Multimap, the London-based online mapping company with 120 staff, has been acquired by Microsoft for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Dechra Pharmaceuticals is planning to acquire VetXX, the Danish supplier of veterinary products with 165 staff, for £62m.... [more]

BAE Systems, the British defence contractor, is in the final round of bidding for Australia's second largest defence company, Tenix, according to reports. The deal, which it is thought may be complete... [more]

Personal Screening has acquired the Over50s.com web portal for £0.1m, in order to expand its online sales of medical testing kits and other health products.... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired SPSL, the Milton Keynes-based provider of market research and footfall services to retailers with gross assets of £4.2m.... [more]

Spice has acquired Gas Heating UK, the Glasgow-based gas appliance installation and maintenance company with 140 staff, for £2.2m.... [more]

Senior has acquired Absolute Manufacturing, the US manufacturer of precision machined parts for the aerospace industry, for £7.1m.... [more]

Benson Group has acquired Integrated Packaging, the Gateshead-based chilled packaging company with 180 staff.... [more]

Inverness Medical Innovations has acquired BBI Holdings, the diagnostic tests manufacturer with sites in Cardiff, Swansea and Dundee, for £84m.... [more]

Samskip has acquired Icepak, the reefer logistics company with sites in Basildon, Australia and the US.... [more]

Chiltern Railways, the commuter and long-distance train service company operating from London Marylebone, is currently being competed over by European rail giants Deutsche Bahn and NedRail. The German... [more]

Aeroplan Income Fund, Canada's premier loyalty marketing company, has acquired the UK's Nectar operator, LMG, for £368m.... [more]

Reckitt Benckiser is to acquire Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, the US pharmaceuticals company, for £1.1bn, as part of a strategy to create a global over-the-counter medicines business.... [more]

Johnson Matthey is to acquire Argillon Group, the catalysts and ceramic materials manufacturer with 1,500 staff in Germany, Poland and Romania, for £153m.... [more]

Biscom, the recruitment and training firm with 200 staff in Birmingham, Stafford, Walsall and Wolverhampton, has been acquired by ResCare of the US.... [more]

According to reports BBC Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm, has plans to buy out Virgin Media's share in UKTV, their jointly owned TV channel business BBC Worldwide recently made a preliminary appro... [more]

According to reports media adviser The van Tulleken Company has been hired by the owner of Time Out Group to handle a sale of the listings magazine business. Time Out Group wholly owns the London edi... [more]

Dorset Cereals, the upmarket healthy-food brand could be worth over £50m according to reports. Langholm Capital has hired McQueen as an adviser for strategic choices.... [more]

Safety-Kleen may be up for sale according to reports. JP Morgan Partners, is asking an estimated £500m for the business. Charterhouse Capital Partners might be a potential buyer ... [more]

Shawcross and Dickinson, the filing products manufacturer, has been put up for sale by its administrator Deloitte & Touche. The business has an annual turnover of £12m.... [more]