Furlong Hotels, the chain of three country hotels in Bath, Warwickshire and the Cotswolds, has been acquired by Dawnay Shore Hotels for £41m.... [more]

Daily Mail & General Trust is to acquire Primelocation, the residential property website, for £48m.... [more]

Arlington, the property fund management company, has been acquired by Macquarie Goodman of Australia for about £200m.... [more]

Unwins, the UK retailing group, will sell about 40 off-licence shops that sell alcohol and other products. The 381-shop chain is owned by DM Private Equity. The retail group also is hoping to conduct ... [more]

Vue Entertainment, the UK cinema group owned by L&G Ventures, Boston Ventures Management and Clarity Partners, has retained Citigroup to explore strategic alternatives. It is rumoured that the company... [more]

Selwood has sold its Hampshire-based cabin and event hire business to Wernick Hire of Wickford for £1m.... [more]

Bodycote International has acquired Arthur Gordon Environmental Evaluators of Canada, in order to expand its environmental division.... [more]

First Choice is to acquire Grand Expeditions, the US-based leisure travel group, from North Castle Partners for £54m, as well as US adventure travel company INTRAV for £37m.... [more]

Rand Group has acquired Oliver Construction, the Immingham-based construction company with annual sales of about £10m.... [more]

Titan Europe is to acquire NewCo SpA and Italtractor ITM, the manufacturers of frames and components for undercarriages with operations in Europe, North America, South America and China, for up to £20... [more]

Civica is in negotiations to acquire Comino, the Buckinghamshire-based document management software company, for about £50m.... [more]

Listed UK water group Severn Trent PLC said it has no plan to sell its Biffa waste and landfill business. The company is however keeping strategy under review. Rumours have been circulating that the c... [more]

XKO Group is to acquire Powerdebt, the Birmingham-based revenue assurance and debt management company.... [more]

Canterbury Foods is to sell its meat products business to J&J Tranfield for £4.5m, including sites in Hull and Stoke.... [more]

Macdonald Hotels is to acquire Edinburgh's Holyrood Hotel and the Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Country Club near Peebles for £34m, and £4m will be invested at the two sites.... [more]

John Standing Outside Caterers, the Brighton-based catering company with 25 staff, has been acquired by Kent-based Big Fill for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Century Subsea, the Aberdeen-based supplier of survey, positioning and subsea services with 90 staff, has been acquired by Geo ASA of Norway for about £12m, and is now planning to create 30 new jobs.... [more]

Dermasalve Sciences, the manufacturer of toiletries for people with dry skin, is to float on Aim through a reverse takeover of cash shell Meon Capital.... [more]

ITV is to acquire Friends Reunited, the online business that includes genealogy, dating and jobs web sites, for up to £175m.... [more]

Carillion is to acquire Mowlem for £291m, creating a combined construction and support services group with 40,000 staff and annual sales of £4.1bn.... [more]