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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]