Associated British Foods plc, the international food, ingredients and retail group, has announced that it has reached agreement on the acquisition of the Patak’s business from the founding Pathak fami... [more]

Polypipe has announced that it has agreed to acquire the Terrain business from its parent company, Geberit AG of Switzerland, in a move that will strengthen Polypipe’s position in the European plastic... [more]

BFS Pressroom Solutions has acquired Tyke Rollers, the Suffolk-based printing roller manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.... [more]

Cobham is to acquire Patriot Antenna Systems, the US antenna manufacturer with 100 staff, for an initial £9m.... [more]

Vitec Group has acquired Nucomm and RF Central, the US suppliers of wireless links for broadcast applications, for an initial £19m.... [more]

JCT600 has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Castleford and will invest £3m refurbishing the site.... [more]

Jefferies of the US has acquired LongAcre, the London-based investment bank, for an estimated £40m, in order to expand its existing London-based business.... [more]

Last.fm, the internet radio company, is to be acquired by CBS of the US for £141m.... [more]

Royal Opera House has acquired Opus Arte, the classical DVD production company, for £5.7m, in order to gain control over the distribution of its own content.... [more]

Strada, the chain of 54 pizza restaurants, has been acquired by US private equity firm Blackstone for £140m, and the business will be combined with Tragus.... [more]

Druckers, the chain of 42 patisserie outlets, is to be acquired by Risk Capital Partners for an estimated £20m.... [more]

Healthcare group Care Principles has been put up for sale by 3i, rather than the option of a recapitalisation as previously considered. The business, which provides specialist assessment, treatment an... [more]

UK property group Dunedin has been put up for sale, including its operating business. The group, with an asking price of around £700m, is rumoured to have hired Morgan Stanley to advise. ... [more]

Philip Green is said to be considering selling his Bhs clothing retail chain in favour of concentrating on the international rollout of Topshop, made more high profile after Kate Moss's debut as a des... [more]

Stanelco has sold certain fixed assets and stock of its Adept Polymers subsidiary to MonoSol AF for £0.5m.... [more]

Formation Group is to acquire Columbia Design & Build, the London-based property development management company with 16 staff, for £19m.... [more]

Sanctuary Group has sold its interests in Air Edel Associates and Air Edel Recording Studios to Cutting Edge Music for £0.5m.... [more]

Expomedia has acquired Homebuyer Events, the organiser of property exhibitions, for an initial £7.3m.... [more]

Seaeye Marine, the Fareham-based supplier of unmanned underwater vehicles with 50 staff, has been acquired by Saab for £13m.... [more]

Phoenix Bearings of Tewkesbury has been acquired by RBS Bearings of the US for about £2m, securing the future of 35 jobs.... [more]