Secure Trust has acquired Roy Ashby Insurance Brokers of the West Midlands for up to £0.3m, in order to expand its SecureDirect Insurance Services subsidiary.... [more]

DONALD Fisher is in talks to sell his family's eponymous laundry and textile rental business to venture capitalists in a deal that could net more than £30m for the Fife businessman. Sources say Fisher... [more]

Intellexis is to acquire Key Skills, the Nantwich-based provider of computer-based multimedia training courses, for £2.4m.... [more]

AF Blakemore has acquired the McColls confectionery distribution business in Walsall, and the 40 staff will relocate to Willenhall.... [more]

Wembley is to be acquired by MGM Mirage of the US for £270m, which could lead to the development of casinos at Wembley's five UK greyhound stadiums.... [more]

ARM Holdings has acquired Triscend Corporation, the US supplier of microcontrollers, for £24m.... [more]

Quadnetics is to acquire Look Closed Circuit TV, the supplier of CCTV systems to bus operators, for £6.8m, and is also raising £8m in a share placing.... [more]

BT Group is to acquire Transcomm, the provider of wireless communications services, for £16m.... [more]

Pendragon is to acquire CD Bramall, the operator of 107 car dealerships, for £230m.... [more]

Fresh & Wild, the London-based chain of seven organic food stores, is to be acquired by Whole Foods Market of the US for £21m.... [more]

JON Moulton, the mercurial venture capitalist, has contradicted the boss of the country's largest nursing home chain declaring "it is clearly for sale." Speaking in Manchester, Mr Moulton managing pa... [more]

Sunderland chairman Bob Murray has admitted he is looking to sell the club after 17 years in charge. The Black Cats reported pre-tax losses of £20.6m last year in the wake of their relegation from th... [more]

Tribal Group has acquired Succession Planning Associates, the executive search company, for up to £3.1m... [more]

Spaldings, the Lincoln-based wholesaler of agricultural machinery parts with 140 staff, has undergone a £10m management buy-out from Dutch company Netagco, backed by 3i... [more]

Tesco has acquired Adminstore, the operator of 45 Cullens, Europa and Harts grocery stores in London, for £54m, and the sites will be rebranded as Tesco Express... [more]

Wookey Hole Caves, the 100-acre tourist attraction in the Mendips, has been acquired by a former director of Cottle's Circus for undisclosed terms... [more]

Up to 50 jobs are under threat after a Black Country plastics moulding company collapsed into administration.Administrators have been appointed to Hemo Engineering Plastics, a 75-year-old company whi... [more]

Bulwell Precision Engineering, the Pinxton-based manufacturer of automotive components, has been acquired by the newly-formed Nasmyth Group, and the workforce is expected to grow by more than 10% this... [more]

Watermark has acquired Air Fayre, the supplier of meals to airlines at Heathrow and Birmingham, for £17m... [more]

Morgan Stanley and Simon Glick have said that they would sell or refinance buildings at Canary Wharf if their £1.55bn bid to buy the development succeeded.... [more]