Spirent is to sell HellermannTyton, the supplier of fastening, identification, protection and connectivity solutions for electrical and communications networks, to funds controlled by Doughty Hanson f... [more]

Stagecoach has acquired Traction Group, the bus operator with services in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Tayside, for £26m.... [more]

Touchstone is to acquire Landsteinar, the Jersey-based software consultancy with 15 staff, for £2.9m.... [more]

Swiss Re has put Fox-Pitt Kelton, the boutique investment bank specialising in financial services up for sale with a price tag of some £100m. The insurance giant has asked evercore, the us investment ... [more]

Supporta is to acquire ILO, the domiciliary care company with eleven offices in the east of England, for an initial £4.9m.... [more]

Persimmon is to acquire Senator Homes, the Carlisle-based housebuilder with sites in Dumfries, Lockerbie and Cumbria, for £25m.... [more]

Cyberdyne Entertainment, the Bristol-based online betting company, has been acquired by DM for an initial £0.2m.... [more]

Next Fifteen Communications is to acquire Credo Communications, the strategic communications consultancy with annual turnover of £0.3m, in order to expand its Bite Communications business.... [more]

JT Atkinson & Sons has acquired Littlefairs Builders Merchants & Ironmongers, the operator of three branches in Kirkby Stephen, Appleby and Hawes, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Whittard of Chelsea, the tea and coffee retailer, has accepted a £21m takeover offer from Baugur.... [more]

Sondex is to acquire AES, the US wireline toolmaker with 40 staff in Louisiana, for £7.9m.... [more]

Aegis is to acquire Univero, the Scandinavian market research company, for £10m.... [more]

Doncasters, the engineering and aerospace group with 25 factories and 4,500 staff, is to be acquired by Dubai International Capital for £700m.... [more]

GUS has acquired PriceGrabber, the US-based online price comparison company, for £275m, in order to expand its Experian division.... [more]

Puzzler Media, the puzzle magazines publisher, has been acquired by DC Thomson for £85m.... [more]

Pentagon has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Mansfield from Hartwells, taking its total number of outlets to 14.... [more]

Glisten has acquired Lyme Regis Fine Foods, the Hampshire-based fruit bars and cereals supplier with about 50 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Vodafone is to acquire Telsim, the Turkish mobile phone operator, for £2.5bn.... [more]

BT is to acquire Atlanet, the Italian telecoms company, from Fiat for £54m.... [more]

Ten Alps, the UK TV-production business headed by Sir Bob Geldof, has hired broker Collins Stewart that could signal that the company is considering a merger in an attempt to up the price of its share... [more]