Bioquell has acquired Laboratory Accreditation Services and TRL Compliance Services for £0.3m, in order to expand its Cape Engineering testing services business.... [more]

Campbell Dallas is to merge with MacMillan & Co of Glasgow, creating a combined accountancy group with annual turnover of more than £8m.... [more]

Johnsons Cars has acquired the Asgard Volvo car dealerships in Stourbridge and Solihull for undisclosed terms, taking its total network to 16.... [more]

BSkyB is to acquire Easynet, the internet service provider, for £211m, in order to form a new Sky Broadband division.... [more]

Support in Sport has acquired Palmyra, the Cumbria-based synthetic carpets manufacturer, creating a new group called SIS Manufacturing.... [more]

Gateley Wareing is to merge with Henderson Boyd Jackson to create a combined law firm called HBJ Gateley Wareing with offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester and Nottingham.... [more]

Experian has acquired Prediction Analytics, the US retail performance consultancy, in order to expand its Business Strategies division.... [more]

Celesio is to buy 111 Cohens and Scholes pharmacies in the north-west, Midlands and Yorkshire for up to £130m, in order to expand its Lloydspharmacy chain.... [more]

Select Hardware has acquired Cardiff-based Basic Hardware and Maxi-Pax for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its hardware products wholesaling business.... [more]

Petrol Express has acquired 14 petrol filling stations in the Midlands and South Wales from Texaco for £4.5m, taking its total chain to 62.... [more]

Foyles has acquired Bookplace, the online book retailer, in order to expand its own web and mail order division.... [more]

Boots is planning to merge with Alliance UniChem in a £7bn deal that would create a combined healthcare and beauty retailing business with 2,600 stores in the UK.... [more]

Harrowell Shaftoe is to merge with Ashworth Tetlow, creating a combined Yorkshire-based legal firm with 160 staff.... [more]

Pharmagene, the biotechnology company, has agreed terms for a £13m merger with Asterand of the US, which is expected to lead to the loss of about 23 jobs.... [more]

Jefferson Smurfit is to merge with Kappa Packaging to create the largest cardboard box manufacturer in Europe.... [more]

Ipswich & Norwich Co-op is to merge with Colchester & East Essex Co-op to create a group of 200 trading outlets called the East of England Co-op.... [more]

Holland Mitchell of Southampton has merged with Young & Butt of Fareham to create a combined property agency with 22 staff.... [more]

Yardley, the English perfume, could be up for sale by owner Proctor and Gamble (P&G). P&G, the healthcare and household products giant, has merged with Gillette and confirmed that it is to 'explore s... [more]

Medical Report Services of Redditch has merged with Ewitness, the Leeds-based medico-legal agency with 50 staff, and the new group will trade as eReporting.... [more]

West Midlands Co-op is planning to merge with Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op, creating a combined group with more than 350 stores and a turnover of £500m.... [more]