 23 health journals. [17-Mar-2011]

Polyurethane Products, the plastics manufacturer with sites in Retford and Coventry, has been acquired by Trelleborg Engineered Systems of Sweden for undisclosed terms. [17-Mar-2011]

Buckingham Bingo of Manchester has sold its nine bingo clubs to Club3000 and Castle Leisure for about £20m. [17-Mar-2011]

Hardscape of Bolton has acquired Kane Granite Products, the Belfast-based building materials distributor. [17-Mar-2011]

Welchs Homes, the chain of seven holiday parks in Scotland and the North East, has been sold out of administration to its former owner, saving 15 jobs. [17-Mar-2011]

Glenside Manor Healthcare Services, the Wiltshire-based operator of a rehabilitation hospital and seven care homes, has undergone a £25m management buy-out backed by Bowmark Capital. [17-Mar-2011]

Serco has acquired The Listening Company, the network of eight call centres with 4,300 staff in Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Brora, Westminster, Tonbridge, Portsmouth and Richmond, for an initial £42m. [16-Mar-2011]

Allied Carpets has sold 26 of its 30 stores to the Savana Trading investment consortium. [16-Mar-2011]

Cello Group is to acquire MedErgy HealthGroup, the healthcare communications consultancy with 50 staff in the US and London, for an initial £3.4m. [16-Mar-2011]

Andover Transport has undergone a management buy-out from TrimTruk Group for undisclosed terms. [16-Mar-2011]

Stafforce Recruitment has acquired Relay Recruitment, the staffing firm with 30 staff in York, Bradford and Leeds. [16-Mar-2011]

ILA Group has acquired Premium Factory, the manufacturer of promotional items, in order to gain access to new retailers, countries and product opportunities. [16-Mar-2011]

St Ives is to sell its magazine printing division to private equity firm Walstead Investments, the owner of Wyndeham Press, for £20m, with the transfer of 670 staff in Peterborough, Plymouth and Cornwall. [15-Mar-2011]

Digital Barriers has acquired Essential Viewing Systems, the video surveillance products supplier spun out of Strathclyde University, for about £5m. [15-Mar-2011]

World of Sofas has been sold to a management team in a £0.3m pre-pack administration deal, and three of the 12 stores will close. [15-Mar-2011]

Chat Moss Herbs, the Eccles-based supplier of herbs and salad leaves with 20 staff, has been acquired by an investment consortium. [15-Mar-2011]

HQC, the St Helens-based sheet metal manufacturer with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [15-Mar-2011]

Marine Rescue Technologies, the Driffield-based marine safety firm, has been acquired by Mobilarm of Australia for £1.3m. [15-Mar-2011]

Bowler Off Road, the Belper-based off-road vehicle manufacturer, has been acquired by CPP Global for undisclosed terms, and production will transfer to CPP in Coventry. [15-Mar-2011]

WS Atkins has acquired Technical Services Scotland, the Bellshill-based electrical and process engineering consultancy with 29 staff, from RWE Npower for £0.8m. [15-Mar-2011]

North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts, the Middlesbrough-based tyre retailer with 360 staff, has been acquired by Stapleton's Tyre Services for undisclosed terms. [14-Mar-2011]

Valero is to acquire the Chevron oil refinery in Pembroke and its network of 1,000 Texaco-branded petrol stations for £1.1bn. [14-Mar-2011]

Unicorn Graphics, the parent company of Glasgow-based printer Gilmour & Dean, has been acquired by Industria Grafica Eurostampa of Italy for undisclosed terms. [14-Mar-2011]

Denby Dale Pie Company has been bought out of administration by a new company called Abbeydale Foods, saving 80 jobs in West Yorkshire. [14-Mar-2011]

Judicium has acquired UK Work Permits, the London-based corporate immigration consultancy, for an initial £0.3m. [14-Mar-2011]

Playtech has acquired PT Turnkey Services for £120m, in order to expand into payment advisory services, hosting servers and marketing operations. [14-Mar-2011]

Close Brothers has sold its fund administration, asset management, offshore trust and banking operations in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man to Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands for £29m, with the transfer of 350 staff. [14-Mar-2011]

Rigby Taylor, the turf management firm with 110 staff in Bolton, Guildford and Edinburgh, has been acquired by Origin Enterprises of Ireland for £10m. [14-Mar-2011]

IOT, the Wakefield-based printing consumables supplier with 173 staff, has been acquired by Sharp UK for undisclosed terms. [14-Mar-2011]

Minoan Group has acquired King World Travel, the Scottish chain of six travel agencies, for £0.4m. [14-Mar-2011]

United Agri Products, the Cambridgeshire-based agriculture technology services firm, has been acquired by Origin Enterprises for an initial £33m. [14-Mar-2011]

Laird has acquired Kluver Aggregatebau, the German supplier of active cooling systems for medical equipment, for £21m. [14-Mar-2011]

Leo Burnett has acquired Airlock, the London-based digital advertising agency with 18 staff, for undisclosed terms. [14-Mar-2011]

Lookers has acquired Get Motoring UK, the Buckinghamshire-based vehicle leasing firm trading as Vehicle Rental Services. [14-Mar-2011]

Gerald Judd has acquired Tavistock Paper, the Wantage-based paper merchant, from Inapa of Portugal. [14-Mar-2011]

Ward Williams Associates has acquired Baseline, the Cornwall-based project management and surveying firm. [14-Mar-2011]

Metal Spinners Group, the Newcastle-based engineering firm with more than 100 staff, has been acquired by Standex of the US for undisclosed terms. [10-Mar-2011]

Project Scaffolding, the scaffolding firm with sites in Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Livingston, has sold a 76% stake in its business to TI Industrial Group of Bolton. [10-Mar-2011]

Skykon Campbeltown is expected to sell its wind turbine manufacturing plant out of administration to a joint venture of Scottish & Southern Energy and Marsh Wind Technology. [10-Mar-2011]

Advent Data, the Elland-based printer cartridges distributor with 111 staff, has been acquired by DCC of Ireland. [10-Mar-2011]

Hill & Smith has acquired Paterson Group, the US pipe manufacturer, for £28m. [10-Mar-2011]

Wagamama, the chain of 60 noodle restaurants, is expected to be acquired by Duke Street Capital for about £215m. [09-Mar-2011]

Arrogant Cat has been sold out of administration to a management team, but two of the three London fashion stores will close. [09-Mar-2011]

Duke Street has acquired a majority stake in UK Wealth Management, which has offices in Leeds, Macclesfield, Pontefract, Rugby and York, for about £10m. [09-Mar-2011]

Google has acquired BeatThatQuote.com, the personal finance comparison site, for £38m. [08-Mar-2011]

McGills of Barrhead has acquired Dickson's of Erskine, the Renfrewshire-based bus company with 19 staff, for undisclosed terms. [08-Mar-2011]

Forth Ports, the owner of ports at Dundee, Grangemouth, Leith, Rosyth and Tilbury, is expected to be acquired by Arcus European Infrastructure Fund for £746m. [08-Mar-2011]

Aggreko has acquired NZ Generator Hire, the New Zealand-based power hire firm, for £13m. [08-Mar-2011]

Weightmans is to acquire the insurance business of law firm Vizards Wyeth, with the transfer of 25 lawyers at offices in Dartford and London. [08-Mar-2011]

Pearson is to acquire Education Development International, the Coventry-based training services firm, for £113m. [08-Mar-2011]

Media Sales Network, the Manchester-based advertising sales agency, has undergone a management buy-out from Unique Communications Group. [08-Mar-2011]

Allied Healthcare Group has acquired ScotHomecare, the homecare operations of Health & Lifecare Options with ten branches, for £2.5m. [08-Mar-2011]

Trifords is to acquire certain trading assets and the brand name of Chesterfield-based Auto Windscreens out of administration, saving 250 jobs. [07-Mar-2011]

Hawk-Eye, the Hampshire-based developer of ball-tracking technology with 40 staff, has been acquired by Sony for up to £20m. [07-Mar-2011]

Intertek is to acquire Moody International, the Haywards Heath-based quality and safety services firm with 2,500 staff in 60 countries, for £450m. [07-Mar-2011]

Vitec has acquired Henry Holdings, the Leicestershire-based manufacturer of Lastolite lighting control accessories with 80 staff, for up to £9.7m. [07-Mar-2011]

K3 Business Technology has acquired Sense Enterprise Solutions, the Nottinghamshire-based provider of software solutions to the manufacturing and distribution markets, for an initial £1.2m. [07-Mar-2011]

Watermark Publishing, the Northamptonshire-based greetings card company with 250 staff, has been acquired by American Greetings. [07-Mar-2011]

Instem Life Science Systems has acquired BioWisdom, the Cambridge-based drug discovery firm with 13 staff, for an initial £0.9m. [07-Mar-2011]

Capita has acquired Talis, the Birmingham-based library software supplier with 42 staff, for up to £21m. [07-Mar-2011]

Bath Bus Company, the operator of bus tours with 81 staff in Bath, Cardiff, Eastbourne and Windsor, has been acquired by RATP of France. [07-Mar-2011]

Frozen Value, the Yorkshire-based chain of 95 Jack Fulton stores, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Yorkshire Bank. [07-Mar-2011]

System C Healthcare, the Maidstone-based developer of hospital information systems, is expected to be acquired by McKesson Corporation of the US for £87m. [07-Mar-2011]

Brindley Garages has acquired a Volvo car dealership in Stourbridge from Johnson Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 15 staff. [07-Mar-2011]

MSD Biologics, the Billingham-based biotechnology firm with 480 staff, is to be acquired by Fujifilm of Japan, as part of a £300m deal that also includes US-based Diosynth RTP. [03-Mar-2011]

Kwik-Fit, the car repair chain with 4,600 staff at 673 branches, is to be acquired by Itochu Corporation of Japan for £637m. [03-Mar-2011]

Lab901, the Edinburgh-based supplier of electrophoresis equipment, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies of the US. [03-Mar-2011]

Shred Easy, the Manchester-based document shredding firm with 110 staff at six sites, has been acquired by Kent-based PHS Datashred for undisclosed terms. [03-Mar-2011]

Sentinel Perfomance Solutions, the Runcorn-based supplier of heating systems, has been acquired by Electra Partners for £43m. [03-Mar-2011]

Aesica Pharmaceuticals has acquired three manufacturing sites in Germany and Italy from UCB. [03-Mar-2011]

Vertu Motors has acquired the Patricks of Durham car dealership for £1.5m. [03-Mar-2011]

Halma has acquired the water technology division of Wagtech International for £3m, in order to expand its Palintest business in Gateshead. [03-Mar-2011]

Central Networks, the operator of electricity networks in the Midlands, is to be sold by Eon to PPL of the US for £3.7bn. [02-Mar-2011]

BBA Aviation is to acquire GE Aviation Systems' fuel measurement business, which has sites in the UK, US and Singapore, for £38m. [02-Mar-2011]

RPS Group has acquired Nautilus, the Berkshire-based geosciences and petroleum engineering training firm, for up to £19m. [02-Mar-2011]

Whitbread has acquired Coffee Nation for £59m, in order to expand its Costa brand into the self-service coffee bar market. [02-Mar-2011]

Ascribe has acquired 21C, the London-based provider of healthcare intelligence data with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms. [02-Mar-2011]

Discovery Foils has acquired the confectionery foil packaging business of Novelis in Bridgnorth, securing the future of 105 jobs. [02-Mar-2011]

Van Leeuwen Wheeler of Brierley Hill has bought the assets of Aberdeen-based Mardale Pipes out of administration for undisclosed terms. [02-Mar-2011]

A&P Group, the operator of ship repair yards in Falmouth, Middlesbrough and Hebburn, has been acquired by Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services. [02-Mar-2011]

RH Freight, the Nottingham-based freight services firm with 630 staff at 17 depots, is to be acquired by Kuehne & Nagel. [02-Mar-2011]

Countrywide has acquired Property Quarters, the North Shields-based residential property agent with nine staff, for undisclosed terms. [01-Mar-2011]

United Business Media is to sell its UK licensed trade publications to William Reed for an initial £1.5m and its French medical publications to management for £3.7m. [01-Mar-2011]

Inviron, the Birmingham-based technical maintenance and management firm with 1,100 staff, has been acquired by Imtech of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms. [01-Mar-2011]

Lumison has acquired Blue Square Data, the operator of data centres in Maidenhead and Milton Keynes, for £22m. [01-Mar-2011]

Barclays is to acquire Egg's UK credit card assets, in order to expand its Barclaycard division with 1.1m new accounts. [01-Mar-2011]

Independent Media Distribution, the provider of content distribution and advertising data services, is to be acquired by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners for £34m. [01-Mar-2011]

Asda has acquired six former DIY stores in Aberystwyth, Clevedon, Gillingham, Stamford, Torquay and Woking from Focus for undisclosed terms. [28-Feb-2011]

Hankinson Painting Group has acquired Programmed Maintenance Services UK, the Nottingham-based property services firm, for undisclosed terms. [28-Feb-2011]

Genzyme, the pharmaceuticals firm with 300 staff in Haverhill, has been acquired by Sanofi-Aventis of France for £12bn. [28-Feb-2011]

Melrose has sold Brush Traction Group, the provider of engineering services to the rail sector, to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. [28-Feb-2011]

Reed & Mackay, the London-based travel agency with 250 staff, is in negotiations to sell an equity stake to ECI Partners. [28-Feb-2011]

PHS Recordsmanagement has acquired FileStore, the Southampton-based data management firm, for undisclosed terms. [28-Feb-2011]

Group Response Global has been sold out of administration to Kingdom Security, saving 100 jobs at its security firm in North Yorkshire. [28-Feb-2011]

Spyker Cars is in negotiations to sell its sports car business to CPP Global Holdings of Coventry for about £27m, which could lead to new jobs being created in Coventry. [28-Feb-2011]

Teesside Cast Products has finalised a £291m deal to be acquired by SSI of Thailand, which will secure the future of 700 jobs at its steel plant in Redcar. [28-Feb-2011]

Spice has sold its Aylesbury-based Facilities Services Group business to a management team backed by NBGI Private Equity for £9m. [28-Feb-2011]

Bresnan Walsh has merged with Macfarlane & Co to create a combined Liverpool-based accountancy group called BWMacfarlane with almost 50 staff. [28-Feb-2011]

Quantum Automotive Services has merged its Bristol-based car transport business with local rival Sensible Transport. [28-Feb-2011]

Privet Capital has acquired HWA Group, the residential building contractor. [28-Feb-2011]

Ashmore Group is to acquire Emerging Markets Management, the US investment management firm, for up to £152m. [24-Feb-2011]

County Coachbuilders Automotive, the Barrow-based vehicle repair firm with 27 staff, has been acquired by the owner of Lancashire Bodyshop. [23-Feb-2011]

Grafton Merchanting has acquired the Big Ord builders' merchant in Aberdeen and Bain Morrison in Stornoway. [23-Feb-2011]

Diageo is to acquire Mey Icki, the Turkish spirits manufacturer, from TPG Capital and Actera for £1.3bn. [22-Feb-2011]

ProStrakan, the Galashiels-based pharmaceuticals firm with 300 staff, is to be acquired by Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co of Japan for £292m. [22-Feb-2011]

CSR is to acquire Zoran, the US video and imaging technology firm, for £419m. [22-Feb-2011]

Amec has acquired Qedi, the Aberdeen-based oil and gas services firm with 350 staff, for £33m. [22-Feb-2011]

Shine Group, the London-based TV production company, is to be acquired by News Corporation for £415m. [22-Feb-2011]

Cliffe Packaging of Stoke-on-Trent has acquired the polypropylene bulk containers business of Norfolk-based Structure-flex for undisclosed terms. [22-Feb-2011]

Infoteam EMS has acquired Summit 1 EMS, the South Tyneside-based electronic components manufacturer with 20 staff. [22-Feb-2011]

Oxford Metrics Group has acquired Sensing Systems, the US supplier of digital media management software with ten staff, for up to £5.3m. [22-Feb-2011]

Media Square is to sell the assets of Arken, the Newmarket-based supplier of point of purchase display materials, to Writtle Holdings for £0.7m. [22-Feb-2011]

Logistex, the automated logistics systems firm with 225 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Melrose. [22-Feb-2011]

Mansfield Pollard, the Bradford-based ventilation engineering firm with 145 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [22-Feb-2011]

Shaftesbury is to acquire five London pubs from Enterprise Inns in a £10m sale and leaseback deal, taking its total chain to 24. [21-Feb-2011]

Oddfellows is to acquire the Schoolteachers Friendly Society of Liverpool, increasing its assets under management to more than £400m. [21-Feb-2011]

Craneware has acquired ClaimTrust, the US supplier of healthcare software with about 50 staff, for up to £12m. [21-Feb-2011]

Old Mill has merged with Dorset-based Perks Simm to create a combined financial advice group with 225 staff. [21-Feb-2011]

Teradyne Diagnostics Solutions, the vehicle testing firm with 200 staff in Manchester, Belgium, Germany, Japan and the US, has been acquired by SPX Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms. [21-Feb-2011]

Capper & Co, the Pontyclun-based chain of about 500 Spar convenience stores with 2,400 staff, is expected to be acquired by a rival franchise operator. [21-Feb-2011]

Essar Energy of India is in negotiations to buy the Stanlow oil refinery from Shell for £219m, with the transfer of more than 900 staff. [21-Feb-2011]

Anglo American and Lafarge are to combine their UK construction materials operations into a new joint venture with annual sales of £1.8bn and more than 7,000 staff. [21-Feb-2011]

Ollie & Nic, the chain of 11 accessories stores, has been sold out of administration by MCR to investment vehicle Onyx Retail. [21-Feb-2011]

Thurston Group has bought Yorkshire Marine Containers out of administration, securing 35 jobs in Brandesburton and Beverley. [21-Feb-2011]

Wells Plastics, the Staffordshire-based additives manufacturer, has undergone a £3.8m management buy-out backed by Key Capital Partners. [21-Feb-2011]

Cobham has sold its Leatherhead-based Engineering Consultancy Group to management for £13m. [21-Feb-2011]

RPS Group has acquired Evans-Hamilton, the US oceanographic consulting firm with about 40 staff, for up to £5.5m. [21-Feb-2011]

NextPharma Technologies, the Surrey-based provider of services to the pharmaceutical sector, has been acquired by Sun Capital Partners. [21-Feb-2011]

RB Farquhar of Aberdeenshire has sold its accommodation hire business out of administration to Peterborough-based Elliott Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 72 staff. [17-Feb-2011]

DCC is to acquire Pace Fuelcare, the oil distribution firm with 240 staff at 20 sites in southern England, from MRH for £23m. [17-Feb-2011]

Fibercore, the Southampton-based optical fibres manufacturer, has been acquired by HIG European Capital Partners. [17-Feb-2011]

EMC Advisory Services, the Paignton-based financial claims firm with 155 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lonsdale Capital Partners. [16-Feb-2011]

Mizuho Corporate Bank has sold Mizuho Investment Management, the provider of investment advisory services, to private equity firm 3i for £18m. [16-Feb-2011]

ILG has acquired Express 2000, the independent courier firm, and ten staff will relocate from Copthorne to Gatwick. [16-Feb-2011]

Kee Safety, the safety solutions firm with 180 staff at sites including Reading and Birmingham, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LDC. [16-Feb-2011]

Barber Harrison & Platt has merged with the Mitchells accountancy business to create a combined group with 190 staff in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. [16-Feb-2011]

Morrisons has acquired Kiddicare, the Peterborough-based online retailer of baby products with 130 staff, for £70m. [15-Feb-2011]

Brewin Dolphin is to sell its Corporate Advisory & Broking division to a new partnership entity for £5m. [15-Feb-2011]

Spirent Communications is to acquire The Fanfare Group, the US provider of test automation solutions, for £9m. [15-Feb-2011]

Wood Group is to sell its oil well support division, which has 100 staff in the UK and 3,800 in 45 countries, to General Electric of the US for £1.8bn. [15-Feb-2011]

Morson Group has acquired complete ownership of Wynnwith, the provider of technical and engineering staff with offices in Yeovil, Woking and Warrington, in a £4m deal. [15-Feb-2011]

Rentokil Initial has acquired the pest control, water treatment and fire safety operations of Santia Group, including 430 staff who previously worked for Connaught Compliance, for £5.6m. [15-Feb-2011]

Rivington Street Holdings has acquired the Softline and Abiliti Software operations of Third Quad Capital for £1.3m. [15-Feb-2011]

Flogas UK has acquired Metcalfe & Evans, the Warrington-based engineering company, in order to gain expertise in the conversion of generators from oil to LPG. [15-Feb-2011]

Rivington Street Holdings is to acquire The Finishing Touch event management business of First Artist Corporation for £0.1m. [15-Feb-2011]

Sinclair Pharma and IS Pharma are in merger discussions that would lead to the creation of a pan-European speciality pharmaceuticals group called Sinclair IS Pharma. [15-Feb-2011]

Carillion is to acquire Eaga, the Newcastle-based provider of heating and renewable energy services with 4,000 staff, for £306m. [14-Feb-2011]

Safe Computing of Leicester has acquired a 70% stake in Intersoftware Recruitment Solutions of Manchester for undisclosed terms. [14-Feb-2011]

Johnson & Johnson, the Manchester-based furniture manufacturer with 20 remaining staff, has been bought out of administration by Zutux. [14-Feb-2011]

E-Vials, the Rochdale-based laboratory equipment manufacturer trading as Laboratory Sales with 80 staff, has been acquired by Wheaton Industries of the US. [14-Feb-2011]

Astaire Group is to sell its Rowan Dartington wealth management business to a consortium of private investors. [14-Feb-2011]

Merchant Securities has acquired GT Independent Financial Advisers, the Marlow-based wealth management firm, for an initial £2m. [10-Feb-2011]

A Longworth & Sons, the Sale-based building services firm with 25 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [10-Feb-2011]

Transam Trucking has acquired EST, the London-based entertainment logistics firm, for undisclosed terms. [10-Feb-2011]

Opex Group has merged with Early Action Group to create a combined events management business with operations at seven major venues in the UK. [10-Feb-2011]

St Ives has acquired Tactical Solutions UK, the Chester-based sales and marketing company with 320 staff, for an initial £15m. [10-Feb-2011]

Tribal Group has sold the assets of its Tribal Resourcing advertising and e-solutions business to TMP (UK) for a nominal sum. [10-Feb-2011]

International Recycling, the Norwich-based recovered materials trading firm, has been acquired by Ciparo of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms. [09-Feb-2011]

LC Automation, the Blackburn-based electrical company, has undergone a management buy-out backed by NatWest. [09-Feb-2011]

London Stock Exchange is to undergo a £4.2bn merger with TMX of Canada, and the new group will have headquarters in both London and Toronto. [09-Feb-2011]

IDOX is to acquire LalPac, the Chippenham-based provider of licensing management software, for up to £2.6m. [09-Feb-2011]

Serious Waste Management has bought the assets of CFH Tanker Services out of liquidation, and will relocate to the CFH site in Burton. [09-Feb-2011]

JD Sports Fashion has acquired an 80% stake in Kukri Sports, the Preston-based sportswear manufacturer. [09-Feb-2011]

Fruitapeel has bought the assets of All Natural Juice Company out of administration, and will re-employ 25 staff at the site in Llantrisant. [09-Feb-2011]

Brightside Group has acquired Quote Exchange, the Cwmbran-based provider of price comparison technology, for up to £3.7m. [09-Feb-2011]

Valens Resources has acquired Singh (UK), the waste recycling firm with 25 staff in March, Peterborough and Whittlesey, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Glazewing business. [08-Feb-2011]

Ensco is to acquire Pride International, the offshore oil and gas drilling firm, for £4.5bn. [08-Feb-2011]

Premier Foods is to sell its East Anglian canned grocery business, which has 1,600 staff in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, to Princes for £182m. [08-Feb-2011]

Ark Therapeutics is to sell its Patient Plus woundcare business to Crawford Healthcare for up to £2.7m. [08-Feb-2011]

Saffron Digital, the London-based mobile video technology firm, is to be acquired by HTC of Taiwan for £30m. [08-Feb-2011]

Tennants Consolidated has acquired Tessenderlo Fine Chemicals of Leek for £17m. [08-Feb-2011]

Amec is to acquire Zektingroup, the Australian oil and gas engineering consultancy with 200 staff, for £30m. [07-Feb-2011]

Moss Bros is to sell its 15 Hugo Boss franchised stores to Hugo Boss UK for £16m. [07-Feb-2011]

Pennon Group has acquired Martock Waste Paper, the Somerset-based materials recycling firm, for £7.4m, in order to expand its Viridor Waste Management subsidiary. [07-Feb-2011]

Cobham has acquired Corp Ten International, the US surveillance technology company, for £7.8m. [07-Feb-2011]

Big Bear Group, the manufacturer of snacks and breakfast cereals with factories in Leicester and London, has been acquired by Raisio of Finland for £80m. [07-Feb-2011]

Easyvoyage has expanded its European online travel operations with the acquisition of Dealchecker.co.uk, TravelJungle and FSI. [07-Feb-2011]

Akkeron Hotels has bought ten former Butterfly Hotels across the Midlands and East Anglia out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing 200 jobs. [07-Feb-2011]

International Sports Tours of Cardiff has acquired Tours 4 Sport, the Oxfordshire-based sports travel firm, in order to expand its Inspiresport brand. [07-Feb-2011]

POSTcti, the Harrogate-based supplier of communications components, has been acquired by InterCall of the US. [07-Feb-2011]

Cambrian Group has acquired the Pinder Oaks special needs hospital near Barnsley from private equity firm Voyage. [07-Feb-2011]

Chamberlin has bought certain assets of Jebron, the Wednesbury-based manufacturer of door closers, out of administration for £0.2m. [07-Feb-2011]

Urban Realm, the Glasgow-based architectural magazine, has undergone a management buy-out from Carnyx Group for undisclosed terms. [07-Feb-2011]

OutNow Entertainment, the DVD rental firm, has been bought out of administration by MBL Group. [07-Feb-2011]

Britannia Food Ingredients, the Goole-based supplier of food products with 50 staff, has been acquired by Olam International of Singapore. [07-Feb-2011]

Guest Trucks has acquired Sherwood Truck & Van, the chain of truck dealerships in Alfreton, Nottingham, Sheffield and Stoke, for undisclosed terms. [07-Feb-2011]

Citigroup has acquired EMI, the record label, and is expected to sell off parts of the business. [03-Feb-2011]

AEW, the Manchester-based architecture and design firm with 56 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [03-Feb-2011]

Modern Water has acquired Cogent Environmental, the Cambridge-based environmental monitoring firm, from Sultan Scientific. [03-Feb-2011]

Sharp's Brewery, the Cornwall-based brewery with 80 staff, has been acquired by Molson Coors for £20m. [03-Feb-2011]

CM&D Pharma, the London-based medical gums supplier, has been acquired by Nestle for undisclosed terms. [03-Feb-2011]

Metalrax Storage, the Birmingham-based industrial storage manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-in. [03-Feb-2011]

Border Asset Management of Harrogate has been acquired by Principal Holdings to create a combined investment management group with 130 staff. [03-Feb-2011]

Better Capital has bought the former Connaught risk management business out of administration, creating a new company called Santia Consulting. [03-Feb-2011]

Integrity Print has acquired Mooreforms, the Gwent-based printing firm with 11 staff. [03-Feb-2011]

High Force Training, the Darlington-based workplace training firm, has been acquired by the owner of Boardroom Consulting, and now plans to create a national brand. [02-Feb-2011]

Falcon Steel has been bought out of administration by Newport-based Coilcolor, which could lead to the creation of up to 90 new jobs at its steel coating business in Swansea by next year. [02-Feb-2011]

Allegis has acquired Aston Carter, the London-based staffing agency with 300 staff in 16 countries, for about £55m. [02-Feb-2011]

Crown Paints has acquired Newland Paint Supplies, the Yorkshire-based chain of five decorating shops, for undisclosed terms. [02-Feb-2011]

Stewart Group has acquired G&T Metallurgical Services, the Canadian firm with 63 staff, for undisclosed terms. [02-Feb-2011]

Premier Farnell has sold its TPC Wire & Cable distribution business to venture capital-backed TPC Intermediate Holdings for £27m. [02-Feb-2011]

Amec has acquired BCI Engineers & Scientists, the US water and mining consultancy, for £12m. [02-Feb-2011]

Renew is to acquire Amco, the rail and energy engineering company with offices in Barnsley, Warrington and Alloa, for £20m. [02-Feb-2011]

Greene King has acquired Cloverleaf Restaurants, the chain of 12 pub-restaurants in the Midlands and North, for £56m. [01-Feb-2011]

Pleasurewood Hills, the Lowestoft-based theme park, has been acquired by US investment firm HIG for undisclosed terms. [01-Feb-2011]

British School of Motoring, the Bristol-based driving school with 280 staff and 2,100 franchised instructors at 71 centres, has been bought out of administration by Acromas, the private equity firm that owns the AA. [01-Feb-2011]

Callcredit Information Group has acquired Latitude, the digital marketing firm with 95 staff in Cheshire and London, for undisclosed terms. [01-Feb-2011]

Amey has acquired Transportation Planning International, the traffic planning consultancy with offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, London and Ireland. [01-Feb-2011]

Scan Computers of Bolton has acquired Accipio, the Hertfordshire-based online teaching firm, for undisclosed terms. [01-Feb-2011]

Savills has acquired Thomas Davidson & Partners, the London-based retail property agency with 16 staff, for an estimated £4m. [01-Feb-2011]

Manchester Building Society has sold Whiteaway Laidlaw, its Manchester-based commercial banking subsidiary with 18 staff, to the RBS Special Opportunities Fund of RBS Equity Finance. [01-Feb-2011]

Jones Bootmaker, the chain of 93 footwear branches, is to be acquired by Macintosh Retail Group, the owner of Brantano. [31-Jan-2011]

Integrated Dental Holdings, the Bolton-based chain of 315 dental practices, has been acquired by Carlyle Group for £450m, and will be merged with Surrey-based Associated Dental Practices. [31-Jan-2011]

Kimberly has acquired High Level Platforms, the chain of access hire depots in Poole, Wareham and Southampton, for undisclosed terms. [31-Jan-2011]

Betts, the Colchester-based toothpaste tube manufacturer with 180 staff, has been acquired by Albea. [31-Jan-2011]

IGas is to acquire Nexen Exploration UK, in order to become the sole owner of its gas production licences. [31-Jan-2011]

Subocean Group, the Aberdeen-based offshore engineering firm with 380 staff, has been bought of administration by Technip of France for undisclosed terms. [31-Jan-2011]

Britannia Hotel Group has bought the Pontin's chain of five holiday parks out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing 850 jobs. [31-Jan-2011]

Zolfo Cooper has sold 12 of the 66 Suits You stores out of administration to Baird Group, and they are being relaunched under the Suitdirect brand. [31-Jan-2011]

Redeem, the Falkirk-based mobile phone recycling firm with 104 staff, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms. [31-Jan-2011]

Amlin is to acquire Lead Yacht Underwriters, the London-based yacht insurance firm. [31-Jan-2011]

BSkyB is to acquire The Cloud, the wireless broadband firm, from DFJ Esprit for undisclosed terms. [31-Jan-2011]

Beco, the Totnes-based supplier of photovoltaic cell systems with 35 staff, has been acquired by Kier for £2.4m. [31-Jan-2011]

Harvey Ingram is to merge with Bedfordshire-based Borneos to create a combined law firm with about 400 staff. [31-Jan-2011]

Valldata, the Wiltshire-based donation processing firm, has undergone a management buy-out with £6.5m of private equity backing from ISIS. [27-Jan-2011]

United Coffee of Milton Keynes has acquired Coopers, the Huddersfield-based coffee supplier. [27-Jan-2011]

LHL Group has acquired Roger Spencer Logan, the York-based chartered surveyor, for undisclosed terms. [27-Jan-2011]

Publicis is to acquire Chemistry Communications Group, the London-based advertising and marketing firm with 178 staff, for £14m. [27-Jan-2011]

Edwards Coaches has bought Diamond Holidays, the Swansea-based coach holiday operator, out of administration for undisclosed terms. [27-Jan-2011]

Applied Language Solutions has acquired Traslan Teoranta, the Irish developer of machine translation systems, for undisclosed terms. [27-Jan-2011]

Doric Anderton has bought The Crimped Paper Works, the Derbyshire-based supplier of food packaging with 30 staff, out of administration. [27-Jan-2011]

Print Off has bought the business and assets of JTM Print, the Preston-based printing firm, out of administration. [27-Jan-2011]

Park Communications has bought the assets of Granite Colour out of administration, securing 20 jobs at its Southend-based printing business. [27-Jan-2011]

Macquarie has sold Veracity Asset Transformation Service of Leeds to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [26-Jan-2011]

Amlin has acquired JR Clare Underwriting Agencies, the London-based household and commercial insurance agent. [26-Jan-2011]

JD Sports Fashion is to acquire Champion Sports, the Irish chain of 22 sports stores, for a nominal sum. [26-Jan-2011]

Novus Leisure is to acquire the Balls Brothers chain of 19 wine bars in London out of administration for undisclosed terms. [26-Jan-2011]

Milk Link has acquired Cornish Country Larder, the North Cornwall-based cheese manufacturer, for undisclosed terms. [26-Jan-2011]

Bryn Thomas has been sold out of administration to two associated companies, securing 46 jobs at its Flint-based crane hire business. [26-Jan-2011]

Antur Insurance has acquired Haven Insurance Brokers of Swansea, taking its total workforce to 80. [26-Jan-2011]

Keltbray has acquired Golf Environmental, the golf course builder with sites in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Oxford, Reigate and Uxbridge. [26-Jan-2011]

Fresh Group has sold its Cheadle-based Freshrewards loyalty campaigns business to a management team for undisclosed terms. [25-Jan-2011]

Blairs, the Greenock-based joinery firm, has been bought out of administration by Performance Timber Products Group, securing the future of 60 jobs. [25-Jan-2011]

Gilder Group has acquired the Heron Volkswagen cars and commercial vehicles dealership in Newark for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 50 staff. [25-Jan-2011]

Fish4Dogs has acquired MarinPet UK, the Worcestershire-based logistics firm with a 161,000 sq ft warehouse and 25 staff, for undisclosed terms. [25-Jan-2011]

CitySprint has acquired Mainlink Courier Services of Swindon for undisclosed terms. [25-Jan-2011]

Northern Foods, the convenience food manufacturer with more than 9,000 staff at 24 sites, is to be acquired by Boparan Holdings for £342m. [24-Jan-2011]

Amazon has acquired Lovefilm, the film rental firm operating in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, for undisclosed terms. [24-Jan-2011]

Premier Foods is to sell its Quorn meat-free foods business to private equity firm Exponent for about £200m. [24-Jan-2011]

Frutarom Industries is to acquire East Anglian Food Ingredients, the supplier of flavours and seasoning compounds with 35 staff, for £3m. [24-Jan-2011]

Datatec is to acquire Direct Visual, the West Yorkshire-based video communications supplier, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Logicalis subsidiary. [24-Jan-2011]

May Gurney has acquired Turriff Group, the Scottish utilities contractor with 560 staff, for up to £14m. [24-Jan-2011]

IPPlus has acquired Ancora Solutions, the Ipswich-based document storage firm, for £0.5m. [24-Jan-2011]

Slimma of Leek is to sell its Splendour and Slimma clothing brands to N Brown for £0.8m, and jobs losses will follow. [24-Jan-2011]

Blade Tooling and Blade Technology of Pershore have been sold out of administration to Gardner Group of Ilkeston, securing the future of 60 jobs. [24-Jan-2011]

BAe Systems is to acquire Fairchild Imaging, the US supplier of electronic imaging components with 150 staff, for £54m. [24-Jan-2011]

FBC Manby Bowdler has acquired David Hughes Legal, the Wolverhampton-based corporate law firm. [24-Jan-2011]

Assura is to acquire AH Medical Properties, the Buckinghamshire-based owner of 52 medical centres and pharmacies, for £28m. [20-Jan-2011]

Stagecoach is to sell its Preston Bus business to Rotala. [20-Jan-2011]

B&A Quilting has undergone a pre-pack administration deal through Leonard Curtis, securing 45 jobs at its textiles business in Ashton-under-Lyne. [20-Jan-2011]

Occam Systems, the Ludlow-based developer of student accommodation software, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [19-Jan-2011]

Cobham has acquired Telerob, the German manufacturer of bomb disposal robots with 80 staff, for £66m. [19-Jan-2011]

Paton Brown has been bought out of administration by its management team, saving 20 jobs at its Manchester-based direct mail business. [19-Jan-2011]

Pyeroy has acquired CEI, the Irish electrical contractor, for undisclosed terms, as well as the scaffolding assets of Teesside-based Spectrum Access. [19-Jan-2011]

Meggitt is to acquire Pacific Scientific Aerospace, the US supplier of aerospace components with 2,100 staff, from Danaher Corporation for £430m. [18-Jan-2011]

NWF is to acquire Evesons Fuels, the Kenilworth-based fuel distributor with depots in Droitwich, Long Marston and Southampton, for £3.3m. [18-Jan-2011]

Priory Group, the care homes operator, is to be sold by Royal Bank of Scotland to Advent International for up to £925m. [18-Jan-2011]

City & County Healthcare has acquired Quality Care Services, the Belfast-based domiciliary care firm with 160 staff. [18-Jan-2011]

Yearsley Group has acquired Ice Pak Seafood Specialists, the frozen food supplier with sites in Greater Manchester and Leeds and annual turnover of £32m. [18-Jan-2011]

RockYou of the US has acquired Playdemic, the Manchester-based computer games developer with 16 staff. [18-Jan-2011]

Experian has acquired a majority stake in Techlightenment, the London-based developer of social media marketing tools with annual turnover of £5m. [18-Jan-2011]

Skyscanner has acquired Zoombu, the online travel guide, for undisclosed terms. [17-Jan-2011]

Viridor has acquired Swinnerton Environmental, the Bury-based recycling firm with 30 staff, for £1.8m. [17-Jan-2011]

LGC has sold its chemical characterisation division in Runcorn to SGS, with the transfer of eight staff. [17-Jan-2011]

Sirius Minerals has acquired York Potash, the owner of mineral rights in parts of North Yorkshire, in a £25m all-share deal. [17-Jan-2011]

DGT Structures has bought High Cross, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of forecourt canopies with 30 staff, out of administration. [17-Jan-2011]

BAe Systems has acquired Norkom, the Irish financial crime consultancy with 300 staff, for £183m. [17-Jan-2011]

PWB Health, the Dumbarton-based medical devices firm, has been bought out of liquidation by the owner of Ultralife Healthcare. [17-Jan-2011]

Begbies Chettle Agar of London has merged with Playfoot & Company of Kent to create a combined accountancy group called Begbies Playfoot. [17-Jan-2011]

ICON has acquired Oxford Outcomes, the Oxford-based health outcomes consultancy, in order to expand its Late Phase & Outcomes Research division. [17-Jan-2011]

Morgan Crucible has acquired Changsha Hairong New Materials, the Chinese graphite supplier, for £6.2m. [17-Jan-2011]

Care UK has acquired an 80% stake in Specialist Medical Imaging, the Altrincham-based scanning firm with 90 staff, for undisclosed terms. [17-Jan-2011]

Malbern Windows & Doors has sold its Manchester division out of administration to Plastic Window Systems, securing 18 jobs, while a further 53 jobs have been saved with the sale of its Heysham division to Lancashire Double Glazing. [13-Jan-2011]

Forth Dimension Displays, the Fife-based manufacturer of micro-displays, has been sold by Amadeus Capital Partners to Kopin Corp of the US for £7m. [13-Jan-2011]

Event Management Catering, the Selby-based catering firm with 750 staff, has been acquired by Spotless Group of Australia. [13-Jan-2011]

Goldman Sachs is to acquire Paternoster, the London-based pensions insurance firm, for £260m, in order to expand its Rothesay Life division. [12-Jan-2011]

Intertek has acquired American Analytical Chemistry Laboratories, the US provider of laboratory food testing services with 28 staff, for £4.5m. [12-Jan-2011]

Henderson Group is to acquire Gartmore, the London-based fund management firm, for £335m. [12-Jan-2011]

Acal has acquired CompoTRON, the German supplier of electronic communication and fibre optic components with 22 staff, for up to £7.1m. [12-Jan-2011]

Sea-Cargo Aberdeen has acquired a 62% stake in Northwards, the freight company with offices in Shetland, Orkney, Aberdeen, Scrabster and Inverness. [12-Jan-2011]

Sisis, the Macclesfield-based supplier of turf maintenance machinery, has been acquired by Howardson of Derbyshire. [12-Jan-2011]

J&H Bunn, the Great Yarmouth-based fertiliser supplier with 150 staff at 12 sites, is to be acquired by Koch Fertilizer for undisclosed terms. [12-Jan-2011]

Europoint has acquired the five-star Howard and the four-star Channings hotels in Edinburgh from Town House Collection for undisclosed terms. [12-Jan-2011]

Niagara Lasalle, the Willenhall-based steel engineering firm with more than 300 staff at six sites, has been acquired by private equity firm Endless for £27m. [12-Jan-2011]

Compass has acquired Menke Menue, the German catering firm, for £4m, as well as Chiyoda Food of Japan. [12-Jan-2011]

BAe Systems has sold Swiss-Photonics, its Swiss optical components business with 36 staff, to Forensic Technology WAI for £7m. [11-Jan-2011]

Scott-Moncrieff has acquired Moore Stephens' corporate recovery operation in Glasgow for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 15 staff. [11-Jan-2011]

Tradebe has acquired Britcare, the clinical waste disposal firm with 32 staff in Doncaster and Birmingham. [11-Jan-2011]

Midcounties Co-operative has acquired Buffer Bear, the Reading-based chain of 24 children's nurseries with 650 staff, for undisclosed terms. [11-Jan-2011]

Soapworks, the Glasgow-based soap manufacturer with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from L'Oreal of France for undisclosed terms. [10-Jan-2011]

Mace & Jones, the law firm with 34 partners in Knutsford, Liverpool and Manchester, is in merger talks with London-based Weightmans and Kent-based Vizards Wyeth. [10-Jan-2011]

Garrick Engineering has been sold out of administration to a former director, securing about 12 of the jobs at its Southport-based metals fabrication business. [10-Jan-2011]

AT Group, the Haydock-based electrical control systems firm, has been acquired by Bilfinger Berger of Germany for undisclosed terms. [10-Jan-2011]

FoneStarz Media, the Cambridgeshire-based developer of mobile phone entertainment content with 35 staff, has been acquired by Livewire Mobile of the US. [10-Jan-2011]

Liberata, the business process outsourcing firm with 2,200 staff at more than 18 sites, has been acquired by private equity firm Endless for undisclosed terms. [10-Jan-2011]

Lookers has sold three Honda dealerships in Liverpool, Southport and Warrington to Clare James Automotive for undisclosed terms. [10-Jan-2011]

Perspective Financial has acquired Leedham, the Bolton-based independent financial adviser with eight staff. [10-Jan-2011]

Titus Thorp & Ainsworth has merged with Preston-based Rotherham Taylor and Blackpool-based Mitchell Ramsden to create a combined professional services group with more than 30 staff. [10-Jan-2011]

Keltruck has acquired Silurian Scania, the Cardiff-based Scania truck dealership, taking its network of depots to 21. [10-Jan-2011]

Daniel Footwear has acquired the Rojo Shoes footwear stores in London and Belfast, taking its total chain to 25. [10-Jan-2011]

GWK Architects, the Newcastle-based architectural firm with 11 staff, has merged with ADP of Oxford. [06-Jan-2011]

Berendsen has acquired the washroom operations of ISS in Denmark, Sweden and Norway for £34m. [06-Jan-2011]

BCW, the Glasgow-based credit management firm with about 400 staff, has been acquired by Gothia of Norway for undisclosed terms. [06-Jan-2011]

Green Compliance has acquired Phoenix Fire & Safety, the Surrey-based fire protection firm with nine staff, for £0.9m. [06-Jan-2011]

Chamonix Private Equity has acquired Linpac Storage Systems, Linpac Environmental, Linpac Recycling, Linpac Metal Decorating and Intellident from plastic packaging supplier Linpac. [06-Jan-2011]

Automated Systems Group, the Cambridge-based printing and copying firm with 60 staff, has undergone a £8.5m management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners. [06-Jan-2011]

Intrinsic Technology has acquired the trade and assets of Dataplex Systems, the IT services firm with offices in Oxford and Manchester. [05-Jan-2011]

Staffline has acquired the trade and assets of Kelburn Industrial, the Newcastle-based recruitment solutions firm. [05-Jan-2011]

M&C Energy Group has acquired Utility Masters, the Oldham-based energy management consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [05-Jan-2011]

Ultra Electronics has acquired Adaptive Materials, the US manufacturer of portable power solutions with 50 staff, for an initial £15m. [05-Jan-2011]

Quadnetics has acquired Persides Technology, the Bristol-based supplier of electronic monitoring systems, for up to £0.3m. [05-Jan-2011]

Evans Jones has merged its Cheltenham-based construction consultancy with James Nicholas of Gloucester and Beccaben of Cheltenham. [05-Jan-2011]

Westler Foods, the Malton-based manufacturer of sausages with 162 staff, has been bought out of administration by a newly-formed company backed by RCapital Partners. [04-Jan-2011]

Cruise Fashion, the Glasgow-based chain of ten fashion stores with 300 staff, has been sold out of administration by Deloitte to the owner of West Coast Capital for undisclosed terms. [04-Jan-2011]

Aker Solutions is to sell its process and construction business, including 950 staff in Stockton, Port Solent, Warrington and Whitehaven, to Jacobs Engineering of the US for £437m. [04-Jan-2011]

Constellation Brands is to sell a majority stake in its UK and Australian wine operations, including the Stowell's brand, to Champ Private Equity for £148m. [04-Jan-2011]

Tesco has acquired 81 Zabka and 47 Koruna convenience stores in the Czech Republic for £34m. [04-Jan-2011]

Business & Enterprise UK has acquired the commercial division of Newcastle-based Northern Defence Industries, with the transfer of a small number of staff. [04-Jan-2011]

Lismore Group has arranged the sale of Westport Resources in a pre-pack administration deal, securing 277 jobs at its driver hire business in County Antrim. [04-Jan-2011]

Buy it Direct has acquired BambinoDirect, the online retailer of nursery products, for undisclosed terms. [04-Jan-2011]

Leadbitter, the Oxford-based construction firm with 700 staff, has been acquired by Bouygues of France and a management team. [04-Jan-2011]

Arnold Clark has acquired Delmore Cars, the Inverness-based Skoda car dealership. [04-Jan-2011]

Celtic Crusaders, the Wrexham-based rugby club, has been bought out of administration by a new company called W Crusaders. [04-Jan-2011]

Tanfield Group has sold its Smith Electric Vehicles division to its US partner Sevus, in a £9.7m deal that will see Tanfield retain a stake in the enlarged group. [04-Jan-2011]

Perspective Financial Group has acquired Equilibrium Wealth Management, the Marlborough-based financial adviser with 16 staff. [04-Jan-2011]

WorldPay has acquired Cardsave, the Grimsby-based credit card processing firm, for undisclosed terms. [04-Jan-2011]

S Robinson & Sons, the Derby-based structural steel firm, has been acquired by private equity firm RCapital. [04-Jan-2011]

Akkeron Hotels has acquired Forestdale, the chain of 18 three-star hotels with 900 staff, for undisclosed terms. [04-Jan-2011]

AssetCo has sold Supply 999, Todd Research and AS Fire & Rescue Equipment to Spring Ventures for £5.2m. [04-Jan-2011]