UK caravan dealer Glossop may consider putting the business up for sale in the long term due to succession problems according to insiders. The two owners, Brian and Stan Laing, allegedly do not have a... [more]

ISA, the privately-held UK office supplies company, has been put up for sale after owner Brett Palos hired US investment bank Rothschild to seek buyers for the business. ... [more]

Archimedes Pharma has acquired Link Pharmaceuticals of Horsham, West Sussex, for almost £25m. Link is a profitable business which is on track to record revenues of around £16 million in 2006, showing ... [more]

English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS), the UK's largest rail operator of freight services, could be up for sale following reports that the main shareholders have agreed to sell the group. ... [more]

The Airdrie-based whisky and spirits company, Inver House Distillers, has recently become a subsidiary of International Beverage Holdings, the international arm of Thai Beverages. While the company de... [more]

Wincanton is to acquire RDL Holdings, the provider of supply chain services to the building industry with 350 staff at 38 sites, for £22m. The deal consists of a debt-free initail consideration of £22... [more]

Wincanton is to acquire Lane Group Plc, the Bristol-based home delivery company, for up to £2m plus the assumption of £6m of debt. The acquisition will be financed from existing banking facilities. La... [more]

Macfarlane Group is to acquire Bloomfield Supplies, the Gloucester-based packaging distributor with 22 staff, for up to £2m. Glasgow-based Macfarlane will pay an initial £1.5m, with the remainer to be... [more]

Corsie Group has acquired Kaloss International, the supplier of health and beauty products, for £0.4m, and will relocate the business from Chesterfield to Musselburgh. Kalos distributes a range of pro... [more]

Heywood Williams is to acquire Carlisle Brass Group, the architectural hardware distributor with sites in Carlisle, Blackburn and Preston, for £48m. Established in 1986 by current Group Managing Direc... [more]

Woolworths has acquired Total Home Entertainment Distribution (THE), the wholesaler of entertainment products, from 3i for £20m. THE will now form part of Woolworths' Entertainment UK division alongsi... [more]

AT Communications has acquired Rocom, the telecoms equipment supplier with offices in Wetherby, London and Manchester, for £17.6m in cash. Rocom serves the corporate, re-seller and distribution market... [more]

Wynnstay Group has acquired Glasson Group, the Lancaster-based distributor of animal feed materials, for £2.5m. The deal consists of £2m to be paid in cash, with the remaining £0.5 to be paid in secur... [more]

Bristol Port Company has received a number of "very high" offers from "loads" of potential buyers, according to Terence Mordaunt, the privately-owned British port operator's owner. It has been stated ... [more]

DCC has acquired Carlton Fuels, the Merseyside-based oil distribution company with 118 staff for up to £15m excluding debt. The deal comprises an initial cash payment of £9.2m, with a deferred cash co... [more]

Wyko, the privately owned UK supplier of industrial goods and services, has hired Robert Baird advisers for a potential sale, sources close to the situation said. The company has a number of industria... [more]

Office2Office has acquired Alpha Office, the East Grinstead-based office products supplier, for £2.35m. The amount includes repayment of existing debts of £1m, which will be paid from Office2Office's ... [more]

Artigiano, the UK-based clothing supplier, is to undergo a strategic review which could lead to a sale. Company founder Claire Locke has hired accountants Smith and Williamson to carry out the review.... [more]

Greenvale, the potato supplier with 700 staff at sites in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Shropshire and Berwickshire, has been acquired by Produce Investment for about £11m. The new shareholder is a holding... [more]

Wolseley UK Limited, the heating and plumming distributor and supplier of building products, has acquired Nevill Long Limited, the interior building products company, from James Latham plc for a cash ... [more]