Homestyle is to acquire Harveys Furnishings for £136m and the Harveys' high street stores will be converted to the Rosebys and Knightingales formats... [more]

Adare Printing the stationery and printing company has agreed a £104m management buy-out... [more]

Pland Stainless the Leeds-based manufacturer of steel fittings has undergone a management buy-out securing 37 jobs... [more]

Brake Bros is to acquire Cearns & Brown the Cheshire-based foodservice wholesaler for £24m... [more]

SmartStream the banking software and services company has beenacquired by 3i from Geac of Canada for £71m... [more]

Low & Bonar has sold its polymers business to Ineco Acrylics the former ICI subsidiary for £11m... [more]

Carlton Communications has sold its Quantel image processing equipment business to management for £51m... [more]

BAE Systems has reached agreement to acquire Lockheed Martin's aerospace electronics business for £1.1bn and the deal is expected to be completed later this year... [more]

Bridgend Group is to undergo a reverse takeover by Hemscott.net the online financial information company that is also raising £16m in a share placing... [more]

Associated British Foods has bought the polyols business of Lonza for undisclosed terms in order to expand its US-based SPI Polyols division.... [more]

Dial Direct is to buy 0700 2 Insure the Redditch-based insurance intermediary that collapsed last week and expects to re-employ up to130 staff... [more]

Psion has acquired Teklogix the Canadian network integration company for £243m as part of a strategy to shift its emphasis from consumer products towards the business market... [more]

Reflec the inks and coatings company has raised £7.2m to fund three acquisitions -Corrosion Control International a 75% stake in Reflective TV and the global rights to the Kevlar anti-corrosion tradem... [more]

Regal Hotel Group is to be acquired by a takeover vehicle set up by affiliates of Malaysian United Industries in a £88m deal... [more]

Jellyworks the internet investment vehicle is to be acquired by Shore Capital in a £64m deal that is conditional on Shore joining Aim... [more]

Unilever is to sell European Bakery Supplies Business to CSM of the Netherlands for £440m and is now said be looking to sell the recently-acquired Bestfoods consumer bakery division... [more]

Fourth Estate the independent publishing house has been acquired by HarperCollins for undisclosed terms and its 36 London-based staff will move to new offices... [more]

Nycomed Amersham has sold its Nycomed Amersham Medical Systems subsidiary to a management buy-out team for £10m... [more]

Waterman Partnership the consulting engineer has bought Moylan Engineering and its John Moylan & Associates division for £1.3m in order to expand into Ireland... [more]

Ultrasis is to acquire Calm Corporation the developer of diagnostic healthcare software for £4.1m... [more]