CLS Holdings is to acquire Citadel the property company that operates mainly in France for £36m... [more]

J&J Dyson has acquired Acme Marls the kiln equipment company for £1.9m and plans to consolidate its business onto the Acme Marls site in Tunstall by the end of next year with an unspecified number of ... [more]

RPC is to acquire WIKO the German manufacturer of packaging for the cosmetics industry for £25m... [more]

Intercare has sold its healthcare mobility business to management for £15m and the proceeds will be used to acquire pharmaceutical distributors... [more]

Umeco has acquired Richmond Aircraft Products of the US from MA Hanna for £24m... [more]

Alpha Telecom the telecoms reseller with 240 employees has been bought out of receivership by investment vehicle Fusion for £20m... [more]

Seymour Pierce is to acquire PFM the asset management group for up to £13m... [more]

John Wood Group is planning to acquire 80% of Mustang Engineering the US oil engineering and design company for £74m... [more]

InterX is to sell its Ideal Hardware distribution business to Bell Microproducts of the US for up to £18m in order to focus on its internet business... [more]

Cable & Wireless has bought five more small internet companies for £67m including Eaisa of Spain Pictime of France Point of Presence of Germany and Widex and Impact of the Netherlands... [more]

National Express has announced a £162m takeover bid for Prism Rail which will give the group seven out of the 25 train operating franchises and a 20% share of the rail market... [more]

Scottish Power has sold its Hamilton-based electrical contractingbusiness to Alstom for undisclosed terms... [more]

RP Hodson has bought a 76% stake in John Wimble Insurance Brokers the London City brokerage for about £1.8m... [more]

Hepworth has sold Hepworth Minerals & Chemicals to Watts Blake Bearne a subsidiary of Belgium's SCR-Sibelco for £86m... [more]

Diageo has confirmed plans to merge its Pillsbury food division with General Mills of the US and to combine its UDV spirits business with its Guinness brewing division in order to focus the group on a... [more]

Enterprise Oil has acquired R&B Falcon's exploration interests in the Gulf of Mexico for £84m... [more]

United News & Media is to sell Miller Freeman USA to VNU for £433m but is still looking for a buyer for Miller Freeman's European business titles... [more]

Kewill Systems has sold its logistics software business to Swisslog of Switzerland for £17m... [more]

BBA has sold its automotive brake pads business to HSBC Private Equity for £389m as part of a strategy to focus on aviation services and materials technology... [more]

Perry Group has acquired four motor accident repair businesses from Pendragon for £3.4m and will integrate them into its Nationwide Crash Repair Centres subsidiary... [more]