After facing break-up calls from shareholders, directors of building materials group Novar are considering offloading its US-based security printing arm, operating mainly through its Clarke American b... [more]

John Menzies is to acquire the Sheffield and Guildford news wholesaling operations of Turners News for a reported £15m... [more]

Highbury House Communications has acquired Property Mart Magazine, the publisher of magazines in the East London and West Essex areas, for up to £5m... [more]

Oxford Instruments has acquired CMI International, the US manufacturer of equipment to measure thin metallic coatings, for about £1.3m. ... [more]

Scapa has acquired Cable Components, the Blackburn-based supplier of cable wrapping tapes, for undisclosed terms... [more]

BD Kendle Engineering, the Yarmouth-based supplier of equipment to the oil and gas industry, has been acquired by Weatherford International of the US in a deal estimated at £10m... [more]

Liffe, the London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange, is to be acquired by Paris-based Euronext for £555m... [more]

HIT Entertainment is to expand its children's media rights business with the acquisition of the Pingu animated penguin for £16m... [more]

Berry Birch & Noble is planning a reverse takeover of the Berkeley independent financial advisory business, in a deal that values Berkeley at £70m... [more]

Wyevale Garden Centres has bought Fosters Nurseries, the operator of garden centres near Lichfield and Stafford, for £7.6m... [more]

Viridian, the Belfast-based electricity generator and supplier, is reported to have put Open+Direct, its financial services subsidiary, up for sale with a price tag of £100m. It is believed that Credi... [more]

One of the best surfing beaches in Britain, Croyde Bay in Devon, is on the market for around £30m. The holiday park and camping area on the site attracts 140,000 visitors a year and turns over nearly ... [more]

Electric Word has acquired the schools management publishing business of The Stationery Office for a nominal sum... [more]

Interserve has sold its Dudley-based fire protection business to Tyco of the US for £12m... [more]

Wyko Industrial Services has sold its Tufthane and PPL polyurethane product operations in Coventry and Retford to management for £3.5m.... [more]

United Co-op has acquired the Willis chain of convenience stores, which includes 12 sites mainly in South Yorkshire... [more]

Scottish & Newcastle has sold 456 leased pubs to Royal Bank of Scotland for £260m, but will continue to manage the properties under fixed- term contracts... [more]

Thus has sold its Interactive Media & Content phone services business to iTouch for £3.5m... [more]

Birmingham City football club has been put up for sale by David Sullivan, its chairman and largest shareholder, who also owns Sport Newspapers. ... [more]

Computacenter is to acquire GE Capital IT Solutions' UK and French operations for £2m, while GECITS will acquire Computacenter's German business for £0.2m, as part of a new international alliance... [more]