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Mergers & Acquisitions - 2013
Goodridge, the Exeter-based manufacturer of hydraulic systems with 300 staff, has been acquired by RG Industries for undisclosed terms.
31-Dec-2013
Spire Automotive has acquired a BMW and Mini car dealership in North London from Hexagon for undisclosed terms.
30-Dec-2013
AstraZeneca is to buy US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb out of their diabetes treatments joint venture for up to £2.5bn, with the transfer of about 4,100 staff.
30-Dec-2013
Rentokil Initial has acquired the pest control division of Worcester-based Green Compliance for up to £4m.
30-Dec-2013
Emerge Recycling has acquired Green Reaper Recycling, the Derbyshire-based waste management firm, for undisclosed terms.
30-Dec-2013
Vision Express has acquired Lenstore, the London-based online supplier of contact lenses, for undisclosed terms.
30-Dec-2013
Pavers Shoes of York has bought 14 Barratts footwear stores out of administration, saving 150 jobs.
30-Dec-2013
Simply Biz has acquired an 80% stake in Staffcare, the Leatherhead-based provider of support services to employee benefit consultants, for undisclosed terms.
30-Dec-2013
Broadview Blinds of Poole has been sold out of administration to Broadview Vehicle Awnings, but 27 jobs have been lost.
30-Dec-2013
Sparks Confectioners has been bought out of administration by the Chilled Bakery Products division of Country Style Foods, saving 300 jobs at its Bradford-based bakery.
30-Dec-2013
Solid State has acquired 2001 Electronic Components, the Hitchin-based components distributor, for £2.4m.
30-Dec-2013
Victoria Drop Forgings, the Willenhall-based steel processing firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
19-Dec-2013
We Are Social, the London-based digital marketing agency with 400 staff around the world, is to be acquired by BlueFocus Communication of China for an initial £19m.
19-Dec-2013
GMG Property Services, the software developer with 170 staff in Luton, York, Redruth and Wolverhampton, has undergone a £18m management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC.
19-Dec-2013
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has acquired Swanke Hayden Connell Europe, the firm of architects with 95 staff and offices in London and Sheffield, for £1.6m.
19-Dec-2013
Gerald David Butchers has sold three outlets in Devon and Somerset out of administration, saving 15 jobs.
18-Dec-2013
Nasstar has acquired Denara Holdings, the Dudley-based owner of managed services provider e-know.net, for £13m.
18-Dec-2013
Islamic Bank of Britain is to be acquired by Al Rayan (UK) for £24m.
18-Dec-2013
R&M Engineering, the Aberdeenshire-based fabrication services firm with 70 staff, has sold a majority stake to Maven Capital Partners for £5m.
18-Dec-2013
Lookers has acquired the Volkswagen Van Centre in Glasgow from the administrators of Verve for undisclosed terms, saving up to 36 jobs.
18-Dec-2013
Stagecoach has acquired Norfolk Green, the bus company with 70 vehicles and 160 staff.
18-Dec-2013
Ceramic Fuel Cells is to sell its powder plant assets in Bromborough to ICL-PP Europe for £1.2m.
18-Dec-2013
Alliance Pharma has acquired the UK rights to the Lypsyl personal care brand from Novartis for £1.8m.
18-Dec-2013
PA Group is to sell MeteoGroup, its London-based weather services business with 400 staff in 14 countries, to private equity firm General Atlantic for £160m.
17-Dec-2013
MoneyPlus Group has acquired Debt Movers, the Wirral-based debt management firm.
17-Dec-2013
RPC Group has acquired Maynard & Harris, the Beccles-based supplier of rigid plastic packaging with 700 staff, for £103m.
17-Dec-2013
North of England P&I is planning to merge with Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance to create a combined marine insurance group with 400 staff.
17-Dec-2013
Sonaa, the London-based branding consultancy, has been acquired by 1HQ.
17-Dec-2013
Altus Edwin Hill has acquired Eileen Bilton Partnership, the Warrington-based property agency.
17-Dec-2013
Olleco has acquired Bioco Recycling, the Grantham-based waste collection firm, for undisclosed terms.
17-Dec-2013
Creditfix has acquired Simple Debt Solutions, the Manchester-based debt management firm with 35 staff.
17-Dec-2013
Babcock International Group has acquired Context Information Security, the London-based IT consultancy, for £28m.
17-Dec-2013
TDX, the Gateshead-based thermoformed packaging manufacturer with 90 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
16-Dec-2013
Lucion Environmental has acquired MPC Northern, the Rotherham-based asbestos surveying firm.
16-Dec-2013
Itex, the Isle of Man-based IT firm, has undergone a management buy-out from C5 Alliance Group.
16-Dec-2013
William Reed Business Media has acquired Allegra Foodservice, the London-based market research firm.
16-Dec-2013
Premex has acquired AGS Risk Solutions, the Leeds-based financial investigator with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Insight division.
16-Dec-2013
CMS Cameron McKenna is to acquire Dundas & Wilson, the commercial law firm with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London.
16-Dec-2013
Torotrak is to acquire Flybrid, the Silverstone-based vehicle technology firm with 24 staff, for £23m.
16-Dec-2013
Ashcourt Rowan is to acquire UKWM, the wealth management firm with five offices in Leeds, Macclesfield, Pontefract, Rugby and York, for £14m.
16-Dec-2013
Firmus Energy, the Belfast-based gas supply company, is to be sold by Bord Gais to Icon Infrastructure.
16-Dec-2013
Silverdell, the environmental support services firm with offices in London, Sheffield and Dorking, has sold a majority stake to Rcapital Partners.
16-Dec-2013
Arlington Industries Group has acquired three former Remploy automotive component factories in Coventry, Birmingham and Derby, securing the future of more than 200 jobs.
16-Dec-2013
ARM Holdings has acquired Geomerics, the Cambridge-based games technology firm, for undisclosed terms.
16-Dec-2013
Esendex has acquired Text Marketer, the Bristol-based text messaging technology firm, for undisclosed terms.
16-Dec-2013
Braveheart Investment Group has sold its Envestors corporate finance advisory subsidiary in London and Manchester to a management buy-out.
16-Dec-2013
Gala Coral has sold its remaining casinos in Aberdeen, Bristol, Cardiff and Stockton to Double Diamond Gaming.
16-Dec-2013
Lallemand UK has bought the Oban-based marine biotechnology business of Aquapharm Bio-Discovery out of administration.
16-Dec-2013
Structured Technology Services has been sold out of administration to two new companies called Quatrix and Scenariio, secured the remaining ten jobs at its Halifax-based IT business.
12-Dec-2013
Safety & Lifting Group has acquired New-Tonne Lifting Services, the Newton-le-Willows-based crane distributor with 15 staff, for £0.25m.
12-Dec-2013
Thomas Cook has sold Essential Travel, the London-based ancillary travel products business with 20 staff, to Holiday Extras Group for £2.1m.
12-Dec-2013
Premier Technical Services Group has acquired Test Strike, the Long Eaton-based lightning conductor maintenance firm with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
12-Dec-2013
Page Park, the Glasgow-based architecture practice with 40 staff, has been acquired by an Employee Benefit Trust.
12-Dec-2013
Flangefitt Stainless, the Warrington-based piping components manufacturer with 36 staff, has been acquired by US-based MRC Glogal for undisclosed terms.
11-Dec-2013
Meridian Motor Group has acquired two Citroen car dealerships in Morecambe and Kendal from John Wilding for undisclosed terms.
11-Dec-2013
Legrand Electric has acquired Tynetec, the Blyth-based assisted living and healthcare technology firm with 112 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Dec-2013
Cawood Scientific Group has acquired Sci-Tech Laboratories, the Shropshire-based analytical testing firm with 22 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Dec-2013
Gaming Realms has acquired Quick Think Media, the London-based online gaming marketing agency, for £2.2m.
11-Dec-2013
AFH Financial has acquired the assets of Michael Mac, the Stratford-upon-Avon-based wealth management firm, for up to £0.25m.
11-Dec-2013
Crawford Healthcare has acquired Archimed, the Bedford-based supplier of woundcare products, for undisclosed terms.
10-Dec-2013
Venn Life Sciences has acquired Medevol, the Belfast-based clinical trials firm, for up to £0.7m.
10-Dec-2013
Crystal Semantics, the London-based online advertising services firm, has been acquired by WPP.
10-Dec-2013
City & County Healthcare, the home care provider with 64 branches, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Graphite Capital Partners VIII.
10-Dec-2013
Vinci Energies has acquired Mentor IMC Group, the London-based oil and gas project resource company with annual revenue of £60m.
10-Dec-2013
Flambards, the Cornwall-based theme park, has been sold out of administration to an unnamed buyer.
10-Dec-2013
Aesop Agency has acquired the London-based operations of creative agency Story Worldwide, with the transfer of 15 staff.
10-Dec-2013
JLA Group has acquired Carford Group, the Dorset-based catering equipment distributor with 130 staff.
10-Dec-2013
Bellpenny has acquired MGW, the Glasgow-based independent financial adviser, for undisclosed terms.
10-Dec-2013
Progressive Digital Media Group is to acquire the business and assets of Pyramid Research, the London-based provider of IT market analysis, from UBM for £2m.
10-Dec-2013
Hargreaves Services has announced the sale of the business and assets of Hatfield Colliery near Doncaster to an Employee Benefit Trust, securing the future of more than 400 jobs.
10-Dec-2013
MoneyPlus Group has expanded its Manchester-based debt management business into the legal services market with the acquisition of Sale-based Richardson Mail Solicitors.
09-Dec-2013
AZ Electronic Materials, the speciality chemicals supplier with a global workforce of 1,100, is to be acquired by Merck of Germany for £1.6bn.
09-Dec-2013
Encore, the London-based ticket agency, is expected to be acquired by private equity firm ECI for £60m.
09-Dec-2013
Alaric Systems, the London-based supplier of fraud-detection software, has been acquired by NCR for £51m.
05-Dec-2013
Kee Safety, the Cradley Heath-based safety equipment manufacturer with 273 staff, has been acquired by private equity firm Dunedin and other investors for £90m.
05-Dec-2013
Marshall Motor Group has acquired the Grants Seat car dealership in Braintree, with the transfer of 20 staff.
05-Dec-2013
Baywater Healthcare, the Crewe-based care services firm with 248 staff, has undergone a buy-out from Air Products for undisclosed terms.
05-Dec-2013
DEK, the Weymouth-based electronics firm, has been acquired by ASM Pacific Technology.
05-Dec-2013
Studiocanal of France has acquired Red, the Manchester-based TV production firm, for an estimated £30m.
05-Dec-2013
Granby Marketing Services, the Blackburn-based direct marketing and e-commerce firm with more than 100 staff, has undergone a £3.8m management buy-out.
04-Dec-2013
Astracast has acquired Appollo Assisted Bathing, the Hull-based power-assisted baths manufacturer.
04-Dec-2013
Malton Foods, the North Yorkshire-based food supplier trading as Westlers, has sold a majority stake in its business to Zwanenberg Food of the Netherlands.
04-Dec-2013
Way 2 Communicate has merged with Nomis Systems to create a combined Newcastle-based IT group called Adept Communications & Technology.
04-Dec-2013
QualitySolicitors Talbots has acquired the Lumsdons law office in Stourport, with the transfer of ten staff.
04-Dec-2013
Aspects Holidays has acquired West Cornwall Cottage Holidays of Penzance for undisclosed terms.
04-Dec-2013
Leapfrog Group has undergone a pre-pack administration through Begbies Traynor, saving ten jobs at its Bolton-based interactive screens business.
04-Dec-2013
Macduff Shipyards has bought the assets of Buckie Shipyard out of administration, and plans to restart work at the site.
03-Dec-2013
Journey Group has sold MNH Sustainable Cabin Services to a management buy-out for £0.9m, in order to focus on in-flight catering.
03-Dec-2013
NWF Group has acquired SC Feeds, the Staffordshire-based animal feeds manufacturer, for up to £6.7m.
03-Dec-2013
Senior has acquired Thermal Engineering, the Hertfordshire-based aerospace components manufacturer with 240 staff, from Privet Capital for £28m.
03-Dec-2013
Vertu Motors has acquired the Brookside chain of three Volkswagen car dealerships in Nottingham and Mansfield for £4.7m.
03-Dec-2013
Accumuli has acquired Eqalis, the Bracknell-based IT solutions provider, for £1.9m.
03-Dec-2013
LeaseDirect, the Flintshire-based asset finance firm, has been sold by Investec Asset Finance to Cabot Square Capital for undisclosed terms.
03-Dec-2013
Bibendum Wine has sold its private client wine merchanting business to Cru London.
03-Dec-2013
Staffline Group has acquired Magna Recruitment, the Lutterworth-based driving and industrial staffing firm.
03-Dec-2013
Solent Stevedores has acquired the assets of Southampton Fruit Handling, in order to expand its cargo operations at the Port of Southampton.
02-Dec-2013
BCP Fluted Packaging, the Blackburn-based corrugated packaging supplier, has been acquired by Huhtamaki Group.
02-Dec-2013
Slater & Gordon is to acquire the consumer law business of Manchester-based Pannone for up to £33m, with the transfer of 400 staff.
02-Dec-2013
Walker Media, the London-based media agency with 130 staff, is to be acquired by Publicis, following the sale of a 75% stake by M&C Saatchi for £36m.
02-Dec-2013
Baker Tilly has announced the transfer of 114 staff from Teesside-based J Hughes Construction out of administration to a new firm called Applebridge Construction.
02-Dec-2013
Pearson has sold Mergermarket, the provider of financial analysis services to advisory firms and investments banks, to funds advised by BC Partners for £382m.
02-Dec-2013
Topland Group has bought 12 hotels from the administrators of Derby-based Menzies Hotels, but 155 jobs will be lost through the closure of three other sites in Gatwick, Luton and Swindon.
02-Dec-2013
United Oilseeds has acquired Hubbards Seeds, the Lincolnshire-based seed merchant, for undisclosed terms.
02-Dec-2013
Driver Hire Group has acquired Infra Safety Services Labour, the provider of labour services to the rail industry with 35 staff and 600 contractors in Derby, Manchester, Stafford and Newport.
28-Nov-2013
Serco Group has sold its London-based street maintenance and transport technology business to Cubic Corporation for £43m.
28-Nov-2013
Prospect Mailing Services of Bradford has been bought out of administration by St Ives Bradford for £0.4m.
28-Nov-2013
Lupton Fawcett Lee & Priestley is to merge with Denison Till to create a combined law firm with 280 staff in Sheffield, Leeds and York.
28-Nov-2013
Leasedrive, the Wokingham-based vehicle management group, is to be acquired by HgCapital Trust in a £15m deal.
28-Nov-2013
Marston's has sold 202 pubs to NewRiver Retail for £90m, including 158 community pubs from its Taverns estate.
28-Nov-2013
Tentec, the West Bromwich-based manufacturer of bolt-tightening equipment with 65 staff, has been acquired by Atlas Copco of Sweden for undisclosed terms.
26-Nov-2013
Thomas Cook is to sell Brighton-based Neilson Active Holidays to a management team backed by private equity firm Risk Capital Partners for £9.2m.
26-Nov-2013
Hawsons has merged with Holmes Widlake to create a combined accountancy group with offices in Sheffield, Doncaster and Northampton.
26-Nov-2013
HSS Hire Services has acquired the TecServ machine cleaning business of Cheltenham-based Premiere Products Group.
26-Nov-2013
RT Keedwell Group has acquired RJ Jones Group, the haulage firm with 120 staff in Holywell, Cardiff, Desborough and Scarborough.
26-Nov-2013
Victoria is to acquire West Yorkshire-based carpet maker Globesign and its Westex Carpets subsidiary for an initial £16m.
26-Nov-2013
AFH Financial Group has acquired the business and assets of Robert Magee & Associates, the Herefordshire-based financial adviser, for up to £0.5m.
26-Nov-2013
Integrity Security Group has acquired Roscot Security, the Walsall-based security services firm with 60 staff.
25-Nov-2013
Learning Curve has acquired Learning at Work, the Leeds-based educational publisher.
25-Nov-2013
Forshaw Group, the Liverpool-based building repair firm with 25 staff and up to 150 subcontractors, has undergone a management buy-out.
25-Nov-2013
AFH Financial Group has acquired AG Financial Planning of Bridgend for up to £0.4m.
25-Nov-2013
Budget Pack has acquired Strateco, the Oswestry-based electrical equipment recycling firm.
25-Nov-2013
Fostering Solutions of Bolton has acquired Swan Fostering, the Hertfordshire-based fostering agency, for undisclosed terms.
25-Nov-2013
Smith & McLaurin, the Renfrewshire-based labels manufacturer with 90 staff, has undergone a management buy-out and expects to create 20 new jobs by 2016.
25-Nov-2013
Vertu Motors has bought the trade and assets of two Hyundai car dealerships in Edinburgh from Phoenix Car Company and Archers.
25-Nov-2013
Positive Outcomes, the Derbyshire-based training firm with 160 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
21-Nov-2013
The Johnson Partnership has bought GV Hale out of administration, saving 17 jobs at the Doncaster-based law firm.
21-Nov-2013
Ultrasis has acquired the assets of Step Success, the Shepton Mallet-based provider of wellness services to companies and individuals, for less than £0.1m.
20-Nov-2013
Progility has acquired Sue Hill Recruitment, the provider of employment services to the market research sector with offices in London, Solihull and Dorset.
20-Nov-2013
MyWardrobe has been sold out of administration to Growth Capital Acquisitions, saving 48 jobs at its Nottingham-based online fashion business.
20-Nov-2013
Kay Transport has acquired the Truro depot of South West Deliveries, including 33 staff.
20-Nov-2013
Telecom Plus is to acquire Electricity Plus Supply and Gas Plus Supply from Npower for £218m, in order to expand its Utility Warehouse brand with 770,000 new customers.
20-Nov-2013
Ideagen is to acquire Pentana, the Hertfordshire-based supplier of information management software, for an initial £2.2m.
20-Nov-2013
Burton's, the biscuit maker with 2,000 staff in St Albans, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Llantarnam and Moreton, has been acquired by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for £350m.
19-Nov-2013
JD Sports Fashion has acquired a majority stake in ActivInstinct, the online outdoor clothing retailer with annual sales of £24m.
19-Nov-2013
Redcentric has acquired InTechnology Managed Services, the Harrogate-based IT firm with 190 staff, in a £65m reverse takeover.
19-Nov-2013
Tricorn Group of Malvern has sold the trade and assets of the Redman Fittings business to Derbyshire-based Radius Pipe Systems for undisclosed terms.
19-Nov-2013
Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in a £660m deal with Lloyds Banking Group.
19-Nov-2013
Mediwatch, the Warwickshire-based medical technologies firm, is to be acquired by Laborie of Canada for £8.5m.
19-Nov-2013
Thomas Cook Group has sold its CFX corporate foreign exchange business to Moneycorp for £4.5m.
19-Nov-2013
Lawrence Graham is in merger talks with Wragge & Co to create a combined law firm with 189 partners.
19-Nov-2013
Gala Tent has bought a 50% stake in Sign Man, and the Rotherham-based digital printing business will relocate to Gala Tent's 53,000 sq ft site on Farfield Park.
19-Nov-2013
Crown Paints has acquired three decorator centres in in Scarborough, Bridlington and Driffield from Melton-based Needlers.
19-Nov-2013
Anglo American is to sell Tarmac Building Products to joint venture partner Lafarge Tarmac for undisclosed terms, including 800 staff and offices in Wolverhampton and Buxton.
18-Nov-2013
Network ROI, the Roslin-based IT services firm, has been sold to its 15 employees.
18-Nov-2013
FlexPlus, the Hinckley-based recruitment agency with eight offices, has been acquired by US-based Corporate Resource Services for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2013
Leonard Curtis has sold Lancashire-based Sandersons Bakery out of administration to a new company called Flash Sandersons, securing the future of 44 jobs.
18-Nov-2013
Springfield Home Care Services has acquired Pathways to Independence, the Hartlepool-based domiciliary care provider.
18-Nov-2013
Charles Stanley has acquired London-based Evercore Pan Asset Capital Management for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2013
International Mining & Marine, the Sheffield-based supplier of marine equipment with 23 staff, has undergone a management buy-out and is looking to open sales offices in major ports.
18-Nov-2013
Oil 4 Wales has acquired a fuel depot in Milford Haven from Silvey Oil.
18-Nov-2013
Irwin Mitchell has acquired MPH Solicitors, the personal injury law firm with 24 staff in Manchester and Newmarket, for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2013
Royal London Group has agreed to sell its RL360 offshore investment business to a management team backed by Vitruvian Partners for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2013
Primary Health Properties is to acquire Prime Public Partnerships, the Worcester-based operator of 54 healthcare facilities, for £41m.
18-Nov-2013
Hi Tech Steel Services has been bought out of administration by a management team, saving 30 jobs at its steel stockholding operations in St Helens and Newton Aycliffe.
18-Nov-2013
Iris Worldwide has acquired Datalytics, the Guildford-based data and CRM company, for £3m.
18-Nov-2013
FWB has merged with Park Brown International to create a combined Scottish recruitment group called FWB Park Brown.
18-Nov-2013
CBRE has acquired Norland Managed Services, the London-based commercial property engineering firm with 4,000 staff, for £250m.
14-Nov-2013
Marine Safety Supplies, the Tyneside-based supplier of marine equipment, has been acquired by PTR Holland Group.
14-Nov-2013
SFP has sold the business and assets of Marsden Smith, the electronics manufacturer with 15 staff in Weston-super-Mare, out of administration.
14-Nov-2013
Hangar Seven has acquired London-based branding agency Brandhouse, and the 40 staff will relocate to Shoreditch.
14-Nov-2013
Virgin Wines, the Norwich-based wine supplier with 160 staff, has undergone a £16m management buy-out backed by Mobeus Equity Partners and Connection Capital.
13-Nov-2013
High Technology Lighting has expanded its Leeds-based LED lighting business with the acquisition of Creative LED Solutions.
13-Nov-2013
Fine Industries, the Teesside-based chemicals manufacturer with 270 staff, has undergone a £25m management buy-out backed by NorthEdge Capital.
13-Nov-2013
Oxford Instruments is in negotiations to acquire Andor Technology, the Belfast-based scientific camera manufacturer with more than 300 staff, for about £160m.
13-Nov-2013
William Tracey Group has acquired the mobile waste compaction operations of Stirlingshire-based Oran Environmental Solutions for undisclosed terms.
13-Nov-2013
Wilkins Kennedy has merged with CW Fellowes, the chartered accountancy with 70 staff at offices in Southampton and Portsmouth.
13-Nov-2013
Ross & Liddell has acquired B&B Property Management of Dumbarton for undisclosed terms.
13-Nov-2013
ReThink Group is to sell its Aiimi technology services division to a new company called Medina House for an initial £0.2m.
12-Nov-2013
Wernick Hire has acquired Atco Structures & Logistics UK, the Banbury-based cabin hire firm with annual turnover of £2.5m.
12-Nov-2013
Park Holidays UK, the chain of 23 caravan parks in southern England, has been sold by Graphite VI to Caledonia Investments for £172m.
12-Nov-2013
Out There Events has acquired Mix Media, the London-based publishing and events firm, for undisclosed terms.
12-Nov-2013
Penna Consulting is to acquire Savile Group, the London-based human resources consultancy trading as Fairplace, Cedar and IDDAS, for £1.1m.
12-Nov-2013
Bestinvest, the investment adviser, has been acquired by private equity firm Permira for undisclosed terms.
11-Nov-2013
Essential Futures of Warwickshire has been acquired by Eden for undisclosed terms, to create a combined care and support services group with 950 staff.
11-Nov-2013
Delcam, the Birmingham-based software firm, is to be acquired by US-based Autodesk Development for £172m.
11-Nov-2013
Thales has acquired XPI Simulation, the London-based driving simulation technology firm.
11-Nov-2013
HCB Solicitors has acquired Widdows Mason, the Lancashire-based law firm with six offices and 65 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Nov-2013
Kilmac Group has acquired Eco Biomass, the Angus-based biomass energy firm with seven staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Nov-2013
Allied Glass, the bottle manufacturer with 660 staff and two factories in Leeds and Knottingley, has been acquired by private equity firm CBPE for about £120m.
11-Nov-2013
Leviton has acquired JCC Advanced Lighting of Bognor Regis from private equity firm LDC for undisclosed terms.
07-Nov-2013
Exeter Glass Centre has acquired Mackenzie Glass & Glazing and will relocate the 16 staff to a new site in Marsh Barton early next year.
07-Nov-2013
Signs Express, the Norwich-based signs company with 20 staff and 70 franchises, has undergone a management buy-out.
07-Nov-2013
Seafood Holdings has bought the Channel Fisheries fish merchant in Torbay out of administration, with the loss of 18 of the 26 jobs.
07-Nov-2013
EU Linco has acquired Avidale, the Essex-based car parts supplier trading as Clacton Motor Spares and Colchester Motor Factors with 20 staff.
06-Nov-2013
Redstone is to sell its Comunica data centre and smart building solutions business to Coms for £9.5m.
06-Nov-2013
Mears is to sell its Haydon mechanical and electrical services division in London to a new company called Curzon 3003 for a nominal sum.
06-Nov-2013
LiteBulb is to acquire Meld Group, the brand and product development company, for an initial £2m.
06-Nov-2013
DS Emotion has acquired iWorx, the Manchester-based public relations firm.
06-Nov-2013
Otter House Group, the calender retailer with 130 staff at its Exeter headquarters, has been acquired by a management team for undisclosed terms.
06-Nov-2013
Blackadders is to merge with Aberdeen-based Adam Cochran to create a combined law firm with 21 partners and 170 staff.
06-Nov-2013
CBRE is to acquire Alan Selby & Partners, the London-based residential property consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2013
Universe Group has bought the trade and assets of Retail Service Team, the provider of EPOS services with 40 staff, for under £0.2m.
05-Nov-2013
Newmark Security has acquired the business of Gunnebo Security Installations, the Wolverhampton-based supplier of security screens and doors, for £0.1m.
05-Nov-2013
AFH Financial Group has acquired Origin Financial, the West Midlands-based financial adviser, for up to £1.1m.
05-Nov-2013
Story Contracting has bought the Edinburgh-based rail plant division of Caledonian Industrial for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 17 staff.
05-Nov-2013
High Edge Consulting, the Nottingham-based provider of quality assurance services to the medical device industry, has been acquired by US-based Maetrics.
05-Nov-2013
Headlam has acquired Roger Fell, the Goole-based carpet distributor with more than 30 staff, for £1.3m.
05-Nov-2013
CareTech has bought most of the business and assets of Elmfield Training, the Warrington-based provider of vocational training with 350 staff, for £1.5m.
05-Nov-2013
Pentagon Motor Group is to acquire the Grimshaws Vauxhall car dealership sites in Manchester and Bolton for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2013
Edinburgh University Press has bought Dundee University Press, the academic publisher, for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2013
Lanway has acquired ProfileIT, the Lancashire-based supplier of IT products with annual sales of £6.5m.
04-Nov-2013
Alexander Mann Solutions, the recruitment services firm with 2,000 staff, has been sold by Graphite Enterprise Trust to New Mountain Capital for £260m.
04-Nov-2013
Clarkson Port Services has acquired Gibb Tools, the Aberdeen-based tool supplier to the maritime sector, for up to £13m.
04-Nov-2013
John Truslove has merged with A Victor Powell to create a combined property consultancy with offices in Redditch and Bromsgrove.
04-Nov-2013
HML Holdings has acquired the block property management business of London-based LHH Management for £0.3m.
04-Nov-2013
Ridgeway Group has acquired the Parkview Skoda car dealership in Reading for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2013
Busy Bees, the Burntwood-based chain of 213 nurseries with 3,500 staff, has been acquired by Ontario Teachers Pension Plan for £220m.
04-Nov-2013
FleetCor Technologies has bought Epyx, the online system that links vehicle fleet operators to 9,000 service garages, from HgCapital.
04-Nov-2013
Swansway Group has bought the Hartwell Citroen and Fiat car dealership in Chester for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2013
Leathes Prior Solicitors is to acquire Cole & Co, the Norwich-based law firm with 15 staff.
04-Nov-2013
Stonegate Pub Company is in negotiations to expand its chain of 570 pubs with the acquisition of about 80 sites from Bramwell Pub Company.
31-Oct-2013
Pangborn has bought the business and assets of North Wales-based Shotblast Engineering Services for undisclosed terms.
31-Oct-2013
Booz & Company, the global management consulting firm with an office in London, is to be acquired by PwC for undisclosed terms.
31-Oct-2013
CitySprint has acquired DASH-IT, the Southampton-based courier.
31-Oct-2013
Capita has acquired Write Research, the recruitment resourcing firm with 30 staff in Leeds, London and Newcastle.
31-Oct-2013
Sportech is to sell its Vernons online games business in Liverpool to NetPlayTV for £3m.
31-Oct-2013
CableCom Networking, the Somerset-based provider of broadband, TV and telephony services, has undergone a secondary management buy-out backed by Inflexion Private Equity.
30-Oct-2013
SimplyBiz Group has acquired 360 Legal Group, the Bristol-based legal consultancy and business support firm.
30-Oct-2013
Integral UK has acquired a number of contacts from the administrators of Leicester-based WR Refrigeration, saving 255 jobs.
30-Oct-2013
Andor Technology of Belfast has acquired Apogee Imaging Systems, the US-based imaging firm with 19 staff, for £2.3m.
30-Oct-2013
Baird Capital has bought a majority stake in Alpha Financial Markets Consulting, the management consultancy with about 100 consultants, in a £28m deal.
29-Oct-2013
CM Downton has bought C&H Hauliers, the Kent-based paper transport firm with 180 staff, from the administrators of Charles Gee Group.
29-Oct-2013
CAD-CAM Automotive is to acquire Stadco's vehicle parts prototyping facility in Coventry for undisclosed terms.
29-Oct-2013
Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire DIIG Europe, the Kent-based property search business, from Decision Insight Information Group for £75m.
29-Oct-2013
Panther Warehousing has acquired Hi-Way Express, the Castleford-based delivery firm with a 200,000 sq ft warehouse and 57 staff.
29-Oct-2013
Daisy Group has acquired Indecs, the Redditch-based cloud computing firm, for £18m.
29-Oct-2013
Ultra Electronics has acquired W&D Holdings, the Basingstoke-based wireless products and services firm, for an initial £6m.
29-Oct-2013
Carter Jonas has bought Sullivan Thomas, the London-based residential property agency with three offices and 21 staff.
29-Oct-2013
Mueller Industries has bought the Merseyside-based copper tube manufacturing of KME Yorkshire for £18m, with the transfer of 175 staff.
29-Oct-2013
Maxxia has acquired CLM Fleet Management, the Newport Pagnell-based vehicle fleet management firm.
28-Oct-2013
Capita has acquired ParkingEye, the Chorley-based provider of technology-based car parking services with 160 staff, for £57m.
28-Oct-2013
Inverarity Morton has acquired Forth Wines, the Milnathort-based drinks wholesaler with 51 staff, for undisclosed terms.
28-Oct-2013
Slater & Gordon is to acquire John Pickering & Partners, the law firm with 27 staff in Sheffield, Halifax, Liverpool and Manchester.
28-Oct-2013
R Griggs Group is to sell its Northamptonshire-based Dr Martens footwear brand to Permira Funds in a £300m deal.
28-Oct-2013
Reece Safety Products, the Oldham-based manufacturer of industrial safety equipment, has been acquired by a group of investors for undisclosed terms.
28-Oct-2013
Pace has acquired Aurora Networks, the US manufacturer of products for broadband networks, for £192m.
24-Oct-2013
HML Holdings has bought the block property management business of Bolton-based PR Gibbs for £0.3m.
24-Oct-2013
Mission Marketing Group has acquired Solaris Healthcare Network, the medical communications agency, for undisclosed terms.
24-Oct-2013
Sills & Betteridge is to merge with MacLaren Britton, the Nottingham-based law firm with 23 staff.
24-Oct-2013
IFE Services, the Knutsford-based provider of entertainment services to airlines, has been acquired by US-based Global Eagle Entertainment for £22m.
24-Oct-2013
Annuity Direct, the Isle of Wight-based financial services firm with 30 staff, is to be acquired by Fidelity Worldwide Investment for undisclosed terms.
23-Oct-2013
Beta Group has acquired the trade and assets of Spraytherm, the Stockton-based supplier of spray booths, for undisclosed terms.
23-Oct-2013
Booths has acquired Sharrocks Fresh Produce, the Preston-based fruit and vegetable supplier with 100 staff.
23-Oct-2013
DE Group, the Doncaster-based pharmaceutical wholesaler with 300 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by RBS Invoice Finance.
23-Oct-2013
Benchmark Holdings has acquired the Ardtoe marine laboratory in Argyll from Viking Fish Farms for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of nine staff.
23-Oct-2013
Blueshell Mussels has acquired the assets of Shetland Norse Preserving Company, the Yell-based crab processing firm.
23-Oct-2013
Ambassador Theatre Group has sold a majority stake in its chain of 39 theatres to US-based Providence Equity Partners, in a deal that values the business at about £500m.
22-Oct-2013
Integro has acquired Doodson Broking, the Stockport-based insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
22-Oct-2013
Carillion has acquired the support services and facilities management business of John Laing.
22-Oct-2013
Lakehouse has acquired Foster Property Maintenance of East Anglia, taking its workforce to more than 900.
22-Oct-2013
Daily Internet is to acquire Netplan Internet Solutions of London for £2.5m, and will raise £3m in a share placing.
22-Oct-2013
In-Deed Online is to acquire Epic, the Brighton-based e-learning firm, for £16m, and the business will be renamed Learning Technologies Group.
22-Oct-2013
Ascot Doors, the Bolton-based door manufacturer with 225 staff and 11 depots, has been acquired by Dorma of Germany for undisclosed terms.
21-Oct-2013
MDA has acquired The Fulfilment Store, the Rugby-based marketing services firm with annual turnover of £8m.
21-Oct-2013
Plas-Tech Thermoforming has acquired Protomould, the Fife-based injection moulding firm with 11 staff.
21-Oct-2013
Altrad NSG has acquired Spectra Scaffolding of Greater Manchester and Trad Scaffolding of London.
21-Oct-2013
RetroFuzz is to acquire Eskimo Creative, the Manchester-based marketing and branding agency.
21-Oct-2013
PressureFab has acquired RT Metal Services, the Arbroath-based stainless steel manufacturer with 12 staff.
21-Oct-2013
Chatwins has acquired five bakery shops from Wrexham-based Village Bakery, with the transfer of 50 staff.
21-Oct-2013
Mitchells & Butlers is to acquire four pubs from Convivial London Pubs for £13m.
21-Oct-2013
Wonga has acquired BillPay, the German payments processing firm with 90 staff, for undisclosed terms.
21-Oct-2013
AstraZeneca is to acquire Spirogen, the London-based drug development firm with 25 staff, for an initial £125m, in order to expand its MedImmune biologics division.
17-Oct-2013
Brightwork Group has acquired Quality Link Recruitment, the Edinburgh-based hospitality recruitment firm, for undisclosed terms.
17-Oct-2013
Twofour has merged with Boom Pictures to create a combined TV production group valued at about £30m.
17-Oct-2013
Greenwoods, the chain of 88 menswear stores, has been acquired by Bosideng of China.
17-Oct-2013
Mi Technology, the Leyland-based automotive testing firm, has been acquired by CSA Group of Canada for undisclosed terms.
17-Oct-2013
Smurfit Kappa UK has acquired CRP Print & Packaging, the Corby-based litho-laminated packaging supplier with 220 staff, for undisclosed terms.
16-Oct-2013
Infratil is to sell Manston Airport in Kent to Lothian Shelf for a nominal sum.
16-Oct-2013
IMI has sold its beverage dispense and merchandising divisions to US-based Marmon Group for £690m.
16-Oct-2013
Forrest, the Bolton-based social housing contractor with 500 staff, has secured a £16m private equity investment from Palatine.
15-Oct-2013
Equity Insurance Group has sold its brokering operation to NMG Holdings of Singapore, saving 200 jobs at its call centre in Colchester.
15-Oct-2013
Liberata has bought Trinity Expert Systems and Eurodata Systems out of administration, saving 340 jobs at their Coventry-based IT operations.
15-Oct-2013
Logicalis Group has acquired iConsult, the Jersey-based provider of hosted desktop and mail solutions.
15-Oct-2013
Sewell Mullings Logie Solicitors is to merge with Sanders Brickwood to create a combined Cirencester-based law firm with more than 40 staff.
15-Oct-2013
AstraZeneca has announced that its MedImmune biologics research division has acquired Spirogen, the biotechnology firm, for an initial £125m.
15-Oct-2013
Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired Infrastructure Journal from Top Right Group for £12m.
15-Oct-2013
Gooch & Housego has acquired Spanoptic, the Glenrothes-based manufacturer of optical components with 62 staff.
15-Oct-2013
Shanks Group is to sell most of its UK-based solid waste processing operations to Biffa for £9.5m, with the transfer of 300 staff.
15-Oct-2013
William Hackett Chains has acquired Bradney Chains, the Dudley-based chain manufacturer.
15-Oct-2013
Orthoplastics, the Lancashire-based manufacturer of polyethylene components for orthopedic device implants, has been acquired by US-based MedPlast.
15-Oct-2013
Wilkinson Woodward has acquired Bearders Solicitors, the law firm with offices in Halifax and Brighouse, taking its workforce to 86.
14-Oct-2013
Digital Next has acquired Xyline, the Manchester-based web development firm, for undisclosed terms.
14-Oct-2013
Beresford Adams Commercial has acquired Gareth Williams Commercial, the Rhyl-based property agency.
14-Oct-2013
Intelipac has acquired Nelson Packaging, the Lancashire-based supplier of plastic bags, creating a combined group with 300 staff.
14-Oct-2013
WYG has acquired Higham & Co, the Manchester-based planning consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
14-Oct-2013
Jelf Group has acquired Laterlife, the retirement planning consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
14-Oct-2013
Harris Cartier, the law firm with offices in London and the Thames Valley, has been sold out of administration to Gordon Dadds and Neil Hudgell.
14-Oct-2013
Nicholls & Clarke has acquired Colchester Tile Supplies to create a combined tile distribution group with a fleet of 110 commercial vehicles.
10-Oct-2013
Black & Lizars has expanded its Scottish network of opticians to 27 sites with the acquisition of Peter Fernie in Clarkston and Occuleye in Helensburgh.
10-Oct-2013
Fulcrum Utility Services has sold its domestic gas connection assets to ES Pipelines for £6.3m.
10-Oct-2013
Hays Travel has acquired Bath Travel, the Bournemouth-based chain of 60 travel agent branches with 360 staff.
09-Oct-2013
Abbey Protection, the London-based insurance services firm with 250 staff, is to be acquired by Markel Capital for £116m.
09-Oct-2013
Sanderson has acquired One Iota, the Lancashire-based e-commerce firm, for up to £5.4m.
09-Oct-2013
Mitchell Charlesworth has acquired Jennor & Co, the Widnes-based accountancy.
09-Oct-2013
On the Beach, the Manchester-based online travel company, has been sold by Isis Equity Partners to Inflexion for £73m.
08-Oct-2013
Tryzens, the London-based digital retail firm with 200 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Scottish Equity Partners for undisclosed terms.
08-Oct-2013
Trigon Snacks has been bought out of administration by T Choitram & Sons, saving 110 jobs at its Liverpool-based nuts business.
08-Oct-2013
GVA has acquired James Barr, the Glasgow-based commercial property consultancy with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
08-Oct-2013
Powerdrive PSR has been bought out of administration by Motionteq, saving nine jobs at its Leamington Spa-based power transmissions factory.
08-Oct-2013
SeeByte, the Edinburgh-based developer of software for underwater vehicles, has been acquired by US-based Bluefin Robotics for undisclosed terms.
08-Oct-2013
VPhase has sold its VPhase Smart Energy subsidiary out of administration, with the intellectual property going to Southern Fox Investments and the tooling to Bristol Bluegreen.
08-Oct-2013
Kindertons, the Crewe-based insurance claims firm with 450 staff, has been acquired by Sovereign Capital for undisclosed terms.
08-Oct-2013
Trakm8 is to acquire BOX Telematics, the West Midlands-based supplier of fleet management systems, for an initial £3.5m.
08-Oct-2013
Chesnara is to acquire Direct Line Life Insurance Company from Direct Line Insurance Group for £39m.
08-Oct-2013
Britannia Living Appliances, the Blackpool-based range cooker supplier with 67 staff, has been bought out of administration by Glen Dimplex Home Appliances.
07-Oct-2013
New Mind has merged its Liverpool-based web design business with Norwegian firm TellUs IT.
07-Oct-2013
Cliffe Packaging has acquired Bag Supplies, the Cumbria-based bag supplier, from its Canadian parent company.
07-Oct-2013
Armstrong Watson has merged with Hanby & Co, the Northallerton-based accountancy, taking its office network to 15.
07-Oct-2013
Osborn Steel Extrusions, the Bradford-based engineering firm with 60 staff, has been acquired by US-based RTI International Metals for £11m.
07-Oct-2013
Atlas Products International has acquired Orbit UK, the Manchester-based network services firm, for undisclosed terms.
07-Oct-2013
Serco Group has sold its UK occupational health services business to a management team for £3.5m.
07-Oct-2013
DHL Express UK is to sell its UK Same Day domestic courier operations to Slough-based Rico Logistics.
07-Oct-2013
Healthcare Homes has acquired South Norfolk Carers, the Norwich-based care firm with 45 staff.
07-Oct-2013
Lorillard of the US has acquired Skycig, the Edinburgh-based supplier of electronic cigarettes with 30 staff, for an initial £30m.
03-Oct-2013
HCB Solicitors has acquired Billson & Sharp, the Leicester-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2013
Sofidel of Italy has acquired the Northern Tissue Group paper mill in Lancaster for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2013
CPBigwood has acquired DMA, the Hampshire-based firm of chartered surveyors with 13 staff, for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2013
Lomond Capital has acquired Yvonne Moir, the Aberdeen-based property services firm, for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2013
Lookers has acquired Chipperfield, the Land Rover car dealership in Hertfordshire, for £10m.
03-Oct-2013
Enoch Evans is to merge with Addison O'Hare to create a combined Walsall-based law firm with more than 40 lawyers and 70 staff.
02-Oct-2013
Wright Industries has acquired Custom Interconnect, the Andover-based electronics manufacturing firm with 125 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Oct-2013
Iomart Group has acquired Backup Technology, the Leeds-based provider of disaster recovery services with 16 staff, for £23m.
02-Oct-2013
Retail Supply Group, the Birmingham-based supplier of plastic bags with 39 staff, has been bought out of administration by Greenpac (Europe).
02-Oct-2013
Hart Shaw has merged with Atkin Macredie & Co, the Sheffield-based chartered accountancy.
02-Oct-2013
YFM Equity Partners of Leeds has undergone a management buy-out from GLE Group for undisclosed terms.
02-Oct-2013
Howarth Timber has bought the business and assets of Brighouse-based Northern Timber, taking its branch network to 28 sites.
02-Oct-2013
Weldrack has bought Datum Roadsweepers, the Durham-based manufacturer of roadsweepers.
02-Oct-2013
Begbies Traynor has bought the trade and assets of Cooper Williamson, the Manchester-based corporate insolvency firm, for an initial £0.9m.
02-Oct-2013
David Phillips has acquired Peel Mount Contract Furnishings, the Manchester-based furniture supplier with 33 staff.
01-Oct-2013
St Ives has sold its SIDB direct mail and digital printing division in Bradford to Cogent B2B for £8m.
01-Oct-2013
Spectris is to acquire NanoSight, the Wiltshire-based measurement instrumentation firm, for £15m, in order to expand its Malvern Instruments business.
01-Oct-2013
WSP Solicitors has acquired Gloucester-based Whitemans Solicitors, taking its office network to four.
01-Oct-2013
AFH Financial has acquired the business and assets of CH Financial, the Hemel Hempstead-based financial adviser, for an initial £0.4m.
01-Oct-2013
Royal Bank of Scotland is to sell 314 bank branches to a private equity group led by US-based Corsair Capital, in a £600m deal that will see the sites rebranded as Williams & Glyn's from 2015.
30-Sep-2013
Barkell, the Consett-based manufacturer of air handling units with 110 staff, is expected to be acquired by US-based Modine Manufacturing.
30-Sep-2013
John Watson & Co, the Glasgow-based label printer, has been acquired by US-based Multi-Color Corporation.
30-Sep-2013
UBM has sold Property Week magazine and related products to Metropolis International, with the transfer of 35 staff.
30-Sep-2013
Sportech has acquired Data Tote, the Bristol-based on-track betting firm, for an initial £3.1m.
30-Sep-2013
South Lakeland Parks has been acquired by Electra Partners for £47m, and its nine holiday parks in the North West will be merged with Park Resorts.
30-Sep-2013
Conergy UK & Ireland, the Milton Keynes-based solar farm developer, is to be acquired by US-based Kawa Capital Management for undisclosed terms.
30-Sep-2013
Greencoat UK Wind has acquired the Cotton Farm and Earl's Hall wind farms in Cambridgeshire and Essex from BayWa Group for £70m.
30-Sep-2013
Delamode has acquired John Shirley, the Dover-based provider of freight forwarding services to the Balkan countries.
30-Sep-2013
Gill, the Nottingham-based supplier of sailing gear with 44 staff, has sold a majority stake in its business to YFM Equity Partners for undisclosed terms.
30-Sep-2013
Penningtons and Manches are in merger discussions to create a combined London-based law firm with about 250 lawyers.
26-Sep-2013
Linder Myers Solicitors has acquired Dickson Haslam, the law firm with 20 staff in Preston and Lytham, for undisclosed terms.
26-Sep-2013
Greenland Houchen Pomeroy is to merge with Hood Vores & Allwood and Overbury Steward & Eaton to create a combined Norfolk-based law firm called Spire Solicitors.
26-Sep-2013
Countrywide is to acquire Lambert Smith Hampton, the commercial property consultancy with 26 offices and 861 staff, for £34m.
26-Sep-2013
Stanley Gibbons is to acquire Noble Investments, the London-based trader of coins, medals and jewellery, for £45m.
26-Sep-2013
RPS has acquired Ichron, the Cheshire-based provider of geological and training services to the oil industry with 46 staff, for £12m.
26-Sep-2013
Chardon Management, the hotel management firm with 32 properties, has been acquired by US-based Interstate Hotels & Resorts for undisclosed terms.
26-Sep-2013
Whitham Mills Engineering, the Todmorden-based manufacturer of waste handling systems, has been acquired by an investment syndicate for undisclosed terms.
25-Sep-2013
Pets Choice, the Blackburn-based pet food manufacturer with 145 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
25-Sep-2013
S&D Sealants has acquired SEAM Sealants of Stourbridge for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its nationwide office network.
25-Sep-2013
Aker Solutions has acquired Opus, the oilfield technology firm with 40 staff in Guildford and Orkney.
25-Sep-2013
Bottleworks has been sold out of administration to Yorkshire Bottles Solution, securing 260 jobs at its Normanton-based glass containers business.
25-Sep-2013
Thalassa is to acquire GO Science, the provider of mobile sensor grid services, out of administration for £3.6m.
24-Sep-2013
Phytopharm is to acquire IXICO, the London-based medical technology and diagnostics firm, in a £5.6m reverse takeover.
24-Sep-2013
RDS Global, the Derby-based provider of motor retail support services, has undergone a management buy-out.
24-Sep-2013
Borland Group has acquired the Kirkcaldy office of Carlyle Insurance Group, with the transfer of nine staff.
24-Sep-2013
Icon Film Distribution has undergone a management buy-out backed by New Sparta for undisclosed terms.
24-Sep-2013
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford has acquired Newman Martin & Buchan, the London-based insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
24-Sep-2013
Venture Photography has acquired Peppermint Soda, the Hale-based marketing communications consultancy.
23-Sep-2013
Vision Express has bought Designville, the London-based optician trading as 2020 Optical Store, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
23-Sep-2013
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is to acquire Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage business for £156m, creating a combined group with 700 staff in 17 countries.
23-Sep-2013
Anglia Co-operative Society is to merge with the Staffordshire-based Midlands Co-operative Society, to create a combined group with 8,600 staff and 227 food stores.
23-Sep-2013
Mercury Recycling, the Manchester-based recycler of street lamps, has been acquired by a new company called Environmental Safeguard for £1.5m.
23-Sep-2013
GDA Creative Marketing, the Barnsley-based marketing firm with ten staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
19-Sep-2013
Earthport is to acquire Baydonhill, the London-based currency broker, for £6.4m.
19-Sep-2013
Target Healthcare REIT has acquired a new care home in Thirsk from LNT Carehomes for £4m.
19-Sep-2013
SITA UK is to sell five metal recycling sites in Boreham, Coventry, Lenwade, Norwich and Sheffield to European Metals Recycling for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 100 staff.
19-Sep-2013
Poke, the London-based digital agency, has been acquired by Publicis Groupe for undisclosed terms.
19-Sep-2013
Pureprint has bought the Abstract printing division of Annodata out of administration, saving 49 jobs in Bedfordshire.
18-Sep-2013
Procam has acquired Hammerhead TV, the broadcast hire firm with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and Manchester.
18-Sep-2013
Fiberweb, the engineering materials firm with sites in Maldon, Aberdare and London, is to be acquired by US-based Polymer Group for £183m.
18-Sep-2013
Molecular Profiles, the Nottingham-based pharmaceuticals and clinical trials firm with 60 staff, has been acquired by US-based Columbia Laboratories for £16m.
18-Sep-2013
Lomond Capital has acquired Thornley Groves, the Manchester-based chain of eight estate agency offices with 80 staff, for undisclosed terms.
17-Sep-2013
WAE Plus, the Birmingham-based online retailer, has been bought out of administration by a new company called JM-Limited.
17-Sep-2013
Colourstream has been bought out of administration by Riverprint Derby, saving 16 jobs at its Derby-based printing business.
17-Sep-2013
H2OK Water & Energy, the Truro-based environmental agency, has been acquired by Nijhuis Water Technology of the Netherlands.
17-Sep-2013
Ragdoll Worldwide, the children's TV production company, has been sold by BBC Worldwide to DHX Media of Canada for £17m.
17-Sep-2013
Bridge Energy, the Aberdeen-based oil company, is to be acquired by Spike Exploration of Norway for £103m.
17-Sep-2013
Environmental Waste Controls, the Merseyside-based recycling firm with 267 staff, is to be sold out of administration by Grant Thornton to one of its directors.
17-Sep-2013
Ascot Lloyd has acquired Ensors Financial Planning, the Suffolk-based financial services consultancy.
17-Sep-2013
Capita is to acquire Optima Legal Services and its Cost Advocates subsidiary for undisclosed terms, including offices in Bradford, Newcastle and London.
17-Sep-2013
EMIS Group is to acquire Ascribe Group, the Bolton-based software and IT services firm, from ECI Partners for £57m.
16-Sep-2013
Midland Heart has bought the Coventry-based care home operations of Entrust Care out of administration, with the transfer of 25 staff.
16-Sep-2013
Garden Centre Group has acquired Cheddar Garden Centre and Lechlade Garden Centre from Park Garden Centres for undisclosed terms.
16-Sep-2013
HR Owen, the London-based car dealer, is to be acquired by Berjaya Philippines of Malaysia for £42m.
16-Sep-2013
Maintel Holdings has acquired the UK and Irish telecoms operations of Datapoint for £3.5m.
16-Sep-2013
Lockheed Martin is to acquire Amor Group, the Inchinnan-based IT services firm with about 600 staff, for undisclosed terms.
12-Sep-2013
Equistone Partners Europe has acquired a majority stake in Whitworths, the Northamptonshire-based dried fruit and nuts supplier valued at £90m.
12-Sep-2013
Augean North Sea Services has acquired a hazardous waste site at Blackdog in Aberdeenshire, in order to treat water waste from the oil industry.
12-Sep-2013
CBPE Capital is to acquire an estimated 75% stake in the Cote chain of 45 restaurants, in a deal that values the business at about £100m.
12-Sep-2013
GroWell Hydroponics has bought Aquaculture Hydroponics of Sheffield out of administration, saving the five remaining jobs.
12-Sep-2013
Foyle Food Group has bought Ensors Gloucestershire out of administration, saving 136 jobs at its meat processing plant in Cinderford.
11-Sep-2013
Tesco is to sell its Fresh & Easy chain of about 150 grocery stores in the US to investment firm Yucaipa.
11-Sep-2013
DeSigns has acquired Action Signs for undisclosed terms, creating a combined Hull-based sign manufacturing business with 27 staff.
11-Sep-2013
Asset Alliance Group has acquired SB Trailers, the Staffordshire-based refrigerated trailer rental firm trading as Total Reefer, for undisclosed terms.
11-Sep-2013
Assura Group has acquired Trinity Medical Properties, the owner of 32 medical centres, for £62m.
11-Sep-2013
IGas is to acquire Caithness Oil, the exploration and production firm with licences in the Moray Firth, for £9m.
10-Sep-2013
Ultrasis is to acquire Screenetics UK, the Milton Keynes-based supplier of health and wellbeing services, for up to £4.8m.
10-Sep-2013
GlaxoSmithKline is to sell Lucozade and Ribena, the drink brands made in Gloucestershire by about 500 staff, to Suntory for £1.3bn.
10-Sep-2013
Sabre Insurance, the Surrey-based motor insurance firm, is expected to be acquired by private equity firm BC Partners.
10-Sep-2013
Performance Pump & Equipment, the Wigan-based equipment hire firm with 18 staff, has been acquired by US-based Franklin Electric for £1.5m.
10-Sep-2013
Eon has acquired Green Sky Energy, the Manchester-based energy management firm trading as Matrix with 340 staff at nine sites, for undisclosed terms.
09-Sep-2013
CitySprint has expanded its network of 37 delivery service centres with the acquisition of Leeds-based courier UK Express.
09-Sep-2013
Shakespeares has merged with Newsome Vaughan, the Coventry-based law firm with 65 staff.
09-Sep-2013
Phones 4u is to sell Lifestyle Services Group, its Crewe-based insurance division with about 1,000 staff, to Assurant for £107m.
09-Sep-2013
Damartex has acquired Coopers of Stortford, the home and garden products retailer with 160 staff in Hertfordshire and Essex, for £25m.
09-Sep-2013
Grapple, the London-based mobile app developer, has been acquired by Monitise for £39m.
09-Sep-2013
Towry has acquired Bluefin Personal Consulting, the financial planning firm with 89 staff, for undisclosed terms.
09-Sep-2013
Fred Perry Holdings has acquired Lavenham Leisure, the Suffolk-based clothing supplier, for undisclosed terms.
09-Sep-2013
Matchtech Group has acquired Application Services, the London-based technology recruitment firm trading as Provanis, for £4m.
09-Sep-2013
Charles Taylor has acquired KnowledgeCenter, the London-based provider of business solutions to the insurance industry, for an initial £1.9m.
09-Sep-2013
Eventbrite of the US has acquired Lanyrd, the London-based social conference directory, for undisclosed terms.
09-Sep-2013
Hydrodec Group has bought OSS Group, the Merseyside-based oil processing firm with about 200 staff, out of administration.
09-Sep-2013
Arthur J Gallagher of the US is to acquire Giles Group, the London-based insurance firm with 1,100 staff in 43 offices, for £233m.
05-Sep-2013
Muller Dairy has acquired Nom Dairy UK, the Telford-based yogurt maker with annual sales of £43m, for undisclosed terms.
05-Sep-2013
Senergy, the Aberdeen-based energy services firm with about 800 staff, is to be acquired by Lloyd's Register for undisclosed terms.
05-Sep-2013
Anopol, the Birmingham-based metal finishing firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
05-Sep-2013
Vp has acquired Mr Cropper, the Burton upon Trent-based construction equipment hire firm, for £4.6m.
05-Sep-2013
Icelolly, the Bradford-based holiday price comparison site, has undergone a £17m management buy-out backed by Palatine Private Equity.
05-Sep-2013
Winterhill Largo has acquired Site Ops, the Wakefield-based environmental consultancy, taking its total workforce to 95.
05-Sep-2013
Trinity Mirror has sold Trinity Mirror Digital Property, the owner of SmartNewHomes.co.uk, Email4Property.co.uk, HomesOverseas.co.uk and Zoomf.com, to Zoopla Property for £3.3m.
05-Sep-2013
Riegens has sold its Braintree-based lighting sales and support operation out of administration to a Danish company, saving 15 of the 50 jobs.
05-Sep-2013
Montgomery Tomlinson is expected to be bought out of administration by a2e Venture Catalysts, saving up to 200 jobs at its Cheshire-based home furnishings business.
05-Sep-2013
Modern Tyre Services has acquired 11 tyre depots from Hanover Tyres, taking its total workforce to 200 at 40 sites across Ireland.
05-Sep-2013
Communisis has acquired Editions Publishing, the Edinburgh-based content marketing agency with 31 staff, for £5.9m.
05-Sep-2013
Iomart has acquired Redstation, the Gosport-based provider of servers and bandwidth, for an initial £6.6m.
05-Sep-2013
Castlebeck Care, the Darlington-based operator of 20 care homes with 330 staff, is expected to be bought out of administration by Danshell for about £35m.
04-Sep-2013
Bloomsbury has bought Hart Publishing, the Oxford-based legal publisher, for £6.5m.
04-Sep-2013
Electricity Network Solutions, the Sandbach-based overhead power lines company with 160 staff, has been acquired by SPIE of France for undisclosed terms.
04-Sep-2013
Shellproof has acquired the 58-acre Gusbourne Estate winery in Kent for £7m.
04-Sep-2013
Hydraquip has acquired Linden Group, the Newton Aycliffe-based hydraulic components manufacturer with 26 staff.
04-Sep-2013
Textiles Direct is expected to sell about 30 of its 53 stores out of administration to Home Center Retail.
03-Sep-2013
Conviviality Retail is to acquire LCL Enterprises, the London-based chain of 22 Wine Rack stores, for £1.6m.
03-Sep-2013
Acal has acquired the trade and assets of Young Electronics Group, the High Wycombe-based supplier of electronic components, for £1.7m.
03-Sep-2013
Jysk has acquired three former Dreams stores in Bournemouth, Grantham and Pontefract, taking its UK chain of furniture stores to ten.
03-Sep-2013
DSV has acquired SBS Worldwide, the Dartford-based freight forwarding firm with offices around the world, for undisclosed terms.
03-Sep-2013
Sonoco Trident has acquired Imagelinx, the packaging design company with 100 staff in Mansfield, Milton Keynes, Glasgow and France.
03-Sep-2013
Anesco has sold a stake in its Reading-based energy efficiency business to Scottish Equity Partners and Hermes for undisclosed terms.
03-Sep-2013
Communicate Better has acquired ConvergeOne, the Salford-based IT services firm with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Sep-2013
RES has acquired two wind farm development sites at Brown's Holt in Lincolnshire and Woolfox in Rutland from SSE Renewables.
02-Sep-2013
Express Engineering has bought Burdon, the North Yorkshire-based precision engineering firm with 76 staff, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
02-Sep-2013
Copestick Murray has sold a 60% stake in its Wiltshire-based wine importing business to Henkell of Germany for undisclosed terms.
02-Sep-2013
Kennedys is to merge with Simpson & Marwick, the Edinburgh-based law firm with about 300 staff.
02-Sep-2013
Rhead Group has acquired Calvert & Russell, the South Staffordshire-based rail and nuclear consultancy.
29-Aug-2013
Randall & Quilter has acquired Woodcroft Insurance Company, the Guernsey-based insurer.
29-Aug-2013
Vislink has acquired Amplifier Technology, the Bristol-based manufacturer of amplifiers with 30 staff, for up to £4m.
29-Aug-2013
Railcare has been bought out of administration by Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems of Germany, saving 200 jobs at its rail maintenance operations in Glasgow and Milton Keynes.
28-Aug-2013
Bunzl has acquired The Fulfilment Store, the Rugby-based promotional products and marketing firm with revenue of £8m.
28-Aug-2013
LDC is in negotiations to back a management buy-out at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire, while MEPC will acquire the site's development land.
28-Aug-2013
Pyramid Display Materials has acquired Sydney Beaumont, the Leeds-based self-adhesive vinyl distributor.
28-Aug-2013
Risk Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Red Hot World Buffet, the Nottingham-based chain of seven restaurants with 600 staff, for undisclosed terms.
28-Aug-2013
Taylor Shaw is to buy Pro Serv Corporate out of administration, saving 250 jobs at its Bridgwater-based catering business.
28-Aug-2013
Baker Tilly has bought accountancy firm RSM Tenon in a pre-pack administration deal, securing the future of 2,500 jobs.
27-Aug-2013
Bellpenny has acquired KM Financial Advisers of East Dunbartonshire.
27-Aug-2013
RRC Controls Services has been acquired by 3sun Group, which should lead to the creation of 40 jobs at their subsea control operations in Great Yarmouth, Aberdeen and Gourdon.
27-Aug-2013
Hawksmoor, the London-based chain of four restaurants, has been acquired by private equity firm Graphite Capital for an estimated £35m.
27-Aug-2013
SHS Integrated Services has acquired Dixon Pentland, the Doncaster-based scaffolding firm with 65 staff, for £2m.
22-Aug-2013
SGI Legal of Liverpool has acquired the personal injury work of Challinors out of administration for undisclosed terms.
22-Aug-2013
Slater & Gordon has acquired Fentons Solicitors, the personal injury law firm with 280 staff in Manchester and London.
22-Aug-2013
Durham Tees Flight Training has acquired St George, the provider of pilot training services at Durham Tees Valley and Newcastle airports.
22-Aug-2013
Glacier Energy Services has acquired Ross Offshore, the Aberdeen-based oil services firm with ten staff.
22-Aug-2013
Discovery Foils has been bought out of administration by Moneta Packaging of Slovakia for undisclosed terms, saving at least 14 of the jobs at its Shropshire-based foil packaging business.
22-Aug-2013
Pakawaste, the Preston-based manufacturer of waste handling systems with 55 staff, has been acquired by US-based Brask Enterprises for £3.6m.
21-Aug-2013
James Fisher & Sons has acquired Osiris, the Keighley-based marine services and subsea engineering firm, for an initial £3.2m.
21-Aug-2013
Paragon Group has bought the assets of Horner Brothers, the Rotherham-based printing and marketing services firm.
21-Aug-2013
Citation has acquired Bibby Consulting & Support, the Staffordshire-based health and safety consultancy, for undisclosed terms.
21-Aug-2013
EMaC has acquired the vehicle service plan operations of Derby-based RDS Global for undisclosed terms.
21-Aug-2013
Envelope Works Group has acquired Ace Envelopes for undisclosed terms, and will transfer the London business to its site in Lancashire.
21-Aug-2013
Atlas Copco of Sweden is to acquire Edwards Group, the Crawley-based manufacturer of vacuum pumps with 3,700 staff, for about £1bn.
20-Aug-2013
HgCapital has acquired E-conomic, the provider of software-based accounting services, for undisclosed terms.
20-Aug-2013
Bupa has acquired Richmond Care Villages, the owner of five care villages in Cheshire, Gloucester, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire with 600 staff.
20-Aug-2013
Select Telecom has acquired CBS Communications, the Cambridge-based car phones installation firm, creating a new group called Select-CBS.
20-Aug-2013
Skrill, the online payments firm previously known as Moneybookers, has been acquired by CVC Capital Partners for about £510m.
20-Aug-2013
Pooles Pies, the Wigan-based bakery with 60 staff, has been acquired out of administration by Leeds-based Midland Bakery.
19-Aug-2013
Kout Food Group has acquired South West Coffee, the Costa Coffee franchisee, for undisclosed terms.
19-Aug-2013
Corporate Media Partners has bought the Farnborough-based Thomson Local telephone directory business out of administration, saving 320 jobs.
19-Aug-2013
Europa Worldwide, the Erith-based transport firm with more than 400 staff, has been acquired by a former owner of RH Freight for undisclosed terms.
19-Aug-2013
Thornton & Ross, the Huddersfield-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer with 440 staff, has been acquired by STADA Arzneimittel of Germany for £221m.
19-Aug-2013
Nonlinear Dynamics, the Tyneside-based developer of data analysis software, has been acquired by Waters Corporation for undisclosed terms.
15-Aug-2013
Grays Truck & Van has been sold out of administration by Duff & Phelps to Iveco Retail, saving 120 jobs at commercial vehicle depots in Guildford, Croydon, Heathrow and Reading.
15-Aug-2013
Store Media has been bought out of administration by a new company called Store Media Contracts, saving 19 jobs at its Blackpool-based advertising business.
15-Aug-2013
Heli Air has acquired Heli North West, the operator of helicopters from Manchester City Airport, as part of a strategy to set up a nationwide network.
15-Aug-2013
Domestic & General, the provider of extended warranties on electrical appliances with 2,500 staff in Wimbledon, Nottingham, Brighton and Bedworth, has been acquired by private equity firm CVC for £750m.
14-Aug-2013
York Mailing has acquired The Lettershop Group, the Leeds-based printing and marketing firm with 200 staff, taking its total workforce to 500 at three sites.
14-Aug-2013
Sanderson Group has acquired Catan Marketing, the Rugby-based e-commerce firm, for £0.6m.
14-Aug-2013
Stonegate Pub Company has acquired the Living Room chain of 13 restaurants from Premium Bars & Restaurants.
14-Aug-2013
Hamilton Rentals, the Bracknell-based IT rental firm, has undergone a management buy-out from Xchange Technology Group.
14-Aug-2013
SJ Berwin has merged with Hong Kong-based King & Wood Mallesons to create a combined global law firm with about 2,700 lawyers.
14-Aug-2013
LEP Care, the Somerset-based care firm trading as At Your Home with 25 staff, has been acquired by Country Court Care Homes.
14-Aug-2013
Eco2 has sold its 40MW straw-fuelled biomass project at Brigg in Lincolnshire to BWSC for £160m.
14-Aug-2013
Renew Holdings has acquired Lewis Civil Engineering, the Cardiff-based supplier of assets to the water industry with 175 staff, for £7.9m.
13-Aug-2013
Kavli UK has acquired St Helen's Farm, the Vale of York-based supplier of goats' milk with 40 staff.
13-Aug-2013
Howden Insurance Brokers has acquired Workplace Pension Solutions for undisclosed terms, in order to expand into the employee benefits market.
13-Aug-2013
Balfour Beatty is to sell its UK facilities management business to GDF Suez Energy Services for £190m, with the transfer of up to 9,000 staff.
12-Aug-2013
Complete Office Solutions of Wakefield has acquired Aquila Business Products, Bassetlaw Office Supplies and Thomas Stoner Supplies, increasing its turnover by £8m.
12-Aug-2013
PHS Group has acquired Bettershred, the Milton Keynes-based document shredding firm, for undisclosed terms.
12-Aug-2013
Blue Inc has acquired five former Republic fashion stores in Bangor, Brighton, Cwmbran, Hull and Swansea.
12-Aug-2013
Envar Contracting, the organic waste treatment firm, has been sold by ADAS Group to Winterhall Commercial for undisclosed terms, and the business will be renamed Ecoganix.
12-Aug-2013
Lewis Group, the Leeds-based debt collection firm, has been acquired by Hoist Kredit of Sweden for undisclosed terms.
12-Aug-2013
Absolute Engineering, the West Yorkshire-based supplier of carbon fibre doctoring systems to printers, has been acquired by US-based Pamarco Technologies for undisclosed terms.
08-Aug-2013
Ineos ChlorVinyls has sold its Runcorn-based packed chlorine business to 2M Group for undisclosed terms.
08-Aug-2013
Huws Gray has acquired JF Beale, the Derby-based builders' merchant, taking its network to 42 sites.
08-Aug-2013
LKQ Euro has acquired Iris Coatings and five automotive paint distributors with 26 depots for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Euro Car Parts business.
08-Aug-2013
Cardpoint, the Northwich-based ATM provider trading as Cashzone, has been acquired by US-based Cardtronics for £100m.
08-Aug-2013
Impact Handling has acquired Abex, the Birmingham-based materials handling firm with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
07-Aug-2013
Adept Telecom is to acquire about 3,000 business customer contracts from Bluebell Telecom for an initial £2m.
07-Aug-2013
Quattro Group, the London-based plant hire firm, has undergone a management buy-out.
07-Aug-2013
Avelo, the Warwick-based software consultancy, has been sold by LDC to IRESS of Australia for £210m.
07-Aug-2013
Mansfield Group of Stoke-on-Trent is to merge with Ontime Automotive Assistance to create a combined breakdown service with sales of more than £40m.
07-Aug-2013
Lancashire Holdings is to acquire Cathedral Capital, the London-based Lloyd's insurer, from Alchemy Partners for £266m.
07-Aug-2013
Johnson Service Group has sold its facilities management business to a new company called Bell Rock Bidco for £32m.
07-Aug-2013
EMIS has acquired Digital Healthcare, the Cambridge-based health screening company with 35 staff, for £3.1m.
06-Aug-2013
GeoSonic Drilling has been acquired by Mulraney Group, securing the future of 35 jobs at its Alloa-based specialist drilling business.
06-Aug-2013
Waitrose has acquired The Good Food Guide from Which for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its range of food publications.
06-Aug-2013
HMT Insurance Brokers of Surrey has been acquired by Lark (Group) for undisclosed terms.
06-Aug-2013
Key Travel, the travel management firm with offices in London, Manchester and Liverpool, has undergone a management buy-out backed by ISIS Private Equity.
06-Aug-2013
Walker Fire has acquired Stockport Fire Protection, the Stockport-based supplier of fire appliances, for more than £1m.
06-Aug-2013
Cleansing Service Group has acquired Saxon Recycling, the Cambridgeshire-based print waste management firm with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Aug-2013
Covpress, the Coventry-based manufacturer of automotive panels with 454 staff, has been acquired by Shandong Yongtai of China and Telford-based TIA Treadsetters for £30m.
05-Aug-2013
ITV has acquired Big Talk Productions, the TV and film production company, for an initial £12m.
05-Aug-2013
PolyTherics is to merge with Cambridge-based Antitope to create a combined biopharmaceuticals group backed by Imperial Innovations.
05-Aug-2013
Macduff Shellfish is expected to acquire the Young's Seafood factory in Stornoway for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 33 staff.
05-Aug-2013
Costain has acquired EPC Offshore, the Aberdeen-based oil consultancy with 75 staff, for an initial £9.6m.
05-Aug-2013
First Manchester has acquired the Finglands bus service in Manchester from East Yorkshire Motor Services, with the transfer of about 100 staff.
05-Aug-2013
Tyrrells, the Herefordshire-based snacks manufacturer with 270 staff, has been acquired by Investcorp of Bahrain for £100m.
05-Aug-2013
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre of Sheffield (AMRC) has acquired the assets of Castings Technology International and Titanium Castings UK, including 66 staff in Rotherham.
05-Aug-2013
Invensys, the industrial engineering firm with 1,100 UK staff at sites including Crawley and Worthing, is to be acquired by Schneider Electric of France for £3.4bn.
05-Aug-2013
Veritek Global, the Eastbourne-based imaging equipment maintenance firm with 300 staff, has undergone a £11m management buy-out backed by Mobeus Equity Partners.
05-Aug-2013
Absolute Radio, the network of radio stations, has been acquired by Bauer Media for £22m.
05-Aug-2013
DCC Healthcare has acquired Leonhard Lang UK, the Gloucestershire-based medical technology firm with 21 staff, for an initial £11m.
05-Aug-2013
Little Chef, the chain of 83 roadside restaurants with 1,100 staff, has been sold by RCapital to Kuwait-based Kout Food Group.
05-Aug-2013
Phoenix Natural Gas, the Northern Ireland-based gas distribution network and energy supplier, has been acquired by the Hastings investment group for an estimated £700m.
05-Aug-2013
Viking SeaTech, the Aberdeen-based oil rig moorings firm, has been acquired by US-based Actuant for £150m.
05-Aug-2013
Cookson Precious Metals of Birmingham has been acquired by Heimerle & Meule of Germany.
05-Aug-2013
Sandicliffe has acquired Farmers, the operator of two Skoda car dealerships in Leicester and Nottingham.
05-Aug-2013
Theo Fennell, the London-based jewellery retailer, is to be acquired by an investment consortium called Mirfield 1964 for £2.9m.
05-Aug-2013
Wynnstay Group is to acquire Carmarthen & Pumsaint Farmers, the Carmarthen-based agricultural supplies firm, for £8.2m.
05-Aug-2013
Silverdell has acquired Kitsons Environmental Europe for up to £8m, in order to expand its Euro Dismantling Services subsidiary.
25-Jul-2013
Shuttleworth Business Systems has acquired Border Merchant Systems, the Monmouth-based supplier of software to builders.
25-Jul-2013
SThree has sold Jobboard Enterprises, the owner of The IT Job Board, to Dice Holdings for an initial £9.2m.
25-Jul-2013
Axis Sheet Metal & Fabrication has been sold out of administration, with the transfer of nine staff in Bolton to Axis Fabrications.
25-Jul-2013
RFMD is to sell its electronics factory in Newton Aycliffe to US-based Compound Photonics for undisclosed terms, which should secure the future of up to 200 jobs.
25-Jul-2013
Argent Energy, the Motherwell-based biodiesel supplier, has been acquired by John Swire & Sons for an estimated £80m.
24-Jul-2013
TC Facilities Management has acquired Equinox Security Management, the London-based security services firm, for undisclosed terms.
24-Jul-2013
Hillendale has acquired the Stratstone Jaguar car dealership in Bolton from Pendragon Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 15 staff.
23-Jul-2013
Nicole Farhi has sold its six fashion stores and nine concessions out of administration to the owner of Fenn Wright Manson.
23-Jul-2013
Bellpenny has acquired Entire Wealth Management, the Surrey-based independent financial adviser with funds under management of £100m.
23-Jul-2013
Renovo is to acquire Ultimate Finance Group, the Bristol-based financial services firm, for £19m.
23-Jul-2013
Collier & Madge, the London-based property management firm with more than 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
23-Jul-2013
Belfast International Airport has been acquired by US-based ADC & HAS Airports Worldwide, as part of a £244m deal that includes assets in other countries.
23-Jul-2013
EnerMech has acquired Total Reclaim Systems, the provider of offshore drilling support services with sites in Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen.
23-Jul-2013
Springfield Healthcare Group has acquired Helping Hands, the Selby-based provider of domiciliary care services with 30 staff.
22-Jul-2013
Steven Eagell Toyota has acquired Sims Toyota, the Northampton-based car dealership, for undisclosed terms.
22-Jul-2013
SA1 Solutions is to acquire Business Systems Services, the Swansea-based IT firm, including the BSS headquarters on the Garngoch Industrial Estate.
22-Jul-2013
Swanglen Furniture has been bought out of liquidation by the Airsprung Group, saving 30 jobs at its Bristol-based bedroom furniture manufacturing business.
22-Jul-2013
Monoidics, the London-based software testing firm, has been acquired by Facebook for undisclosed terms.
22-Jul-2013
Bain Capital has acquired an 80% stake in Plasma Resources UK, the Hertfordshire-based blood products supplier, for up to £200m, and about £50m will be invested in production facilities.
22-Jul-2013
Woodall Nicholson, the coachbuilding firm with 180 staff in Bolton and Rochdale, has been acquired by Mosaic Private Equity, RooGreen Ventures and Enterprise Ventures.
22-Jul-2013
Meridian Motor Group has acquired a Honda car dealership in Barnsley, taking its total chain to 14 sites with 350 staff.
22-Jul-2013
BJL has acquired Mere PR, the Altrincham-based public relations firm, and the staff will work from BJL's Spinningfields office.
22-Jul-2013
MPS Heavy Haulage has been sold out of administration by FRP Advisory, saving 17 jobs at its Essex-based haulage business.
22-Jul-2013
Host Europe, the Uxbridge-based internet hosting firm with 600 staff, has been sold by Montagu Private Equity to Cinven for £438m.
22-Jul-2013
Simply Business, the online insurance broker, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners.
22-Jul-2013
Vindon Healthcare, the Rochdale-based manufacturer of environmental control products for the pharmaceutical industry, is in talks to be acquired by BioScience for £12m.
18-Jul-2013
Modelzone has sold its Amerang wholesale model toys business out of administration to Ripmax, with the transfer of 18 staff.
18-Jul-2013
Ovington Boats, the North Shields-based dinghy manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out.
18-Jul-2013
Inenco Group, the Lancashire-based energy consultancy with about 300 staff, is to be sold by EnServe to Vitruvian Partners and Intermediate Capital for undisclosed terms.
17-Jul-2013
Fisher German has merged with Kent-based Lister InfraServ to create a combined chartered surveying group with 15 offices.
17-Jul-2013
Aker Solutions has acquired International Design Engineering & Services, the Glasgow-based engineering firm with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jul-2013
The County Group has acquired JSW Insurance Services of Newcastle-under-Lyme for undisclosed terms, taking its total headcount to 150.
17-Jul-2013
Geldards has acquired the business and assets of TPP Law, the London-based public services law firm.
17-Jul-2013
Reservoir Group, the Aberdeen-based oil services firm with about 900 staff at 40 locations, has been acquired by ALS of Australia for £351m.
17-Jul-2013
Cobham has acquired the remaining 50% stake in FB Heliservices from joint venture partner Bristow Helicopters for £74m.
16-Jul-2013
Corero Network Security is to sell Corero Business Systems to Civica UK for £13m, as part of a strategy to focus on network security.
16-Jul-2013
Syntaxin, the Abingdon-based life sciences company specialising in compounds based on botulinum toxins, has been acquired by Ipsen of France for an initial £24m.
16-Jul-2013
Tods Aerospace & Defence, the Somerset-based advanced materials engineering firm, has been acquired by US private equity firm AGC for undisclosed terms.
16-Jul-2013
Cupid has sold its casual dating businesses to Grendall Investment for £45m.
16-Jul-2013
Aerospace Tooling, the Dundee-based precision engineering firm, has undergone a £3.5m management buy-out backed by investment firm Foresight.
16-Jul-2013
Severn Glocon has acquired Calidus, the Redruth-based engineering firm with 24 staff, from Badger Explorer for about £1.2m.
16-Jul-2013
Buoyant Holdings, the Lancashire-based furniture upholstery manufacturer with 630 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by NVM Private Equity for £10m.
15-Jul-2013
Mir Steel, the Newport-based steel manufacturer with 150 staff, has been acquired by Liberty Commodities.
15-Jul-2013
Internacionale has been sold in a pre-pack administration to a newly-formed company, saving 1,550 jobs in its 114 fashion stores.
15-Jul-2013
Moffat 2000, the Ashington-based pipeline engineering company with 50 staff, has been acquired by US-based Forum Energy Technologies.
15-Jul-2013
Sports Direct has bought an undisclosed stake in the Pulp chain of six fashion stores.
15-Jul-2013
MedicX Pharmacy has acquired five Hall & Stevens pharmacies in the Warrington area from Safehands Healthcare for undisclosed terms.
15-Jul-2013
Communicate Better has acquired Hull-based TTS Communications for undisclosed terms, taking its total workforce to 40.
15-Jul-2013
TD Travel has acquired Hotelscene, the Bristol-based hotel booking agency, creating a new group called Corporate Travel International with 150 staff.
15-Jul-2013
KPMG has sold the former Quinton Hazell Automotive factory in Colwyn Bay out of administration to Mark Water Pumps of India, with the reinstatement of 15 jobs.
15-Jul-2013
Grant Thornton has acquired the financial services advisory division of Navigant for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 45 staff.
11-Jul-2013
Active Risk, the Maidenhead-based developer of enterprise risk management solutions, is to be acquired by Sword Aquila for £12m.
11-Jul-2013
Agrical, the Tadcaster-based provider of loss adjusting and claims management services with 50 staff, has been acquired by McLarens.
10-Jul-2013
Vantage Motor Group has acquired the Batemans Toyota car dealership at Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria for undisclosed terms.
10-Jul-2013
Catermasters has acquired Bite Catering, the London-based catering firm with 55 staff, for undisclosed terms.
10-Jul-2013
Adler & Allan has acquired AMW Contractors, the Cumbria-based environmental consultancy with 11 staff, for undisclosed terms.
10-Jul-2013
Vertu Motors has acquired the trade and assets of two Volkswagen car dealerships in Lincoln and Boston from Lookers for £3m.
10-Jul-2013
HQC Sheet, the St Helens-based steel fabrication firm with 46 staff, has been bought out of administration by a2e Venture Catalysts.
10-Jul-2013
Serviced Office Group is to acquire Avanta Managed Offices, the London-based operator of 17 serviced offices, for £15m.
10-Jul-2013
Manheim has acquired Kingfisher Systems, the Glasgow-based IT firm, for undisclosed terms, in order to help expand its Motors.co.uk used car website.
10-Jul-2013
Bluestone National Park, the Pembrokeshire-based holiday resort with about 500 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
10-Jul-2013
Rotork has acquired Flowco, the Bath-based valve and actuator service company.
09-Jul-2013
P&S Tools, the Malvern-based aerospace engineering firm with 25 staff, has been sold out of administration by MB Insolvency for undisclosed terms.
09-Jul-2013
Peter Brett Associates has acquired Hannah Reed & Associates, the civil engineering firm with 85 staff in Cambridge, Oxford, Doncaster and Glasgow.
09-Jul-2013
Carter Jonas has merged with Peter Greenwood & Co, the North Yorkshire-based firm of chartered surveyors.
09-Jul-2013
Stafford House Investments has acquired AC Mole & Sons, the Taunton-based financial advisory firm.
09-Jul-2013
Alpine Press, the Hertfordshire-based commercial printing company with 35 staff, has been sold out of administration to a management buy-out.
09-Jul-2013
Cardiff Aviation has acquired the European Skybus flight training centre in Bournemouth for undisclosed terms, and will eventually relocate it to St Athan.
09-Jul-2013
TPG Capital is to acquire TSL Education, the London-based owner of the Times Educational Supplement, from Charterhouse for undisclosed terms.
09-Jul-2013
Servest has acquired Maxwell Stewart, the building services firm with sites in London and Manchester and annual turnover of £15m.
09-Jul-2013
Dillistone has acquired FCP Internet, the supplier of software to recruitment agencies, for an initial £0.8m.
09-Jul-2013
Intertek Group has acquired Melbourn Scientific, the Cambridge-based pharmaceutical testing firm with 80 staff.
09-Jul-2013
Tesco has acquired 33 Alfred Jones Spar convenience stores in the North West, in order to expand its One Stop chain to 682.
08-Jul-2013
UKFast has acquired the UK internet hosting operations of US-based BurstNET for undisclosed terms.
08-Jul-2013
Snowbird Foods, the Enfield-based meat processing firm, has undergone a management buy-out.
08-Jul-2013
Xodus, the Aberdeen-based energy consultancy with 700 staff, has been acquired by Chiyoda of Japan for undisclosed terms.
08-Jul-2013
Executive Offices Group, the London-based network of 28 serviced offices, is expected to be acquired by Queensgate Investments for about £260m.
08-Jul-2013
CliniSys, the Surrey-based healthcare IT firm, has been acquired by Montagu Equity Partners for undisclosed terms.
08-Jul-2013
Patriot Aerospace Group is to acquire Regional & City Airport Management, the provider of management services at Blackpool and City of Derry Airports, for undisclosed terms.
08-Jul-2013
Greenhous has acquired William A Lewis Cars, the operator of Volvo and Nissan car dealerships in Shrewsbury and Telford.
08-Jul-2013
Green Compliance is to sell its portable fire appliances, alarms and risk assessment operations to London Security for £2m.
08-Jul-2013
AC Williams has acquired Southern Holidays of Pointon to create an enlarged Lincolnshire-based coach operator with about 30 vehicles.
08-Jul-2013
Gregory Distribution has bought the business and assets Oxfordshire-based Interoute Transport Services out of administration.
08-Jul-2013
Earthmill of Wetherby is to merge with the wind energy division of Bristol-based TGC Renewables to create a new group called Earthmill (The Green Company).
04-Jul-2013
T&E Display has bought the assets of T&E, the Halesowen-based manufacturer of commercial interiors with 99 staff, out of administration.
04-Jul-2013
Premier Telecom Group has merged with Business Phones Direct to create a combined Fareham-based technology group called OneCom, and 70 new jobs will be created.
04-Jul-2013
Jelf has acquired The Insurance Partnership for £12m, including offices in Hull, Leeds, Wolverhampton and York.
04-Jul-2013
Gilbert Stephens has merged with Symes Robinson & Lee to create a combined Exeter-based law firm with six offices.
04-Jul-2013
Lupton Fawcett Lee & Priestley is in merger talks with York-based law firm Denison Till.
04-Jul-2013
SDI Group has acquired CMECS, the Kettering-based manufacturer of roller conveyor systems.
04-Jul-2013
Perform Group is to acquire Opta, the sports data company, for an initial £40m.
04-Jul-2013
Chesapeake, the Nottingham-based packaging manufacturer with 5,000 staff in nine countries, has been acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group for undisclosed terms.
04-Jul-2013
Dwell has sold five of its 23 furniture stores out of administration to its founder.
04-Jul-2013
Avingtrans has acquired Exterran UK, the Walsall-based supplier of equipment to the oil and gas market with 85 staff, for a nominal sum.
04-Jul-2013
MHA MacIntyre Hudson has merged with the Canterbury and Maidstone offices of Larkings, creating a combined accountancy group with 40 staff and 13 offices.
04-Jul-2013
Ericsson is to acquire Red Bee Media, the broadcast services firm with 1,500 staff in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Australia.
03-Jul-2013
Primary Health Properties has acquired Primary Health Care Centres for £27m, including 11 properties across the country.
03-Jul-2013
GB Group has acquired CRD UK, the Crewe-based criminal records disclosure organisation, for £1.3m.
03-Jul-2013
Taylor has acquired Sellers, the Oldham-based waste container manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
03-Jul-2013
Season Group has acquired Outsource Electronics, the Havant-based provider of electronics manufacturing services.
03-Jul-2013
Ballyvesey Holdings has bought the trade and assets of CFT Services, the Heywood-based transport firm.
03-Jul-2013
Creamline Dairies is to acquire Dairy Crest's milk delivery depots in Flixton, Macclesfield, Stockport and Warrington for £1.1m, with the transfer of 65 staff.
03-Jul-2013
Towergate Partnership is to acquire Ellis Bates Insurance Brokers of Harrogate for undisclosed terms.
03-Jul-2013
Hardy & Greys, the Northumberland-based fishing tackle supplier with 100 staff, has been acquired by US-based Pure Fishing.
03-Jul-2013
Ideagen has acquired MSS Management Systems Services, the supplier of software care solutions to the NHS, for an initial £0.6m.
03-Jul-2013
Wood Group has acquired Pyeroy Group, the Gateshead-based supplier of coatings and fabric maintenance services with 1,800 staff.
03-Jul-2013
Angus Fire, the Oxfordshire-based manufacturer of fire fighting products, has undergone a £62m management buy-out from United Technology Corp.
02-Jul-2013
Sepha, the Belfast-based manufacturer of blister packaging machinery with 32 staff, has been sold by Enterprise Equity to US-based TASI Group for undisclosed terms.
02-Jul-2013
Ridgeway Group has bought the former Guy Salmon Jaguar car franchise in Oxford from Sytner Group.
02-Jul-2013
Blakemore Wholesale has acquired Lowries Wholesale, the chain of wholesale depots in Hexham, Killingholme and Penrith, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jul-2013
Ware & Kay has merged with Sykes Lee & Brydson to create a combined York-based law firm with 66 staff.
02-Jul-2013
HSS Hire Services Group has acquired UK Platforms, the chain of ten powered access depots with 120 staff, from Haulotte Group.
02-Jul-2013
Sports Direct has acquired a majority stake in Yeomans, the chain of 70 outdoor clothing stores, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jul-2013
Rubber Safety Hygiene, the Sheffield-based supplier of janitorial and safety equipment with 25 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
02-Jul-2013
Allen & Heath, the Penryn-based audio mixing console manufacturer, has been acquired by private equity firm Electra Partners in a £43m deal.
02-Jul-2013
Turner Group has acquired Iceni Marine Services, the Lowestoft-based windfarm support company with about 50 staff.
01-Jul-2013
Startin Group has acquired the Showells Hyundai car dealership in Stourbridge for undisclosed terms.
01-Jul-2013
Scotmid is to merge with Penrith Co-operative, the Cumbria-based chain of nine co-op stores with 179 staff.
01-Jul-2013
Citadel Security Products has acquired Dryad, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of structural glass and architectural handrail systems.
01-Jul-2013
JD Sports has bought Ark out of administration, saving 160 jobs at its Leeds-based chain of ten fashion stores.
01-Jul-2013
UK Coal is expected to go through a state-backed pre-pack administration through PwC, in order to save 2,000 jobs and transfer mining operations to the Coal Authority and the Pension Protection Fund.
01-Jul-2013
Kleenair Systems International is to acquire Inspirit Energy, the developer of a micro combined heat and power boiler appliance, in a £3.5m reverse takeover.
01-Jul-2013
Berforts Information Press is to merge with Frome-based Butler Tanner & Dennis to create a combined book printing group with 230 staff.
01-Jul-2013
Pure Search has acquired Correlate Search UK, the London-based financial markets executive search firm.
27-Jun-2013
Enables IT Group is to acquire The Support Force Group, the Reigate-based IT services firm with five staff, for £1.2m.
27-Jun-2013
Legal & General is to acquire Lucida, the London-based manager of pension annuity funds, for £151m.
27-Jun-2013
James Briggs, the Oldham-based chemicals manufacturer with about 200 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Endless.
26-Jun-2013
Sports Direct has bought Gelert, the Widnes-based camping equipment retailer with 100 staff in Wales and the North West, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
26-Jun-2013
ILX Group is to acquire TFPL, the London-based recruitment and training firm, from Idox for up to £0.6m.
26-Jun-2013
Sixty Retail UK has bought six Miss Sixty and Energie fashion stores from liquidators Cork Gully.
26-Jun-2013
Begbies Traynor has sold the PomeGreat pomegranate drinks business in Bath out of administration to a new company called ACPT.
26-Jun-2013
Luscombe Motors has acquired the Robert Bowett Motoring car dealership in Leeds for undisclosed terms.
26-Jun-2013
Balfour Beatty has sold its stake in Exeter Airport to Patriot Aerospace for undisclosed terms.
26-Jun-2013
Work Group has sold Armstrong Craven, the executive search firm with 51 staff and offices in London and Manchester, to Isis Equity Partners for £2.8m.
26-Jun-2013
Heli Air has acquired Scotia Helicopters, the Cumbernauld-based helicopter pilot training firm.
25-Jun-2013
Kirton Group, the Suffolk-based seating manufacturer with 112 staff, has undergone a £5.5m management buy-out backed by NVM Private Equity.
25-Jun-2013
SH Jones has bought the assets of Ribica International's Slurp online wine business out of administration for undisclosed terms.
25-Jun-2013
John Clark Motor Group has acquired Land Rover and Jaguar car dealerships in Perth, Cupar and Edinburgh from Pendragon, with the transfer of 100 staff.
25-Jun-2013
AFH Financial has acquired Shape Financial, the Somerset-based IFA with 16 advisers, for an initial £0.1m.
25-Jun-2013
Aluminium Bending Specialists, the Nottinghamshire-based engineering firm with 20 staff, has undergone a £0.6m management buy-out.
25-Jun-2013
SK Sales, the Norwich-based air handling products firm, has been acquired by SIG for undisclosed terms.
25-Jun-2013
Seacurus, the specialist marine insurance broker, has been acquired by Barbican Group for undisclosed terms.
25-Jun-2013
Avian Communications has merged with Blue Square to create a combined Dundee-based marketing agency called Avian Communications Network.
25-Jun-2013
Deloitte has sold ten Atmosphere bars and clubs out of administration to Chicago Group, saving 250 jobs.
24-Jun-2013
Metalrax Housewares has been sold out of administration by KPMG to Oneida International, saving 126 jobs in Burnley, Oldbury and Fakenham.
24-Jun-2013
Contract Natural Gas, the Harrogate-based gas supplier with 60 staff, has completed a management buy-out.
24-Jun-2013
Shortis Group has acquired Motaquip of Harlow for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its EU automotive components business.
24-Jun-2013
HCS Control Systems, the Fife-based mechanical and electrical engineering firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Maven Capital Partners.
24-Jun-2013
City Health Care Partnership of Hull has acquired Brocklehurst Chemists, the chain of three pharmacies, for undisclosed terms.
24-Jun-2013
Rivo Software, the Warwick-based supplier of health and safety software, has been acquired by Kennet Partners and Fidelity Growth Partners Europe for undisclosed terms.
24-Jun-2013
Sunseeker, the Poole-based yacht manufacturer, has been acquired by Dalian Wanda of China for £320m.
20-Jun-2013
Key Retirement Solutions has sold a majority stake in its Preston-based equity release loans business to Phoenix Equity Partners in a £35m deal.
20-Jun-2013
Sintons has acquired Lowthian Gray, the Newcastle-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
20-Jun-2013
Lorien Engineering Solutions, the Staffordshire-based engineering design firm with 70 staff, has been acquired by US-based GP Strategies for undisclosed terms.
20-Jun-2013
Melrose Industries has sold Marelli Motori, the Italian electric motor manufacturer with an office in Loughborough, to Carlyle Group for £181m.
20-Jun-2013
Garden Centre Group has expanded its chain of 129 garden centres with the acquisition of the Barton Grange Garden Centre in Bolton, securing the future of 60 jobs.
20-Jun-2013
BCA is to acquire We Buy Any Car, in order to secure a supply of used cars for auction.
19-Jun-2013
Versarien has acquired Total Carbide, the Buckinghamshire-based engineering firm, for £2.3m.
19-Jun-2013
BlueGlass has acquired Spades Media, the Surrey-based marketing agency.
19-Jun-2013
Office Watercoolers has acquired Aquaven, the Leeds-based supplier of water coolers and coffee solutions.
19-Jun-2013
Leith Agency has merged with Newhaven Communications, the Edinburgh-based advertising agency.
19-Jun-2013
RadiusPlus has acquired Subterra, the Warrington-based pipeline repair firm with ten staff, from the administrators of Daniel Contractors.
19-Jun-2013
Empire HR has acquired Precise Payroll, the Aberdeen-based human resources firm.
19-Jun-2013
Energy Services Partnership, the Castleford-based supplier of energy management solutions, has been acquired by US-based Ameresco for undisclosed terms.
18-Jun-2013
HBC Vehicle Services, the Essex-based provider of nationwide salvage and auction services with 120 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
18-Jun-2013
Cleveland Biotech, the Stockton-based biotechnology firm with 16 staff, has undergone a £4.4m management buy-out backed by NVM Private Equity.
18-Jun-2013
Promat UK has acquired C3S Securiglass, the Yorkshire-based supplier of fire-resistant glass.
18-Jun-2013
Everbuild Building Products, the Leeds-based manufacturer of sealants and adhesives with 270 staff, has been acquired by Sika of Switzerland.
18-Jun-2013
Dynamotive, the Leicestershire-based industrial engineering firm with 40 staff, has been acquired by ABB of Switzerland.
17-Jun-2013
Hartwell has acquired Hangreen, the operator of the Sky Ford car dealerships in Hemel Hempstead and Watford, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jun-2013
Brimar has sold its Manchester-based electronics operations out of administration to Image Precision and BAE Display Technologies, saving 69 of the 89 jobs.
17-Jun-2013
Linley & Simpson has acquired Carrington Property Management, the Yorkshire-based lettings agency, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jun-2013
MFG Solicitors is to acquire Scotts Holt & Sellars, the Bromsgrove-based law firm with ten staff.
13-Jun-2013
Aegon UK has sold its Positive Solutions financial adviser network to Intrinsic Financial Services for undisclosed terms.
13-Jun-2013
Hertz UK has acquired CCL Vehicle Rentals, the Dorset-based accident management firm.
13-Jun-2013
Utilitywise is to acquire Energy Information Centre, the energy procurement consultancy with offices in Redditch and Bury St Edmunds, for £15m.
13-Jun-2013
Accumuli has acquired Signify Solutions, the Cambridge-based managed service IT security provider with 23 staff, for £2.6m.
13-Jun-2013
Digital Rights Group, the independent TV rights distributor, has been acquired by Modern Times Group of Sweden for £13m.
13-Jun-2013
TLE, the chain of nine training centres, has been acquired by Learndirect in a pre-pack administration through KRE Corporate Recovery, saving 230 jobs.
12-Jun-2013
Gazeley, the developer of warehouses with assets of 5.6m sq ft, has been acquired by Brookfield for undisclosed terms.
12-Jun-2013
Petrolic Consultants, the oil industry recruitment firm with offices in Guildford, Cardiff and Egypt, has been acquired by NRL.
12-Jun-2013
Coms has acquired Premium O, the High Wycombe-based B2B telecoms solutions provider, for £1.8m.
12-Jun-2013
Trustmarque Solutions, the software firm with 180 staff in York, Bracknell and Edinburgh, has undergone a £43m management buy-out backed by private equity firm Dunedin.
11-Jun-2013
Vue Cinemas, the chain of 146 cinemas, is to be acquired by OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management Corporation of Canada for £935m.
11-Jun-2013
TVR is looking to start producing sports cars in the UK, following the sale of the brand by its Russian owner to a Surrey-based businessman for undisclosed terms.
11-Jun-2013
Eckoh has acquired Veritape, the Manchester-based supplier of payment card systems, for an initial £6.3m.
11-Jun-2013
Broadhead Peel Rhodes has merged with Heaton Lumb Lisle to create a combined West Yorkshire-based accountancy firm called BPR Heaton with 40 staff.
10-Jun-2013
Mowat Technical & Design Services has been bought out of administration by Aberdeen-based Enterprise Engineering Services, saving 26 jobs at its Caithness-based surveying and fabrication business.
10-Jun-2013
Begbies Traynor has agreed a deal to sell the York-based Coggles online fashion business out of administration to an unnamed company.
10-Jun-2013
Allport Cargo Services has agreed to transfer the ownership of its Specialist Services deliveries business to Bishopsgate Specialist Installations.
10-Jun-2013
Fuller Smith & Turner has acquired Cornish Orchards, the Cornwall-based cidermaker, for £3.8m.
10-Jun-2013
Professional Packaging Services, the Bradford-based gift packaging supplier, has been acquired by InnerWorkings of the US for undisclosed terms.
10-Jun-2013
Rimor, the Hampshire-based subsea equipment engineering company, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC.
10-Jun-2013
Elitetele.com has acquired 21C Telecom, the Derby-based mobile firm with 13 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Jun-2013
AFI-Uplift has acquired Hi-Reach, the aerial platform hire firm, as part of a £85m refinancing deal supported by Rutland Partners.
06-Jun-2013
PAR Group has bought the assets of IAC Plastics, the Burnley-based plastic machining firm, out of administration.
06-Jun-2013
Planet Cruise, the Portsmouth-based online and TV cruise supplier with 75 staff, is to be acquired by Iglu.com.
06-Jun-2013
Ultra Electronics has acquired Varisys, the High Wycombe-based manufacturer of embedded computing applications, for an initial £16m.
06-Jun-2013
Meridian Motor Group has acquired four Lexus and Toyota car dealerships in the Birmingham area from Sytner, and will convert them to the Vantage format.
06-Jun-2013
Tudor Griffiths has acquired four Cemex concrete plants in Aberystwyth, Bangor, Newtown and Wrexham.
05-Jun-2013
Optionis has acquired Michael Brookes & Co, the Middleton-based accountancy, for undisclosed terms.
05-Jun-2013
Preactor Group, the Chippenham-based software developer, has been acquired by Siemens Industry Automation Systems.
05-Jun-2013
Zoopla Property Group has acquired Vizzihome, the provider of market data to estate agencies.
04-Jun-2013
Eleco has sold the building products manufacturing operations of ElecoBuild to Omnis Industries for £0.2m, including 44 staff in Suffolk.
04-Jun-2013
Universe Group has acquired Indigo Retail Holdings, the Bromsgrove-based developer of retail management systems for £1.6m.
04-Jun-2013
CPC Group has acquired Logical Finance, the provider of point-of-sale credit facilities to retailers, in order to expand its Omni Capital brand.
04-Jun-2013
Manheim has acquired EVS Online Auctions, the truck and trailer remarketing firm, from EVS Online Auctions for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2013
Photolink Creative Group has acquired Hungry Tiger, the London-based photography firm with 55 staff, for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2013
Harold Stock & Co has acquired Jones Gough, the Stockport-based personal injury law firm, for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2013
About Corporate Finance has acquired Mediatique, the London-based TV industry consultancy.
04-Jun-2013
Marrons, the Leicester-based law firm with 32 staff, is planning to merge with Shakespeares in September.
04-Jun-2013
Barrett Steel has acquired a steel stockholding operation at Maghaberry near Lisburn from the Sherling Group for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2013
LWC Drinks is to acquire Coors Wholesale, the drinks wholesaler with 35 staff in Hartlepool and Consett, from Molson Coors for undisclosed terms.
04-Jun-2013
Gates & Partners, the aviation law firm, has merged with Kennedys, creating a new division called Kennedys Aviation with 60 staff.
04-Jun-2013
BGL Group is to acquire Minster Law, the personal injury law firm with 800 staff in York and Wakefield.
03-Jun-2013
Ridgeway Group has acquired a Land Rover car dealership in Oxford from Hartwell for undisclosed terms.
03-Jun-2013
Minelco has acquired a 75% stake in Richmond Refractories, the Sheffield-based refractory recycling company.
03-Jun-2013
Spencer Wright Industries, the textile manufacturer with 120 staff at Cobble Blackburn, has been acquired by Van de Wiele of Belgium.
03-Jun-2013
Cooper Coated Coil has been acquired by ARC Specialist Engineering, saving 57 jobs at its Wolverhampton-based steel coating business.
03-Jun-2013
Cap-It-All, the Warrington-based manufacturer of lids for disposable packaging, has been acquired by Sovereign Partners.
03-Jun-2013
Blavod Wines & Spirits has acquired the Blackwood's, Jago's and Diva drinks brands for a nominal sum.
03-Jun-2013
Centrica is to sell its 50% stake in the 72MW Braes of Doune onshore wind farm in Stirlingshire to the Hermes GPE Infrastructure Fund for £59m.
03-Jun-2013
Jaguar Land Rover is to acquire the 11-acre Dunlop Motorsport tyre manufacturing site in Castle Bromwich in 2014, casting doubt on the future of 180 jobs.
30-May-2013
Leeds College of Building has acquired Achieve Through Learning, the Rotherham-based engineering training firm.
30-May-2013
Emery Johnson is to merge with Astills to create a combined Leicester-based law firm with more than 40 staff.
30-May-2013
GHP Solicitors is to merge with HVA and Overburys to create a combined Norfolk-based law firm called Spire Solicitors with 140 staff.
30-May-2013
Node4, the data centre operator with 60 staff in Derby, Leeds and Northampton, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC.
29-May-2013
Voice Technologies, the speech recognition software firm with offices in Sheffield and Paisley, has sold a controlling stake in its business to an employee benefit fund.
29-May-2013
SHB Hire has acquired Golf Buggy Hire, the event hire and utility vehicle rental firm with sites in London, Manchester and Glasgow.
29-May-2013
Dunlop Heywood has acquired Bissett Kenning & Newiss, the Newcastle-based chartered surveying firm, for undisclosed terms.
29-May-2013
Arla Foods has sold its dairy products plant at Crediton in Devon to a management team for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 117 staff.
28-May-2013
Interserve has acquired Paragon Management UK, the London-based property refurbishment firm, for undisclosed terms.
28-May-2013
Conveyor Networks has acquired Capley Marker Systems, the Warrington-based control systems supplier, for undisclosed terms.
28-May-2013
Barclays Bank is planning to sell Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management to 3i Group, including a London-based investment team and assets under management of £780m.
28-May-2013
The Weather Lottery has acquired Poseve, the Isle of Man-based lottery software developer, for £0.4m.
28-May-2013
Connexion2, the Sheffield-based supplier of lone worker devices with 30 staff, has been acquired by US-based Kings III.
28-May-2013
Optimum Dental Group has acquired 1st Dental Products, the Bury-based operator of nine laboratories with 150 staff.
28-May-2013
Maven Capital Partners has sold its stake in Atlantic Foods Group, the Hampshire-based food supplier, to US-based Flagship Food Group.
28-May-2013
Interkey Services has been sold out of administration to a newly-formed company, saving 17 jobs at its Corby-based metal fabrications business.
28-May-2013
Wood Group has acquired Intetech, the Chester-based oil industry software company with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-May-2013
Dowson Food Machinery has expanded its West Yorkshire-based bakery equipment manufacturing business with the acquisition of JBS Baking Solutions for undisclosed terms.
23-May-2013
Parkmead is to acquire Lochard Energy for £14m, giving it a 10% stake in the North Sea's Athena field.
23-May-2013
Vertu Motors is to acquire three Albert Farnell Land Rover car dealerships in West Yorkshire for £31m.
22-May-2013
Stage Electrics, the supplier of equipment to the entertainment industry with 225 staff in London, Gateshead, Bristol and Dubai, has undergone a management buy-out.
22-May-2013
Cloetta of Sweden has acquired Goody Good Stuff, the Lancashire-based confectionery supplier, for undisclosed terms.
22-May-2013
Magstim has acquired Seren Medical, the Cardigan-based medical device manufacturer, takes its total workforce to 87.
22-May-2013
Alkane Energy is to acquire certain coal mine methane assets at Maltby Colliery from Hargreaves Services for an initial £5.5m.
22-May-2013
Warburtons has acquired Giles Foods, the bakery products manufacturer with 300 staff in Milton Keynes and Warminster, for undisclosed terms.
21-May-2013
Positive Cashflow Finance, the finance company with 27 staff in Manchester, Birmingham and Basingstoke, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-May-2013
Carrs Tool Steels, the Tipton-based steel and aluminium supplier with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-May-2013
Belvoir Lettings has acquired Claygold, the property lettings agency with offices in Basingstoke and Andover, for £1.5m.
21-May-2013
W Lucy & Co has acquired Truscanian Foundries, the Oldbury-based metal castings firm with 20 staff.
21-May-2013
Hargreaves Services is to acquire the assets of the Aardvark trading subsidiary of ATH Resources for £10m, securing the future of 237 jobs and two mines at Netherton and Duncanziemere.
20-May-2013
St Ives has acquired Branded3 Search, the digital marketing firm with 50 staff in London and Leeds, for an initial £11m.
20-May-2013
Lookers has acquired Shields Automotive, the Glasgow-based Land Rover car dealership, for £8.8m.
20-May-2013
Lowell Group has acquired Interlaken Group, the Surrey-based debt collection firm with 300 staff, for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2013
BDL Management, the Glasgow-based hotel operator with 2,400 staff employed at its 48 properties, has been acquired by Redefine Property Group for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2013
SSE is to acquire the £200m Dunmaglass wind farm project near Inverness, which will have 33 turbines by 2016.
20-May-2013
Swiss Post has acquired the UK-based management services business of Pitney Bowes for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2013
Suckling Transport, the Essex-based fuel transport firm, has been acquired by Silvio Bertani Group of Italy for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2013
Inovare, the Devon-based online media and e-learning provider, has been acquired by Volume for undisclosed terms.
20-May-2013
Murphy Group has acquired the Wirral-based Land & Marine Project Engineering subsidiary of Daniel Contractors out of administration, saving 184 jobs.
20-May-2013
JMP Consultants, the transport and engineering consultancy with 150 staff at nine offices, is to be acquired by Volvere for £0.4m.
16-May-2013
ComAp Systems, the Rotherham-based supplier of power generation control products, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
16-May-2013
Chime Communications has acquired WARL Group, the London-based retail marketing agency, for an initial £4.5m.
16-May-2013
FRH Group, the Chichester-based engineering firm, has been sold out of administration by RSM Tenon to FRH Machining.
16-May-2013
Safeguard, the Hampshire-based property maintenance firm with 15 office staff, has undergone a £2.5m management buy-out.
16-May-2013
The Wilkes Partnership is to merge with Williamson & Soden to create a combined Birmingham-based law firm with 145 staff.
15-May-2013
Patriot Aerospace Group has acquired Newquay-based British International Helicopter Services for undisclosed terms, including 50 staff and 11 helicopters.
15-May-2013
D3 Office Group has acquired North Yorkshire-based Bardsey Stationery Supplies.
15-May-2013
Adel Professional, the Sheffield-based supplier of hair and beauty products, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
15-May-2013
Brookwood Partnership has acquired Graysons Education for undisclosed terms, in order to create a combined education catering group with 1,320 staff.
15-May-2013
Engensa, the solar installation firm, is to be acquired by Hanergy of China for undisclosed terms.
15-May-2013
Jelf Group is to acquire The Insurance Partnership, the general insurance broker with 150 staff in Hull, York, Leeds and Wolverhampton, for an initial £12m.
14-May-2013
Headland Media, the Liverpool-based provider of news and entertainment services, has been sold by Oakley Capital Investments to KVH Industries for £15m.
14-May-2013
Vertu Motors is to sell its Iveco heavy truck operations in Bristol, Swindon and Gloucester to a new company called Aquila Truck Centres.
14-May-2013
Instem has acquired Logos Holdings, the London-based developer of clinical trials software, for up to £5m.
14-May-2013
Ashtead Group has acquired Accession Group, the Derbyshire-based provider of temporary access rental services, and its Eve Trakway subsidiary for £28m.
14-May-2013
British Polythene Industries has acquired Flexfilm, the Cheshire-based polythene films supplier, and its Jordan Plastics subsidiary in Ireland for £5.5m.
14-May-2013
Abracs, the York-based supplier of abrasive equipment with 18 staff, has been acquired by a Leeds-based investment company for undisclosed terms.
14-May-2013
Botanic Inns has sold seven Belfast-based bars out of administration to an unnamed company, with the transfer of 300 staff.
14-May-2013
Belgravium Technologies is to acquire Feedback Data, the East Sussex-based provider of workforce management services, for £0.6m.
14-May-2013
Antony Hodari has bought Tandem Law out of administration for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 45 staff in Preston and Manchester.
13-May-2013
Winterhill Largo has acquired Chase Solutions, the Chorley-based utility services company with 20 staff and 600 agents.
13-May-2013
Duff & Phelps has sold three Burdens builders' merchants in Cornwall, Cumbria and Kent out of administration to Civils Store for undisclosed terms.
13-May-2013
South Staffordshire Water and Cambridge Water have been sold by Alinda Capital to Kholbert Kravis Roberts & Co for undisclosed terms.
13-May-2013
AA Projects has acquired Fitton Associates, the London-based project management and building surveying firm, for undisclosed terms.
13-May-2013
Aaron & Partners has acquired Bennett's Legal, the Shrewsbury-based law firm, for undisclosed terms.
13-May-2013
Urban Wind has acquired Myriad Wind for undisclosed terms, creating a combined renewable energy group with 70 staff.
13-May-2013
Walker Smith Way has merged with MWR Solicitors, the Preston-based law firm with 29 staff.
13-May-2013
BHW Components, the Wigan-based supplier of aerospace parts, has been acquired by A2E Venture Catalysts.
13-May-2013
Templine Employment Agency has acquired A&A Recruitment of Ashby-de-la-Zouch for undisclosed terms, taking its network of recruitment branches to 27.
13-May-2013
Vitol Group is to acquire Phillips 66 Power Operations, the owner of the Immingham combined heat and power plant with 56 staff, for undisclosed terms.
13-May-2013
Datong, the Leeds-based intelligence gathering firm, is to be acquired by Seven Technologies of County Antrim for £6.9m.
13-May-2013
Procam, the broadcast equipment hire company with 70 staff in London and Manchester, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Foresight.
09-May-2013
Slater Heelis has acquired Tarran & Co, the Manchester-based personal injury law firm, for undisclosed terms.
09-May-2013
Devenish Nutrition has acquired HiPeak Feeds, the Sheffield-based organic feeds manufacturer.
09-May-2013
Slater & Gordon of Australia is expanding into the UK with the acquisition of Leeds-based law firm Simpson Millar, Liverpool-based Goodmans Law and the personal injury division of Cambridge-based Taylor Vinters.
08-May-2013
LDD Group has acquired VAR Compubyte Systems, the Bradford-based supplier of IT equipment to schools.
08-May-2013
Access Training of Gateshead has acquired Durham Training, the training provider with ten staff in Chester-le-Street.
08-May-2013
Britton Group and Paragon Print & Packaging are to merge with Exopack, Kobusch and PACCOR to create a global plastic packaging business with 63 plants and 8,650 staff.
08-May-2013
Abacus Lighting has been sold out of administration by Deloitte to a new investment group, saving 150 jobs at its lighting business in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
08-May-2013
Boulder Brands of the US has acquired Davies Bakery, the Cheshire-based gluten-free bakery.
07-May-2013
Solid State has acquired Q-par, the Herefordshire-based supplier of antenna systems with 35 staff, for £0.9m.
07-May-2013
Santia Asbestos Management has acquired First Order Red, the Nottinghamshire-based environmental consultancy, for £2.2m.
07-May-2013
Alard, the Stockport-based electrical engineering contractor with 43 staff, has been acquired by SPIE of France for undisclosed terms.
07-May-2013
Ella's Kitchen, the organic babyfood company, has been acquired by Hain Celestial of the US for undisclosed terms.
07-May-2013
Bouygues UK has sold Fitzgerald, the Birmingham-based civil engineering contractor with 100 staff, to a management buy-out.
07-May-2013
The Whisky Shop has expanded its nationwide chain of 21 shops with the acquisition of Loch Fyne Whiskies of Scotland.
07-May-2013
AGS Home Improvement has sold the assets of its Newton Abbot-based windows business out of administration to Britannia Windows and Epwin Group, saving 60 jobs.
02-May-2013
Sage UK has sold its construction software business to a management team operating as Eque2 for undisclosed terms, including offices in Manchester, Farnham and Glasgow.
02-May-2013
Vision Express has acquired 12 stores in the North West from Crown Eyeglass, but eight of the sites will be closed.
02-May-2013
Pursuit Dynamics is to sell its Food, Beverage and Brewing division to Olympus Automation for an initial £0.1m.
02-May-2013
Smiths News has sold Dawson Marketing Services and Marketlink Marketing Communications to SKU Logistics of Swindon for £0.2m.
02-May-2013
Coms has acquired the broadband customers and certain other assets of So Purple Tech for £0.8m.
02-May-2013
Cott Beverages is to acquire Cooke Bros, the Wrexham-based owner of the Calypso Soft Drinks and Mr Freeze brands.
01-May-2013
RWS Holdings has acquired PharmaQuest, the Oxfordshire-based provider of medical translation services, for £2.3m.
01-May-2013
R&R Ice Cream, the North Yorkshire-based ice cream manufacturer, has been acquired by private equity firm PAI Partners for undisclosed terms, but its Leeds site will close with the loss of up to 135 jobs.
30-Apr-2013
Havas Media has acquired SCB Partners, the London-based marketing insight consultancy, and the staff will relocate to St Martin's Lane.
30-Apr-2013
Border Precision is to be bought out of administration by a management team backed by Tri Cap, saving 80 jobs at its Kelso-based engineering business.
30-Apr-2013
Rentokil Initial has sold its City Link parcel delivery operation to private equity firm Better Capital for a nominal sum, and £40m will be invested in improvements to the business.
30-Apr-2013
Restore has acquired IT Efficient, the Bedfordshire-based IT asset disposal and recycling firm, for an initial £1.8m.
30-Apr-2013
Source BioScience has acquired Inverclyde Biologicals, the Motherwell-based manufacturer of diagnostic kits, for £1.6m.
30-Apr-2013
Cranswick has acquired East Anglian Pigs, the Little Melton-based pig-rearing firm with about 100 staff, for undisclosed terms.
30-Apr-2013
East Midlands Housing Group has acquired Sharpe's Gardening Services, the landscaping company with 20 staff.
29-Apr-2013
Hugh J Boswell, the Norwich-based insurance broker with 49 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
29-Apr-2013
Eden Motor Group has acquired the Alan Gibson Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Mazda and Hyundai car dealership in Basingstoke.
29-Apr-2013
TestPlant has acquired Facilita Software Development, the Cheshire-based software testing firm with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-Apr-2013
Greenredeem has acquired the UK division of Recyclebank for undisclosed terms, in order to create a combined recycling rewards scheme for consumers.
29-Apr-2013
Avon Rubber has acquired the business and assets of VR Technology, the supplier of diving rebreather systems, as part of a £3m expansion.
29-Apr-2013
Deben Transport has acquired the assets and business of Elite Transport Services out of administration for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of about 100 staff in Leeds and Manchester.
29-Apr-2013
Kier Group has agreed a deal to acquire May Gurney, the Norwich-based road and rail maintenance firm with about 6,000 staff, for £221m, beating a previous bid from Costain.
25-Apr-2013
IBB London has acquired Lily & Lotty, the silver and diamond jewellery brand.
25-Apr-2013
BCA Logistics has acquired NKL Automotive, the Goole-based vehicle logistics and storage firm with 200 staff, for undisclosed terms.
25-Apr-2013
Parmeko Group has sold Accrington-based Davis Pneumatic Systems out of administration to Pneumatrol, while Thomas Salvesen Enterprises has acquired the Opus Metrology division in Corby.
25-Apr-2013
BGM Group has been sold out of administration by KPMG to Manchester-based Europa, saving 29 of the 55 jobs at its Colwyn Bay-based workplace consultancy.
25-Apr-2013
Mills & Reeve is to merge with George Davies to create a combined Manchester law office with 16 partners and 57 staff.
25-Apr-2013
Caird Bardon, the Leeds-based recycling and landfill operator, has been acquired by Hartlepool-based Seneca Global Energy for undisclosed terms.
24-Apr-2013
Sutton Venture Group has acquired the Clearco Specialists wholesaling business from St Helens-based Tian Ma Global Investments for undisclosed terms.
24-Apr-2013
AFL Architects has merged with S&P to create a combined architecture practice with more than 100 staff in London, Manchester, Glasgow and a new office in Birmingham.
24-Apr-2013
Hydrock Group has acquired QDS Environmental, the Guildford-based land remediation firm.
24-Apr-2013
Tossed, the chain of 11 restaurants, has undergone a management buy-out from private equity firm Beringea for undisclosed terms.
24-Apr-2013
Bristol Drivers Solutions, the recruitment agency for driving jobs, has been acquired by Gap Personnel's Driving Force division.
24-Apr-2013
International Tubular Services, the Aberdeen-based engineering firm with 1,000 staff, has been sold by the administrator of ITS Tubular Services to US-based Parker Drilling Company for £82m.
23-Apr-2013
Perrys has acquired the Pomphreys Vauxhall car dealership in Sittingborne for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of about 40 staff.
23-Apr-2013
Jardine Motors has sold its Scothall Hampshire BMW and Mini car franchise in Eastleigh to a former director of BMW Park Lane.
23-Apr-2013
ITV is to acquire The Garden, the London-based TV production company, for an initial £18m.
23-Apr-2013
Restore has acquired Atix, the Kent-based records management firm, for £0.9m.
23-Apr-2013
Clear Insurance has acquired Steveni Kessler, the London-based insurance broker.
23-Apr-2013
Capita has acquired G2G3 Group, the Midlothian-based developer of training games with 26 staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Apr-2013
Zonal has acquired TXD, the Stafford-based digital marketing company with ten staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Apr-2013
Mattioli Woods has acquired the pensions administration business of Ashcourt Rowan for up to £1.3m.
23-Apr-2013
Bunzl has acquired Michael Davies Associates, the Blackburn-based promotional products supplier with 180 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Apr-2013
Synova Capital has sold DBG, its Cheshire-based medical purchasing business with 80 staff, and TAG Medical to Carlyle Group and Palamon Capital Partners.
22-Apr-2013
Kay Transport has acquired King Stag, the Dorset-based road haulage firm licensed to operate ten vehicles.
22-Apr-2013
Mears Group has acquired ILS Group, the Scottish provider of community-based care services with 1,600 staff at ten branches, for £22m.
22-Apr-2013
RPS Group has acquired Knowledge Reservoir Group, the US geosciences consulting firm with 47 staff and an office in London, for up to £13m.
22-Apr-2013
Alpha Media Solutions has acquired Steffprint, the Keighley-based commercial printing firm with 27 staff, out of administration.
22-Apr-2013
Addison Lee, the London-based taxi company with 4,000 drivers, has been acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group for an estimated £300m.
22-Apr-2013
Letts Filofax, the Edinburgh-based diary publisher, has been sold by Phoenix Equity Partners to HSGP Investments for undisclosed terms.
22-Apr-2013
KPMG has acquired Makinson Cowell, the London-based capital markets advisory firm with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Apr-2013
LDC is to acquire a majority stake in the D&D London international chain of 30 restaurants from Conran Holdings for an estimated £50m.
22-Apr-2013
Springfield Healthcare has acquired Positive Life Choices, the Tyneside-based domiciliary care firm with 90 staff.
22-Apr-2013
Mole Valley Farmers has bought Farmway, the agricultural supplies group with eight stores in Yorkshire and the North East.
18-Apr-2013
Smiths News is to acquire European and African academic library services contracts from Blackwell UK for up to £2.1m, in order to expand its Bertram Books business.
18-Apr-2013
Utilitywise has acquired Aqua Veritas Consulting, the Leicestershire-based provider of water management services, for an initial £0.2m.
17-Apr-2013
Colin Appleyard Group has acquired a Nissan car dealership in Keighley from the Co-operative Motor Group, with the transfer of 12 staff.
17-Apr-2013
SSE Audio Group has acquired Manchester-based Wigwam Acoustics, creating a combined sound systems business with 140 staff.
17-Apr-2013
CPL Industries, the Chesterfield-based manufacturer of smokeless fuel products with 500 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Vision Capital.
17-Apr-2013
Burn Stewart Distillers, the East Kilbride-based operator of three distilleries, has been acquired by Distell of South Africa for £160m.
16-Apr-2013
Daisy Group is to acquire two data centres in Gateshead and Reading from Oakley Capital Private Equity for up to £7.5m.
16-Apr-2013
Elite Telecom has bought FoneRent, the Stockport-based mobile phone firm, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
16-Apr-2013
Thompson & Bryan, the loss assessor, has been bought out of administration by the owner of Commercial Claims Solutions.
16-Apr-2013
Life Technologies, the biotechnology firm with more than 500 staff in Renfrewshire, has been acquired by US-based Thermo Fisher Scientific for about £8.9bn.
16-Apr-2013
Bright Horizons has acquired Kidsunlimited, the Cheshire-based chain of 64 nurseries chain, for £45m.
15-Apr-2013
Breedon Aggregates is to acquire sand and gravel quarries in Wigan, Mold, Lydney and South Yorkshire from Marshalls for £17m.
15-Apr-2013
Healthcare Locums, the London-based healthcare recruitment firm, is to be acquired by a new company called Angel Acquisitions.
15-Apr-2013
Care UK has acquired Living Ambitions, the Lancashire-based provider of supported living services, for undisclosed terms.
15-Apr-2013
Swift Group, the East Yorkshire-based caravan manufacturer with 850 staff, has announced a recent management buy-out.
15-Apr-2013
Moness Resort, the Perthshire-based hotel and leisure development with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-out estimated at more than £10m.
15-Apr-2013
Bayfields Opticians has acquired Patterson Opticians of Wakefield for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to develop a chain of 50 sites by 2025.
15-Apr-2013
Newtons Solicitors has acquired Hodgsons & Mortimer, the law firm with 15 staff at offices in Darlington and Richmond.
11-Apr-2013
Breedon Aggregates has acquired six quarries, seven concrete plants and four asphalt plants in Grampian, Highlands, Tayside and Hebrides from Aggregate Industries for £34m.
11-Apr-2013
R&R Ice Cream has acquired Fredericks Dairies, the Skelmersdale-based ice cream manufacturer, for £49m.
10-Apr-2013
Reed Elsevier has acquired Mendeley, the London-based social network for academics, for £45m.
10-Apr-2013
Wright Plastics has been bought out of administration by Fenton Precision Engineering, saving 61 jobs at its Leicestershire-based injection moulding business.
10-Apr-2013
Mark Allen Group is to acquire the PrintWeek trade journal from Haymarket Business Media, and will relocate the staff to its Herne Hill office in London.
10-Apr-2013
First Group has sold five London bus depots to Metroline and three to Transit Systems Group, in deals worth £80m.
10-Apr-2013
Ambler Technologies, the Rochdale-based manufacturer of foam and composite products with 55 staff, has been acquired by Trelleborg.
10-Apr-2013
Parkway Green has merged with Willow Park Housing Trust to create the Wythenshawe Community Housing Group, which will maintain 14,000 homes and employ 500 staff.
09-Apr-2013
Maven Capital Partners has acquired Glasgow-based Fundamental Tracker Investment Management from City of London Group for a nominal sum.
09-Apr-2013
Pets at Home is to acquire Vets4Pets, the chain of 93 veterinary practices, for undisclosed terms.
09-Apr-2013
Innovation Group has acquired Gemini Vehicle Solutions, the Kidderminster-based provider of accident management services with 45 staff, for £4.5m.
09-Apr-2013
Hilco is to acquire 132 HMV music stores and nine Fopp branches for an estimated £50m, saving 2,500 jobs.
08-Apr-2013
Axminster Carpets is to be sold out of administration by Duff & Phelps to a buy-out team, saving up to 100 jobs at its Devon-based carpet factory.
08-Apr-2013
Euromoney Institutional Investor is to acquire Quantitative Techniques, the benchmark agency that maintains equity and bond indices, from HSBC.
08-Apr-2013
Monahans has expanded its Wiltshire-based chain of four accountancy offices with the acquisition of Glastonbury-based Holland & Co.
08-Apr-2013
Whitestone Weavers has acquired Thomas Witter, the Dewsbury-based carpet manufacturer, and the distribution side of the business will move to Whitestone's site in Hartlepool.
08-Apr-2013
DE Shoes has sold five footwear stores in Lerwick, Elgin, Kirkwall, Inverurie and Peterhead to Inverness-based Begg Shoes & Bags.
08-Apr-2013
Silverfleet Capital has acquired IPES, the supplier of private equity fund services with 130 staff in Guernsey, Jersey, London and Luxembourg, from RJD Partners for £50m.
08-Apr-2013
Steinhoff International has acquired Myer's, the Huntingdon-based bed manufacturer with 250 staff, for undisclosed terms, and expects to create up to 50 new jobs over the next year.
04-Apr-2013
Monarch Education Furniture, the Nottingham-based manufacturer of trays and cupboards for schools with 80 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
04-Apr-2013
Cooper Wilkin Chapman is to merge with Hull-based Carrick Read Solicitors to create a combined law firm with 41 partners and 305 staff.
04-Apr-2013
Ubiquisys, the Swindon-based telecoms technology firm with 130 staff, is to be acquired by US-based Cisco for about £205m.
04-Apr-2013
Lindley Group, the Stoke-based provider of catering services at sports and heritage sites nationwide, is to be acquired by US-based Centerplate for undisclosed terms.
04-Apr-2013
Metalrax, the West Midlands-based manufacturer of kitchen accessories with 387 staff, has been bought out of administration by Bowman Birmingham, while Metalrax Housewares was sold to Cable Capital Partners.
03-Apr-2013
RMJM Architecture, the Edinburgh-based architectural practice, is to be acquired by Duthus Investments for £11m.
03-Apr-2013
Six Degrees Group has acquired BIS, the London-based data centre with revenue of £16m and 200 clients.
03-Apr-2013
Redmayne-Bentley is to buy Fyshe Horton Finney, the stockbroking firm with a number of regional offices, out of administration.
03-Apr-2013
Norcros is to acquire Vado, the Somerset-based bathroom tap and shower manufacturer with 144 staff, for up to £16m.
03-Apr-2013
Future is to sell the Classic Rock and Metal Hammer music magazines to a new company called Team Rock for £10m.
03-Apr-2013
Stovax, the Exeter-based stove and fireplace manufacturer with 260 staff, is to be acquired by NIBE Industrier of Sweden.
03-Apr-2013
Amber Travel, the York-based travel operator with annual turnover of £67m, is to be acquired by private equity firm ECI Partners.
03-Apr-2013
Quindell Portfolio has acquired Compass Costs Consultants, the Merseyside-based legal costs consultancy, for £14m.
03-Apr-2013
City Financial has acquired OPM Fund Management, the London-based investment management firm, for undisclosed terms.
03-Apr-2013
Rank Group has sold the assets of its Blue Square Bet business to Betfair for £5m.
03-Apr-2013
EFS Group has acquired Logictrans UK, the Lancashire-based haulage firm, for undisclosed terms.
03-Apr-2013
Fishawack, the healthcare communications firm with offices in Knutsford and Oxford, has been acquired by Growth Capital Partners for £13m.
03-Apr-2013
Bolling Coffee, the Huddersfield-based coffee supplier with 42 staff, has been acquired by Bewley's of Ireland for undisclosed terms.
03-Apr-2013
Oasis Healthcare, the chain of more than 200 dental practices, has been acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint for £185m.
02-Apr-2013
Sanctuary Group has acquired Cosmopolitan Housing Group the owner and manager of 13,500 homes across Merseyside, Cheshire and the North West.
02-Apr-2013
Trutex has acquired John Hall Schoolwear, the Rochdale-based clothing manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
02-Apr-2013
Antony Hodari has acquired Ashton Fox, the Preston-based law firm with 24 staff, out of administration.
02-Apr-2013
Engineering Technology Group has acquired the UK machine tool sales and servicing business of Hardinge for undisclosed terms.
28-Mar-2013
Grafton Merchanting has bought Sunderland-based Thompson Building Centres and sister company TAPS plumbers merchants out of administration, saving 20 jobs.
28-Mar-2013
The Welsh Government has acquired Cardiff Airport for £52m, in order to boost business travel and tourism.
28-Mar-2013
ByBox Field Support has bought European Collaborative Hi-Tech Organisation out of administration, saving 99 jobs at its Milton Keynes-based logistical support business.
28-Mar-2013
Velos-IT, the Glasgow-based IT firm with 100 staff, has been acquired by Velocity Technology Solutions of the US for undisclosed terms.
28-Mar-2013
Costain is to acquire May Gurney, in order to create a combined infrastructure and road maintenance group with a market capitalisation of £378m and workforce of 15,000.
27-Mar-2013
Energy Solutions Group has acquired Evolve Group for undisclosed terms, including a building energy management business, Nobbs & Jones and Ashdown Controls.
27-Mar-2013
Tracsis is to acquire Sky High, the Tadcaster-based traffic data analysis firm, for £3.3m.
27-Mar-2013
Extra Motorway Services has acquired nine service stations from Welcome Break, taking its network to 18.
27-Mar-2013
Schroders is to acquire Cazenove Capital, the London-based fund management company, for £424m.
26-Mar-2013
Quindell Portfolio has acquired Isaas Technology, the software service provider with offices in Bolton, Manchester, Leeds and Bradford, for £1.3m.
26-Mar-2013
CSM has sold Bakemark, the Wirral-based bakery with 400 staff, to private equity firm Rhone Capital as part of a £898m deal.
26-Mar-2013
Garnett Dickinson has sold Acorn Web Offset, the Normanton-based printing firm with 100 staff, to management for undisclosed terms.
26-Mar-2013
Validus-IVC, the Norwich-based motor insurance firm with 143 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyds Development Capital.
26-Mar-2013
Teescraft Engineering has acquired Steel Pro Services, the County Durham-based paint removal firm.
26-Mar-2013
Boutinot, the Stockport-based wine supplier with 80 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
26-Mar-2013
Legal & General is to acquire the remaining 75% stake in Cofunds Holdings, the financial services investment platform, for £131m.
26-Mar-2013
Blockbuster has been bought out of administration by Gordon Brothers Europe for undisclosed terms, saving 2,000 jobs in its 264 entertainment stores.
25-Mar-2013
Capita has acquired Micro Librarian Systems, the Stockport-based supplier of resource management systems, from ISIS Equity Partners for undisclosed terms.
25-Mar-2013
Mazars has acquired Sarah Buttler Associates, the Hertfordshire-based immigration services firm.
25-Mar-2013
Shirley Dyeing & Finishing has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor, saving 14 jobs at its Hyde-based textiles business.
25-Mar-2013
Hanson UK is to take full ownership of Midland Quarry Products, the Leicestershire-based quarrying firm, with the acquisition of Tarmac's 50% stake.
25-Mar-2013
Gael Force Group has acquired Varis Engineering, the Forres-based fabricator of marinas and bridges with 30 staff.
25-Mar-2013
Sigma Financial Group has acquired CCS, the Bromsgrove-based debt recovery firm with 81 staff, for undisclosed terms.
25-Mar-2013
Merchant House Financial Services has been sold out of administration to Aspire Financial Management, saving 13 jobs at its Northampton-based financial advice business.
25-Mar-2013
C&C Group has acquired a 50% stake in Wallaces Express, the drinks wholesaler with depots in Coatbridge, Dumfries, Irvine, Lanark, Kintore and Inverness.
25-Mar-2013
BenRiach Distillery has acquired Glenglassaugh, the Banffshire-based whisky distillery, from Lumiere Holdings for undisclosed terms.
25-Mar-2013
Restore is to acquire File & Data, the records management firm with sites in London, Tewkesbury, Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester, from OfficeTeam for an initial £6.1m.
21-Mar-2013
Goldshield Electronic Security has acquired TFS Systems, the Chesterfield-based supplier of fire detection systems.
21-Mar-2013
Adept4 has acquired K10 Solutions, the Aberdeen-based IT company, for undisclosed terms.
21-Mar-2013
Gro Group, the Devon-based supplier of baby products, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Mobeus Equity Partners.
21-Mar-2013
Quality Kernels, the West Midlands-based nut processing firm, has been sold by Zubrance to Idolwood for undisclosed terms.
21-Mar-2013
Co-operative Group is to sell its life insurance and asset management business to Royal London for £219m, with the transfer of 170 staff.
20-Mar-2013
Findel is to sell NRS, the Leicestershire-based supplier of equipment to the healthcare sector with 500 staff, to private equity firm LDC for £24m.
20-Mar-2013
Filtrona is to acquire Contego Healthcare, the pan-European provider of print and packaging services to the healthcare market, for £160m.
20-Mar-2013
Magnet Harlequin has acquired Technik, the Berkhamsted-based printing firm, for undisclosed terms.
20-Mar-2013
Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired Insider Publishing, the insurance information and events firm, for an initial £17m.
20-Mar-2013
The BBC has sold the Lonely Planet travel publishing business to NC2 Media for £51m.
20-Mar-2013
Venn Engineering has merged its Gloucester-based project management consultancy with Oxand Group of France.
20-Mar-2013
MB Aerospace, the Burnley-based engineering group, has been acquired by private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners for undisclosed terms.
19-Mar-2013
Malmaison Group, the chain of 27 Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotels, has been acquired by US-based KSL Capital Partners for undisclosed terms.
19-Mar-2013
Cala Group, the Edinburgh-based housebuilder, has been acquired by Patron and Legal & General in a deal worth £210m.
19-Mar-2013
Selwyns Travel, the bus operator with 200 staff at depots in Runcorn, St Helens and Manchester, has been acquired by RATP of France for undisclosed terms.
19-Mar-2013
Angel Biotechnology has sold its medical collagen operations out of administration to a new Glasgow-based company called Collbio.
19-Mar-2013
John Cullerton & Sons has bought R Levitt, the Castleford-based refrigeration and air conditioning firm, out of administration.
19-Mar-2013
Elektron Technology is to sell Total Carbide, the manufacturer of sintered tungsten carbide components, to Versarien for £2.3m.
18-Mar-2013
RJ Jones Haulage has been bought out of administration by RJ Jones Group, saving 145 jobs at its Flintshire-based transport business.
18-Mar-2013
Halma has acquired ASL Holdings, the Northampton-based manufacturer of machine-to-machine communication products, for £6.5m.
18-Mar-2013
Oakes Millers has acquired ME Waterhouse, the Malpas-based animal feeds supplier, for undisclosed terms.
18-Mar-2013
Arrow Business Communications has acquired Inter-Group Communications, the Southport-based telephony firm with 25 staff and a subsidiary in Bristol, for undisclosed terms.
18-Mar-2013
Frank Key Group has bought The Builders Centre, the Sheffield-based supplier of building materials, from Dyson Group for undisclosed terms.
18-Mar-2013
Costcutter is to acquire about 800 Mace, Supershop and Your Store convenience stores from P&H, and the two companies will form a joint buying group.
14-Mar-2013
Cosalt has sold its Ballyclare workwear division out of administration, including sites in Stockport and Barnsley.
14-Mar-2013
Acenta Steel, the Willenhall-based steel bar distributor with 343 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from private equity firm Endless for undisclosed terms.
14-Mar-2013
Interlube Systems, the Plymouth-based lubrication systems supplier with 90 staff, has been acquired by Timken for undisclosed terms.
14-Mar-2013
Dunbia Group is planning to acquire G Wood & Sons, the Mansfield-based meat processing firm, for undisclosed terms.
14-Mar-2013
Tesco is to acquire the Giraffe chain of 47 restaurants for £49m.
13-Mar-2013
Whiteleys Garden Centre in Mirfield has been bought out of administration by a private investment firm, saving 45 jobs.
13-Mar-2013
Wickham Vineyard in Hampshire has been sold out of administration to a management team for undisclosed terms.
13-Mar-2013
Angel Springs has expanded its water cooler operations in Scotland with the acquisition of Aqua Express.
13-Mar-2013
Harrington Brooks has expanded its debt management business with the acquisition of customer books from Carrington Dean of Glasgow and Nostrum Group of Harrogate.
13-Mar-2013
Shoon is to acquire the Jane Shilton footwear brand for undisclosed terms, including 39 department store concessions.
13-Mar-2013
St Ives is to acquire Amaze, the London-based marketing and technology consultancy with 200 staff, from Hasgrove for up to £24m.
12-Mar-2013
Weightmans has expanded its law offices in Manchester and Glasgow with the transfer of 14 staff from the administrators of Semple Fraser.
12-Mar-2013
Spire Automotive has bought three Scotthall BMW and Mini car dealerships in Watford, Borehamwood and Ruislip from Jardine Motor Group for undisclosed terms.
12-Mar-2013
Trigger Software, the Cheltenham-based developer of web-based applications, has been acquired by SAS Group for undisclosed terms.
12-Mar-2013
Dixons Retail is to sell Equanet, the Bury-based IT reseller with about 300 staff, to London-based Kelway for undisclosed terms.
11-Mar-2013
Advanced Computer Software Group has acquired Computer Software Holdings, the Knutsford-based supplier of back office software with 650 staff, from HgCapital for £110m.
11-Mar-2013
Scala Publishers, the London-based book publisher, has been sold out of administration by Harrisons Business Recovery to Channon Education.
11-Mar-2013
Albion Ventures has sold the Nelson House mental health hospital in Gosport to the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Care UK for £8m.
11-Mar-2013
Porta has acquired Cauldron Consulting, the London-based provider of media relations and market intelligence services in the financial sector.
11-Mar-2013
CSE-Global has acquired Tynemarch Systems Engineering, the Surrey-based water and environmental consultancy with 30 staff.
11-Mar-2013
WorkPlaceLive and Cirrus Stratus have merged their IT operations and plan to expand the 18-strong workforce with up to 15 new jobs in Croydon by 2015.
11-Mar-2013
H&H Group has acquired James Sutherland & Co, Newcastle-based firm of auctioneers, for undisclosed terms.
11-Mar-2013
SDL has acquired Bemoko, the developer of mobile web solutions.
07-Mar-2013
James Fisher & Sons has acquired Divex, the Aberdeen-based supplier of diving equipment with 240 staff, for an initial £20m.
07-Mar-2013
Microsulis Medical, the Hampshire-based supplier of medical devices, has been acquired by US-based AngioDynamics for £10m.
07-Mar-2013
TRL is to acquire Appia Infrastructure Solutions, the Doncaster-based highways consultancy, in order to expand in the asset management market.
07-Mar-2013
Prospero has acquired GenClean, the Isle of Man-based provider of heating and ventilation services, for undisclosed terms.
06-Mar-2013
HCE Group has acquired CN Gaunt & Son, the Bradford-based provider of business recovery services with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Mar-2013
Sun European is to acquire 171 of the 260 Dreams bed stores, in a £35m deal through Ernst & Young that will save more than 1,500 jobs.
06-Mar-2013
Vion UK is to sell its poultry and red meat operations to 2 Sisters Food Group, securing the future of 6,000 jobs at 11 sites nationwide.
05-Mar-2013
EKF Diagnostics has acquired 360 Genomics, the diagnostics technology firm, from Oxitec for an initial £1.6m.
05-Mar-2013
Logicalis Group is to acquire the European subsidiaries of 2e2 out of administration for £21m, as well as 70 staff from UK-based 2e2 companies.
05-Mar-2013
JCT600 has acquired Gilder Group, the chain of nine vehicle dealerships and two parts depots in South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, for undisclosed terms.
05-Mar-2013
The Red Brick Road, the London-based advertising agency, has undergone a management buy-out.
05-Mar-2013
CitySprint has acquired Sameday UK, the Warrington-based courier firm.
05-Mar-2013
Dairy Crest has bought Proper Welsh Milk out of administration, saving up to 40 jobs in Carmarthenshire.
04-Mar-2013
Sports Direct is to acquire Republic's brand, 116 fashion stores and the Leeds head office out of administration, saving 2,100 jobs.
04-Mar-2013
Shell is to sell its 66-acre Wirral technology centre to the University of Chester for a nominal sum, in order to relocate about 400 staff to other sites.
04-Mar-2013
TDR Capital is to acquire MGM Advantage, the mutual society, with the transfer of £800m of annuity business to a new life company.
04-Mar-2013
Atlas Composites, the Ilkeston-based carbon fibre components manufacturer with 70 staff, has been acquired by Senior.
04-Mar-2013
Apposing has acquired Swipe & Tap, the London-based software applications developer, for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2013
Radius Systems, the pipe manufacturer with 370 staff in Derbyshire and Northern Ireland, has been acquired by Polyplastic Group of Russia for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2013
Blue Energy has sold 87 solar energy sites to Belvedere Energy Investment of Liverpool, in order to focus on wind farms.
04-Mar-2013
Group 1 Automotive has acquired four Ford car dealerships in Bracknell, Farnborough, Guildford and Wokingham from Inchcape for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2013
BSkyB is to acquire the O2 and BE consumer broadband and fixed-line telephony business of Telefonica UK for £180m.
04-Mar-2013
Manroy has acquired the trade and certain assets of Base, the Erith-based precision engineering firm with 19 staff, for £0.8m.
04-Mar-2013
Harrison Goddard Foote has acquired Grant Spencer, the London-based trademark and design protection firm.
04-Mar-2013
Capita has acquired iQor Holdings, the Preston-based provider of outsourced debt collection services with 450 staff, for £42m.
04-Mar-2013
William Hill is to acquire full control of its online betting business, in a £424m deal with partner Playtech.
04-Mar-2013
Isuzu Truck UK, the Hatfield-based commercial vehicle supplier with 53 staff, has been acquired by Isuzu Motors Japan for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2013
Ithaca Energy is to acquire Valiant Petroleum, the North Sea oil company, for £203m.
04-Mar-2013
Encap Drug Delivery, the Livingston-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer with 60 staff, has been acquired by US-based Capsugel for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2013
Sanguine Hospitality has sold its Liverpool-based hotel management operation to Interstate Hotels & Resorts of the US for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2013
Standard Life Wealth is to acquire the private client division of Newton Management for up to £83m, with the transfer of 79 staff in London, Leeds and Edinburgh.
28-Feb-2013
Starwood Capital has acquired Principal Hayley, the chain of 23 hotels and conference centres, for an estimated £400m.
28-Feb-2013
WS Atkins is to sell its UK Highways Services business to Skanska for up to £18m, with the transfer of 1,200 staff.
28-Feb-2013
Finsbury Food Group has sold its Livwell and UBH Free From foods business to Genius Foods for £21m.
28-Feb-2013
Renishaw has acquired the 20,000 sq ft Redwood House research and development centre at Northminster Business Park in York.
28-Feb-2013
Waterlogic has acquired Water Filters, the Perth-based supplier of water filtration products trading as Aqua Cure Scotland.
28-Feb-2013
Abbey Protection has acquired a controlling stake in Lewis Hymanson Small, the Manchester-based law firm with six partners and 29 staff.
28-Feb-2013
Motorclean has acquired the trade and assets of Forward Valeting Services in a £5m deal that creates a combined vehicle valeting group with turnover of £35m.
27-Feb-2013
Marsden Rawsthorn, the Preston-based law firm with 80 staff, has been sold out of administration to a management team.
27-Feb-2013
LBM, the Altrincham-based call centre firm with 2,500 staff at six sites, has been acquired by US-based Stream Global Services for undisclosed terms.
27-Feb-2013
Countryside Properties, the Essex-based housebuilder, has been acquired by Oaktree Capital Management.
27-Feb-2013
Baxters has acquired a vinegar plant at Burntwood in Staffordshire from Nakano for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 58 staff.
27-Feb-2013
Skipton Building Society has sold its Sterling International Brokers business to BGC Brokers for undisclosed terms.
26-Feb-2013
Headlam Group is to acquire the business and assets of Hall's Floorings, the London-based distributor of residential floorcoverings, for an initial £0.5m.
26-Feb-2013
Care UK has acquired UK Specialist Hospitals, the operator of five elective surgery centres in the South West.
26-Feb-2013
BT is to acquire ESPN'S UK and Ireland TV channels from Disney for undisclosed terms, and up to 97 staff will relocate from Hammersmith to Stratford.
26-Feb-2013
Axminster Carpets has sold its Devonia sheepskin tannery in Buckfastleigh out of administration to Eastern Counties Leather, saving 20 jobs.
26-Feb-2013
Edinburgh Instruments, the West Lothian-based scientific equipment manufacturer with 70 staff, is to be acquired by Hong Kong-listed Techcomp for £1.9m.
26-Feb-2013
Ferrovial of Spain has acquired Enterprise, the property and utility services group with 9,600 staff, for £385m, and will merge it with Amey.
25-Feb-2013
Dolls House Emporium, the Ripley-based supplier of miniature collectables with about 60 staff, is to be acquired by MyHobbyStore Retail.
25-Feb-2013
Baldwins has acquired Gravestock & Owen, the Willenhall-based accountancy firm, for undisclosed terms.
25-Feb-2013
Ten Alps has sold its Below the Radar TV production business in Northern Ireland to a management buy-out.
25-Feb-2013
Gregory Distribution has acquired Philson Haulage, the Chichester-based transport firm with 56 staff, for undisclosed terms.
25-Feb-2013
Antic has sold 12 of its London-based pubs out of administration to a new company called Gregarious, saving 200 jobs.
21-Feb-2013
Valpak has sold its Preston-based materials recycling operation to a new company called JWS Lancashire.
21-Feb-2013
Marshall has acquired Silver Street Automotive, the Exeter-based chain of ten car dealerships with 324 staff, for undisclosed terms.
21-Feb-2013
Hydrasun, the Aberdeen-based fluid control equipment firm with about 600 staff worldwide, has been acquired by the Investcorp Gulf Opportunity Fund of Bahrain for undisclosed terms.
20-Feb-2013
HEROtsc, the call centre operator with 6,000 staff in the Dearne Valley, Derby, Dunoon, Falkirk, Glasgow, Greenock, Kilmarnock, Rothesay and Warrington, has been acquired by Webhelp Group of France.
20-Feb-2013
Cirrus has expanded its Cheshire-based branding agency by merging with Xancam, the Thame-based talent consultancy with 12 staff.
20-Feb-2013
DM Keith has acquired the Royce Roberts Skoda car dealership in Hull for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 17 staff.
20-Feb-2013
Communicate Better has acquired SCT Systems, the Leyland-based IT services firm, for undisclosed terms.
20-Feb-2013
Barber Harrison & Platt has merged with Barron & Barron to create a combined business advisory group with 216 staff in Chesterfield, Harrogate, Leeds, Sheffield and York.
20-Feb-2013
Morton Pinpoint has merged with Managemint to create a combined property agency with 32 staff at five branches in Northern Ireland.
20-Feb-2013
Clyde Blowers Capital has acquired US-based Energy Services International for £13m, and plans to open an ESI service centre to repair drilling equipment in Aberdeen.
20-Feb-2013
Callcredit Information Group has acquired Lifestyles Online, the Bath-based consumer data firm with 16 staff, for undisclosed terms.
19-Feb-2013
WH Ireland has bought the former Seymour Pierce private wealth management business from the administrators of Tenebris Realisations.
19-Feb-2013
Sanderson Weatherall has acquired Edwards & Partners, the leisure property valuation agency with offices in Yorkshire and Devon.
19-Feb-2013
Cornwall Farmers has merged its Truro-based agricultural supplies business with national firm Hutchinsons.
18-Feb-2013
Sellers Engineering has been sold out of administration to Sellers Containers, saving 67 jobs at its Oldham-based waste containers business.
18-Feb-2013
Aberdeen Asset Management has acquired an initial 50.1% stake in SVG Advisers for £17m, and the remaining stake will cost at least £20m.
18-Feb-2013
Airedale Group, the Bradford-based catering equipment supplier, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Baker Tilly Corporate Finance.
18-Feb-2013
HL Legal Solicitors has bought the business and assets of Incasso from the administrators of Cobbetts, saving 52 jobs at its Leeds-based debt recovery business.
18-Feb-2013
Heinz, the US food manufacturer with 2,500 UK staff at sites in Hayes, Telford, Wigan and Worcester, is to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital for £18bn.
18-Feb-2013
FFastFill, the London-based software-as-a-service provider, is to be acquired by Pattington for £106m.
18-Feb-2013
Torotrak has acquired Motorsport Components, the Bolton-based automotive components manufacturer, for £0.2m.
18-Feb-2013
Daisy Group has been appointed by Oakley Capital Private Equity to take control of the former 2e2 data centres in Gateshead and Reading.
18-Feb-2013
J2 Systems Technology, the Warrington-based supplier of touch-screen payment systems, has been acquired by Aures Technologies of France for undisclosed terms.
18-Feb-2013
Sanctuary Records, the record label, is to be sold by Universal Music to BMG of Germany for an estimated £40m.
18-Feb-2013
Howard Basford has acquired the Greyhound Ford Bodyshop accident repair centre in Hyndburn, and plans to create 25 new jobs at the site.
18-Feb-2013
Roseville Plastering has been bought out of administration by a new company called Roseville Contracts, saving 100 jobs in Bilston.
18-Feb-2013
First Stop News has acquired Maynews for undisclosed terms, and will re-brand the York-based chain of 20 newsagents as Supernews.
14-Feb-2013
Transol Worldwide Logistics has been sold out of administration to TWL Logistics, saving nine jobs in Coventry.
14-Feb-2013
JD Sports Fashion has bought the assets of Cloggs, the Birmingham-based online footwear supplier, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
14-Feb-2013
Learning Pool has acquired Paper Bag, the developer of mobile applications with offices in Belfast and London.
14-Feb-2013
Capita is to acquire Northgate Managed Services, the Newtownabbey-based IT services firm with 1,000 staff, from Northgate Information Solutions for £65m.
14-Feb-2013
Snows Motor Group has expanded its chain of 19 car dealerships in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire with the acquisition of four Toyota and two Lexus sites from Marsh Group.
13-Feb-2013
Alstoe Animal Health, the York-based veterinary pharmaceuticals firm with 20 staff, has been acquired by Sogeval of France for undisclosed terms.
13-Feb-2013
Parseq has acquired The Panther Group, the London-based provider of call centre services operating as Pell & Bales and Spokenfor, for undisclosed terms.
13-Feb-2013
Bollington Group, the Macclesfield-based broker, has undergone a management buy-out through Talbot Deane Investments.
13-Feb-2013
Maindec has expanded its Buckinghamshire-based IT services business with the acquisition of CSA Waverley for undisclosed terms.
13-Feb-2013
Orwell Truck & Van, the Ipswich-based commercial vehicle dealer with 190 staff, has been acquired by Imperial Holdings of South Africa for undisclosed terms.
13-Feb-2013
AFI has acquired Wilson Access Hire, the Leeds-based equipment hire firm with 12 staff.
13-Feb-2013
Redstone is to demerge its network-based managed services business to a new company called Redcentric, in order to focus on infrastructure solutions.
13-Feb-2013
Cardtronics UK is to acquire i-design group, the Dundee-based supplier of marketing and advertising software and services, for £8.5m.
13-Feb-2013
Jemella Group, the Leeds-based supplier of hair styling equipment trading as GHD, has been acquired by Lion Capital for £300m.
12-Feb-2013
Inspired Gaming Group has undergone a management buy-out backed by Palatine Private Equity for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 350 staff at its Burton-based amusement machines business to a new company called Playnation.
12-Feb-2013
Lister Trade Frames, the Stoke-based window manufacturer with 110 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
12-Feb-2013
ILX Group is to acquire CareShield, the Stevenage-based provider of digital learning solutions to the healthcare sector, for up to £6m.
12-Feb-2013
Rosemont, the Leeds-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer with 209 staff, has been sold by CBPE Capital to Perrigo Company of the US for £180m.
12-Feb-2013
Montgomery Transport Group has acquired Bird's Groupage Services, the haulage firm with depots in Birmingham and Ballycare.
12-Feb-2013
Simple Audio, the Glasgow-based audio technology firm, has been acquired by US-based Corsair.
12-Feb-2013
DWF is to acquire Cobbetts out of administration, saving 419 jobs at law offices in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London.
11-Feb-2013
Xylem Water Solutions has acquired Pims Group, the Hampshire-based supplier of water and wastewater services.
11-Feb-2013
Walker Morris has acquired a 27-strong banking litigation team in Leeds from Cobbetts.
11-Feb-2013
Denso Manufacturing has acquired Shimizu Industry UK, the car parts manufacturer with 150 staff in Welshpool.
11-Feb-2013
O2 is to recruit 107 customer service staff from 2e2 Group, the Newbury-based IT services firm currently in administration.
11-Feb-2013
Wilmington Group has acquired NHiS, the Nottingham-based data analysis and business intelligence firm, for an initial £5.6m.
11-Feb-2013
Severn Trent has sold Severn Trent Analytical Services, the provider of wastewater and land testing services with sites in Wakefield, Coventry and Runcorn, to ALS of Australia.
11-Feb-2013
Seymour Pierce, the London-based stockbroker, has been acquired by Cantor Fitzgerald of the US for undisclosed terms.
11-Feb-2013
Bauer Media has acquired Planet Rock, the digital radio station, for undisclosed terms.
07-Feb-2013
JD Sports Fashion has bought the brand and stock of fashion retailer Gio Goi out of administration for undisclosed terms.
07-Feb-2013
Aeroco Components has been sold out of administration to Aeroco Group International, saving 26 jobs at its Manchester-based aircraft repairs business.
07-Feb-2013
Virgin Media is to be acquired by US-based Liberty Global for £15bn, creating a combined broadband communications group with 25m customers in 14 countries.
06-Feb-2013
Ingenuity Digital Holdings has acquired NetConstruct, the Wetherby-based web design company, for undisclosed terms.
06-Feb-2013
Chameleon Business Interiors is to merge with iGSG Group to create a combined Hull-based fit-out group called ISIS Commercial Environments with 17 staff.
06-Feb-2013
Manrochem, the Huddersfield-based process engineering firm with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
06-Feb-2013
Global Energy Nigg has bought iFAB, the Easter Ross-based manufacturer of subsea equipment, from Port Services Group.
06-Feb-2013
SEAC has sold Birmingham-based Elms Lightning Fasteners to Jubilee Clips for undisclosed terms, and has also relocated its headquarters to a 25,000 sq ft facility in Leicester.
06-Feb-2013
Euro Garages has bought 45 service stations in northern England and North Wales from Esso Petroleum for about £50m, taking its total chain to 120.
06-Feb-2013
Abbeydale Foods has bought Pie Toms, the West Yorkshire-based manufacturer of own-label peas with ten staff.
06-Feb-2013
Duff & Phelps is to sell the former Davenham loan book out of administration to a management team backed by Warrington-based Dow Schofield Watts for undisclosed terms.
06-Feb-2013
Godfrey DIY has sold its stores in Diss and Stowmarket out of administration to Harvey House Retail, saving 15 jobs.
06-Feb-2013
Sutton & East Surrey Water has been sold by Aqueduct Capital to Sumitomo Corporation of Japan for £164m.
05-Feb-2013
Blue Energy has bought the wind farm portfolio of HgCapital for £250m, including developer RidgeWind.
05-Feb-2013
Tindle Radio has sold three local radio stations in Norfolk and Suffolk to a management team operating under the name of Media Aspect Local.
05-Feb-2013
Euro Car Parts has acquired Autoclimate, the Shrewsbury-based supplier of automotive climate control products.
05-Feb-2013
Accumuli has sold the trade and assets of the Webscreen Systems IT security business to Juniper Networks for £6.3m, including offices in Basingstoke and Garforth.
05-Feb-2013
Jelf Group has acquired Howell Shone, the Staffordshire-based insurance broker, for undisclosed terms.
05-Feb-2013
BWB has acquired DKS Consulting, the Birmingham-based mechanical and electrical engineering firm.
05-Feb-2013
Telegraph Media Group has acquired a majority stake in VOS Media, the producer of ski, bike and travel events.
05-Feb-2013
Space Solutions has acquired Purpose Design, the Edinburgh-based interiors company, for undisclosed terms.
05-Feb-2013
UBM is to sell its Delta data services business to Electra Partners for £160m.
05-Feb-2013
Heil Europe, the Dunfermline-based manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles, has been acquired by Sussex-based Farid European Group for undisclosed terms.
04-Feb-2013
Nottingham Building Society has acquired Harrison Murray, in order to create a combined estate agency group with 32 branches across the East Midlands.
04-Feb-2013
Hewlett Civil Engineering has been sold out of administration to a management team, securing about 300 jobs in Leeds, Leamington Spa and Perth.
04-Feb-2013
TAG Transport has been bought out of administration by a new company called Diamond Distribution, saving 26 jobs at its Croydon-based transport business.
04-Feb-2013
PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold the Jessops camera brand and certain assets out of administration to a group of investors for undisclosed terms.
04-Feb-2013
Rototherm has acquired IRPCO, the Swansea-based supplier of process control instrumentation.
04-Feb-2013
Capital Document Solutions has acquired Highland Office Equipment for undisclosed terms, including 31 staff in Inverness.
04-Feb-2013
PricewaterhouseCoopers has sold the Manganese Bronze taxi manufacturing business to Geely of China for £11m, saving up to 100 jobs in Coventry.
04-Feb-2013
Cambria Automobiles has acquired County Motor Works, the Chelmsford-based Vauxhall, Alfa Romeo and Chrysler-Jeep dealership, for £4.1m.
04-Feb-2013
Hyder has acquired Power Systems Project & Consultancy Services, the East Kilbride-based electrical design firm with 42 staff, for an initial £3m.
30-Jan-2013
Fugro has sold its geoscience division to CGGVeritas of France for £830m, including 150 staff at the Robertson site in Llanrhos.
30-Jan-2013
Band Hatton is to merge with Button Legal and Varley Hibbs to create a combined Coventry-based law firm with 70 staff.
30-Jan-2013
Advanced Handling, the Peterborough-based materials handling manufacturer, has been acquired by Sunnex Group of Sweden.
30-Jan-2013
Global Expense, the London-based expense management firm, has been sold by Hamilton Portfolio to US-based Concur for £14m.
30-Jan-2013
The Hut Group has acquired Probikekit, the online cycling accessories firm, for undisclosed terms.
30-Jan-2013
Travis Perkins has acquired Solfex Energy Systems, the Preston-based supplier of renewable energy systems.
30-Jan-2013
Browns Food Group has bought the Hall's of Broxburn Scottish meat brand from Vion, and will transfer production to its own plants.
30-Jan-2013
Enovate Systems, the Aberdeen-based energy services firm with 62 staff, is to be acquired by Aker Solutions of Norway.
30-Jan-2013
Burgess Marine has acquired Testbank, the ship repair firm with 70 staff at its main site in Southampton, for undisclosed terms.
29-Jan-2013
Naylor Industries, the building materials manufacturer with 230 staff in Yorkshire, the West Midlands and Fife, has undergone a management buy-out backed by YFM Equity Partners.
29-Jan-2013
Hill Dickinson has acquired the defendant insurance business of DLA Piper, with the transfer of 30 staff in Manchester and Sheffield.
29-Jan-2013
LiteBulb Group is to acquire Bluwstuff, the manufacturer of gifts and toys with annual turnover of £4.6m.
29-Jan-2013
Cello Group has acquired Mash Health, the London-based provider of consultancy services to the healthcare sector, for an initial £0.6m.
29-Jan-2013
TCL Air Conditioning has acquired Serviceplan, the Sunbury-based building services firm, for undisclosed terms.
29-Jan-2013
HML Holdings has acquired the business and assets of The Guthrie Partnership, the Cheshire-based residential managing agent, for £0.8m.
29-Jan-2013
Timpson is to acquire Snappy Snaps, the chain of 120 franchised digital photo outlets in London and the South East, for up to £3m.
28-Jan-2013
Plum Baby, the Buckinghamshire-based baby food supplier, has been sold by Darwin Private Equity to US-based Plum Organics for undisclosed terms.
28-Jan-2013
St Austell Brewery has acquired The Real Beer Company, the Exeter-based drinks wholesaler, for undisclosed terms.
28-Jan-2013
Plowman Craven, the Hertfordshire-based measurement survey firm with about 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
28-Jan-2013
CMT Testing, the Derby-based construction testing firm, has been acquired by Kiwa of the Netherlands.
28-Jan-2013
Ward Lovett has been bought out of administration by a new company called Kerst, saving 12 jobs at its Cannock-based advertising and PR business.
28-Jan-2013
Tradpack, the Leeds-based packaging and waste recycling group, has undergone a pre-pack administration through Wilson Field.
24-Jan-2013
Tindale & Stanton has been bought out of administration by a new company called RDT Foods UK, saving 59 jobs at its Tyneside-based pie manufacturing business.
24-Jan-2013
Sibelco UK has acquired Viaton Industries, the Derbyshire-based supplier of barite minerals for chemical use with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2013
European Metals Recycling has acquired the Henry Gray scrap metal recycling facility in Kirkcaldy for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2013
Morecambe Bay Wines, the Lancashire-based drinks wholesaler, has been acquired by Bradford-based Narang for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2013
Merson Group has bought the trade and assets of CGL Systems, the East Kilbride-based cladding and drainage supplier, for £1m.
24-Jan-2013
Rotala has acquired bus depots in Kidderminster and Redditch from First Group for £1.5m, with the transfer of 120 staff.
24-Jan-2013
Ladbrokes has acquired Global Betting Exchange Alderney, the operator of the Betdaq betting exchange, for an initial £25m.
24-Jan-2013
Dignity has acquired Yew Holdings, the Beverley-based operator of 40 funeral homes with 250 staff, for £58m.
23-Jan-2013
Loveurope has acquired Locomotion, the London-based advertising, digital, film and broadcast production company.
23-Jan-2013
Lawrence Scoffield has demerged its general insurance business, which will now trade as Lawrence Fraser Brokers from offices in Leeds and London.
23-Jan-2013
Clyde Blowers Capital has acquired Parsons Peebles Generation, the Rosyth-based manufacturer of power-generation components with 41 staff, and plans to invest up to £50m in the business over the next few years.
22-Jan-2013
Good Travel Management has acquired Uniglobe Regent Travel, the Stockport-based corporate travel firm, for undisclosed terms.
22-Jan-2013
Manchester Airports Group is to acquire Stansted Airport in Essex from Heathrow Airport Holdings for £1.5bn.
21-Jan-2013
Land Securities has acquired control of X-Leisure, in a £112m deal aimed at improving the leisure facilities at its shopping centres.
21-Jan-2013
P+L Systems has acquired Procter Pest Stop, the South Wales-based pest control supplies business, from Procter Brothers.
21-Jan-2013
Horizon Care has acquired Educare Adolescent Services, the Keele-based operator of 21 care homes and four schools.
21-Jan-2013
DWF is to merge with Fishburns, the law firm with 210 staff in London, Bristol and Dublin.
21-Jan-2013
Now Motor Retailing has bought the assets of the Monorep Vauxhall and Chevrolet car dealerships in Hayes and Norwood Green out of administration.
21-Jan-2013
TenCate has acquired Amber Composites, the Nottingham-based supplier of thermoset composites, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jan-2013
Cangenix, the Canterbury-based drug discovery firm, has been acquired by Galapagos of Belgium for an initial £1m.
17-Jan-2013
BAM Construct UK has acquired Sutton Group, the Luton-based facilities management firm with more than 100 staff and sites in London, Glasgow and Manchester.
17-Jan-2013
Brand Alley UK, the online fashion retailer, has undergone a management buy-out from its French parent for undisclosed terms.
16-Jan-2013
Montgomery Litho has sold its Glasgow-based printing operation out of administration to a management buy-out, saving 76 jobs.
16-Jan-2013
Randall & Quilter Investment has acquired Hickson Insurance, the Isle of Man-based captive underwriter, for £0.5m.
16-Jan-2013
R&R Ice Cream has bought Yoomoo, the frozen yogurt brand, for undisclosed terms.
16-Jan-2013
BTS Group has acquired OBO Scaffolding, the Ipswich-based provider of scaffolding services.
16-Jan-2013
AES Engineering has acquired AV Technology, the Cheshire-based engineering consultancy with 90 staff, for undisclosed terms.
16-Jan-2013
Secure Trust Bank has acquired Debt Managers, the Rotherham-based debt collection firm with 76 staff, for an initial £0.4m.
16-Jan-2013
Cornerstones, the Warrington-based residential care firm, has been acquired by a new company called Bright Futures Care.
16-Jan-2013
Vertu Motors has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Keighley, West Yorkshire, for £1.1m.
15-Jan-2013
AZTEC has acquired Bootle-based Essendon Construction for undisclosed terms to create a combined Merseyside-based construction group with 32 staff.
15-Jan-2013
Resort Solutions, the Market Harborough-based holiday property firm with 20 staff, has been acquired by Club la Costa Group for undisclosed terms.
15-Jan-2013
Wireless Infrastructure Group, the Glasgow-based communications firm with about 50 staff, has undergone a £150m management buy-out backed Wood Creek Capital Management.
15-Jan-2013
Peoples Group has acquired the Greyhound Ford car dealership in Accrington.
15-Jan-2013
Baxter Hoare Travel has acquired the trade fair division of Dertour UK, with the relocation of a number of staff to its office at London Bridge.
15-Jan-2013
LC Energy has acquired Harvest Wood Fuels, the Surrey-based wood pellet supplier.
14-Jan-2013
Doff Portland, the Hucknall-based manufacturer of garden care products with 60 staff, has been acquired by B7 Ventures.
14-Jan-2013
DC Thomson has acquired Scottish Wedding Directory, the magazine publisher with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms.
14-Jan-2013
Winder Power, the Leeds-based manufacturer of power distribution equipment with 100 staff, has undergone a £6m management buy-out backed by Enterprise Ventures.
14-Jan-2013
Dividers Modernfold has been sold out of administration to Dividers Folding Partitions, saving 29 jobs at its partitions factory in Llanelli.
14-Jan-2013
Harrison Clark is to merge with Rickerbys to create a combined law firm with 350 staff at offices across the West Midlands.
14-Jan-2013
Cepac has completed three acquisitions, including the DS Smith corrugated packaging plants in Darlington and Rawcliffe Bridge and the point of sale display manufacturer Screenprint Doncaster.
14-Jan-2013
Good Energy has acquired the Hampole wind farm site near Doncaster from RWE Npower Renewables for up to £3m, and aims to complete construction by the end of the year.
14-Jan-2013
UTV is to merge Simply Zesty and Tibus Digital to create a combined digital marketing agency with 50 staff in Belfast and Dublin.
09-Jan-2013
BI Composites has been bought out of administration by Rutland-based Linecross, saving 120 jobs in Halesowen and Cannock.
09-Jan-2013
LG Davis (Stationers) has acquired Fortoak, the Loughborough-based supplier of paper rolls with annual turnover of £1.3m.
09-Jan-2013
City & County Healthcare Group has acquired Comfort Call, the Gateshead-based care provider with 1,100 staff at 15 branches, for undisclosed terms.
09-Jan-2013
Robertshaw Myers has merged with Carlisle-based Armstrong Watson to create a combined accountancy group with 400 staff in 14 offices.
09-Jan-2013
QD Stores has acquired Thingmebobs, the Suffolk-based chain of ten discount stores with about 100 staff, for undisclosed terms.
09-Jan-2013
Intertek has acquired Tickford Test Technology, the Milton Keynes-based vehicle engine testing company with 57 staff, for £5.5m.
09-Jan-2013
Microbial Developments, the Malvern-based manufacturer of animal health products, has been acquired by Lallemand Animal Nutrition of France.
09-Jan-2013
Aegis Media has acquired Lucidity Digital, the Irish web design agency, in order to expand its Isobar division.
08-Jan-2013
Servest has acquired 7 Day Catering, the Staffordshire-based caterer with 2,500 staff, for undisclosed terms.
08-Jan-2013
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) has sold 18 former landfill sites to Landcare, and some of them could be redeveloped.
08-Jan-2013
Vertu Motors has acquired the Dobies Vauxhall and SEAT car dealerships in Carlisle for £4.3m.
08-Jan-2013
Admiral Taverns, the nationwide chain of 1,200 pubs, has been sold by Lloyds Banking Group to Cerberus Capital Management for about £200m.
07-Jan-2013
SCA Hygiene Products has found an unnamed buyer for its Georgia-Pacific tissue factory in Bolton, which should secure the future of about 300 jobs.
07-Jan-2013
Citation, the Cheshire-based health and safety consultancy with 200 staff, has been acquired by private equity firm ECI for about £50m.
07-Jan-2013
Digital Barriers has acquired Visimetrics, the Prestwick-based digital video technology firm, for up to £8m.
07-Jan-2013
CES UK, the Chester-based chain of 18 car parts branches with 500 staff, has been acquired by private equity firm HgCapital for undisclosed terms.
07-Jan-2013
Babcock International has acquired LGE Process, the Edinburgh-based designer of plants to handle liquid gases, from Weir Group for £23m.
03-Jan-2013
Quotient Bioresearch has sold its bioanalytical sciences division to LGC for undisclosed terms.
03-Jan-2013
Wyndham Vacation Rentals has acquired Cumbrian Cottages, the supplier of cottage holidays in the Lake District and Yorkshire, for undisclosed terms.
03-Jan-2013
Bea's of Bloomsbury has undergone a pre-pack administration through Harris Lipman, securing the future of three of its London cafes.
03-Jan-2013
Avis Budget is to acquire Zipcar, the US-based car sharing club and owner of London-based Streetcar, for £307m.
03-Jan-2013
Fosse Liquitrol, the Leicestershire-based supplier of spill control systems with 23 staff, has merged with Northamptonshire-based Forth Systems for undisclosed terms.
03-Jan-2013
Paragon Print & Packaging, the packaging manufacturer with 1,100 staff at eight sites, is to be acquired by Sun European Partners.
02-Jan-2013