Lister Bestcare the supplier of body scanning units for the NHS andprivate hospitals has doubled in size following the acquisition of Westminster Healthcare's diagnostic units in London East Anglia an... [more]

WSP has acquired Marcial Echenique & Partners the Cambridge-based transport planning practice with 16 consultants... [more]

John Wood Group has acquired Lovegreen Turbine Services of the US for undisclosed terms in order to increase its share of the international heavy industrial turbine market... [more]

IPC Media the consumer magazine publisher has been acquired by AOL Time Warner for £1.15bn... [more]

Hunting is to acquire Performance Drilling Wyoming and Performance Boring Technologies for £2.7m in order to expand its drilling technology business in the US... [more]

PeopleDoc the Edinburgh-based collaboration software specialist has been acquired by Hummingbird of Canada for £13m... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes has agreed to acquire La Casera the Spanish lemonade company for £72m... [more]

Aero-Print the Aylesbury-based airline ticket printer with 100 staff has been bought out of administration by Avia Invest Leasing... [more]

CGNU is to acquire the Insurance Corporation of Singapore from DBS Group for £152m which will more than double its presence in Asia... [more]

Heal's the home furnishings retailer has accepted a £33m takeover offer from the Wittington investment company... [more]

Walker Greenbank has acquired Brushstrokes the Oxford-based manufacturer of stencils for the decorative trade for £0.25m and will transfer production to its site in Loughborough... [more]

Matalan is to acquire Lee Cooper the jeans manufacturer from Bridgepoint Capital for £45m... [more]

OneClickHR has acquired Parker Technologies the Stoke-based developer of workplace time recording solutions for up to £1.5m... [more]

Nord Anglia is to acquire Bright Horizons the operator of 10 day care nurseries in the south of England for £6m... [more]

Humber Growers has acquired tomato grower Van Heyningen Brothers for about £10m and the new group will have more than 1000 staff and trade as Humber VHB... [more]

Tempus the owner of the CIA media buying agency has agreed to a £425m takeover offer from Havas Advertising of France... [more]

Innovation Group has acquired MTW the US supplier of insurance software for £59m... [more]

Royal & Sun Alliance is to acquire Seguros BBV Probursa the Mexican insurance company for £29m... [more]

Cakebread Robey the London-based builders merchant has been acquired by Jewson for £7.4m... [more]

Cordiant has acquired International Business Information the Japanese business communications consultancy for £7.5m... [more]