Ex-Bupa chairman Bryan Sanderson has named the plans to sell the group's Bristish hospitals as his reasons for leaving the private-healthcare business last year, asserting that "an entity such as Bupa... [more]

Telecoms group Cable & Wireless have been at the centre of rumours that they are considering a break up, after(C&W) is weighing up the idea of a break-up, after a report that several options are under... [more]

British accountancy-software company Iris has been put on the market with an estimated asking price of £250m, according to reports. The company, based in Datchet, is currently owned by private-equity ... [more]

Wirral-basedPhoenix Chemicals, the pharmaceutical intermediates and fine chemicals manufacturer, is rumoured to be considering exit options for its investors. The privately-owned company could be open... [more]

US energy firm Halliburton has agreed to acquire Scottish oil services company PSL Energy Services Limited for more than £100m.... [more]

BBA Aviation is to acquire Executive Beechcraft, the US aircraft management and maintenance services company with annual sales of about £30m.... [more]

Pixology, the Guildford-based provider of software for the digital photography industry with 34 staff, is to be acquired by Photochannel Networks of Canada for £8m.... [more]

Heywood Metal Finishers of Huddersfield and Uxbridge-based LHT Anodisers have been acquired by Coil of Belgium for a total £3.7m.... [more]

Company Health Group has acquired Cheviot Artus, the Skipton-based occupational health consultancy, for an initial £0.7m.... [more]

WA Hills, the Colchester-based construction company with 75 staff, has been acquired by S Walsh & Sons of Brentwood.... [more]

Lavendon has acquired Rise Hire, the Cambridgeshire-based powered access equipment hire company, for £1.7m.... [more]

Lloydspharmacy is to acquire Independent Pharmacy Care Centres, the operator of 34 pharmacies in the Midlands and North of England, for £43m.... [more]

Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group Plc has announced the sale of its Malmaison and Hotel du Vin Property Portfolio to Vector Hospitality, for a minimum value of £495.1m. ... [more]

German pharmaceutical trader Celesio has bought 63 pharmacies to expand its UK presence.... [more]

Hyder Consulting is to acquire RPA Quantity Surveyors, the project management company with offices in Cardiff, Bristol and Clwyd, for an initial £2.8m.... [more]

York Pharma has acquired Rosanto Pharmaceuticals for £2m, and has also raised £5.3m in a share placing to fund the commercial development of skin care products.... [more]

SDL International is to acquire Tridion, the provider of web content management solutions with offices in Bracknell, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, France, Sweden and the US, for £47m.... [more]

Sovereign Oilfield has acquired Labtech Services and Vertec Engineering, two Aberdeen-based offshore engineering companies, for a total £7.9m, increasing its workforce by 200.... [more]

Serco Group is to acquire Cornwell Management Consultants, the Surrey-based IT consultancy, for about £7m.... [more]

Comtec Business Communications, the Gateshead-based communications technology company with 20 staff, has been acquired by Ogilvie Communications of Stirling for undisclosed terms.... [more]