Martin International, the lingerie manufacturer, is to be acquired by Crystal International of Hong Kong for £17m... [more]

Cable & Wireless is to acquire Bulldog Communications, the provider of broadband services, for £19m... [more]

Dixons Group is to acquire WHSU, formerly known as Micro Warehouse, in order to expand the business-to-business operation of its PC World subsidiary... [more]

Systems Union Group is to acquire Lasata, the Australian supplier of business intelligence software, for about £10m... [more]

Associated British Foods is to acquire The Billington Food Group, the Ipswich-based importer of unrefined raw cane sugars with net assets of £7.7m... [more]

USC, the operator of 40 branded clothing and footwear stores, has been acquired by West Coast Capital for undisclosed terms... [more]

Tyne & Wear Development Company is to assist NewLogic in setting up a £3m business outsourcing operation at the Boldon Business Park on Tyneside over the next two years, with the creation of at least ... [more]

Brahm has acquired Teamwork Marketing, the York-based foodservice marketing company, for undisclosed terms, and about 30 staff are expected to relocate to Headingley... [more]

Collins Stewart is to acquire Prebon Group for undisclosed terms, creating a combined broking business with 3,000 staff in 26 cities worldwide... [more]

White Young Green has acquired IMC Consulting and IMC Europe of Nottinghamshire for £10m, in order to expand its project management operations... [more]

Business Serve has acquired Designer Servers, the Manchester-based provider of internet hosting services, for £1.9m... [more]

Sondex is to acquire Geolink International, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of oil well equipment, for £31m... [more]

Ten Alps has acquired Blakeway Productions, the London-based TV documentary company, for up to £1m... [more]

Coral has acquired Reg Boyle, the chain of 23 Teesside-based betting shops with 100 staff, and £2m will be spent refurbishing the sites... [more]

The UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) is putting pressure on the major oil operators in the North Sea to divest non-core assets that are not being exploited. They are arguing that the low rate... [more]

Bookham Technology has acquired Onetta, the US optical amplifier supplier, for about £13m... [more]

NetBenefit has acquired Easily, the provider of domain name and hosting services, for £2.5m... [more]

Alpha Financial Management has acquired Eccleston Park Financial Services of Prescot for undisclosed terms... [more]

UCB, the French pharmaceuticals and speciality chemicals company, is planning to dispose of its chemicals business, which makes additives, coating resins and industrial coatings. In mid-May the compan... [more]

McInerney Holdings has acquired Alexander Developments, the Sedgefield-based housebuilder, for £8.8m... [more]