Libertas Capital has acquired Riddar Capital for £1.9m, and plans to establish Riddar as a specialist independent investment research company... [more]

Libertas Capital has acquired Riddar Capital for £1.9m, and plans to establish Riddar as a specialist independent investment research company... [more]

Imprint Search & Selection is planning to acquire Morgan McKinley, the London-based financial services recruitment company, for up to £24m... [more]

MTL Instruments has acquired GeCma, the German manufacturer of operator display units for use in hazardous industrial areas, for an initial £6.9m... [more]

Aquilo has acquired HFC Select, the Edinburgh-based supplier of claims validation and supply chain services, for £0.2m... [more]

Reversus is to acquire DTC, the health care services provider that arranges medical examinations and pathology testing, for £3.2m... [more]

Ultra Electronics is to acquire the US-based aerospace cockpit instrumentation business of Horizon Aerospace for £2.4m... [more]

Economy Power, the Cardiff-based electricity supply company with 250 staff, is to be acquired by E.ON UK for about £40m, but sister companies Eco2 and Economy Calls are not included in the deal... [more]

IDT of Gateshead has acquired the message signs business of Basingstoke-based street lighting company Urbis for undisclosed terms... [more]

Linden Homes North West, the Wilmslow-based housebuilder with 65 staff, has been acquired by a newly-formed enterprise called Arley Homes for £17m... [more]

International Risk Consultants of Glasgow has acquired TDF Credit Insurance Services for more than £1m... [more]

Enterprise has acquired JJ McGinley, the provider of contracting services in London and the south-east, for £5.3m... [more]

XKO has sold its managed services operation to 2e2, the IT services group, for £13m, as part of a strategy to focus on software... [more]

Tarantula International, the London-based marketing services company with 27 staff, has been acquired by WPP... [more]

Elementis is to sell its US-based Hardman epoxy and urethane products business to Royal Adhesives & Sealants for £7.8m... [more]

Country & Metropolitan, the housebuilder with 300 staff, has received a £72m recommended takeover bid from Gladedale... [more]

Bidders for First Calgary, the oil and gas exploration company that put itself up for sale for £1.7bn late last year, have raised concerns about the steep price tag. Ten of the world's largest energy ... [more]

LK Bennett, the UK shoe group, is thought to have seen up to thirty parties express interest in the £50m sale of the business according to reports. Among the interested parties are 3i, Phoenix Equity ... [more]

Betfair, the UK-based betting exchange company, is considering a flotation on London's Aim market with a potential £700m valuation. The company has hired Rothschild to conduct a strategic review, with... [more]

Bidders for Deutsche Asset Management are to be chosen on the basis of their preference for maintaining the business as a whole and not breaking it up, according to sources close to the deal cited in ... [more]