TripleArc has acquired HFS Products, the direct mail company with about 240 staff in Swindon and Cirencester, for an initial £0.6m.... [more]

Computer Software Group has acquired Alveston Holdings, the Bristol-based company that trades as Systems Team, for £4.8m.... [more]

Teknor Apex of the US has acquired the engineering thermoplastics compounding business of Chem Polymer, which includes 150 staff at plants in Oldbury, Cinderford and the US, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

American battery group Energizer is preparing a move for SSL International, prompting a likely bidding war for the Durex-to-Dr Scholl sandals group. Energizer is thought to have retained Goldman Sach... [more]

Menzies Hotels, the chain of 14 four-star hotels, has been acquired by Nikko Principal Investments for £120m.... [more]

Kinloch Damph, the supplier to the Scottish salmon farming industry with annual turnover of £7m, has been acquired by Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms.... [more]