First Technology, the Surrey-based safety device engineering company, is to be acquired by Honeywell International of the US for £207m.... [more]

Johnston Press has acquired Scotsman Publications for £160m, in order to expand its regional newspapers business.... [more]

Inventive Leisure, the owner of Revolution vodka bars, is to be acquired by Alchemy Partners for £42m.... [more]

Punch Taverns has sold 205 pubs to Petchey Group for £98m, leaving it with an estate of 9,500 outlets.... [more]

Premier Research has acquired IMFORM, the German pharmaceutical services company with 144 staff, for up to £4.7m.... [more]

Rexam's glass packaging operations are increasingly being viewed within the industry as a non-core disposal candidate. There is a general expectation within the industry that Rexam will ultimately com... [more]

Whitbread's 42 Marriot hotels are likely to be sold early in the Next Year. Planning to sell the hotels, Whitbread had formed a joint venture over its franchises with Marriott, the US company which ow... [more]

Langan's, the London restaurant group, has been contacted by six potential bidders in the past two months, according to the owner Richard Shepherd, Shepherd is considering a sale, but he has denied th... [more]

EBS FX Solutions, the currency and commodity exchange, is poised for a sale, according to a reports. EBS's owners, a consortium of banks, has appointed Citigroup to conduct a strategic review. Citigro... [more]

Mowlem, the UK-based construction company, may look to sell Barclay Mowlem, its Australian arm, according to an unsourced Australian Financial Review report. Carillion, the UK-based construction compa... [more]

All3Media, the UK-based television production group, has hired UBS to conduct a strategic review that could lead to a sale. A flotation is another option. The business could be valued at £250m. Bridge... [more]

Lookers is to acquire six car dealerships from HR Owen, including Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo sites in Colchester, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, for about £3.4m.... [more]

Amec has acquired Domec, the French heating, ventilation and air conditioning services company with 60 staff, for £0.4m.... [more]

Homeserve has acquired Improveline, the Chiswick-based chain of six property repair branches with 320 staff, for an initial £14m.... [more]

Filmnight has acquired Prime Time, the chain of 47 DVD stores, for about £3m, taking its total network to 99 company-owned stores and 120 franchised stores.... [more]

Smith & Nephew and Beiersdorf of Germany have sold their BSN medical products joint venture to Montagu Private Equity for £698m.... [more]

LDV, the Birmingham-based van manufacturer, has been acquired by US-based Sun Capital Partners and London-based EAC for an estimated £75m, which is expected to lead to the loss of 200 of the 1,200 job... [more]

Cyclacel, the Dundee-based pharmaceuticals company, is planning a reverse takeover of US-based Xcyte Therapies.... [more]

Firth Rixson, the UK manufacturer of forged metal components used in the aerospace industry, could see the exit of private equity house Carlyle, it has bee reported. Carlyle is considering an IPO or a... [more]

Corpora is to acquire Tokairo, the Milton Keynes-based supplier of document management technology, for £1.5m.... [more]