Porvair has acquired 2Fi Holdings the Hampshire-based specialist filtration company for £7.3m... [more]

Insinger de Beaufort has acquired English Trust to expand its stockbroking and corporate finance business... [more]

Gyrus is spending about £100m on the acquisition of two US medical equipment companies - Somnus Medical Technologies and the Richards ear nose and throat business of Smith & Nephew... [more]

Jermyn Investments the property company is to be acquired by Treasury Holdings of Ireland for £100m... [more]

Cordiant Communications has acquired Bulletin International the London public relations agency for £8.5m... [more]

White Young Green has acquired town planning practice MVM Planning and Belfast-based civil engineer Barr McCormick in deals worth £2.4m... [more]

Pifco the manufacturer of electrical appliances is to be acquired by Salton of the US for £50m... [more]

Forest City Signs the Timperley-based manufacturer of road signs with 70 staff has been acquired by Signature of Oldbury in the West Midlands for undisclosed terms... [more]

Weeks Group has acquired Irvine Associates the independent asbestosremoval consultancy... [more]

Sportsworld Media has acquired Elite Sports Properties the Australian sports marketing group for £14m... [more]

Kidde is to acquire Fire Protection Services the supplier of fire extinguishers and alarm systems for £17m... [more]

CRH has acquired Mount Hope Rock Products of New Jersey for up to GBP 100m in order to expand its aggregates and asphalt business in the US. ... [more]

Doncasters the engineering group is being acquired by Royal Bank Private Equity for £181m and the business will be combined with Ross Catherall of Milton Keynes... [more]

Huntsworth is expanding its marketing services business with a £14m share placing and the £5.3m acquisition of three companies - Woodside Stephanie Churchill and PBC Marketing... [more]

In the UK, as part of its cuts, Marks and Spencer is considering leaving its historic head office in Baker Street, London. The sale of the building after 55 years could net about £200m. ... [more]

Interactive Investor International has run up the white flag after it was floated on the London and Nasdaq stock markets last February. The company has a market value of £41m but cash resources of £5... [more]

Loftus Road, the Aim-listed company that owns Queens Park Rangers football club and Wasps rugby union club, has been put into administration. The group said this was the best option to ensure its long... [more]

Moonfruit, the internet development group that helps people set up their own websites, has put itself up for sale as it claimed an acquisition offered the best move for the company. The company denied... [more]

AEA Technology has been put up for sale after a double crash in the price of shares over the past six months. The company admitted that since putting up various parts of the business up for sale, it h... [more]

Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, which recently agreed to pay £1.62bn for the Whitbread pub estate, is already considering the sale of between 500 to 1,000 of the 3000 pubs it acquired for £500m, after... [more]