Advanced Medical Solutions is to acquire MedLogic, the Plymouth-based manufacturer of medical grade adhesives for the wound closure market, for £2.5m, and has also announced a £4m rights issue.... [more]

Arcolectric is to acquire Otehall Switches, the Haywards Heath-based manufacturer of micro switches, and related company Otehall Tooling for a total £1.7m... [more]

Shell is to acquire Pennzoil-Quaker State, the US lubricants company, for £1.2bn... [more]

ITV Digital is being placed into administration in an attempt to "protect" the channel while urgent restructuring work is carried out. It is proposed that Deloitte & Touche partners will be appointed ... [more]

Wessex Water, the water company owned by failed US energy trader Enron, is to be acquired by YTL Corp of Malaysia for £1.24bn... [more]

Cadbury Schweppes is to acquire Nantucket Allserve, the US soft drinks company with annual sales of £42m, for undisclosed terms... [more]

CD Bramall is set to acquire Quicks, the Ford car dealer, for £40m... [more]

Innovation Group has acquired Midas IT Services, the Kent-based provider of IT hosting services to the insurance industry, for £4m... [more]

Anite has acquired Ideal Technology Services, the Manchester-based provider of software and consultancy services to local authorities, for £5m... [more]

I-documentsystems is to acquire The Planning Exchange, the Glasgow-based supplier of information services to local authorities, for about £1m... [more]

Another.com, the personalised e-mail service, is still for sale. The Web-based email service initially put itself up for sale earlier on this year in January, and is continuing to take offers. The co... [more]

Royal London, the UK's second largest mutual life insurer, is preparing to enter the race to buy Britannic, the life and pensions provider that has put itself up for sale. Britannic has a market valu... [more]

Gerling, the traditional German insurance group, is being put up for sale by its shareholders, Deutsche Bank and Rolf Gerling. It is understood that Deutsche Bank wishes to withdraw from the insurance... [more]

Thomas Read Holdings, the Irish leisure company which owns the Morrison Hotel in Dublin (designed by John Rocha) as well as a string of bars, has put itself up for sale for 40m euros (£25m). Davy Corp... [more]

V-is-on the UK's leading independent commercial and industrial gas supplier is for sale. The company has six per cent of the British gas market and is rumoured to have a price tag of £20m. BDO Stoy Ha... [more]

Many large pharmaceutical companies are now selling off household brands which they no longer consider core to their profits. Pfizer is expected to put up for sale the Adams confectionery business as ... [more]

AIB has ruled out any early disposal of Allfirst, the AIB subsidiary at the centre of the $691m trading fraud. However any possible takeover offers would be likely to come from the UK, with Royal Bank... [more]

Qinetiq, the consultancy involved in the 1901 Census web site debacle, has been put up for sale after the government decided against a full stock market flotation. The government is seeking a strategi... [more]

Numerica has acquired Practice Track, the Bristol-based supplier of marketing services to accountancy firms, for £1m.... [more]

Hackman Printers has acquired Caerphilly-based South Western Printers to create a new group called HSW Printers, and the combined workforce isexpected to rise from 85 to 100 over the next year.... [more]