Amtek Auto Ltd has acquired one of the largest automotive precision machining companies, Triplex- Ketlon Group, which was also Amtek's strongest competitor, running close to 185 different machining li... [more]

Turnberry golf resort has been put up for sale by owner Starwood Hotels & Resorts, the US-listed leisure company. Starwood is said to be seeking an "investment partner" for the Westin Turnberry Resort... [more]

Ennstone Thistle has acquired The Boyne Bay Lime Company, the owner of the Portsoy limestone quarry in North East Scotland, as well as DW Gordon Blocks, the Aberdeen-based concrete block manufacturer,... [more]

Solid State has acquired RZ Pressure Instruments Supply, the Swiss battery pack manufacturer, for an initial £0.5m.... [more]

Pearson has agreed to sell Groupe Les Echos, the French financial newspaper publisher, to LVMH for £167m.... [more]

Sirdar has sold its Wakefield-based yarns division to a management buy-out backed by RBS Invoice Finance for £3m.... [more]

Paragon Group has acquired Lithotech, the French commercial printing company with annual turnover of about £42m.... [more]

Horbury Group has acquired GBW Tool Hire of Worksop for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Magna plant and tool hire division.... [more]

SSL International is to acquire Orthaheel, the supplier of corrective insoles, for an initial £15m.... [more]

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises has placed 11 pubs on the market with Fleurets. The freehold properties, spread across England and Wales are to be sold individually or as a package, with asking p... [more]

The Four Seasons Hotel in London's Mayfair has been sold for £70.5m, according to reports. The sale was mentioned in a company statement by Saudi Arabia-listed UK Kingdom Holding, which is owned by Pr... [more]

Eurocopter has announced the acquisition of all remaining shares of McAlpine Helicopters Limited as of 1 November, 2007. Eurocopter previously held 10% in the British company, which now becomes a whol... [more]

Pearson has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell Groupe Les Echos SA to LVMH for €240m in cash. This follows a ruling by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, which concluded that Pe... [more]

RPS, the listed UK environmental services specialist, has announced the acquisition of the Scotia Group, a Texas-based consultancy providing advice to the oil and gas industry. ... [more]

SSL International plc, the consumer healthcare business, is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts with the owners of the Orthaheel business (the Orthaheel, Orthastyle, Vasyli and Vas bra... [more]

Parkwood Holdings has acquired DPL Holdings and its Silvanus and LSW subsidiaries for up to £1.1m, in order to expand its landscaping and maintenance operations in the South West.... [more]

RPS has acquired Scotia, the US-based oil and gas industry consultancy, for £2.9m.... [more]

John Menzies is to acquire Northport Norway and Finnhandling from the Northport Oy subsidiary of Finnair, in order to expand its Scandinavian airport ground handling business.... [more]

ArgentVive has acquired Advance Warning, the social networking development company, for up to £0.5m.... [more]

Barloworld Scientific, the Staffordshire-based laboratory equipment manufacturer with 950 staff, has been acquired by Nova Capital Management for £75m.... [more]