Chiltern Group is planning to acquire the rival tax consultancy NCS Consultants for undisclosed terms... [more]

LucasVarity has agreed a £4bn takeover by TRW but Federal-Mogul is also interested in acquiring the Anglo-American car components group.... [more]

GWR is acquiring Orchard Media the owner of four radio stations in the West Country for £26m... [more]

Misys is selling its Information Systems division to management for £28m... [more]

Havelock Europa has acquired the in-house printing division of Kwik Save for £0.5m in order to expand its point of sale display business... [more]

Ford is to acquire Volvo's car division for $6.5bn while the remaining Volvo truck business has announced plans to close its plant in Irvine with the loss of 250 jobs... [more]

P&M Vacuum Services has been acquired by Tuthill Corporation of the US and its Heywood factory will be used as the European manufacturing and distribution facility for Tuthill's industrial vacuum pump... [more]

Solmek of Middlesbrough has merged with Leeds-based Pro-Soils Surveys in order to offer land reclamation services nationwide... [more]

Stadium Group has acquired Dextroplast the Sutton-on-Trent building materials company for £0.4m... [more]

Kemp Stroud the Aldershot builder has been acquired by Leonard Field of Southampton... [more]

Polypipe has acquired Rickmans the Essex-based manufacturer of conservatory roofing for £0.75m... [more]

CCI Holdings is transforming itself into a business software group through the acquisitions of Xavier for £15m KSE for £11m and CSL Xenon for £3m... [more]

Global Group is to acquire Plumtree Farms the frozen meat supplier for £5m... [more]

Waste Recycling has completed its merger with Yorkshire Water's Global Waste Management operation and is also buying 3C Holdings from Yorkshire thereby creating one of the UK's leading waste managemen... [more]

BDO Stoy Hayward is to merge with Moores Rowland to create an enlarged accountancy firm with about 2500 staff... [more]

Internet Technology Group is acquiring Internet Facilities Europe the Dutch internet service provider for about £5m... [more]

Adwest Automotive the manufacturer of gear shifts and engine thermostats is to be acquired by Dura Automotive of the US for £125m... [more]

Johnson Service has sold its US dry-cleaning subsidiary to DCI for £30m in order to focus on the expansion of its UK business... [more]

Carphone Warehouse is to buy 270 Tandy electrical stores from InterTan of the US for undisclosed terms which will give it a total of 450 stores in the UK and 139 in continental Europe... [more]

Chrysalis Group has acquired Global Music Group the German music publisher for £4.2m as part of a strategy to create a worldwide independent publishing network... [more]