Domino Printing Sciences is to acquire Purex International, the Rotherham-based supplier of fume extraction equipment and filters, for an initial £1.5m... [more]

Media Square has acquired IAS Group, the Manchester-based branding and marketing agency with 42 staff... [more]

Home Entertainment Corporation has acquired In-Store Movies, the supplier of video and DVD rental products to convenience stores... [more]

Mayflower's administrators have sold Mayflower Vehicle Systems to Stadco for £20m, securing the future of 600 staff at the Coventry-based vehicle panels business... [more]

Inchcape has acquired Southwell Motor, the operator of five Mercedes and Smart car dealerships in the East Midlands, for £28m... [more]

National Grid Transco is to acquire Crown Castle UK, the owner of 3,500 mobile phone masts and 750 broadcasting towers, for £1.1bn... [more]

Cyberes, the Harrogate-based travel company, has been bought out of administration by the Travel Company, securing the future of 120 staff... [more]

ITE Group has acquired RAS Publishing, the publisher of fashion magazines, for £2m... [more]

Karen Millen, the fashion retailer with about 125 stores and concessions, has been acquired by Baugur of Iceland for £120m... [more]

Leading private equity groups are considering bids for Saga, the UK insurance and travel group, after it instructed UBS, the investment bank to restart the sale of floatation of the company.... [more]

OpenPSL, the distributor of computer security products with 160 staff at offices in Manchester, Leeds, Bracknell, Nottingham and Dublin, has been acquired by Bell Microproducts of the US for £20m... [more]

Weeks Laboratories has acquired Church Laboratory Services, the Castleford-based materials testing company with 37 staff... [more]

Private-equity groups Blackstone and Legal & General Ventures are in talks to create Britain's biggest nursing home company with a debt and equity value of £1 billion. Blackstone is trying to buy Fou... [more]

On Demand Distribution, the provider of online music download services, has been acquired by Loudeye Corporation of the US for £31m... [more]

YooMedia, the interactive TV company, has acquired the national dating agency Dateline for £0.8m... [more]

Londis, the convenience store chain, is to accept a £60m takeover offer from Musgrave of Ireland... [more]

Capita Symonds has acquired Percy Thomas Architects, creating one of the country's five leading architectural groups... [more]

Pochin Plant has acquired Raynesway Concrete Plumbing, which has depots in Bellshill, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle, for £2.4m... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired Proactive Insight, the South African market research company with 300 staff, for an initial £3.4m... [more]

Auto Indemnity Group has acquired the Colegate Group of Norfolk for £1.1m, including Colegate Vehicle Hire, Colegate Accident Assistance and Motor Hire of Diss... [more]