Carphone Warehouse has bought 27 French stores from Multiples for £8.7m and they will be rebranded as The Phone House... [more]

CGNU is to sell General Accident Versicherung its German general insurance business to Gerling-Konzern Lebensversicherung for undisclosed terms... [more]

United News & Media is to sell Miller Freeman Europe the operator of more than 100 trade shows to Reed Elsevier for £360m... [more]

Tanner Foods has acquired the long-life milk business of Lancashire Dairies and production will be moved to its site in Essex... [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]

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]

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]

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

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

Wade Furniture Group has sold its consumer division to JDP Furniture for undisclosed terms which will involve the transfer of 850 staff. ... [more]

ASW is selling its 86% stake in SAM its French wire rods subsidiary for £82m in order to focus on its UK plants in Cardiff and Sheerness... [more]

Hanson is to acquire Birchwood Concrete Products from YJL for £8.5m and YJL is expected to use the proceeds to fund future acquisitions... [more]