Brooke Industrial is to acquire Somta Tools the manufacturer of high-speed cutting tools from Anglo American for £4.5m... [more]

Calderburn the Blackburn-based office furniture group has sold its Neville Johnson subsidiary to management for £8m... [more]

Northern Star the Gloucester-based insurance company is being sold by its Italian parent Assicurazioni Generali to Fortis for a price still to be agreed... [more]

Bristol Uniforms the manufacturer of protective clothing has been sold to specialist workwear company Faithful Group for undisclosed terms.... [more]

ITNET has acquired Technosys the Coventry-based electronic commerce company for £9m and has also announced a ten-year £60m outsourcing deal with Enfield Council... [more]

Capita Group has acquired MPM Adams the project management company for £4m... [more]

Cookson is acquiring Premier Refractories from Alpine Group of the US for £252m to create an enlarged refractory products business employing more than 800 people at 70 sites... [more]

Airtours is acquiring Marysol the Dutch travel agent for undisclosed terms... [more]

Fairey is set to acquire Servomex the industrial instruments company for £19m... [more]

AstraZeneca is selling its speciality chemicals business to a management buy-out backed by Cinven and Investcorp for £1.3bn... [more]

IGG Component Technology the Fareham-based supplier of satellite partshas been sold to its management team for £10m... [more]

Computer Parts International has acquired Open Integration the Walsall-based computer systems and spares company for £3.5m... [more]

Dentmaster the remover of dents from car panels is to be acquired by Manheim Auctions for £11m... [more]

Peter Black is to acquire Fii's Marks & Spencer footwear business for £5.2m... [more]

Mentmore Abbey is acquiring Memograde the French data storage company for £8.3m as part of a strategy to create a European records management business... [more]

Pearson is to sell its US higher-education publications to John Wiley & Sons of the US for £35m in order to win approval for its acquisition of Simon & Schuster's educational publishing division... [more]

HSBC is to acquire Republic National Bank New York for $7.6bn and is offering a further $2.6bn for the remaining 51% stake in Safra Republic Holdings which includes a number of private banks in Europe... [more]

Action Computer Supplies has agreed to a £92m takeover offer from Insight Enterprises of the US and Insight will use it as a base for expanding further into the European computer products market... [more]

National Express has acquired National Bus Company the Australian operator of bus services in Melbourne Brisbane and Sydney for £13m.... [more]

Hillsdown is acquiring Boin the French jam manufacturer for undisclosed terms... [more]