GlaxoSmithKline has acquired Reliant Pharmaceuticals, the US supplier of cardiovascular medicines, for £798m.... [more]

VT Group has acquired Advanced Engineering & Planning Corp, the US helicopter support services firm with 450 staff, for £34m.... [more]

Eurotel, the telecoms service provider with 300 staff at offices in Halifax and Coventry, has been acquired by Inflexion Private Equity for £44m.... [more]

Jones Lang LaSalle has acquired Upstream, the London-based property consultancy with 30 staff.... [more]

India's Strides Arcolab and South Africa 's Aspen have announced that as part of a broad and strategic partnership that has been entered through a series of transactions, Strides will acquire a 51% in... [more]

Helphire has acquired Cab Aid, the provider of replacement vehicles to the taxi market with 80 staff in Sutton and Manchester, for up to £5.2m.... [more]

United Drug has acquired Procon Conferences, the Harrogate-based pharmaceutical conference services company with 28 staff, for £4.2m.... [more]

Synergy Healthcare has acquired Vernon-Carus, the provider of infection control and decontamination services to the NHS, for £24m.... [more]

Apollo Metals of Birmingham has been sold by Murray International Holdings to ThyssenKrupp of Germany for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Culina Logistics has acquired Baylis Logistics, the Bristol-based haulage firm with 50 staff.... [more]

Bradford & Bingley has agreed to sell a portfolio of commercial property loans of £2.0bn to GE Real Estate, following a review of the growth potential and capital utilisation of these assets.... [more]

Gyrus Group, the Wokingham-based medical equipment manufacturer with factories in Cardiff, Canada and the US, is to be acquired by Olympus of Japan for £926m.... [more]

Morson has acquired Rosta Engineering, the Stockport-based recruitment firm, for up to £1.4m.... [more]

Intellego has acquired Copia, the Redhill-based supplier of e-learning solutions, for less than £0.1m.... [more]

Intec Telecom Systems is to sell certain assets to VoluBill of France for an initial £1m, including its Intec DCP rating and charging products in Denmark.... [more]

IG Group is to acquire HedgeStreet for £3m, in order to gain the regulatory approval, technology and staff needed to operate a US-based exchange that allows retail clients to trade binary options.... [more]

Safecall, the Sunderland-based company that enables employees to report workplace problems, has been acquired by the LDC Trust Management subsidiary of Law Debenture Corporation.... [more]

Oval Group has acquired Ward Mitchell Partnership, the Leicester-based independent financial adviser with 16 staff, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Quality Kernels, the Brierley Hill-based supplier of nuts, seeds and dried fruits, has been acquired by Matthews Group of Harrogate for undisclosed terms.... [more]

The housebuilding and construction empire Miller Group may be heading for a sale after members of the Miller family have appointed Ernst & Young to conduct a strategic review of the business.... [more]