E2V Technologies has acquired Gresham Scientific Instruments, the High Wycombe-based manufacturer of X-ray detectors, for £5.1m.... [more]

Bunzl has acquired Sanicare, the Australian supplier of disposable healthcare products, for up to £6.4m.... [more]

WSP has acquired Integrated Building Services Design Partnership of Cambridge.... [more]

Huveaux is to acquire Epic Group, the Aim-listed online learning provider, for £23m, and JB Balliere Sante, the French medical publishing company, for £8m.... [more]

Chime Communications has acquired Baxter-Hulme, the Macclesfield-based public relations consultancy, for an initial £0.3m.... [more]

Chorion has acquired Silver Lining Productions, the US TV production and merchandising company, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Chemring is to acquire Comet, the German manufacturer of military and marine pyrotechnics, for £6.7m.... [more]

Arriva has acquired Blue Bus & Coaches, the Bolton-based bus operator with 218 staff and 86 vehicles, for £2.9m.... [more]

Napier Brown, the sugar products supplier, is to be acquired by The Real Good Food Company for £68m.... [more]

Granville Technology, the Burnley-based supplier of Time and Tiny computers with a network of 80 Computer Shop outlets, has gone into administration through Grant Thornton with the loss of about 1,500... [more]

Shire is planning to acquire Transkaryotic Therapies, the US biotechnology company, for about £920m.... [more]

Broadcastle, the independent bank, has been acquired by Siemens Financial for £42m.... [more]

Flintstone Technologies is to acquire InnoCleaning Magma and OspreyDeepClean in a £31m reverse takeover, and will change its name to Proventec.... [more]

Cookson is preparing to step up its planned disposal programme, a move that is forecast to generate £100m for the group by 2006. Pretax profits in the half year rose from £24.1m to £33.3m. Turnover ... [more]

Lynx Express, the package delivery company, has been acquired by United Parcel Service of the US for £56m.... [more]

Capita has acquired BDML Connect, the personal lines insurance company, for £26m.... [more]

Pernod Ricard, whichis buying Allied Domecq, will in August begin auctioning Allied's quick service restaurant chains, according to a managing director at a US financial sponsors group. Pernod next mo... [more]

First Artist Corporation is to acquire ABG Financial Management, the provider of advice to celebrities, for £3m.... [more]

Polaron has acquired DMS Controls, the supplier of intelligent building control systems, for up to £3.5m.... [more]

Martin Dawes Systems (MDS), the private UK telecoms billing and CRM software vendor's managing director Dewi Thomas acknowledged that the group is likely to become a target, with either a trade sale o... [more]