Electract, the Leicestershire-based electrical contractor with 150 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.... [more]

DatingDirect, the Birmingham-based online dating company, is to be acquired by Meetic of France for £27m.... [more]

Onyx Group has acquired Teesside-based Business Continuity Centres for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to set up disaster recovery centres on Tyneside and Teesside in 2007.... [more]

Johnson Service has sold part of the business of Johnson Hospitality Services to Surrey-based Spaceworks Furniture Hire for £0.8m, and the remainder will be closed by the end of the year.... [more]

Rentokil Initial has acquired the Campbell Brothers pest control business in Australia for £19m.... [more]

Spice is to acquire ParGas, the public sector gas and heating services company with about 150 staff in London and the South East, for up to £10.5m.... [more]

Insure and Go, the online insurance company, is reportedly considering a £100m sale after hiring BDO Stoy Hayward to consider options for the business. ... [more]

Tecnolink, the Milton Keynes-based reprographics company with 35 staff, is to be acquired by LTG Technologies for £1.4m, and LTG plans to change its name to Imagelinx.... [more]

The UK Competition Commission has ruled that operations at Liverpool Docks must be put up for sale if the proposed takeover of Australian tugboat company Adsteam by Denmark's SvitzerWijsmuller Marine ... [more]

United Utilities has confirmed it is to divest its struggling Vertex outsourcing business following a strategic review.... [more]

Rentokil Initial, the UK-listed pest controller, is reportedly keen to sell Initial, its electronic security business. Rentokil has announced a strategic review of the business, with analysts predicti... [more]

Finning, the Canadian distributor of Caterpillar industrial equipment, is thought to have put the tool rental business of Hewden, its UK subsidiary, up for sale. The business is estimated to fetch up ... [more]

CVC and Permira, the private equity owners of the Automobile Association (AA), are reportedly planning a £3bn sale or flotation of the business.... [more]

Lambert Smith Hampton is to acquire Young & Butt, the property agency with 25 staff at offices in Southampton and Fareham, for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to double the size of its busine... [more]

Troubled UK printing company Polestar is rumoured to be considering a sale of the company as well as conducting ongoing restructuring talks with lenders. A source close to the situation revealed that ... [more]

V Ships, the UK-based provider of ship management services, is rumoured to be up for sale. Sources close to the company believe that owners Close Brothers Private Equity have hired advisers N M Rothsc... [more]

Mouchel Parkman is to acquire the Hornagold & Hills partnership for up to £11m (Ewan Group for up to £11m, Traffic Support Limited for up to £26m) and , in order to expand its highways, water and mana... [more]

PM Group, the AIM-listed manufacturer and designer of onboard vehicle weighing systems, is conducting a strategic review of the business with a view to a sale or management buy-out.... [more]

There have been reports that Rentokil Initial, the UK-listed business services company, is considering a number of disposals amid declining pre-tax profits. Swedish security fim Securitas and British ... [more]

National Britannia, the Caerphilly-based environmental services group, could be put up for sale after appointing Close Brothers Corporate to review the future of the business.... [more]