National Express has acquired Robinson Bus Service the US operator of school buses in the Chicago area for up to £14m... [more]

Caradon has sold Terrain a plastic pipes subsidiary to Geberit of Switzerland for £27m and a number of other disposals are expected soon... [more]

Reg Vardy has acquired 12 motor dealerships from Caledonia Motor for £19m and is now planning to expand further from 77 dealers to 100 by the end of next year... [more]

Gresham Computing is to acquire ASI the US software solutions company for £1.6m... [more]

Lyndale Foods has acquired Fords the Bakers of East Lothian and it will now have a total of 334 shops six retail bakeries and 4500 employees... [more]

Direct Resources the Edinburgh-based IT recruitment specialist has been acquired by Mastech of the US for about £5m... [more]

H Young is acquiring Animal the supplier of sports clothing and accessories for about £2m... [more]

Senior Engineering has acquired Thornskill the holding company for Willcox Hose for £2.2m... [more]

Druid Group has acquired Gamut Technologies the supplier of Siebel Systems enterprise relationship management systems for £4.6m... [more]

Vardon the operator of health clubs has acquired Lyric Designs for £2.6m and is changing its name to Cannons... [more]

Glynwed is selling Amari Plastics and Port Plastics to an unnamed US company for £19m as part of a strategy to focus on its pipe systems and food services divisions... [more]

Unigate is planning to acquire Wessex Dairies the milk delivery business for £7m which should increase the number of households served by about 10%... [more]

National Grid is to acquire Eastern Utilities Associates the US electricity company for $634m which will be its second acquisition in New England... [more]

English China Clays the industrial minerals company is to be acquired by Imetal of France for £756m and ECC may now seek to sell its Calgon speciality chemicals division... [more]

Guardian Royal Exchange the insurance group is to be acquired by Axa of France in a £3.3bn deal and it will be merged with Axa's Sun Life & Provincial division... [more]

Inchcape is to sell its Latin American bottling operation to Embotelladora Arica of Chile for $750m... [more]

Thomson Travel is acquiring Simply Travel the villa and country hotel specialist for £22m and Scan Holiday the Polish tour operator for £6m... [more]

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