Umeco has acquired Richmond Aircraft Products of the US from MA Hanna for £24m... [more]

Alpha Telecom the telecoms reseller with 240 employees has been bought out of receivership by investment vehicle Fusion for £20m... [more]

Seymour Pierce is to acquire PFM the asset management group for up to £13m... [more]

Cable & Wireless has bought five more small internet companies for £67m including Eaisa of Spain Pictime of France Point of Presence of Germany and Widex and Impact of the Netherlands... [more]

National Express has announced a £162m takeover bid for Prism Rail which will give the group seven out of the 25 train operating franchises and a 20% share of the rail market... [more]

Enterprise Oil has acquired R&B Falcon's exploration interests in the Gulf of Mexico for £84m... [more]

Homestyle is to acquire Harveys Furnishings for £136m and the Harveys' high street stores will be converted to the Rosebys and Knightingales formats... [more]

Brake Bros is to acquire Cearns & Brown the Cheshire-based foodservice wholesaler for £24m... [more]

SmartStream the banking software and services company has beenacquired by 3i from Geac of Canada for £71m... [more]

Bridgend Group is to undergo a reverse takeover by Hemscott.net the online financial information company that is also raising £16m in a share placing... [more]

Dial Direct is to buy 0700 2 Insure the Redditch-based insurance intermediary that collapsed last week and expects to re-employ up to130 staff... [more]

Psion has acquired Teklogix the Canadian network integration company for £243m as part of a strategy to shift its emphasis from consumer products towards the business market... [more]

Reflec the inks and coatings company has raised £7.2m to fund three acquisitions -Corrosion Control International a 75% stake in Reflective TV and the global rights to the Kevlar anti-corrosion tradem... [more]

Regal Hotel Group is to be acquired by a takeover vehicle set up by affiliates of Malaysian United Industries in a £88m deal... [more]

Jellyworks the internet investment vehicle is to be acquired by Shore Capital in a £64m deal that is conditional on Shore joining Aim... [more]

Fourth Estate the independent publishing house has been acquired by HarperCollins for undisclosed terms and its 36 London-based staff will move to new offices... [more]

Waterman Partnership the consulting engineer has bought Moylan Engineering and its John Moylan & Associates division for £1.3m in order to expand into Ireland... [more]

Ultrasis is to acquire Calm Corporation the developer of diagnostic healthcare software for £4.1m... [more]

Britvic has acquired Orchid Drinks the Hartlepool-based producer of herb-based drinks for about £20m... [more]

Propertyfinder the online estate agency has been acquired by a consortium of Arts Alliance and Hamptons International in a £5.5m deal... [more]