Ellisons Solicitors is to merge with PTL to create a combined Essex-based law firm with 18 partners and 40 other fee earners.... [more]

Dawbarns Pearson is to merge with Frasers to create a combined Norfolk-based law firm with more than 100 staff in Downham Market, March, King's Lynn and Wisbech.... [more]

Rixons Financial Services has acquired Premier Wealth Solutions of Hessle, creating a combined Hull-based financial management group with 33 staff.... [more]

Thomas Cook Group plc has announced that it has reached agreement on the terms on which Condor Flugdienst GmbH will be merged with Air Berlin plc. ... [more]

Management Consulting Group PLC, the international management consultancy group, has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire, by way of merger, the entire issued share ca... [more]

Iimia Investment Group of Exeter is planning a £19m merger with MitonOptimal Group, the multi-asset manager with offices across Europe, South Africa and Hong Kong.... [more]

Wallaces Express has acquired two drinks distribution depots in Dunfermline and Kintore from Woodrow's, creating a combined group with six depots and 230 staff.... [more]

Blackett Hart & Pratt has merged with James & Baker, the Teesside-based law firm with 24 staff.... [more]

Telecom Service Centres, the call centre operator with 3,000 staff at nine sites, is to merge with Hero Ites of India in a £40m deal.... [more]

Voice Comms Warehouse has merged with West Sussex-based Fresh Egg Network Technologies to create a combined IT security group called VCW Security with 21 staff.... [more]

MDY Healthcare is to provide up to £3m in loan capital to finance a joint venture with William Ransom & Son, in order to supply natural healthcare products to consumers via the internet, mail order an... [more]

Sills & Betteridge of Lincoln is to merge with Walkers, Rainey & Owen of Spilsby to create a combined law firm with about 130 staff.... [more]

Sumitomo Chemical Company and Cambridge Display Technology have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby Sumitomo Chemical will acquire CDT, a developer of technolog... [more]

The Westbury Property Fund Limited, the commercial property and ports company, has announced a proposed merger with Eddie Stobart Group, one of the most recognised brands in the UK. The new, enlarged ... [more]

The Boards of Friends Provident and Resolution have announced that they have agreed the terms of a recommended all-share merger of the two companies to create Friends Financial Group plc. ... [more]

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales of Hawick has merged with Goffs of Ireland to create one of the largest horse racing auction groups in Europe.... [more]

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales of Hawick has merged with Goffs of Ireland to create one of the largest horse racing auction groups in Europe.... [more]

Napthens of Preston is planning to merge with Chorley-based Wallwork & Company, creating a combined law firm with 28 partners and 179 staff.... [more]

Napthens of Preston is planning to merge with Chorley-based Wallwork & Company, creating a combined law firm with 28 partners and 179 staff.... [more]

Reuters is considering selling a number of its assets, according to reports. Trading for Fixed Income, the electronic trading platform which deals in bonds, is one of the subsidiaries the UK-listed gr... [more]