St Ives PLC ha acquired large format graphics producer Service Graphics Ltd for an initial £18m stg in cash, dependent on Service Graphics results for the year to end December. The initial sum depends... [more]

According to Chief Executive Officer Paul Beeke, James Harvard, the UK-based financial and pharma recruitment business, is not actively for sale. But he would listen to good offers for the business. A... [more]

A spokesperson for Cheapflights, the UK online travel company, has stated that the company is considering a "liquidity event" for 2007. Options include a trade sale, a flotation or a refinancing of th... [more]

Kroll, the New-York based risk consultancy, has announced its intention to sell Kroll Security International, its UK-based subsidiary which provides security services in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... [more]

Apcoa, the European car parking group with operations in 13 countries, has been put up for sale by owners Investcorp, with an asking price of between €600m and €700m.... [more]

Amec, the UK-based industrial services company, is considering the sale of all or part of its infrastructure arm in order to concentrate on its energy business.... [more]

Go-Ahead has acquired Marchwood Buses, the Southampton-based bus and coach operator with 51 vehicles, for £3m stg plus £1.4m stg of net debt (to be assumed on completion), in order to expand its Solen... [more]

Stagecoach and Scottish Citylink may be forced to put part of their joint operations up for sale after the UK's Competition Commission ruled that it posed a risk of inflated fares and reduced services... [more]

Cape is to acquire DBI Group, the industrial cleaning company, for an initial £12m in cash, including the DBI Industrial Services and DBI Offshore Services subsidiaries. A further £7.25m will be paid ... [more]

Morson has acquired Bluetec, the London-based provider of professional personnel to the construction industry with 41 staff, for a cash consideration of £2m. Bluetec, a division of Blue Group Internat... [more]

UK-listed leisure group First Choice Holidays may reportedly put its European package holiday division up for sale in order to focus on higher-end products to long-haul destinations. First Choice has ... [more]

Air Partner is to acquire Gold Air International, the Biggin Hill-based private jet operator, for £4.4m. Air Partner is the world's leading charter broker and the acquisition marks the company's first... [more]

Cory Environmental, the UK waste management and recycling company, is tipped to send out initial information regarding the sale of the business to potential buyers next week.... [more]

EFinancial Careers, the online recruitment company, has been acquired by Dice of the US for £48m. Dice specialises in technology and engineering recruitment and the acquisition will enable it to broad... [more]

South East Water has been sold by Macquarie to Australian banking group Westpac for £665m. Westpac has purchased the group through its infrastructure and alternative investment fund Hastings Funds Man... [more]

Jarvis, the UK-listed services company, is to conduct a review of its businesses that may lead to a break-up. Close Brothers have reportedly been appointed to consider the company's 31 facilities man... [more]

Cello Group has acquired SMT Consulting, the Oxford-based strategy and research consultancy with 35 staff, for up to £8.8m. SMT's clients include approximately 20% of the FTSE 100 and a number Fortune... [more]

Cheapflights, the UK-based online travel comparison site, may be put up for sale next year according to its Chief Executive. David Soskin commented that the middle of 2007 would be a good point to sel... [more]

Johnson Service Group has announced it is to consider a number of offers for its high street dry cleaning division. Analysts believe that Johnson had initially hoped the division would fetch between £... [more]

Whitehead Mann, the executive recruitment firm, is to be acquired by Palladian Investments for £26m.Palladian is a specially-created vehicle for the takeover, lead by Whitehead Mann's managing partner... [more]