MJ Gleeson is acquiring Mabey Construction for £6.3m in order to strengthen its position in the rail contracting sector... [more]

Meyer International the builders merchant with 539 UK outlets is to be acquired by St Gobain of France for £1.04bn... [more]

Inmarsat is acquiring part of EAE Group the Aberdeen-based supplier of integrated telecoms systems for £2.6m... [more]

Brown & Jackson has acquired North Shoe the footwear and sportswear retailer with 32 stores for £23m... [more]

Highbury House Communications is acquiring Nexus Media Communications for £39m in order to expand its database marketing internet and event organising operations... [more]

PPM Ventures has acquired Document Management Services the former Stationery Office subsidiary for £38m... [more]

Allied Dunbar is to buy the distribution network of Abbey Life from Lloyds TSB for £100m creating the largest direct life assurance salesforce in the UK... [more]

Fairfield Enterprises the distributor of packaging and printing machinery is being acquired by Bobst of Switzerland for £19m... [more]

Low & Bonar is to sell eight North American industrial packaging plants to Hood Companies of the US for £80m... [more]

Westminster Healthcare has acquired Priory Healthcare for £100m and plans to use the Priory brand to offer corporate services such as stress management programmes... [more]

ERF the Cheshire-based truck maker has been sold by its Canadian parent Western Star to MAN of Germany for about £110m... [more]

WH Smith has acquired Hazelwood Enterprises the US company that operates stores in 70 hotels for about £12m... [more]

Woods Car Rental of Reigate has been acquired by Budget Car & Van Rental for undisclosed terms... [more]

Peter Black is acquiring Hexel International the supplier of own-label toiletries and other products to retailers for £19m... [more]

Deans Food Group has acquired Daylay Foods the former chicken and egg subsidiary of Hillsdown... [more]

NSB Retail Systems the supplier of retailing software has acquired Real Time Control for £74m... [more]

Johnson Service the dry-cleaning company is planning to acquire Semara for £95m as part of a strategy to expand its textile rental business... [more]

Artisan the housebuilder has acquired Bickerton in a £7.5m all-share deal... [more]

Travis Perkins is expanding its network of builders merchants to 460 through the £25m acquisition of three more regional chains in Scotland Devon and Cumbria... [more]

Ugland International has sold its vehicle shipping business to joint venture partner Leif Hoegh for £144m... [more]