Olympus Corp, the Japanese medical equipment and digital camera maker, has announced that it has launched a £935m bid for Gyrus Group Plc, the British medical devices firm. ... [more]

Independent News and Media minority shareholder, Denis O'Brien, has renewed his call for The Independent newspaper to be sold. He also demanded the resignation of chief executive Sir Anthony O'Reilly.... [more]

The majority of UK-based dental chain Integrated Dental Holdings is being put up for sale, with the whole business valued at around £300m, according to reports. LGV Capital has hired Hawkpoint to sell... [more]

The Sanctuary is to be sold according to reports, by UK-based buyout group HgCapital. An asking price of more than £80m has been set for the UK-based spa and cosmetics business. HgCapital acquired The... [more]

Bounty, the UK’s largest parenting club and online community for new and expectant mums, has announced that agreement has been reached for it to be acquired by Kaboose, the largest independent, family... [more]

3i, the private equity firm, has announced that it is to acquire lingerie business Agent Provocateur for £60m. The deal, which will not lead to any job losses and will see co-founder Joseph Corre rema... [more]

Travis Perkins is to acquire Tile Giant, the Stoke-based chain of 29 tile stores in the North of England and the Midlands, for £12m.... [more]

Galliford Try has acquired Kendall Cross Holdings, the Tyneside-based affordable housing contractor, for £9.3m.... [more]

Eleco is to acquire Milbury Systems, the concrete products manufacturer with 53 staff at sites in Bristol and Lydney, for £7m.... [more]

Ultra Electronics has acquired Atkins & Partners, the Doncaster-based supplier of software solutions for emergency planning, for £4m.... [more]

Parthenon Entertainment, the independent TV production company, is to be acquired by Jersey-based venture capitalist Arkaga.... [more]

Giles Insurance Brokers has acquired Hedges & Rose, the Llantrisant-based insurance firm with 24 staff.... [more]

South Lakeland Group, the chain of nine holiday parks in the Lake District and Morecambe Bay, has been acquired by White Ocean Leisure for £125m.... [more]

Centrica plc today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Direct Energy Marketing Limited, has made an agreed offer to acquire all outstanding common shares of Rockyview Energy Inc., for a total ... [more]

Avacta Group is to acquire Oxford Medical Diagnostics, the gas-detection technology company, for an initial £3m.... [more]

Scottish & Southern Energy is to acquire Slough Heat & Power, the 80MW biomass energy plant in Slough with 140 staff, for £49m.... [more]

Ennstone Johnston has acquired Waveney Asphalt, the Suffolk-based surfacing contractor, for up to £3.2m.... [more]

Ponden Mill, the West Yorkshire-based chain of 250 home furnishings stores with more than 1,400 staff, has been acquired by Agilo.... [more]

Greene King has acquired New Century Inns, the Teesside-based chain of 49 pubs, for £33m.... [more]

Adnams, the Southwold brewery, has appointed agents Christie & Co to sell nine of its pubs. The company, which has a portfolio of 80 public houses, said it had identified the nine suitable for disposa... [more]