FI is to acquire OSI Group the business consulting and management services company for £106m as part of a strategy to expand its enterprise resource planning and outsourcing operations... [more]

Schroder Ventures is acquiring the document outsourcing division of Danka Business Systems for £200m and the business will be renamed Document Services International... [more]

Therapeutic Antibodies is to merge with Proteus International to create a combined biotechnology group with a market capitalisation of about £63m... [more]

Ferguson International is to sell its US-based printing subsidiary DMI to Porter Chadburn for £8.1m... [more]

Raychem the US-based electronics manufacturing company that employs 1150 people in Swindon has been acquired by Tyco International of the US for £1.8bn... [more]

Skyepharma is acquiring Hyal Pharmaceutical Corporation of Canada for £3.8m... [more]

Bodycote has expanded its metal processing business with four acquisitions for a total £13m - Janini of France LJ Broutman of the US and Ferrodur and Fuji Metallveredelung of Austria... [more]

Bioprocessing Corporation the Durham-based supplier of chromatographic media is being acquired by Millipore of the US for £12m... [more]

Wagon has sold its Forkardt workholding operations to management for £11m in order to focus on the automotive and storage sectors... [more]

Crown Leisure the amusement machine company is to undergo a management buy-out in a £8.4m deal backed by the Bank of Scotland... [more]

Johnston Press is to acquire Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers the regional newspaper publisher for £266m having beaten off rival bids from Newsquest and News Communications & Media... [more]

Scottish Radio Holdings is acquiring Visions Posters the Birmingham-based outdoor advertising company for £15m... [more]

United News & Media is acquiring Strategic Marketing Corporation the US market research company for £11m... [more]

JP Corry of Belfast has acquired RK Timber the timber distributor from Raab Karcher Shareholdings of Germany for undisclosed terms... [more]

Taylor & Francis is acquiring Europa Publications the publisher of reference works from MPG for £12m... [more]

Senior Engineering has sold its precision tube division to Tyco of the US for £31m and the proceeds will be invested in its Flexonics business... [more]

DCS has acquired HB Ulrich the US supplier of IT solutions to the logistics industry for £6m... [more]

Pearson is selling US medical publisher Appleton & Lange to McGraw Hill for $46m and Master Data Center to Information Holdings for $33m... [more]

Dixon Motors has acquired Loveday & Bennett the Louth-based VW/Audi dealership for undisclosed terms... [more]

Booker has sold its food service division to Bidvest of South Africa for £125m in order to focus on its cash and carry business... [more]