Italian ISP Tiscali has reportedly denied that it is to sell its UK operations following speculation of a possible approach from BT. Tiscali UK is estimated to be worth up to EUR 750m.... [more]

Access Intelligence is to acquire Management Services 2000 (MS2M), the York-based developer of compliance software for the financial services industry with nine staff, for an initial £1.95m to be paid... [more]

Radstone Technology, the Towcester-based defence technology company, has accepted a £130m takeover offer from GE-Fanuc Embedded Systems of the US. Radstone designs rugged embedded computer products fo... [more]

Smart Telecom announced it had commenced a strategic review. The process could end up in a break-up of the company. One analyst agreed that a break-up of the company's three businesses, i.e. fixed-lin... [more]

Glen Group has acquired Explore, the Edinburgh-based IT services company, for £115k. Explore focuses on the SME market, and has recently downgraded its operations significantly after completing a numb... [more]

iSOFT, the UK-listed software company, has undertaken a strategic review following several expressions of interest from potential buyers. iSOFT will look into potential bids for the company and examin... [more]

UK data-centre group TelecityRedbus is could be up for sale in 2008, according to CEO Michael Tobin. The group will look for a trade sale or flotation following expansion over the next two years. Tele... [more]

Fayrewood, the UK-listed IT equipment distributor, might attempt a full sale or sell peripheral businesses. The company is trading at just 5.9 times its revised full-year forecasts for this year. The ... [more]

Associated Newspapers has acquired SimplySwitch, the utility, broadband and phone price comparison service, for £22m. The deal consists of £16.5m in cash, with the remainder to be paid as a three-year... [more]

Exalia, the London-based web hosting company, has been acquired by the web hosting and domain management group NBT for up to £3.2m. NBT will pay an initial consideration of £2m in cash, followed by tw... [more]

Fibernet, the telecoms network provider, is to be acquired by Global Crossing of the US for £50m. Fibernet will be integrated immediately into Global Crossing's UK operations, and is expected to add o... [more]

Serco, the UK-listed support-services group may sell a number of its PFI assets. Serco has confirmed that it has held discussions with potential investors regarding the possible sale of its investment... [more]

Cohort is to acquire MASS Consultants, the defence systems house with about 100 staff at sites in St Neots and Lincoln, for an initial net consideration of £12.5m. A further £0.5m will be paid subject... [more]

Simplyswitch.com is rumoured to have appointed LongAcre Partners to advise on a potential sale of the UK-based comparison website. Yahoo!, the internet portal, has been tipped as one potential trade s... [more]

Detica is to acquire Inforenz, the Surrey-based information forensics company, for up to £2m. The deal consists of an initial £1m to be paid in cash, followed by a further £1m subject to Inforenz' per... [more]

SimplySwitch, the private UK price comparison website, is for sale, according to rumours.uSwitch, sold for 30 times EBITDA and it is thought that SimplySwitch could sell for a similar multiple. Simply... [more]

Randox, the privately owned UK diagnostics company, could entertain a sale or an IPO in a bid to raise cash to commercialise its innovative biochip platform, according to Peter Fitzgerald founder and ... [more]

Martin Higginson, the ex-CEO and a major shareholder in Monstermob, the listed UK mobile content company, is open to a trade sale or MBO of all or part of the company. Higginson said, however, "I don'... [more]

Appian Technology has acquired Genesis UK, the developer of automatic number plate recognition systems (ANPR) and traffic management products and solutions, for an initial £1.398m. The deal is in the ... [more]

Redstone has acquired Tolerant Group, the Stoke-on-Trent-based network security solutions company with 36 staff, for £3.7m. The Tolerant Group consists of Tolerant Systems Ltd, Net-Adept Limited, Net... [more]