Go-Ahead has acquired Birmingham Passenger Transport Services, the bus and coach operator, for up to £2m.... [more]

Software Solutions Partners has acquired Sectornet, the Buckinghamshire-based supplier of commercial insurance broking systems with annual turnover of £7.5m, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Retail Decisions is to acquire E Com Industries, the Australian gift card operator with 19 staff, for £13m.... [more]

Corpora is to acquire Iora, the Basingstoke-based offline computer networking company, for £4m.... [more]

Electrium, the Cannock-based manufacturer of electrical installation systems with 700 staff, is to be acquired by Siemens of Germany for undisclosed terms.... [more]

May Gurney has acquired Hawthorn, the Bedford-based project management company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Dunedin, the buyout group, has hired Deloitte to conduct a sale of Filofax, the accessories and luggage company according to reports. The sale of Filofax could realize up to £50m for Dunedin, which ac... [more]

Wynnstay has acquired Quins Farm Supplies, the Powys-based supplier of animal nutrition products, for up to £0.4m, while its Young's Animal Feeds joint venture has acquired Dollin & Morris, the Staffo... [more]

Yule Catto has finalised the sale of its Autoclenz car valeting and vehicle preparation business to Autoclenz Holdings for £18m.... [more]

Portrait Software has acquired Quadstone, the supplier of customer analytics software with 38 staff in London, Edinburgh and the US, for an initial £3.2m.... [more]

Murray International Metals, the metals trading firm with 60 staff in Scotland, is to be sold to US private equity group Jefferies Capital Partners for £112m.... [more]

RDF Media is to acquire IWC Media, the Scottish TV production company, for £14m.... [more]

Sarnatech BNL, the plastic bearings manufacturer with 127 staff and a factory in Knaresborough, has been acquired by Plastics Capital for undisclosed terms.... [more]

MFI today has announced a wide-ranging and fundamental review of the Group's performance and strategy, including UK Retail, is being undertaken by Matthew Ingle, whose appointment as Group Chief Execu... [more]

Spirit Group, the chain of 1,832 pubs, is to be acquired by Punch Taverns for £2.7bn, while Punch has announced the sale of 203 pubs to Admiral Taverns for £40m.... [more]

Wagon has acquired FKT, the German manufacturer of automotive sun blinds and cargo management systems with 115 staff, for an initial £4m.... [more]

Travelzest is to acquire Best of Morocco, the tour operator specialising in tailor-made holidays to Morocco, for £2.7m.... [more]

Metalrax has acquired Stackright Building Systems, the supplier of storage and container units to the construction industry with 130 staff at sites in the Midlands and the North West, for an initial £... [more]

Danwood Group has acquired Grampian Business Products, the Aberdeen-based supplier of digital printers, for about £4m.... [more]

Primelocation.com, the UK-based online property agency, is mulling a possible sale or flotation after having received bid approaches. Primelocation.com's shareholders, including Savills and Hamptons,... [more]